Kev Hopper (born 1961) is an English bass guitarist.
Life and career
Hopper is probably best known as the bass guitarist with Stump, an Anglo/Irish indie/experimental/rock group formed in London in 1983. Stump released two albums, the self released mini album Quirk Out in 1986 and their only full-length release A Fierce Pancake in 1988. Since the late 1980s, his mainly instrumental output has been diverse and best described as a hybrid style of experimental and melodic pop with his distinctive bass playing often to the fore. He has also created electronica with the group Ticklish and minimal pulse music in a Rock band format with Prescott (formed in 2012) featuring Scritti Politti keyboardist Rhodri Marsden, drummer Frank Byng, adding Pere Ubu guitarist, Keith Moliné in 2016.
Hopper is also a visual artist (painter).
Discography
Solo albums
Stolen Jewels (1990), Ghetto Records
The Stinking Rose (1993), retrospective Bandcamp digital release
Spoombung (1998), Thoofa
Whispering Foils (2000) Drag City/Duophonic
Saurus (2002), Drag City/ Afterhours [Japan]
I Saw Spoombung's Daughter Consumed by Kirby Dots (2005), Afterhours (Japan) The Germjoin (2012), Afterhours (Japan) Tonka Beano (2013), Linear Obsessional Records Kevlington (2015), Bandcamp digital release Corbyn Sceptic Club (2018), Linear Obsessional Records Moving and Handling (2020), Bandcamp digital release Peppa Vesticle (2021), Bandcamp digital release Sans Noodles (2022), Dimple Discs
with Stump
Mud on a Colon EP (1986), Ron Johnson (UK Indie #39) Quirk Out (1986), Stuff (UK Indie #2) The Peel Sessions EP (1987), Strange Fruit (UK Indie #13) A Fierce Pancake (1988), Ensign Chaos (1988), Ensign Charlton Heston, (1988) Ensign (UK #72) Buffalo (1988), Ensign The Complete Anthology box set (2008), Sanctuary Does the Fish Have Chips? (2014) Cherry Red Records