Teen-Beat. The Ropers.

The Washington, D.C.-based indie pop band the Ropers was formed in 1991 by singer Doug Bailey and guitarist Mike Hammel, students at the University of Maryland who quit school after two years to begin making music. They soon recruited drummer Alex Hacker, whom both Bailey and Hammel knew from their brief stint in the Lilys; with bassist Greg Pavlovcak, the Ropers recorded their debut single, the 1992 Slumberland label release "Sunbathe," soon followed by "I Don't Mind."

In 1994 the group released a self-titled EP, with the full-length All the Time following a year later; Hacker departed in early 1996, and with new drummer Mike Donovan, the Ropers recorded their TeenBeat label debut The World Is Fire, disbanding a short time later.

RELATED ARTISTS

THE LAST WAVE (Greg)

THE LILYS (Alex/Doug/Mike)

THE SOUNDS OF KALEIDOSCOPE (Alex/Doug)

THE STILL (Alex/Doug/Greg)

hollAnd The Paris Hilton Mujahideen album

THE ROPERS, Mike Donovan, Doug Bailey, Mike Hammel, Greg Pavlovcak

Doug, Greg, Mike H., Mike D. [clockwise from top]
Photo collage by Khoi Vinh
Photos by [unknown]

RECORD LABELS ASSOCIATED WITH

Slumberland,
Teen-Beat

FILM

REVOLVER

Produced by Treiops Treyfid. Edited by Bill McKenna. 1995.

WAITING

Performed live The Bell House, Brooklyn, New York, November 14, 2009.

BIOGRAPHY

The Washington, D.C.-based indie pop band the Ropers was formed in 1991 by singer Doug Bailey and guitarist Mike Hammel, students at the University of Maryland who quit school after two years to begin making music. They soon recruited drummer Alex Hacker, whom both Bailey and Hammel knew from their brief stint in the Lilys; with bassist Greg Pavlovcak, the Ropers recorded their debut single, the 1992 Slumberland label release "Sunbathe," soon followed by "I Don't Mind." In 1994 the group released a self-titled EP, with the full-length All the Time following a year later; Hacker departed in early 1996, and with new drummer Mike Donovan, the Ropers recorded their TeenBeat label debut The World Is Fire, disbanding a short time later.

- Jason Ankeny, All Music>

DISCOGRAPHY

SINGLES

Sunbathe
I Don't Mind
split single with The Tribbles
split single with Boyracer
Revolver

ALBUMS

The Ropers
All the Time
The World is Fire

COMPILATIONS

Why Popstars Can't Dance
Give Me the Cure
1998 Teenbeat Sampler
Slumberland Records: The First 20 Years

ALSO

UNREST: Teen-Beat 26th Anniversary

FILM

short film for Revolver

The Last Wave
Public Record
The Still

SONGS

Blind
Blue Sunday
Chained
Cool Self
Dawn
Drink You Up
Drive
Flashlight
Home
I Don't Mind
It's So Strange
Jumping Someone Else's Train
Lost
Mystery Girl
Paste
Please Understand
Pretty Quiet (Song)
Rain
Revolver
September's Rain
Spider Web
Sweet Lord I Know
Take Your Time
These Days
Transparent Day
Tried
Waiting
You Have a Light

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