Music From 1980 until 1989, Cooper was a member of the
new wave group Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark. Prior to joining OMD, Cooper played the
saxophone at some of their
concerts, or they used his pre-recorded work. He also played with
Dalek I Love You. In 1981, he briefly left OMD to join
Dave Hughes for a project called
Godot. Cooper also made some
writing contributions to their
songs. His biggest success was "
Souvenir", co-written with
Paul Humphreys, which reached number 3 in the
UK Singles Chart. Besides playing in OMD, Cooper and Hughes wrote
film scores for
C.H.U.D. and
Knights and Armour amongst others. After OMD split in 1989, Cooper formed
The Listening Pool with ex-OMD members
Paul Humphreys and
Malcolm Holmes. They also founded their own
record label, Telegraph Records. The Listening Pool released one album
Still Life, which had one of Cooper's paintings as the
album cover. The band broke up in 1996. In 2007, Cooper rejoined OMD and continues to record and tour with them to this day.
Painting During his hiatus from OMD, Cooper devoted most of his time to painting. Many of his works are
still life pictures. ==Personal life==