Notable Residents
Radiohead guitarist Ed O'Brien was a resident during his time at university in Manchester. The Chemical Brothers played their first gig at the Owens Park BOP. The comedian Jack Whitehall also lived in the Tower. At the time they formed Van der Graaf Generator in 1967, Peter Hammill and Chris Judge Smith both were residents of Owens Park.
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