Sean Panting

Sean Panting
Personal details
Born (1970-05-14) 14 May 1970 (age 56)
OccupationSongwriter, musician and actor
WebsiteSpotify https://open.spotify.com/artist/0mhtg7tiv3py69c6D1lQB6

Sean Panting is a songwriter, musician and actor based in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador.

Career

Panting is a founding member of the iconic Newfoundland bands Drive and Kelly Russell & The Planks.[1] Between 2000 and 2020, he has released six albums of original songs; the most recent, The Simple Machines, was released on February 22, 2020. Panting's writing often draws comparisons with Elvis Costello, The Who's Pete Townsend, and former Hüsker Dü and Sugar front man Bob Mould, among others.

As an actor, he is best known for his portrayal of morally bankrupt barrister Walter McLean on CBC Television's Republic of Doyle.[2]

Panting unsuccessfully ran in the 2015 provincial election as a candidate for the district of Mount Scio, as a member of the Newfoundland and Labrador New Democratic Party.[3][4] His father Gerry Panting led the Newfoundland NDP from 1974 to 1977.[3]

Discography

  • Prevail (1994) – Drive
  • Blink (1996) – Drive
  • Jehovah's Witness Protection Program (1998) – Drive
  • Smashed Hits (1999) - Kelly Russell and The Planks
  • Lotus Land (2000) - Sean Panting
  • Trad (2001) - The Panting Brothers
  • Pop Disaster (2002) - Sean Panting
  • Receiver (2005) - Sean Panting
  • Victrola (2005) – Sean Panting
  • Boy on Bridge (2011) - Alan Doyle
  • Man of the Year (2011) – Sean Panting
  • The Simple Machines (2020) – Sean Panting

Films and television

References

  1. ^ "Fresh Tracks - Sean Panting - Living - The Telegram". www.thetelegram.com. Retrieved 28 November 2016.
  2. ^ ""Oh Yeah, Oh Yeah, Oh Yeah, Oh Yeah" - "Republic of Doyle" Season Three Premiere (St. John's)...One Perspective". Between the Rock and a Hard Place: Newfoundland, Great Big Sea, Alan Doyle, and even Russell Crowe. Retrieved 28 November 2016.
  3. ^ a b "Sean Panting seeking provincial NDP nod". CBC News. Retrieved 28 November 2016.
  4. ^ "NDP Leader Earle McCurdy loses to Siobhan Coady". CBC News. 30 November 2015. Retrieved 2 December 2015.

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