Jonathan Daniel Harper (born 15 February 1978) is an English session musician and started his musical career as the drummer for Reading-based British
alternative rock
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band,
The Cooper Temple Clause
The Cooper Temple Clause was an English alternative rock band, formed in Wokingham, Berkshire in 1998. The band released three albums before announcing their split on 24 April 2007, following the departure of Daniel Fisher.
After signing a re ...
. He filled-in the vacancy for drummer in the Brazilian band
Cansei de Ser Sexy (CSS) when
Adriano Cintra took the place of
Iracema Trevisan as bassist, after she left in April 2008.
In January 2010, Harper joined the
Chris Corner
Christopher Anthony Corner (born 23 January 1974) is an English record producer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, singer and video artist. He was a founding member of the band Sneaker Pimps, and is now also active with his solo project IAMX.
...
(formerly of
Sneaker Pimps
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) project
IAMX
IAMX is the solo musical project of Chris Corner of the band Sneaker Pimps. Founded in 2004 in London, it is an independent music project which also focuses on and experiments with visual art. Musically, IAMX spans multiple genres from electron ...
as a member of the live band. He was also the drummer for
IDLES between 2010 and 2011.
He attended the Forest School in
Winnersh
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with the other original members of The Cooper Temple Clause band, with whom he grew up with in
Reading
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. He has cited
Led Zeppelin
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, Neil Young,
dEUS
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Latin ''deus'' and ''dīvus'' ("divine") are in turn descended from Proto-Indo-European *'' deiwos'', "celestial" or "shining", from the same root as '' *Dyēus'', the reconstructed chief g ...
,
Sonic Youth
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,
Primal Scream
Primal Scream are a Scottish rock band originally formed in 1982 in Glasgow by Bobby Gillespie (vocals) and Jim Beattie. The band's current lineup consists of Gillespie, Andrew Innes (guitar), Simone Butler (bass), and Darrin Mooney (drums) ...
,
Squarepusher
Tom Jenkinson (born 17 January 1975), known professionally as Squarepusher, is an English electronic musician, record producer, bassist, multi-instrumentalist and DJ. His music spans several genres including drum and bass, IDM, acid house, ...
, Miles Davis and Stevie Wonder as some of his main influences.
References
Living people
1978 births
English rock drummers
The Cooper Temple Clause members
CSS (band) members
21st-century drummers
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