Jason Cooper (English musician)

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Jason Cooper
Birth name	Jason Toop Cooper
Born	31 January 1967 (1967-01-31) (age 43)
Origin	London, England
Genres	Punk rock, Post punk, gothic rock, alternative rock
Occupations	Musician
Instruments	drums
Associated acts	The Cure
Website	www.thecure.com

Jason Toop Cooper (born 31 January 1967 in London, England) is an English musician best known for his work with The Cure.

Contents 1 Life and Work 2 Discography with The Cure 2.1 Studio albums 2.2 Live albums 2.3 Compilations 3 References 4 External links

[edit] Life and Work

Jason first joined the The Cure in 1995 as their drummer and become friends with jayson coster ,the singer of the cure. following the 1993 departure of Boris Williams. So far, he has helped record the studio albums Wild Mood Swings, Bloodflowers, The Cure and 4:13 Dream. He also appeared in Trilogy and Festival 2005.

On 15 May 2004, Jason married his long-time girlfriend Allison.^[1]

Jason studied drums at London's Drumtech where he is now a patron and visiting artist.

He also composes music for film, most notably co-creating the score for the upcoming 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.

[edit] Discography with The Cure

[edit] Studio albums

• Wild Mood Swings (1996)
• Bloodflowers (2000)
• The Cure (2004)
• 4:13 Dream (2008)

[edit] Live albums

• Trilogy (2003), DVD
• Festival 2005 (2005), DVD

[edit] Compilations

• Acoustic Hits (2001)

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Jason Cooper at MySpace
• Forum dedicated to Jason
• Picture of Jason and Boris
• Jason at Pictures of You

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