Ken Owen
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Ken Owen | |
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Background information | |
Birth name | Kenneth Malcolm Owen |
Born | 23 April 1970 |
Origin | Billinge, Merseyside, England |
Genres | Grindcore, death metal, techno |
Occupation(s) | Drummer |
Instrument(s) | Drums, vocals |
Years active | 1985–1999, 2008–present (occasional only) |
Kenneth Malcolm Owen (born 23 April 1970) is an English drummer. He was born in Billinge, and grew up in Gayton, Merseyside.[1] He is best known as one of the founding members of Carcass, for which he also handled some of the vocals.[2] After the band broke up in 1995, he started Blackstar, along with two other Carcass members.[3] In February 1999, he suffered a brain haemorrhage at home and spent ten months in a hospital slowly emerging from a coma, making it impossible at the time for him to continue playing drums.[4] More recently, he has started playing drums again, but mostly makes music using the computer software program Reason.[citation needed]
He remains close to Carcass and its members: in 2008, he joined Carcass on stage at the Sweden Rock Festival 2008, Wacken Open Air festival 2008, Damnation Festival 2008 & 2013, 2009 at Bloodstock Open Air and in 2010 at Vagos Open Air to play a short drum solo. Jeff Walker has noted Owen's influence on the album Surgical Steel;[5] Owen appears on the album contributing some backing vocals, as well as in the music video for Unfit for Human Consumption.[6] In September 2015, he released his first solo album, Symbiotic Possibilities, which is a techno album recorded using Reason software.
He is currently a student at the Confetti Institute of Creative Technologies in Nottingham.
References
- ^ "Ken Owen - Encyclopaedia Metallum: The Metal Archives". www.metal-archives.com. Retrieved 2020-05-27.
- ^ Prato, Greg. "Biography: Carcass". Allmusic. Retrieved 18 March 2010.
- ^ Rivadavia, Eduardo. "Biography: Blackstar". Allmusic. Retrieved 18 March 2010.
- ^ "Carcass Drummer Slams Magazine Over Award 'Cancellation'". Blabbermouth. June 18, 2008. Archived from the original on 6 June 2011. Retrieved 18 March 2010.
- ^ Lach, Stef. "Carcass still owe debt to Ken Owen". Metal Hammer Magazine.
- ^ "Carcass "Unfit for Human Consumption" (video)". exclaim.ca.