Horace Panter is the bassist for the British 2 Tone ska band The Specials.
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Panter graduated with a degree in Fine Art from Coventry’s Lanchester Polytechnic in 1975.
During his second year at Lanchester Polytechnic, he met Jerry Dammers and together they formed The Specials. They subsequently became one of the greatest British bands of the 1980s.
After the disbandment 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. He then joined forces with Neol Davies of The Selecter to form a Blues band, Box of Blues.
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Between 1998 and 2008, Panter taught art to special needs children at Corley Special School in North Warwickshire.
Panter is a member of the reformed Specials and is also in a blues combo, dubbed ‘Blues 2 Go’.
As an artist, Horace Panter has exhibited throughout the United Kingdom since 2010.
Where does Horace Panter live?
Horace Panter lives and works in the Midlands, United Kingdom, when not travelling the world with The Specials.
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