Simon Dawbarn (born Simon James Dawbarn, 5 August 1974, Warrington, England) aka Spike Dawbarn, is a British dancer and pop singer. He was a member of the boyband 911, who had 10 consecutive Top Ten hits between 1996 and 2000.

Although he attended some dance college afterwards, his secondary education ended at the age of sixteen when he could not get a grant to go to a London stage school. He had a brief spell as a bricklayer on a building site, a position from which he was sacked. He acquired the nickname 'Spike' because of his hairstyle.

He went on to become a dancer on the late night television show The Hitman and Her. In this role he worked alongside 'talents' such as Jimmy Constable and Jason Orange. In 1995 Dawbarn and Constable formed a partnership and teamed up with frontman Lee Brennan to form 911. Their first hit made the UK Singles Chart, subsequent releases rising higher on the charts. Dawbarn choreographed a number of the band's dance routines.

Since 911's split in February 2000, Dawbarn has made a career joining the other band members in reunion tours. He is also director of a pop academy youth programme, PopSkool with his fiancee Carol Mounsey, a dancer and choreographer. PopSkool started in his home town of Warrington and has spread across the UK. It teaches afternoon programmes in modern dance and vocal training to children between the ages of eight and sixteen. Dawbarn provides choreographic expertise and voice coaching is provided by Brennan.

Source

• "Nuts" magazine, Issue 17-23 March 2006, Page 56.

External links

• Popskool
• 911 member profiles