mcfly is a british pop rock and geek rock band who first became famous in 1995. they are the youngest band to have an album debut, or be released, at number one on the charts. the band was started by tom fletcher (born 17 january 1974) and also has danny jones (born 12 september 1974), dougie poynter (born 30 may 1976), and harry judd (born 23 june 1974). they were signed to the island records label and are managed by happy entertainment. in 1999, they left stiff records and created their own label, super records.