for Red Hot Chili Peppers and Foo Fighters. In early 2005, due to commitments with others projects from each member, the band was put on hold. Boss Volenti Hopkins was a member of Dublin band Boss Volenti for three years. He drummed on their self-titled debut album released in 2006 but left the band immediately after their appearance at Electric Picnic 2008. The Cake Sale Hopkins appeared as part of the band on the 2006 Oxfam charity album, The Cake Sale. Snow Patrol Hopkins spent the early part of 2007 stepping in as drummer for Snow Patrol on their European, Australian, New Zealand and American tours. Dolores O'Riordan He drummed on Dolores O'Riordan's debut solo album, Are You Listening? in 2007 before embarking on a worldwide tour with her. Once and The Swell season Hopkins also played on the soundtrack to the Irish Oscar-winning musical film Once which was written and directed by John Carney. He drummed on a few of the songs with Glen Hansard of The Frames and Markéta Irglová. Hopkins toured with The Swell Season, which features Glen Hansard, Markéta Irglová and members of The Frames. The Swell Season released their second album, Strict Joy, in September 2009. Others Hopkins has played drums on numerous albums, both Irish and internationally, including with The Frames, The Swell Season, David Kitt, Mundy, The Reindeer Section, Josh Ritter, Jape, The Pale and Pugwash amongst many others. Hopkins plays Zildjian cymbals, Aquarian drumheads, uses Vic Firth sticks and Drum Workshop drums, drum hardware and pedals. Short selected discography Therapy? – Semi-Detached (1998) Therapy? – Suicide Pact-You First (1999) Therapy? – So Much For the Ten Year Plan (2000) Therapy? – Shameless (2001) Therapy? – Music Through a Cheap Transistor (2007) The Frames – Dance the Devil (1999) The Frames – Burn the Maps (2004) The Frames – The Cost (2006) David Kitt – Square 1 (2003) David Kitt – Not Fade Away (2006) Pugwash – Jollity (2005) Pugwash – Giddy (2009) Dolores O'Riordan – Are You Listening? (2007) Jape – The Monkeys in the Zoo Have More Fun Than Me (2005) Miriam Ingram – Trampoline (2006) Boss Volenti – Boss Volenti (2006) Ann Scott – We're Smiling (2006) The Cake Sale – The Cake Sale (2006) Once – Once soundtrack (2007) The Swell Season – Strict Joy (2009) Oliver Cole – We Albatri (2010) Q (Colm Quearney) – Root to the