Tom Hooper (musician)

Thomas Scott "Tom" Hooper is a Canadian songwriter and musician.

He was a founding member of the Kelowna punk band Gentlemen of Horror, and also of The Grapes of Wrath, one of the most popular Canadian rock bands of the late 1980s and early 1990s. When singer/guitarist Kevin Kane left The Grapes of Wrath in 1992, Hooper and the rest of the band went on to become Ginger. Hooper and Kane later reunited as The Grapes of Wrath in 1998 and released an album called Field Trip in 2000. He is the brother of drummer and Grapes of Wrath bandmate Chris Hooper.^[1]

Hooper later released a solo album, The Unexplored Cosmos, in 2002. In 2007, he released the solo album Basement Suite.

He is married to ex-Lava Hay singer songwriter Suzanne Little, with whom he has two children.

References

↑ MacNeil, Jason. "Biography: Tom Hooper". Allmusic. Retrieved 6 May 2010.

1. http://tomhooper.ca/ 2.Jason Margolis. http://www.theworld.org/2010/05/04/tom-hooper/

3.Greg Pratt.http://www.exclaim.ca/articles/generalarticlesynopsfullart.aspx?csid1=143&csid2=844&fid1=46516

External links

The Grapes of Wrath

Tom Hooper Kevin Kane Chris Hooper Vincent Jones

Studio albums	The Grapes of Wrath (1984) September Bowl of Green (1985) Treehouse (1987) Now and Again (1989) These Days (1991) Field Trip (2000) High Road (2013)

Compilations	Seems Like Fate 1984–1992 (1994) Singles (2012)

Singles	"Misunderstanding" "Love Comes Around" "Peace of Mind" "O Lucky Man" "Backward Town" "All the Things I Wasn't" "Do You Want to Tell Me?" "What Was Going Through My Head" "The Most" "I Am Here" "You May Be Right" "A Fishing Tale" "Good to See You"

Related articles	Ginger Lava Hay

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