Nick Cooper (born May 27, 1968) is an American drummer, record producer and composer best known for his work with Free Radicals.

[6] He is also a documentary filmmaker (on the topic of somatherapy), a workshop facilitator, a student of capoeira angola, and a visual artist.

[8] He played in bands in high-school and began political activism at that time with the anti-Apartheid movement.

[8] Sprawl toured the U.S. many times, and released four CDs, breaking up in 1994. Cooper also worked with Rastaman Work Ethic productions in Houston, and produced a compilation CD, Texas Funk (1990), that included Sprawl and other bands.

[11] In 2000, Cooper travelled to Los Angeles to cover the protests against the Democratic National Convention.