Matt Hopper plays Breedlove acoustic guitars and Gretsch electric guitars and uses Paige capos.

Hopper won an Alaska Public Radio Network award for best rock song, he performed at the Miss Alaska Pageant and impressed Go Magazine enough to where they referred to him as “the Northwest’s best kept secret”. He has shared the stages with so many artists it would bore you, but some memorable concerts supporting Dr. John, Todd Snider and The Lemonheads come to mind. Hopper continues to follow his dreams of being a fully committed, unique and original artist to this day and has no intentions of stopping. Read more about Matt Hopper & The Roman Candles at www.matthopper.com. The name of the band comes from a quote in Jack Kerouac’s “On The Road” … “the only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones who never yawn or say a commonplace thing, but burn, burn, burn like fabulous yellow roman candles exploding like spiders across the stars and in the middle you see the blue centerlight pop and everybody goes “Awww!”

“Matt Hopper does rock and roll right. [He] has a very natural ear for memorable melodies and irresistible guitar riffs; great songs seem to pour out of him.” – Ben Salmon, Bend Bulliten