Trooper

There are several bands called Trooper:

1. Trooper is a Canadian rock band created by Ramon McGuire and Brian Smith in 1975. They had over a dozen hit singles between 1975 and 1980.

Trooper from Vancouver, BC, Canada put out their first album in 1975 with their first single "Baby Woncha Please Come Home". Also on that record was the hit single "General Hand Grenade" which stayed at #l on the Cashbox Canadian Chart for over a month. Smith and McGuire received nominations for Composer of the Year for "Baby Woncha Please Come Home" at the Juno awards that year. Other Trooper hits include "We're here for a Good Time", "Santa Maria", and "Raise a Little Hell". In March 1979, a greatest hits album titled HOT SHOTS was released, it went quadruple platinum selling over 400,000 copies. That same year Trooper won the Juno award for best group. Trooper is still touring today, mostly in Canada. Current band members: Ra Macguire (vocals), Brian Smith (guitar), Paul Gogo (keyboards), Scott Brown (bass), Clayton Hill (drums). (trooper.ca)

2. Trooper is a Romanian heavy metal band formed in 1995. Free downloads of their entire discography are available at www.trooper.ro.

he Romanian band started in 1995 in Târgovişte, Romania. Current lineup includes: Ionuţ Rădulescu (bass), Ionuţ Covalciuc (drums) , Alin Dincă (vocals), Laurenţiu Popa (guitar), and Aurelian Dincă (guitar).

1997 - Troopers demo
2001 - Trooper 2001
2002 - Trooper E.P.
2002 - Trooper I L.P.
2004 - Trooper E.P.
2005 - Desant L.P.
2006 - Gloria - Tribut pentru Iris
2006 - Electric
2007 - Amintiri 12 ani - box-set
2008 - Rock 'n' roll pozitiv


3. Trooper is a German dance band, whose major release appears to be "Jet Plane" from 2005.