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The Grapes of Wrath were a jangly alternative folk-pop quartet formed in Kelowna, Uk Columbia in 1983 by brothers Chris Hooper (drums) and Tom Hooper (vocals, bass), along with Kevin Kane (vocals, guitar) as well as the afterwards addition of keyboardist Vincent Jones. In 1984, they agreed upon to Nettwerk …

Best known like a founding person in beloved Canadian alt-rockers the Grapes of Wrath, Sodium Spring Island-based vocalist/songwriter Tom Hooper spent his formative years on-stage along with his sibling Chris in the Uk Columbian punk clothing Gentlemen of Horror. In 1983 the Hoopers, along with fellow B.C. vocalist/songwriter Kevin Kane, …

Inspired with the Beatles and merging energetic pop with graceful but evocative melodies, the San Francisco-based four-piece Translator highlighted two singer/songwriter/guitarists (Steve Barton and Bob Darlington) along with a sound that spanned Merseybeat and stripped-down rock and roll to psychedelia. Larry Dekker on bass and Dave Scheff on drums finished …

Kevin Kane was created and elevated in Surrey and Kelowna, Uk Columbia; in his teenagers he began a punk music group called the Eliminate Pigs with Chris and Tom Hooper, whom he’d known since quality college. After playing in various other rings (Kane in Clear Set as well as the …