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 Matt Hoopes playing guitar | |
| Born | February 15, 1981 Canton, Ohio |
| Occupation(s) | Guitarist and backing vocalist for the Christian rock band Relient K |
| Website | www.relientk.com |
Matthew Hoopes is a member of Relient K, a Christian rock band that was formed in 1998. Hoopes has played guitar and performed background vocals for Relient K for eight years.
Along with Matt Thiessen and Brian Pittman, Hoopes co-founded the band during his junior year of high school at GlenOak High School in Canton, Ohio. While lead singer Matt Thiessen writes almost every song, Hoopes wrote the song "Those Words Are Not Enough" on The Anatomy of the Tongue in Cheek. Some fans may refer to him as "Matty H", or just "Hoopes". The band was named after his car, the Plymouth Reliant K, and it is said that he still owns it.
Besides playing for Relient K, Hoopes has also done backup vocals for certain Matthew Thiessen and the Earthquakes songs, and has been a guest guitarist at concerts for the band My Red Hot Nightmare.
Hoopes currently lives in Nashville, Tennessee with his wife and daughter.
Trivia
- When Relient K started in 1998, Hoopes originally didn't want to do any singing for Relient K. However, Matt Thiessen pushed him to do it, saying that he had a great voice. Hoopes has been the primary backing vocalist for the band ever since.
- Hoopes is married to Danielle, the daughter of Mark Lee Townsend, Relient K's primary producer.
- Matt Hoopes normally plays his guitar in one position (as seen in the picture on the right), so much so that certain fans have called it the "Classic Hoopes Stance".
- Hoopes, along with Matt Thiessen and Brian Pittman, went to the same high school as Marilyn Manson.
- On occasion Matt Hoopes plays with the famed guitarist JC Carreon.
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