[1] After graduating from Central Connecticut College, Hooker moved to California and became interested in free jazz.

[1] His music was too radical to be commercially successful, and Hooker took other jobs to earn a living.

[1] This changed after he received praise for a 1988 recording, and he made frequent appearances at the Knitting Factory from early the following decade.

[1] Hooker was a founding member of the Text of Light, a musician's collective that released seven albums between 2004 and 2010.

[3] "He is an elemental drummer of considerable force, equally at home in free-form jazz and avant-garde rock circles; he also experiments with electronics and turntables".