Paul Eccentric
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| Born | 19 March 1967 Croxley Green, Herts, England |
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| 📆 Years active | 1986– |
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Paul Eccentric Is an English poet, musician, and author, most famously lead singer of rock band The Odd Eccentric. He has performed at the last 7 Glastonbury Festivals and at Edinburgh Fringe every year since 2012, except 2020 due to Lockdown
Career[edit]
In 1984 a journalist writing for The Watford Observer dubbed him Paul ‘Eccentric’ because he refused to give his surname during an interview. It stuck. His radio plays and poetry have been recorded by: Geoffrey Palmer, Paul McGann, Brian Cant, Edward Tudor Pole, Suzanna Harker, Mark Steel, Graham Fellows, Ian McCaskill, Jenny Funnel, Richard O’Brien and Den Hegarty.
Dividing time between writing and performing, Paul has published seven books on various subjects to date. His poetry and short stories have also been included in dozens of anthology books, magazines and newspapers. as well as Sunday Times bestselling author, Carole Matthews’ books, ‘Happiness for Beginners’ and ‘Christmas for Beginners’. Paul is currently published by Caffeine Nights Books[1], home of Shaun Hutson, Garry Bushell, Joe Pasquale, and Colin Edmonds and his first children’s book will be published by FBS Publishing, home of Colin Baker, Terry Molly and Mark Little later in 2021.
Paul is the front man for The Odd Eccentric, 1984 to present, The Senti-Mentals (featuring Den Hegarty from The Darts) 1996 to present He was also with The Rocketeers, featuring Bobby Valentino, from 1999 to 2000.
In 2009; along with Ian Newman and Donna Ray, Paul co-founded Rhythmical Ravings and Rants (RRRANTS), a poetry, song writing, comedy and storytelling collective. This led to The Bardaid Initiative [2] (donating several thousand poetry books to schools in the home counties) and the creating of three Telephone box libraries[3] and two school libraries.
His beat poetry act, ‘The Antipoet’, with Ian Newman, now dominates much of his time and has allowed him to support and warm up for many of his heroes, including, Adam Ant, Joolz Denby, Robin Ince, Mark Watson, Helen and The Horns, Viv Albertine, Mark Thomas, Ed Tudor Pole, Trevor Lock, TV Smith, Lester Square and Martin Stephenson. This also includes performing at Glastonbury’s Poetry and Words Stage, where the act has shared the bill over the years with, John Hegley, Tae Tempest, Phil Jupitus, Michael Rosen, Kate Fox, Elvis McGonagal, Matt Harvey, Murray Lachlan Young, Holly McNish, Lemn Sissay, Tony Walsh, Dizraeli, Luke Wright and Atilla the Stockboker.[4]
Discography[edit]
Studio albums
- Two Heads (1988)
- Magic, Mirth & Mayhem (1989)
- Odds & Sods: The Best of The Odd Eccentric (2005)
Books[edit]
- Down Among the Ordinaries (2004) United Press ISBN 978-1844360925 Search this book on
. - The Kult of The Kazoo (2009) RRRANTS Publishing ISBN 978-0955534034 Search this book on .
- Quaking in Me Stackheels (2010) DesertHearts ISBN 978-1898948971 Search this book on .[5]
- Rrrantanory Little Stories (2013) DesertHearts ISBN 978-1908755070 Search this book on .[6]
- The Edinburgh Fringe in A Nutshell (2015) Burning Eye Books ISBN 978-1909136564 Search this book on .[7]
- Does My Bass look Big in This? (2018) Black Pear Press Limited ISBN 978-1910322710 Search this book on .
- The Giant Step (2020) Caffeine Nights Publishing ISBN 978-1913200107 Search this book on .
References[edit]
- ↑ "Caffeine Nights Publishers". Caffeine Nights Publishers.
- ↑ "Big Bardaid Book". Desert Hearts.
- ↑ "Red phone boxes to libraries". Watford Observer. 2018-09-26.
- ↑ "Glastonbury Lineup, 2019". Glastonbury Festival. 2019-07-01.
- ↑ "quaking in me stackheels". Desert Hearts.
- ↑ "rrrantanory-little-stories-by-paul-eccentric-paul-eccentric". Desert Hearts.
- ↑ "The Edinburgh Fringe in A Nutshell". InPress Books.
External links[edit]
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