Craig Hooper

{{short description|Australian musician (born 1959)}}

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| name = Craig Hooper

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| birth_name = Craig Lincoln Hooper

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1959|11|23|df=y}}

| birth_place = Dubbo, New South Wales, Australia

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| genre = Indie rock

| occupation = Musician

| instrument = Guitar, keyboards

| years_active = 1976–present

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| associated_acts = The Reels, Do-Ré-Mi, The Church, The Crystal Set

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Craig Lincoln Hooper (born 23 November 1959) is an Australian musician who was a core member (with Dave Mason) of indie rock band The Reels (1977–1992), and was in bands The Mullanes (the initial incarnation of Crowded House), The Church (appears on their 1984 five-track extended play, Persia) and The Crystal Set.{{cite web | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20120928064333/http://hem.passagen.se/honga/database/h/hoopercraig.html | url = http://hem.passagen.se/honga/database/h/hoopercraig.html | title = Craig Hooper | work = passagen.se | publisher = Australian Rock Database (Magnus Holmgren) | last1 = Holmgren | first1 = Magnus | archivedate = 28 September 2012 | url-status = usurped | accessdate = 14 July 2014 }}{{cite web | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20121006014121/http://hem.passagen.se/honga/database/c/church.html | url = http://hem.passagen.se/honga/database/c/church.html | work = passagen.se | title = The Church | publisher = Australian Rock Database (Magnus Holmgren) | last1 = Holmgren | first1 = Magnus | archivedate = 6 October 2012 | url-status = usurped | accessdate = 14 July 2014 }}{{cite web |title=HowlSpace – The Reels |publisher=HowlSpace |url=http://www.whiteroom.com.au/howlspace/en2/reels/reels.htm |accessdate=4 October 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070830155552/http://www.whiteroom.com.au/howlspace/en2/reels/reels.htm |archive-date=30 August 2007 |url-status=dead }}

As a keyboardist or guitarist, he was a session musician for Do-Ré-Mi, Rockmelons and Ross Wilson.

Hooper was also involved in songwriting (co-writing with The Reels members){{cite web|title=Australasian Performing Right Association |publisher=APRA |url=http://www.apra.com.au/site/public/searchworksresult.stm |accessdate=4 October 2007 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928070913/http://www.apra.com.au/site/public/searchworksresult.stm |archivedate=28 September 2007 }} and record producing (with Mason and Bruce Brown).{{cite web |title=Craig Hooper |publisher=Discogs | url=http://www.discogs.com/artist/Craig+Hooper |accessdate=4 October 2007 }}