The people behind the music — then, and what they’re up to now.
bios
mark hitri
musician and chef in the dallas–fort worth, texas area. hitri played bass in the bands the haunted generation and pop poppins with his brother william paul hitri. hitri played music professionally until 2000, when he focused on his culinary career full-time.
broose
broose dickinson established himself in texas as an influential and prolific artist and musician (pop poppins, october 8th, toomuchtv) helping define the deep ellum underground art and music scene in dallas. he served as an artist-in-residence and board member for the deep ellum center for the arts, and was a community member for the art landing in oak cliff, texas. in 2000, broose relocated to splendora, texas, independently creating art and music for the next ten years before moving to bath, england. he has exhibited extensively in the us and europe and is currently a studio artist at 44ad artspace, bath. accolades include videomaker magazine's hottest and brightest award winner, finalist for the hunting art prize, visions international art prize, holburne museum portrait prize, bath prize, and nominee for multiple dallas observer music awards including best male vocalist, best musician, best singer/songwriter, best pop act, and best album.
michael jerome
michael jerome moore, known as michael jerome, is an american rock musician and drummer. he is a former member of the toadies (1990–91), course of empire (1994–1998), and james hall’s band pleasure club (formed in 2002). he was a member of the saginaw, texas band pop poppins — a metroplex cult follow. he played on charlie musselwhite’s 2004 release sanctuary, and has toured or recorded with blind boys of alabama, john cale, anna egge, tom freund, and many others. jerome is double-jointed and ambidextrous.
william p
Low-end architecture. William P made the crowd move without asking permission.
