Owen Paul (born 1 May 1962) is a Scottish singer best known in the UK for his 1986 No. 3 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. After releasing a couple of singles and the album As It Is, he had a falling out with his record label, resulting in him leaving the music industry for 15 years. Biography As a youngster, Paul was taken on as an apprentice with the football club Celtic, but after hearing the Sex Pistols he decided to pursue a career in music. In the early 80s he played and sang with Glasgow band Venigmas, who released the single "Strangelove". In 1989, he produced Japanese rock band Buck-Tick's album Taboo. Owen Paul has made two memorable television appearances. The first was on the BBC live programme Pebble Mill, when he was meant to mime to "My Favourite Waste of Time" but missed his cue due to a technician's mistake. His second role was playing a neighbour in The Osbournes. For over ten years he ran a West End theatre in London's Leicester Square (home of the Boy George musical Taboo) as well as a successful ballroom and Latin dancing club, returning to the music scene in 2002 with the album About Time. After touring and recording with Mike + The Mechanics he had a spell with Scottish supergroup Four Good Men and spent time as the lead vocalist for Ex-Simple Minds, with his brother, former Simple Minds drummer Brian McGee. In late 2012, Owen appeared on BBC1's Watchdog as part of their Rogue Traders team. In January 2014, Owen released "The One", his first official single in the UK since 1987, following this with the release of the album About Time II in the autumn of the same year. He now tours as a solo artist, with his 1980s band and with his Acoustic Folk show. To celebrate the 30th Anniversary of his 1986 hit he released two new versions, "My Favourite Waste of Time Part One" and "My Favourite Waste of Time Part Two", along with various dance remixes. The Acoustic 80s EP was released in 2017. The dance version of "Amazing" was remixed by Stonebridge and spent 3 weeks in the Music Week