Jason Toop Cooper (born 31 January 1967) is an
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drummer best known for his work with
The Cure
The Cure are an English Rock music, rock band formed in 1978 in Crawley, Crawley, West Sussex. Throughout numerous lineup changes since the band's formation, guitarist, lead vocalist, and songwriter Robert Smith (musician), Robert Smith has re ...
.
Life and work
Born in
London
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, England, Jason studied drums at London's
Drumtech
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(where he is now a patron and visiting artist). He first came to public attention as drummer for the band
My Life Story
My Life Story are an English pop group formed in London, England, in 1993. The group's success peaked in the mid to late 1990s as part of the Britpop era. Fronted by singer/songwriter Jake Shillingford, the group inherited their name from an ear ...
. Jason joined
The Cure
The Cure are an English Rock music, rock band formed in 1978 in Crawley, Crawley, West Sussex. Throughout numerous lineup changes since the band's formation, guitarist, lead vocalist, and songwriter Robert Smith (musician), Robert Smith has re ...
in 1995 following the 1993 departure of their previous drummer
Boris Williams
Boris Peter Bransby Williams (born 24 April 1957) is a French-born English drummer best known for his extensive work with the Cure (1984–1994).
Biography
Born in Versailles, France, he had previously worked with various artists, including T ...
. So far, he has performed on the studio albums ''
Wild Mood Swings
''Wild Mood Swings'' is the tenth studio album by English rock band the Cure, released on 7 May 1996 by Fiction Records.
Release
''Wild Mood Swings'' charted at number nine on the UK Albums Chart, staying on chart for six weeks, and charted ...
'', ''
Bloodflowers
''Bloodflowers'' is the eleventh studio album by English rock band The Cure. It was first released in Japan on 2 February 2000, before being released in the UK and Europe on 14 February 2000 and then the day after in the US by Fiction Records an ...
'', ''
The Cure
The Cure are an English Rock music, rock band formed in 1978 in Crawley, Crawley, West Sussex. Throughout numerous lineup changes since the band's formation, guitarist, lead vocalist, and songwriter Robert Smith (musician), Robert Smith has re ...
'' and ''
4:13 Dream''. He also appeared in three concert films, ''
Trilogy
A trilogy is a set of three works of art that are connected and can be seen either as a single work or as three individual works. They are commonly found in literature, film, and video games, and are less common in other art forms. Three-part wor ...
'', ''
Festival 2005'' and Anniversary 2018. In March of 2020 he planned a 3 city tour but was later canceled by Covid-19
Jason also composes music for film, most notably co-creating the score for the horror/thriller ''
From Within'', for which he and co-composer Oliver Kraus won the award for Best Original Score at the 2008 Solstice Film Festival.
On 15 May 2004, Jason married his long-time girlfriend Allison.
Discography with The Cure
* ''
Wild Mood Swings
''Wild Mood Swings'' is the tenth studio album by English rock band the Cure, released on 7 May 1996 by Fiction Records.
Release
''Wild Mood Swings'' charted at number nine on the UK Albums Chart, staying on chart for six weeks, and charted ...
'' (1996)
* ''
Galore'' (1997)
* ''
Bloodflowers
''Bloodflowers'' is the eleventh studio album by English rock band The Cure. It was first released in Japan on 2 February 2000, before being released in the UK and Europe on 14 February 2000 and then the day after in the US by Fiction Records an ...
'' (2000)
* ''
Greatest Hits
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'' (2001)
* ''
Trilogy
A trilogy is a set of three works of art that are connected and can be seen either as a single work or as three individual works. They are commonly found in literature, film, and video games, and are less common in other art forms. Three-part wor ...
'' (2003),
DVD
* ''
The Cure
The Cure are an English Rock music, rock band formed in 1978 in Crawley, Crawley, West Sussex. Throughout numerous lineup changes since the band's formation, guitarist, lead vocalist, and songwriter Robert Smith (musician), Robert Smith has re ...
'' (2004)
* ''
Festival 2005'' (2005),
DVD
* ''
4:13 Dream'' (2008)
* ''
Bestival Live 2011'' (2011)
* ''
40 Live Curaetion 25 + Anniversary'' (2018)
DVD/BluRay
References
1967 births
Living people
The Cure members
English rock drummers
British male drummers
Musicians from London
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