Neil Cooper (drummer)


Neil Cooper is an English drummer for Therapy?, a Northern Irish rock band, and formerly a member of The Beyond, a rock band.

Career

Cooper was a founding member of The Beyond in 1988.
The Beyond disbanded in 1993, after which Cooper joined Cable. The band signed to Infectious Records and Cooper appeared on their debut album Downlift the Uptrodden. He also played on both of their John Peel sessions and toured the UK and Europe.
In 1995, however, Cooper re-joined his old bandmates from The Beyond in a new group called Gorilla. In 1998, following the release of several EPs, the group disbanded.
Cooper, operating freelance by the late 90's, had a stint with bigbeat combo Psychedeliasmith, and worked with Fatboy Slim. Cooper also gained his Certificate in Teaching from the Royal Schools of Music in 2001, the same year as he co-founded a Derby-based record label called Stressed Sumo Records.
Cooper joined Therapy? in 2002, following the departure of Graham Hopkins. His first live performance with Therapy? took place at the Carvicais Rock Festival in Portugal on 10 August that year. It followed one rehearsal in which he had to learn the full sixteen song set. Cooper has since played on the band's last eight studio albums – High Anxiety, Never Apologise Never Explain, One Cure Fits All, Crooked Timber, A Brief Crack of Light, Disquiet, Cleave, and Hard Cold Fire.
Cooper uses, and is endorsed by, Mapex drums, Paiste cymbals, and Vic Firth drumsticks.

Discography

The Beyond

Manic Sound Panic No Excuse Crawl
  • "One Step Too Far"
  • "Empire" Raging
  • ''Chasm''

Cable

  • "Sale of the Century"
  • "Seventy"
  • "Blindman"
  • "Seventy"
  • ''Downlift the Uptrodden''

Gorilla

Extended Play Shutdown

Therapy?

  • All releases from 2003 to present