Loop (band)

Loop
Loop performing in 1989
Background information
Origin	Croydon, Surrey, England
Genres	Space rock psychedelic rock drone rock noise rock
Years active	1986–1991, 2013–present
Labels	Situation Two, Chapter 22 Records, Reactor, Head
Members	Robert Hampson Hugo Morgan Dan Boyd Wayne Maskell
Past members	Becky Stewart (Bex) John Wills Glen Ray James Endeacott Neil Mackay Scott Dowson

Loop are an English rock band, formed in 1986 by Robert Hampson in Croydon.^[1] The group topped the UK independent charts with their albums Fade Out (1989) and A Gilded Eternity (1990). Their dissonant "trance-rock" sound drew on the work of artists like the Stooges and Can,^[2] and helped to resurrect the concept of space rock in the late 1980s.^[3]

The group split in 1991, with Hampson going on to form the experimental project Main with guitarist Scott Dawson, and Mackay and Wills forming The Hair and Skin Trading Company. In 2013, the 1989–90 line-up of Hampson, Dawson, John Wills, and Neil Mackay briefly reformed for a series of gigs, and the following year Hampson unveiled a new line-up of the band with himself as the sole original member.