May 5, 2007

It goes like this: two million records, a couple dozen hits, sold-out coliseums across Canada, a Juno Award (Canada's Grammy) for Band of the Year. The Vancouver Sun called them "Canadian rock heroes of the first order ... the best performing band in Canada." If you need reminding, this was Trooper a decade or so ago. And what made them what they were then is still there now: great performances and great pop songwriting.

Incredibly, more than one out of every forty Canadians owns a copy of Trooper's 6X Platinum album; "Hot Shots". The band has performed thousands of shows in virtually every city and town in Canada and are the first Canadian band to successfully tour from coast to coast in their home country. In America, they've backed up a who's who of Rock including; Aerosmith, BTO, AC/DC, Steppenwolf, Alice Cooper, ZZ Top, Fleetwood Mac, Jeff Beck, REO, Styx, and many others.

In 1990 Trooper returned to the airwaves with the album "The Last of the Gypsies". The welcome afforded them by fans, radio, and critics was unqualified. The Toronto Star's Craig MacInnis pronounced Gypsies "a wonderful album, imbued with the humor and verve that only come from slowly digging oneself out of adversity." The album scored Gold-plus sales and new radio hits. Their cross-Canada tour with Helix and Brighton Rock was the most successful Canadian tour of the summer. The video for the hit "Boy With A Beat" received extensive play on Much Music as did a previously unreleased 1980 concert film.

As Trooper continues to sell out shows across the country, they often encounter fans from three different generations in the audience, proving that the band remains ageless.

Trooper has become a Canadian legend. They continue to perform their huge collection of hits with the vitality and sense of humor that has served them well on their steady march through the hills and valleys of Rock and Roll.

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