Some read Kerouac’s “On The Road” and say “that’s a nice story” while others change their name to Sal Paradise and get in the car. Matt Hopper is one of these people. Hailing from the town of Hatcher Pass, Alaska – Hopper began writing songs in his late teenage years thanks to a pawn shop purchase of The Lemonheads’ “It’s A Shame About Ray”. After his band, The Roman Candles, took home best local band awards in 2003 – he decided to have a go at the west coast. Although independent, hard working singer-songwriters are a plenty, Hopper set himself up for a career in music by utilizing his business management degree and an unquenchable thirst for the open road.
His music blends psychedelic folk and hook-filled rock and roll. He cites diverse influences such as Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, Weezer, and Depeche Mode on his website, while shows with Todd Snider, Gin Blossoms, Heartless Bastards and tours with Cold War Kids, Cameron McGill, and Ian Moore have inspired him to greater heights as a professional entertainer. Most of his nights are spent on a stage somewhere in America, where he wears his current mood on his sleeve and is not afraid to ramble on. Caribou Bill, his whiskey soaked alter-ego, isn’t afraid to challenge anyone to game of ping pong and will also be releasing music next year on Hopper’s independent Hatcher Pass label.

Summit Daily News in Colorado sums it up nicely – “Hopper is a monster rock n roll front man who writes brilliantly crafted pop tunes. He has the catalogue, persistence and the stage presence to be the next big thing in pop music’s re-birth of the singer/songwriter genre. He’s already proven he’s among the best of his class.”