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Horace Panter
Horace Panter
	Panter in 2019
Background information
Also known as	Sir Horace Gentleman
Born	Stephen Graham Panter; 30 August 1953 (age 72)
Origin	Croydon, Surrey, England
Genres	New wave, ska, rock
Occupations	Musician; artist; teacher;
Website	http://www.horacepanterart.com/

Stephen Graham "Horace" Panter (born 30 August 1953), also known professionally as Sir Horace Gentleman, is the bassist for the British 2 Tone ska band The Specials.

Early life

Panter was born in Croydon, Surrey and spent most of his formative years in Kettering, Northamptonshire starting a one-year art course at Northampton College in 1971.^{[citation needed]} In 1972, he began studying fine art at Coventry's Lanchester Polytechnic (now Coventry University).^{[citation needed]}

Music

In his second year at Lanchester Polytechnic he met Jerry Dammers and together they formed The Specials. The band started playing in Coventry bars and clubs before releasing their first single, 'Gangsters' on their own record label (2-Tone). Following the break-up of The Specials in 1981, Panter went on to play with General Public with Dave Wakeling and Ranking Roger from the original Beat, and then with the reformed Specials in the 1990s. Panter then joined forces with Neol Davies of The Selecter to form a Blues band, Box of Blues. Today, he is a full-time member of the reformed Specials and is also in a blues combo, called 'Blues 2 Go'. He has also played with Malik & Pettite (formerly The Tones), and is in the process of getting together a ska orchestra called 'The Uptown Ska Collective' who began touring in 2014.^{[needs update]}

Panter has been playing with The Dirt Road Band since 2022, although an earlier incarnation of the band briefly appeared in 2017 and played the odd gig in the Midlands. The band have recently released their debut album, Righteous.

Teaching, autobiography and art

During the 1990s, Panter qualified as a teacher and taught art to special needs children at Corley Special School in North Warwickshire from 1998 to 2008.^[1]

He has written an autobiography, Ska'd for Life, in which he described his involvement in the creation of the punk-ska hybrid that became known as '2-Tone, and described his experiences since the band's creation.^[2]

An occupation of Panter's alongside his performing with the Specials is art. He has been a professional artist since 2010 and has exhibited throughout the UK.^[3] His work is based on traditional forms of iconography fused with the sensibilities of British pop art.^[4]

References

^ Arnot, Chris (3 February 2009). "School reunion". The Guardian. Guardian News and Media Limited. Retrieved 16 February 2010.
^ "Ska'd for Life". www.2-tone.info. Retrieved 8 October 2013.
^ "Horace Panter". www.accordingtomcgee.com. Archived from the original on 19 April 2014. Retrieved 18 April 2014.
^ "Horace Panter Art – Icon Inspired Art". Horacepanterart.com. Retrieved 11 August 2014.

External links

The Specials
2 Tone website
Horacepanterart.com

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[1] Arnot, Chris (3 February 2009). "School reunion". The Guardian. Guardian News and Media Limited. Retrieved 16 February 2010.

[2] "Ska'd for Life". www.2-tone.info. Retrieved 8 October 2013.

[3] "Horace Panter". www.accordingtomcgee.com. Archived from the original on 19 April 2014. Retrieved 18 April 2014.

[4] "Horace Panter Art – Icon Inspired Art". Horacepanterart.com. Retrieved 11 August 2014.

v t e The Specials
Lynval Golding Horace Panter Tim Smart Drew Stansall Nikolaj Torp Larsen Steve Cradock Pablo Mandleson Terry Hall Jerry Dammers Silverton Hutchinson Tim Strickland Roddy Radiation Neville Staple John Bradbury Dick Cuthell Rico Rodriguez Rhoda Dakar John Shipley Satch Dickson Groco Anthony Wymshurst Stan Campbell Edgio Newton Nick Parker Gary McManus Jon Read Adam Birch Mark Adams Aitch Bembridge
Studio albums	The Specials More Specials In the Studio Today's Specials Guilty 'til Proved Innocent! Skinhead Girl Conquering Ruler Encore Protest Songs 1924–2012
Live albums	Blue Plate Specials Live Ghost Town Live
Compilation albums	The Singles Collection Dawning of a New Era Too Much Too Young: The Gold Collection Best of the Specials BBC Sessions Stereo-Typical: A's, B's and Rarities Archive Greatest Hits The Best of The Specials
Extended plays	Too Much Too Young
Singles	"Gangsters" "A Message to You Rudy" "Rat Race" "Stereotype" "Do Nothing" "Ghost Town" "The Boiler" "Free Nelson Mandela"
Related	Discography 2 Tone Records The Best of The Specials & Fun Boy Three Dance Craze The Very Best of The Specials and Fun Boy Three

v t e General Public
Dave Wakeling Ranking Roger Mickey Billingham Horace Panter Andy "Stoker" Growcott Mick Jones
Studio albums	All the Rage Hand to Mouth Rub It Better
Compilation albums	Classic Masters
Singles	"Tenderness" "I'll Take You There"

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