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Guitarist and multi-instrumentalist from Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Nowadays based in Melbourne, Victoria. Charlie worked with Rob Younger in The New Christs for many years. Owen has collaborated separately with Paul Kelly (2016) and Joel Silbersher (Tendrils: 1995 & 1998). Plus he’s worked with Tex Perkins in many contexts (The Beasts Of Bourbon, Ladyboyz, Tex, Don & Charlie). Since 1996 Owen has also contributed consistently to Tex Perkins solo albums, and is a member of The Dark Horses.

ALBUMS


Paul Kelly (2) & Charlie Owen
Death's Dateless Night
2016, CDr, Promo, Smplr, One Louder Recordings (2), Six Boroughs Media
Paul Kelly (2) & Charlie Owen
Death's Dateless Night
2016
Charlie Owen
Turn The Light On
2009,
Tex Perkins & Charlie Owen
Live At Northcote Social Club Wednesday 16th May 2007
2007, CDr, Album, New Found Frequency, ,
Alternative Rock
Joel Silbersher & Charlie Owen
Tendrils
1995, ,
Alternative Rock/Folk Rock
Louis Tillett & Charlie Owen
Midnight Rain
1995, ,
Blues Rock/Indie Rock
Charlie Owen
Vertigo & Other Phobias
1994, CD, Album, Red Eye Records, Polydor,
Louis Tillett & Charlie Owen
The Ugly Truth
1993
The Chapel of Ease
When Night Falls
2008, CD, Album, Mistophone
Penny Ikinger
Songs From The Deep
2001, CD, EP, Not On Label, ,
Indie Rock
Tex Perkins
She Speaks A Different Language
2000, CD, Maxi, Grudge, Slick (4), Universal Music Australia
Tex Perkins
I Know Y'Know I Know
2000, CD, Single, Grudge, Slick (4), Universal Music Australia
Tex Perkins
Dark Horses
2000
Tex Perkins
You're Too Beautiful
1996, CD, Maxi, Polydor, Slick (4),
Maurice Frawley And Working Class Ringos
Livin Lazy
1994, CD, Album, Id, Id
Louis Tillett
A Cast Of Aspersions
1990
Louis Tillett And The Aspersion Caste
Condemned To Live / Midnight Witch
1989
Plunderers
Trust Us
1988
Various
Long Gone Whistle - The Songs Of Maurice Frawley
2010, 3xCD, Album, Comp, Liberation Music, ,
Country Rock/Acoustic/Indie Rock/Country
Tex Perkins Don Walker Charlie Owen*
What I Done To Her
1994, CD, Single, Red Eye Records, Polydor
Maurice Frawley And Working Class Ringos
Whoop Whoop
1993, CD, Album, Blue Dog Music, ,
Country Rock
Tex, Don & Charlie
Monday Morning Coming Down...
Tex, Don & Charlie
You Don't Know Lonely
2017, ,
Acoustic/Country/Folk
The Dark Horses
Tunnel At The End Of The Light
2015
The Beasts Of Bourbon
30 Years On Borrowed Time
2013, ,
Blues Rock
The Dark Horses
Everyone's Alone
2012,
Divinyls
Don't Wanna Do This
2007
The Beasts Of Bourbon
Little Animals
2007
The Green Mist
Next Stop Antarctica
2007
Various
Winter 2C
2000, CD, Comp, Empire Records (37)
Tendrils
Soaking Red
1999, 7", Single, Gold Hole Recordings
Tendrils
Soaking Red
1998, CD, Album, Half A Cow Records, ,
Alternative Rock/Acoustic
Divinyls
Underworld
1996, CD, ,
Alternative Rock
Divinyls
Divinyls Live
1994
Tex, Don & Charlie
Selections from the Album 'Sad But True'
1993, CD, Promo, Polydor, Red Eye Records
The New Christs
Another Sin / The Burning Of Rome
1989, 7", Single, Citadel (7)
The New Christs
Distemper
1989
The New Christs
Headin' South
1988, 7", Citadel (7)
The New Christs
Divine Rites
1988, ,
Alternative Rock
The New Christs
Dropping Like Flies
1987
The New Christs
Planet Girl E.P.
