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Michael Penn (born August 1, 1958, in Greenwich Village, New York City) is
an American singer and songwriter. He is the son of actor/director Leo Penn
and actress Eileen Ryan, and the brother of actors Sean Penn and the late
Chris Penn.
Prior to the release of his 1989 debut album March, Penn was a member of
the Los Angeles band Doll Congress and had appeared as an extra on a few
television series, including St. Elsewhere.
March, particularly the first single, "No Myth," brought Penn attention,
as well as the 1990 MTV Video Music Award for Best New Artist. Penn's
follow-up albums Free-for-All (1992), Resigned (1997) and MP4: Days Since a
Lost Time Accident (2000) weren't able to match the commercial success of
March, although critics praised his songcraft.
It was with Free For All that Penn faced the specter of the one-hit
wonder. The album, while praise
