Craig Hooper is an Australian musician who was a core member (with Dave Mason) of Indie rock band The Reels (1977-1992) and was in bands The Mullanes (the initial incarnation of Crowded House), The Church (guested on their 1984 album Persia) and The Crystal Set. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics. Indie rock is genre of Alternative rock that primarily exists in the independent Underground music scene The Reels was an Australian Rock music group which performed and recorded between 1978 and 1991 The Mullanes was the first incarnation of the New Zealand/Australian rock group Crowded House following the demise of Split Enz in 1984 Crowded House is a rock group formed in Melbourne, Australia and led by New Zealand musician and Singer-songwriter Neil Finn. The Crystal Set was a Sydney -based Australian indie rock band formed in the early 1980s featuring Russell Kilbey (bass and [1][2] As a keyboardist or guitarist, he was a session musician for Do-Ré-Mi, Rockmelons and Ross Wilson;[1] and The Port-of-Call Girls. Do-Re-Mi aka Do-Ré-Mi were an Australian Rock / Pop band formed in Sydney in 1981 when Deborah Conway (lead vocals and The Rockmelons are an Australian Pop / Dance / R&B group based around Bryon Jones, Jonathon Jones and Raymond Medhurst Ross Wilson (born Ross Andrew Wilson November 18, 1947 in Melbourne, Victoria Hooper was also involved in songwriting (co-writing with The Reels members)[3] and record producing (with Mason and Bruce Brown). [4]