7", EP, Ltd, Num, Unofficial, Not On Label (The New Christs)
Divinyls
Divinyls Live
,
New Wave/Pop Rock/Pub Rock

APPEARANCES +


The Beasts*
Ultimo
2024
Marty Frawley
The Wannabe
2023
The Forresters
Something To Give
2021, CDr, Album, Tom Thumb Records (3)
Astrid Munday
Beauty In The Ordinary
2020, CD, Album, Behind The Beat
The Beasts*
Still Here
2019
Billy Price
Dog Eat Dog
2019
Fondermann
Blickwinkel
2017, LP, Album + CD, Album, K-Klangträger
The Forresters
The Forresters
2016, CD, EP, Tom Thumb Records (3)
The Sunset Strip
Stone Lazy
2015
The Big Iron
We Will Fall
2014, LP, Album, Not On Label (The Big Iron Self-released)
Cellophane Suckers
Saturated / My Pal
2014, 7", Single, Ltd, Num, High Noon Records (2), Ghost Highway Recordings
Jimmy Barnes
30:30 Hindsight
2014, ,
Soft Rock/Rock & Roll/Pub Rock/Blues Rock
Suzie Stapleton
Obladi Diablo
2012
Tex Perkins & The Dark Horses
Tex Perkins & The Dark Horses
2011, ,
Folk Rock/Country/Indie Rock
Penny Ikinger
Penelope
2010, CD, Album, Citadel (7)
Brian Henry Hooper*
Trouble
2010, Vinyl, ,
Alternative Rock
Penny Ikinger
Fragile
2009, CD, EP, Ltd, Num, Not On Label
Large Number 12s
Long Train Ride
2008, CD, Album, Mixmaster Records
Suzie Stapleton
45 Revelations Per Minute
2008, CD, ,
Country Rock
Tex Perkins & His Ladyboyz
No. 1's & No. 2's
2008
Robert Forster / Grant McLennan
Intermission: The Best Of The Solo Recordings 1990-1997
2007, 2x CD, ,
Alternative Rock/Pop Rock
Carus & The True Believers
Three Boxes
2007
Spencer P. Jones And The Escape Committee
Fugitive Songs
2007
Don Walker
Cutting Back
2006, CD, Album, Warner Strategic Marketing Australia,
Jen Cloher & The Endless Sea
Dead Wood Falls
2006, ,
Indie Rock
Tex, Don And Charlie*
All Is Forgiven
2005, CD, Promo, Smplr, Universal Music Australia,
Acoustic
Dan Warner
A Likeness Of You
2005, CD, Album, Croxton Records, ,
Folk Rock/Country Rock/Indie Rock
Jen Cloher
Permanent Marker
2005, CD, EP, Shiny,
Jen Cloher & The Endless Sea
Rain
2005, CDr, Promo, Smplr, Car, Shiny, ,
Indie Pop
Large Number 12's*
Every Sunday
2005, CD, Album, Mixmaster Records
Beasts Of Bourbon*
Low Life
2005
Tex, Don And Charlie*
All Is Forgiven
2005, CD,
Acoustic/Country/Folk
The Nation Blue
Idiot / Is That Love?
2004, 7", Trial And Error
The Forresters
Skindeep
2003, ,
Power Pop
Penny Ikinger
Electra
2003
Mick Harvey
Australian Rules
2003, CD, ,
Soundtrack
Tex Perkins ' Dark Horses*
Lucid
2003
Tex Perkins ' Dark Horses*
Sweet Nothing
2003,
Joel Silbersher
Greasy Lens
2002
Spencer P. Jones
The Last Gasp
2002,
The Cruel Sea
Where There's Smoke
2001, CD, Album, Universal Music Australia,
Garage Rock
Louis Tillett
Live @ The Basement
2001, CD, Album, Ltd, Dig, Return To Sender
Ma's Folly
Don't Tease The Bull
2001, CD, Not On Label,
Dan Brodie And The Broken Arrows
Big Black Guitar
2001, ,
Country Rock/Rockabilly
Astrid Munday
Apparition
2000, CD, Album, Laughing Outlaw Records, AZM
Steve Prestwich
Since You've Been Gone
2000, CD, Album, BiGBanG (2),
Spencer P. Jones
These Days
2000, CD, EP, Spooky Records, ,
Alternative Rock
Conway Savage
Nothing Broken
2000, CD, ,
Alternative Rock/Blues Rock
Hoss
Do You Leave Here Often?
1998, CD, Album, Mongrel Records (2)
Dan Brodie
I'm Floatin' Mamma
1998, CD, EP, Big Black Guitar Records,
Spencer P. Jones
What's Got Into Him?
