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BIOG
Owen Paul, the Scottish singer, producer and co-writer of the 1986 UK and European smash summer hit (My Favourite Waste Of Time) ......
has done many things in the twenty or so years since he first came to musical prominence. He has played a leading role in a major musical theatre production, toured the UK and Europe with Phil Collins as one of ' Mike and the Mechanics ' as well as being their vocal arranger on their last album ' Rewired ', and Owen has even been harassed by Sharon and Ozzy Osbourne in the infamous " noisy neighbours " episode on MTV's record breaking show ' The Osbournes '
' The Osbournes noisy neighbour has been revealed as '80s pop star Owen Paul, Ananova.com reports.
Viewers of the reality TV show recently saw Sharon Osbourne throwing a large leg of ham over the fence in protest of the mystery neighbour's all night partying.
Owen, who had a hit with My Favourite Waste Of Time in 1986, says the ham has been followed by a barrage of olives, cheese, pate and stink bombs.
He told Heat magazine: "We were having a sing-song of my new material in the back of my garden when Ozzy claimed I was playing too loud.
"Next minute he started firing stuff over the wall. Sharon's even wilder than he is."
As well as being a comedy script writer for a leading FM radio station in the UK, for ten years he ran a West End theatre in London's Leicester Square as well as a successful Ballroom and Latin Dancing Club. He has produced a triple platinum selling album for the Japanese band 'Buck Tick' which became number one in their native country and Co-Produced the winning UK entry for Eurovision 2001 held in Copenhagen, for the young Sheffield singer Lindsay Dracass, having a UK top 20 hit at the same time.
In 2001 he finally went back to the recording Studio with new material, releasing his second solo album ' About Time ' in the same year.
In 2009 he returned to live performance with the Scottish Supergroup ' Four Good Men ' and then became lead vocalist for XSM ( Ex Simple Minds ) featuring original ' Simple Minds ' members Derek Forbes and Brian McGee, who to date have successfully toured the UK, the Philippines, Holland and completed a three week tour of Germany in 2012.
After a lengthy ' hiatus ' (some twenty years or so) from solo live performance, he returned to the stage in 2012 once more under the name Owen Paul.
In late 2012 Owen appeared on BBC 1’s Watchdog as part of their ‘rogue traders’ team.
He then performed at numerous 80’s festivals throughout the summer of 2013 as a solo artist, also secured a spot as guest DJ on Absolute 80’s radio station
Throughout the year he continued his working relationship with XSM (Ex Simple Minds) performing at huge outdoor events in both Germany and Holland.
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