Owen Paul

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Owen Paul (born Owen Paul McGee, 1 May 1962, in Glasgow), is a Scottish singer, best known in the UK for his 1986 hit single, "My Favourite Waste Of Time," a cover version of a song that was originally written and recorded by American singer-songwriter, Marshall Crenshaw. The track featured an appearance from future Thunder bass player Mark 'Snake' Luckhurst.

As a youngster Paul was taken on as an apprentice with Celtic Football Club but after hearing the Sex Pistols he decided to pursue a career in music. After releasing a couple of singles he had a fall-out with his record company resulting in him leaving the music industry for 15 years.^[1]

Paul has made two television appearances to forget: the first was on the BBC live programme Pebble Mill, when he was meant to mime to My Favourite Waste Of Time, but due to a technician's mistake, he missed his cue [1]. The second came much later, as the unfortunate guest of a neighbour to The Osbournes, when as a result of playing music in a neighbouring garden, he provoked Ozzy and the rest of his dysfunctional family into throwing food.

Reverting to his full name of Owen Paul McGee, he returned to the music scene in 2002 with the album, About Time.