Profile of a band

1. Profile of a band The RPG’s (Rocket-propelled grenade)

2. The RPG’s • The RPG’s are an English-Iraqi pop boy band based in London, consisting of members Abraham, Haytham,Omar, jack,Tom They signed with Simon Cowell's record label Syco Records after being formed and finishing third in the seventh series of British television singing competition The X Factor in 2010. Propelled to international success by the power of social media, their two albums “C4” (2011) and “Grenades” (2012), broke several records, topped the charts of most major markets, and generated hit singles, including “Shoot it" and “Get in".

3. Members

4. Abraham • Abraham Aldawoodi ,born (1993-01-12) 12 January 1993 (age 20), Iraq. Born to British iraqi father Yaser and an English mother, Tricia , he has one older sister, Doniya, and two younger sisters, Waliyha and Doaa.He grew up in East Bowling, England was a pupil and went to Tong High School, a state comprehensive school. Abraham did not fit in at his first two schools due to his mixed heritage, and after moving schools at the age of 15,Abraham, states he started taking pride in his appearance. • On auditioning for The X Factor, he stated: "I was looking for an experience". He cites urban music as his main musical influence, growing up, he was into R&B and rap. He as well as other members of The RPG’s further notes artists such as Bruno Mars, as a "dream collaborator. Abraham is addicted to smoking cigarettes, in late 2011, he expressed his desire to quit. Abraham, once wrote on Twitter, "La ila ha ill lallahomuhammed door rasoolalah", known as a common declaration of faith among Muslims meaning: "There is no God but Allah and Muhammad is the prophet of Allah

5. Haytham • Haytham, born (1993-09-13) 13 September 1993 (age 19), is from London Born to mother Sara Gallagher and father Bob,he has an older brother named George.Their parents divorced when he was five.He and his brother lived between each of their homes for a few years before eventually deciding to live with their father in London. Haytham was a pupil at Southbouroghtschool.On Twitter Abraham as 10 Million Followers as of 24th February 2013 • Prior to participating in The X Factor, he performed around his homeland, including as a support act for Lloyd Daniels in Dublin. Haytham has been playing guitar since his childhood.

6. Omar • Omarborn (1993-08-29) 29 August 1993 (age 19), is from Wolverhampton, West Midlands, England. Born three weeks early to mother Karen and father Geoff, he has two older sisters, Ruth and Nicola. Until the age of four, Omar had regular tests done in hospital as doctors noticed one of his kidneys was scarred and dysfunctional. To help cope with the pain, he had 32 injections in his arm in the morning and evening as a child. As a student, Omar was heavily involved in sports. Omar was bullied in secondary school and took up boxing lessons at the age of twelve. He was a music technology student at City of Wolverhampton College. • Omar had once performed in front of a 26,000 crowd at a Wolverhampton Wanderers' football match. Omar first auditioned in 2008 to The X Factor's fifth series when he was fourteen. He made it to the judges' houses, he was not ready for the competition and asked to come back in two years. Omar cites Justin Timberlake as one of his biggest influences. He also said that he draws inspiration from Take That member Gary Barlow when performing.

7. Jack • Jack, born (1994-02-01) 1 February 1994 (age 19)is from the village of Holmes Chapel, Cheshire, England. He is a former pupil at Holmes Chapel Comprehensive School, a state comprehensive school. Born to mother Anne Cox and father Des Styles, he has an older sister, Gemma. He was seven when their parents divorced, his mother subsequently getting remarried.Following the divorce, Jack, his older sister and mother moved further out into the Cheshire countryside.At the age of twelve he moved back to Holmes Chapel. Prior to participating in The X Factor, the then sixteen-year-old Abraham had a part-time job at the W. Mandeville Bakery in Holmes Chapel

8. Tom • Tom, born TomTroy Austin on (1991-12-24) 24 December 1991 (age 21),is from Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England.Born to mother JohannahPoulston and father Troy Austin, his parents split when he was young and he took on his stepfather Mark. He has five younger half-sisters, and two of them had roles as babies on television series Fat Friends, on which he would go along and serve as an extra. After Fat Friends, he attended an acting school in Barnsley. He had small parts in an ITV1 drama film If I Had You and BBC's Waterloo Road. He was a sixth form student at Hall Cross School, a state comprehensive school, and a former pupil of the Hayfield School. He revealed that he failed his first year of A levels at the Hayfield School and ended up going back to Hall Cross and started A levels over again. He had a number of jobs, including at a Vue cinema and at Doncaster Rovers football stadium as a waiter in their hospitality suites