Hugh Hopper
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Hugh Hopper (29 April 1945 - 7 June 2009) was a composer and bass player from Canterbury, United Kingdom who achieved his highest public profile through his work with Soft Machine between 1968 and 1972. Though mass-market acceptance was never high on his list of priorities, Hopper will be remembered by connoisseurs of British experimental art-rock for his instrumental gifts and his idiosyncratic composing style, with The Soft Machine, as well as on a long string of solo albums, the most recent o
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Colin
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- Canterbury
- Sibling
- Brian Hopper
- Occupation
- bassist
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Genre
- progressive rock
- Instrument
- guitar
- Record label
- Columbia Records
- Official website
- www.hugh-hopper.com
- Image
- Hh peavey 01.jpg
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- cause of death
- leukemia
- date of birth
- 1945-04-29
- date of death
- 2009-06-07
- birth name
- Hugh Colin Hopper
- name in native language
- Hugh Hopper
- manner of death
- natural causes
- start of work period
- 1963-00-00
- Commons category
- Hugh Hopper
- end of work period
- 2009-00-00
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