Kev Hopper

Hopper is best known for his work as bass guitarist for the band 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 electronica and melodic pop with his distinctive bass playing often to the fore. Two bands dominated his post-Stump years: the laptop quartet, Ticklish (1998–2005) and the bass guitar, riff-dominated Prescott (2012–2018) featuring Scritti Politti keyboardist Rhodri Marsden, drummer Frank Byng, and Pere Ubu guitarist, Keith Moliné. 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 • XiX (2025), 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 with Ticklish • Ticklish (2000), GROB • Rubato (joint E.P. with Fizzarum, 2005) Textile Records • Here Are Your New Instructions (2005) Textile Records with Prescott • One Did (2014) Slowfoot Records • Thing or Two (2017) Bandcamp digital release. Thoofa Records ==References==