Matt Hopper
Matt Hopper is a singer/songwriter and guitarist for The Roman Candles. He began playing guitar in high school near Hatcher Pass, AK. Hopper maintains a current band in Boise, ID and Anchorage, AK while often using musicians from a diverse variety of music scenes. It would be safe to label Hopper a "north-westerner". Hopper has been performing original songs for over a decade, and has released over 8 albums of original full length and extended play collections of songs on compact disc. He has warmed up stages for artists as diverse as Dr. John, Everclear, Todd Snider, Gin Blossoms, Young Dubliners, Portugal. The Man, Jonathan Tyler & The Northern Lights, Barenaked Ladies, Heartless Bastards, Soledad Brothers and toured with He has toured with Cold War Kids, Kate Earl, Old Believers, The Devil Whale, Drew Grow, Peter Piek, Lucky Fonz III, Dentia Odigie, Kat Jones, Anatomy of a Ghost and many more.