When he came out of the womb, his most notable traits was that he had a goatee already and earrings dangling while throwing up the fisted HORNS \--/.  His mother aghast, his father proud.  Neither one of the new aborigine parents from the wilds of Australia knew they would birth the reincarnation of their long forgotten New Guinea ancestral lineage.  A lineage with the power to swoon the now extinct Perucetus Colossus Whale.  Harnessing the instrument to carry out this daring feat was a trade long past for the modern world.  It was a simple hollowed out coconut attached to a limb and used the fiber of the tarantula web as strings.  Immediately, Hooter became internationally known for being the worlds okayest Tarantula Coconut guitar player in the world.  At the age of two, he was called upon to use his talents to calm the evolved version of the Perucetus Colossus Whale.  Darwin never predicted this would happen.  After saving the world from an evolved Perucetus Colossus Whale uprising along the global shorelines, Hooter decided to share his skills with the rest of mankind.  The Tarantula Coconut Guitar did not have the impact he was hoping for.  A universe submerged in the throes of TikTok, there wasn't a place for this long forgotten talent.  Years of jeers, boos and monkey feces being thrown on him took its toll.  He finally gave up his ancestral craft and crawled back into oblivion to the wilds of Australia.

As fate would have, out of the proverbial blackhole of oblivion arose a calling.  A beckoning.  It was the cry of a long lost whale with its tallywhacker hung up in a fishing net grabbing global headlines.  It was a tragic scene fraught with an unending torture for this poor creature.  Hooter brought forth his ancient skills and was flown out to a research vessel in order to throw one last vestige of hope, but the only available instrument was a ship crewmate's Les Paul and a Marshall half stack.  Low and behold, the legend was reborn.  With a fury of off key notes mimicking the Tarantula Coconut Guitar, Hooter was able to calm the whale enough with his okay guitar playing that the whale's red rocket went flacid and he was freed from the treacherous misgivings of mankind's fishing net. 

But behold, on that crew were four other guys who long sought out to find the world’s okayest guitar player to fill the void in their world domination of the music world.  When Hooter revealed he had three testis, they decided to let him go due to egotistical toxic masculinity.  Nobody could best three balls. 

But behold again, it was Sir Cockintosh who took note of this peculiar individual named Hooter and introduced him to Jimmy McLovin, who was also the second cousin of King Duke III’s former chamber maiden, whom was married to Magic Mike the court jester, but also the secret lover of the opera singer Jay Ballerina Baker.  Sir Cockintosh put his mojo to work and threw a big party.  For no particular reason other than to celebrate Hooter hitting puberty at age 31.  It was After the Party that things came together.  After that party, a quintet of the world's okayest band was formed.  They brought joy to the world and all of mankind rejoiced and held hands in unison as the climate changed and everyone called each other they/them.  To this day............... 

And if you believe all this, you have issues.

Come check out AFTER THE PARTY!!!!  Hooter does!!!

Hooter has been playing guitar since the age of 13.  Enjoying it as just a hobby until the age of 24 when at the time he met up with the early members of what became known as In-Rage.  In-Rage released a full length album on the Three Way Productions label in 2005 titled 'Take Charge'.  After departing the label, In-Rage went on to release a six song self titled EP.  As In-Rage was winding down, he sought other avenues for music.  He performed a brief stint in Intruder, then with Josh Baker in Sutra, then finally landing long term in the cover band Final Order.  During the time with Final Order, he performed acoustically with Hoot n Holler, Thick & Thin, Hoot & Homeslice and Servin Hooters.  Around 2019 he reconnected with Josh Baker and formed an acoustic duo called The Brew Crew.  That led to the formation of the band Aged to Perfection, the beginning of the ATP moniker.  After the breakup of Aged to Perfection, the remaining members decided to carry on but enjoyed the recognition of the ATP moniker and formed After The Party.  

Today, Hooter enjoys the comradery of all the musicians he plays with.  It has been an enjoyable ride that not a lot of people get to do or stick with it.  But when you have the right mix of guys with the right personalities, it is no longer work.  It comes back to being a hobby that you get to do a lot.  A hobby and a craft that we all have poured ridiculous dollars and senseless amounts of time into.  We do it for ourselves, for each other, and for all of the crazies out there who come out to see us do stupid stuff and act like we are teenagers again.  

Here's to many more hours and many more dollars and many more band meetings!!!!  Cheers!!!