Sean McNabb (born September 24, 1965) is an American actor and bassist. While still on tour with rock bands, he is also acting and writing, composing, and singing music for TV and film. In 2015, he released his first solo music as a lead singer, "Fresh Air" and "America". Both are also featured in the film ''Rockstory''.
McNabb was born in
South Bend, Indiana. At age 21, he became the bass player of the 1980s metal band
Quiet Riot, replacing
Chuck Wright.
McNabb joined
Dokken as their bassist in 2009 and was a mainstay with the band until 2014. He has recorded over 35 CDs in his discography. He has also toured and recorded with
House of Lords
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(where he again replaced Wright),
Great White,
Lynch Mob,
Montrose,
Queensrÿche
Queensrÿche () is an American progressive metal band. It formed in 1982 in Bellevue, Washington, out of the local band the Mob. The band has released 16 studio albums, one Extended play, EP, and several DVDs, and continues to tour and record ...
,
Jack Wagner,
Don Felder,
Edgar Winter, Maya,
Bad Moon Rising,
Rough Cutt,
Burning Rain
Burning Rain is a band formed by guitarist Doug Aldrich (Revolution Saints, The Dead Daisies, ex-Dio (band), Dio, ex-Whitesnake) and singer Keith St John, Keith St. John (Montrose (band), Montrose) in 1998. Joining the group were drummer Alex Ma ...
, and
XYZ. McNabb can be heard on the
''Dr. Phil'' show in the music tracks and the "I'm Loving It" McDonald's breakfast commercials. McNabb has also performed with several pop artists, country, blues, and folk singer/songwriters.
In addition to music, he is acting in Hollywood in film and television and has twenty credits on IMDb. Of note, he appeared on FX TV's ''
Sons of Anarchy'' and as host of ''Best of AXS TV Concerts 2012 – Legends of Rock''. He starred along TV and Broadway greats in Los Angeles plays. He has appeared in films, TV and in commercials. He was on the cover, and was profiled, by the ''Beverly Hills Times'' as a rising star in the world of acting.
McNabb is also active in the
Los Angeles
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charity scene (including celebrity golf tournaments and Harley rides), appearing in such magazines as ''Angeleno'' and ''LA Confidential''. He married Los Angeles based
KTTV news anchor
Christine Devine
Christine Devine (born November 2, 1965) is an American television news anchor based in Los Angeles. She can be seen weeknights on KTTV's ''Fox 11 News''. She has won 16 Emmys, including the prestigious Governors Award. Six Emmys were for Best Ne ...
on September 9, 2016. He has a daughter, Lauriel, and a grandson, Malcolm.
Discography
With Quiet Riot
*''
Quiet Riot
Quiet Riot is an American heavy metal music, heavy metal band founded in Los Angeles in 1973 by guitarist Randy Rhoads, bassist Kelly Garni, and vocalist Kevin DuBrow.
The original lineup featured Rhoads and Garni with lead vocalist Kevin Du ...
'' (1988)
With
House of Lords
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*''
Demons Down
''Demons Down'' is the third studio album by House of Lords, released on April 7, 1992.
It was recorded with founding members James Christian and Gregg Giuffria playing with a reformed band line-up, and was the last album before the band's brea ...
'' (1992)
With Badd Boyz
*''Bad Boyz'' (1993)
With Great White
*''
Great Zeppelin: A Tribute to Led Zeppelin'' (1998)
*''
Can't Get There from Here
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'' (1999)
*''
Latest and Greatest'' (2000)
*''
Thank You...Goodnight!'' (2002)
*''
Back to the Rhythm
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'' (2007)
With XYZ
*''Letter to God'' (2003)
With Dokken
*''
Greatest Hits
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'' (2010)
*''
Broken Bones
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'' (2012)
With
Burning Rain
Burning Rain is a band formed by guitarist Doug Aldrich (Revolution Saints, The Dead Daisies, ex-Dio (band), Dio, ex-Whitesnake) and singer Keith St John, Keith St. John (Montrose (band), Montrose) in 1998. Joining the group were drummer Alex Ma ...
*''Epic Obsession'' (2013)
With Black Bart
*''Bootleg Breakout''
With Rough Cutt
*''Sneak Peek'' EP (2000)
With Resurrection Kings
*''Resurrection Kings'' (2015)
With Lynch Mob
*''
The Brotherhood'' (2017)
References
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American rock bass guitarists
American heavy metal bass guitarists
American male bass guitarists
Quiet Riot members
Rough Cutt members
Great White members
Dokken members
1965 births
Living people
House of Lords (band) members
Actors from South Bend, Indiana
Musicians from South Bend, Indiana
American male television actors
Male actors from Los Angeles
Guitarists from Indiana
20th-century American guitarists
Burning Rain members