He also produced and directed music videos for artists such as Headpins, Trooper, Zappacosta, Suzanne Gitzi, and Images in Vogue as well as for the Slugs themselves.
In 1977, he formed Doug and the Slugs and the band toured extensively through North America in the 1980s.
Besides works with Doug and the Slugs, Bennett released a solo album, Animato, in 1986.
Bennett died in Calgary on October 16, 2004, after a lengthy illness,[1] a week after falling into a coma.
[2] He was the subject of the documentary Doug and the Slugs and Me by director Teresa Alfeld, which had its world premiere at the 2022 DOXA Documentary Film Festival.