He is the lead vocalist, guitarist and lyricist of Electric Wizard, a stoner/doom band from Dorset,[1] which he co-founded in 1993.

In early 2003, Tim Bagshaw and Mark Greening left the band, making Oborn the only founding member remaining.

Later in that year, Oborn gathered a new line-up for the band, which included his wife, Liz Buckingham, as second guitarist.

She has remained part of the band ever since, with her and Oborn both handling guitar duties on Electric Wizard's more recent releases.

Oborn is married to Liz Buckingham, his bandmate of Electric Wizard who joined the group in 2003.