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tom hooper

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New release's Tom's Journey Through The Solar System and 2007's Basement Suite now on i-tunes.A quick history of my illustrious music career. First band was a punk band called Gentlemen of Horror,recorded a 7 inch 5 song e.p. in 1980(at age 14).Next band was the Grapes of Wrath.We were a Beatlish,British new wavey,folky band(that's my description anyway).One of the first signings to the Vancouver indie label Nettwerk prod.and later signed with Capitol/Emi. released four albums and one e.p. from 1984 to 1992.two of the albums went platinum,one gold,had a bunch of hit singles and video's.The next band Ginger,released two(dare i say critically acclaimed) albums and an e.p. from 1993 to 1996.Got back with ex-grape bandmate Kevin Kane and released another grapes album in 2000. Record company goes bankrupt after the release. decided to pack it in again. . Buy my albums Basement Suite and the concept album Tom's Journey Through the Solar System on i-tunes

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Member Since: 11/6/2006
Band Website: tomhooper.ca
Band Members: Me
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Type of Label: Indie

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my new record ' basement suite'

so i actually managed to get these songs i've been working on out of my basement studio and into Randy Bachman's studio where they were quickly mixed and mastered.it is very hard to finish something t...
Posted by tom hooper on Mon, 25 Jun 2007 09:59:00 PST

Something else to worry about

Why is it that the press and everybody else seems to be ignoring the fact that bees are disappearing all over North America and now Europe.The decline of bees in some areas has been as much as 70%.If ...
Posted by tom hooper on Sat, 21 Apr 2007 11:58:00 PST

listen for the coughing deer

a true fact i once read(you can look this up).only one other animal on earth has a voice box that is similer to humans,and that animal is a deer.if you listen carefully on a quiet night in the woods,y...
Posted by tom hooper on Thu, 22 Mar 2007 10:19:00 PST