Real name: Douglas Owen Hopkins

Guitarist, and one of the founding members of the Gin Blossoms. Born April 11, 1961 in Seattle, Washington. Died December 5, 1993.
Hopkins left the Gin Blossoms in 1992, part way through the recording of the album New Miserable Experience, due to bouts of depression and alcoholism. The album was a success, selling 3 million copies. Hopkins committed suicide in 1993.

For the British recording engineer active since the 1970s, please consider Douglas Hopkins.