Jason Cooper

Jason Cooper
Birth name	Jason Toop Cooper
Born	(1967-01-31) 31 January 1967
Origin	London, England
Genres	Post punk, gothic rock, alternative rock
Occupation(s)	Musician
Instruments	Drums, percussion
Associated acts	The Cure, My Life Story
Website	www.thecure.com
Notable instruments
Natal, Zildjian

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

Life and work

Born in London, England, Jason studied drums at London's Drumtech (where he is now a patron and visiting artist). He first came to public attention as drummer for the band My Life Story. Jason joined The Cure in 1995 following the 1993 departure of their previous drummer Boris Williams. So far, he has performed on the studio albums Wild Mood Swings, Bloodflowers, The Cure and 4:13 Dream. He also appeared in two concert films, Trilogy and Festival 2005.

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.

Jason uses Natal drums and Zildjian cymbals.

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

Discography with The Cure

Wild Mood Swings (1996)
Galore (1997)
Bloodflowers (2000)
Greatest Hits (2001)
Trilogy (2003), DVD
The Cure (2004)
Festival 2005 (2005), DVD
4:13 Dream (2008)
Bestival Live 2011 (2011)

References

↑ "Jason Cooper". Picturesofyou.us. Retrieved 2011-10-10.

External links

The Cure

Studio albums

EPs

A Single
Hypnagogic States EP

Live albums

Compilation albums

Boys Don't Cry
Happily Ever After
Japanese Whispers
Standing on a Beach (Staring at the Sea)
Galore
Greatest Hits

Remix albums

Mixed Up

Other albums

Join the Dots

Singles

Other songs

Video albums

Concert Tours

Articles	Discography Personnel

Labels	Fiction Suretone Geffen Polydor Elektra Asylum Sire Warner

Bands	Associates Babacar COGASM Cult Hero Easy Cure Fools Dance The Glove Levinhurst Lockjaw The Magazine Spies Malice Presence Shelleyan Orphan Siouxsie and the Banshees

Albums	Nocturne Hyæna Essential Glastonbury Perfect as Cats: A Tribute to the Cure

Songs	"I'm a Cult Hero"

The Cure singles discography

1970s

1978: "Killing an Arab"
1979: "Boys Don't Cry"; "Jumping Someone Else's Train"

1980s

1980: "A Forest"
1981: "Primary"; "Charlotte Sometimes"
1982: "A Single"; "Let's Go to Bed"
1983: "The Walk"; "The Love Cats"
1984: "The Caterpillar"
1985: "In Between Days"; "Close to Me"
1986: "Boys Don't Cry (New Voice – New Mix)"
1987: "Why Can't I Be You?"; "Catch"; "Just Like Heaven"
1988: "Hot Hot Hot!!!"
1989: "Lullaby"; "Fascination Street"; "Lovesong"

1990s

1990: "Pictures of You"; "Never Enough"; "Close to Me (Remix)"
1992: "High"; "Friday I'm in Love"; "A Letter to Elise"
1996: "The 13th"; "Mint Car"; "Gone!"
1997: "Strange Attraction"; "Wrong Number"

2000s

2001: "Cut Here"; "Just Say Yes"
2004: "The End of the World"; "Taking Off" ("alt.end")
2008: "The Only One"; "Freakshow"; "Sleep When I'm Dead"; "The Perfect Boy"

Other songs	1979 "10:15 Saturday Night"

Book
Category

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