Dougie Poynter.

Name : Dougie Lee Poynter

Dougie around 5 years.

D.O.B : 30th November 1987

Place Of Birth : Essex, England.

Siblings : One sister(Jazzie Poynter).

Instruments played : Bass guitarist, vocals, guitar.

Age when joined Mcfly : 15 years old.
Pets: 2 dogs (Fraser & Maggie), 2 lizards (Zukie & Jerry), a frog (Ned). He also plans to rescue some Iguanas
Favourite Band: Blink 182
Idol: Tom Delonge
Random fact: He has 4 tattoos. A star on each ankle, the word 'Athletes' on his foot. A assortment of tattoos all following a space theme on his arm and bit of his chest.


Before joining in 2003, Dougie was in another band called: 'Ataiz'. They all were childhood friends and dreamed of being in a successful band. Dougie wrote one of Mcfly's songs in this band, 'Silence is a scary sound'. Their first gig was at the 'Crooked Billet' it was a cramped pub and they played to 40 people but it inspired them to keep going. They started writing loads of songs and played at more and more gigs. They were on the brink of fame till Dougie announced that he is leaving to join Mcfly.

Playing his bass

Dougie joined Mcfly at the young age of 15 years. He saw an advertisement in a magazine and went to audition. He bonded with Harry Judd, talking about their appreciation of the band:'The Starting Line' after seeing Harry's t shirt with the band's name and logo. He was then recruited for Mcfly. He quit school before sitting his GCSEs in order to fit with Mcfly's schedule.


He was going to move into a house in London with the band. However a week before he was to leave, his father left. There was a note left saying that he had enough. Dougie thought him as a 'coward' and has never seen him since. He thought as he was the only man in the house he had to get into a position where he could look after his mother and younger sister This made him even more eager to make this band a success and to be a better person. He was only a teenager back then, he didn't have a father figure but he had his bandmates to turn to:

"The guys in the band became my role models. Harry taught me to shave, Tom took me down and opened my first band account with me, showed me how to use a cashpoint card. They'll always be the ones who I'll turn to"

Dougie as
'King of the jungle'

 From then Dougie has worked and achieved lots with the band (TV appearences, films, band autobiography, songwriting with Tom and Danny) and also as an individual has achieved by himself:

• He owns two clothing lines: 'Zukie' which is named after one of his lizards. His most recent one is 'Saint Kidd' which is a pirate based company inspired by William Kidd.
• He won the 11th series of 'I'm a Celebrity, get me out of here!'
• He is also writing a children's book with fellow bandmate Tom Fletcher. 

Modelling his new clothing line
'Saint Kidd'

His clothing lines are very popular. His Saint Kidd first opened in Spring 2012 worldwide, it crashed due to popular demand and had to be taken down for a while.
The links for Saint Kidd and Zukie, I suggest you go and check them out, the clothes are amazing!


Click here for Saint Kidd website.
Click here for Zukie website.

That's all for Dougie, I think.

Bye for now!