Paul Antony Young was born January 17th 1956. He was the middle child of three, has an elder brother Mark and a younger sister Joanne. His interest in music dates back to when he was very young, when he learnt to play the piano and then the guitar. On leaving school he worked with his father for Vauxhall Motors and played in various bands at night. He played Bass guitar in his first band but always wanted, and eventually managed, to become the singer. These were lean times musically because his preferred style of music, Soul, was not particularly popular. However he managed to sing in local bands such as Kat Kool & The Kool Kats and later in the better known Streetband.

In December of ‘79 Streetband broke up and Paul went on to form the Q-Tips.During the next three years Paul introduced himself to more and more of the British public through the Q-Tips extensive touring playing 700 shows over three years in the UK and Europe. This period of intense activity gave Paul the chance to develop his unique voice and stage persona. The Q-Tips found their large membership of musicians worked against them in the new wave of synth-pop duos, and after struggling to find a record deal, they did one more tour then went their separate ways at the end of 82’. Paul signed as a solo artist with CBS/SONY Records in that same year. More...