Fire-point

In the gaeltacht in 4th year we had a fancy dress night and the imfamous room 11 boys decided to adopt a costume of an ultimate boyband consisting of some of the best boyband members of all time! a feat that mtv unsuccesfully tried to emulate in a reality tv show years later! I became Nick Lachey (98degrees) Ali became Ben(A1),Malone became Nick Carter(Backstreet Boys), Ly became A.J(Backstreet boys) and gando started his boyband career unsuccesfully with nobody knowing who he was?! After this the idea had been put in our heads to start our very own boyband! but due to lack of singing talents, not a real one, but an almost virtual boyband,and when we seen a sign up in the assembly hall reading 'firepoint' we new we had our name!
3 or 4 years later I was faced with the task of writing and illustrating a book in college! and I knew there was only one story I wanted to tell! unfortunately I do not have all the original illistrations to go with it but I do have some photoshopped pictures from another college course! and before you ask no I didnt study Firepoint in college! I wish!

                                 The rise and fall and rise againt of FIRE-POINT!

 Chapter 1

This is the story of how five young men from north Dublin went from being nobodys to the biggest boyband the world had ever seen, this is the story of Firepoint!.

All five members of Firepoint first laid eyes on each other in auditions for You're a Star. Todd,Ace,Jermain,Corrie and John were all hopefulls to represent their country in the eurovision song contest and only You'r a Star judges Louis Walsh, Linda Martin and Phil Coulter stood in the way of their dream.

Unfortunatley for the boys the judges weren't impressed by their vocal talents and it wasn't long before the future boyband members were dropping out of the competition like flies. John was first to go when the judges claimed that he didn't have the necessary energy to represent Ireland in the Eurovision. Ace was second to go after he stormed out following a heated argument with judge Louis Walsh. It wasn't long until Todd followed. It was after this that Todd and Ace who had become close on the show vowed to make it in the music industry! And when Jermain's street like lingo and dance moves weren't enough to secure him a place in the final he joined Ace,Todd and Johns quest for pop superstardom.

But there was still something missing from the bands line up. Corrie Michael Dillon went on to win You'r a Star but even after failing miserably in the Eurovision song contest receiving an embaressing 0 votes with his ballad 'missing you', Corrie still saw himself as a respected artist and this was why he turned down his first offer to Join Firepoint. But after being dropped by his record label Corrie decided to join the four others and Fire-Point were complete!!!

If your interested in what happens to the 5 peice keep reading my blog over the forthcoming weeks for the other chapters of the story.....

                                           Sam