1997, 7", Single, Both Sides Burning, ,
Garage Rock
Various
Big 2
1997
Various
Return To Sender
1996, CD, Comp, Normal, ,
Folk Rock/Country Rock/Indie Rock
Tex Perkins
Splendid Lie
1996, CD, EP, Polydor, Slick (4),
Blues Rock
Various
Audio CD
1996, CD, Comp, Audio (Magazine), ,
Pop Rock/Indie Rock/Lounge/Music Hall/Synth-pop/Post-Punk/New Wave/Downtempo/Psychedelic Rock/Space Rock/Stoner Rock/Alternative Rock/Blues Rock/Experimental/Folk Rock/Parody/Doo Wop/Noise/Art Rock/Spoken Word/Industrial/Free Improvisation/Ambient
Tex Perkins
Far Be It From Me
1996, CD,
Indie Rock
Beasts Of Bourbon*
Gone
1996
Hoss
Everyday Lies
1995, CD, Album, Dog Meat, ,
Garage Rock/Hard Rock/Indie Rock
The Cruel Sea
Three Legged Dog
1995
Robert Forster
2541
1994, CD, Single, Beggars Banquet, ,
Indie Rock
Kim Salmon And The Surrealists
Hell Is Where My Heart Lives
1994, CD, MiniAlbum, Comp, Dig, Red Eye Records, ,
Blues Rock/Rock & Roll/Classic Rock/Garage Rock
Spencer P. Jones
Rumour Of Death
1994, CD, Album, Red Eye Records, Polydor
Robert Forster
I Had A New York Girlfriend
1994, CD, ,
Indie Rock
Kim Salmon & The Surrealists*
Sin Factory
1993, ,
Alternative Rock/Indie Rock
Tex Perkins Don Walker Charlie Owen*
Sad But True
1993
Hoss
Bring On The Juice
1993
Kim Salmon & The Surrealists*
Non Stop Action Groove: The EP
1992, CD, EP, Red Eye Records, Polydor
Acuff's Rose
Never Coming Down
1992, CD, Album, Torn & Frayed, ,
Country Rock
Louis Tillett
A Cast Of Aspersions
1990, ,
Indie Rock
Tony Buck
The Shape Of Things To Come
1989, LP, Not On Label
Various
Positively Elizabeth Street (A Citadel Compilation)
1989, ,
Garage Rock
Various
Take Everything Leave Nothing
1987, 2xLP, Comp, Citadel (7), ,
Alternative Rock/Garage Rock/Power Pop
Meera Atkinson
This Is The Planet
1987, LP, Album, Citadel (7), ,
Pop Rock/Poetry
Various
A Minute To Midnight...
1987, LP, Comp, Adrenalin Records (2), ,
Alternative Rock/Garage Rock/Punk
Louis Tillett
Ego Tripping At The Gates Of Hell
1987, ,
Blues Rock/Folk Rock/Alternative Rock
Tango Bravo
Blood Is The Colour / May Be It's A Rainbow
1986, 7", Single, Mushroom, Mushroom
Carl Brouse
American Hotel
1982, ,
Country
Large Number Twelves*
Large Number Twelves
CD, Album, Not On Label,
Catfish
Ruby
,
Southern Rock
Various
October 2009 Chrysalis Music Fall Singles Sampler
2009, 2xCDr, Promo, Smplr, Chrysalis Music Group USA, ,
House
Various
The Best Of Acoustic
2008, 2xCD, Comp, Shock (2),
Various
Airplay Summer 2007
2007, CD, Comp, ABC Music, ,
Country/Folk
Various
Writers' Bloc 2007
2007, CD, Album, Ltd, Promo, Mushroom Music Publishing
Various
Storming The Citadel Vol. 2
1998, 10", MiniAlbum, Comp, Ltd, Num, Divine Rites, ,
Garage Rock/Indie Rock
Various
Best Alternative '98 Vol. 10
1998, CD, Comp, Baby Records (9)
Various
New Rock - Sound Therapy
1997, CD, Comp, Promo, Hitch-Hyke Records, Ποπ + Ροκ, ,
Alternative Rock/Industrial/Pop Rock/Prog Rock/Experimental
Various
Audio CD
1995, CD, Comp, Audio (Magazine)
Various
Music For Film & TV
1995, 2xCD, Promo, Polygram Music Publishing,
Various
Absolutely Live 1994
1994, CD, Comp, Ltd, Almaviva Records