Brian "Hopper"
Biography
Brian Hopper (born 3 January 1943) is an English guitarist and saxophonist. Hopper was born in Whitstable, Kent, England, and is the older brother of the late bassist Hugh Hopper. With Hugh, he was a member in the early Canterbury scene band Wilde Flowers. He co-wrote several tracks on Soft Machine's 1968 debut album. After guesting on saxophone during the sessions for the follow-up album Volume Two in early 1969, he joined Soft Machine full-time for five months from May to October 1969. The death of two bandmates in the early 1970s discouraged Hopper from pursuing a proper career in music, so he went into agricultural crop protection research and development instead. Only in the latter part of the 1990s, did Hopper re-emerge as an artist of contemporary as well as historical significance. One of his projects was Canterburied Sounds, a four-CD compilation of archival Canterbury scene recordings from his private collection.
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Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
Credited work
131 releases · 43 albums · active 1994–2025
- Performance · 134
- Other credits · 5
Studios: Smegma Studios · Red Lantern Studios · Communichaos Media Clay Station · Earhammer Studios
Frequent collaborators
- Hellshock
- Detestation
- Defiance (2)
- P.R.O.B.L.E.M.S. (2)
- Burning Leather
- Various
- Atrocious Madness
- Starved And Delirious