Birth Place: Canterbury, Kent, England

Member of:
The Wilde Flowers (1965-1967)
The Soft Machine (1969-1973)
Isotope (1974-1975)
Hopper, Dean, Tippett & Gallivan (1976-1977)
Soft Head (1978)
Soft Heap (1978-1979, 1987)
Gilgamesh (1978)
Hugh Hopper & Alan Gowen (1980)
Hugh Hopper & Richard Sinclair (1983)
Pip Pyle's Equip'Out (1984-1986)
In Cahoots (1985-1988)
Anaid (1987-1988)
Shortwave (1991-1996)
Hugh Hopper & Mark Hewins (1994)
Hugh Hopper & Kramer (1994-1996)
Mashu (1995-1998)
Hughscore (1995-1997)
Brainville (1998-)
Hopper - S. Klossner (1998-1999)
Jan Ponsford, Frances Knight, Hugh Hopper, Vince Clarke (1998-2002)
Glass Cage (2000)
Bone (2001-2002, 2006)
Polysoft (2002-2003)
Soft Works (2002-2004)
Ndio (2003-2005)
Hugh Hopper & Julian Whitfield (2003)
Hugh Hopper and Matt Howarth (2003-2004)
Soft Mountain (2003)
Soft Bounds (2004-2005)
Soft Machine Legacy (2004-)
Clear Frame (2004-)

Associated Acts:
Brian Hopper
Robert Wyatt
Elton Dean
Carla Bley
Patrice Meyer
Lindsay Cooper

Genres:
Progressive Rock
Jazz Fusion

Debut Album: Soft Machine: Volume Two (1969)