STEVE HOPGOOD info
Steve Hopgood
(drums)
Member of Chinatown.
In the early eighties, Steve joined Lionheart:
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Dennis Stratton (guitar, vocals)
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Steve Mann (guitar)
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Rocky Newton (bass, vocals)
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Steve Hopgood (drums)
Hopgood stayed in the band until 1983.
In the mid eighties, he's a member of Persian Risk:
This lineup changed a bit with they added a 2nd guitarist:
Carl Sentance (vocals)
Graham Bath (guitar)
Phil Vokins (guitar)
Nick Hughes (bass)
Steve Hopgood (drums)
The band dissolved in 1986. Steve went to Wild!
In April 1987, Steve joins Paul DiAnno's Battlezone,
in time to record their 2nd album, Children of madness. With:
Paul Di'Anno (vocals)
John Wiggins (guitar)
Graham Bath (guitar)
Pete West (bass)
Steve Hopgood (drums)
But soon after, Pete West leaves:
Paul Di'Anno (vocals)
John Wiggins (guitar)
Graham Bath (guitar)
Artie Batz (bass)
Steve Hopgood (drums)
But the whole band changes in Spring 1988. Steve Hopgood
goes to the band Passion.
In January 1992, he rejoins singer Paul DiAnno
in a new venture, Killers, with Nick Burr on guitars. They released the
album Murder one.
Their new album was Menace to society,
recorded with:
Paul Di'Anno (vocals)
Cliff Evans (guitar)
Gavin Cooper (bass)
Steve Hopgood (drums)
In 1997, bassist Algy Ward reforms Tank, with a new
lineup:
Algy Ward (vocals, bass)
Mick Tucker (guitar)
Cliff Evans (guitar)
Steve Hopgood (drums)
They played a tour around Germany, where they recorded
a live album, The return of the filth hounds - live.
Albums with Chinatown:
Albums with Paul DiAnno's Battlezone:
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Children of madness (1987)
Albums with Killers:
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Murder one (1992)
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Menace to society
(1994)
Albums with Tank:
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The return of the filth
hounds - live (1998) (live, with additional studio tracks)
Sessions:
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