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((short description|American musician))
((Multiple issues|
((Notability|1=Music|date=June 2023))
((BLP sources|date=June 2023))))
((Use mdy dates|date=October 2014))
((Infobox musical artist
| name             = Ben Harper
| image            =
| caption          =
| birth_name       = Benjamin Eric Harper
| alias            = Benjammin
| birth_date       = ((Birth date and age|1980|11|14))
| origin           = [[Jacksonville, Florida|Jacksonville]], Florida, U.S.
| occupation       = ((hlist|Producer|composer|musician))
| years_active     = 1997–present
| instrument       = ((hlist|Vocals|guitar|steel guitar))
| genre            = ((hlist|[[Alternative rock]]|[[pop punk]]|[[punk rock]]|[[hardcore punk]]))
| label            = ((hlist|[[Takeover Records|Takeover]]|[[Capitol Records|Capitol]]|[[Fueled By Ramen]]|Lobster|DIY))
| current_member_of = ((hlist|[[HeyMike!]]|[[This Legend]]))
| past_member_of = [[Yellowcard]]
| associated_acts  = [[This Legend]], [[HeyMike!]], [[Yellowcard]], [[Amber Pacific]]
))

'''Benjamin Eric Harper''' (born November 14, 1980) is an American rock musician. He is best known for being the founder & former lead guitarist for the American rock band [[Yellowcard]], as well as for the bands [[Amber Pacific]] and [[HeyMike!]] and This Legend. Benjamin Harper is founder and CEO of [[Takeover Records]]. Alongside these projects, Harper is the owner and founder of Takeover Live, a broadcasting and media production company that specializes in live-streaming bands along with giving artists a platform to share their sound on.

==Music career==
===Yellowcard (1997–2005)===
((Main| Yellowcard))
Harper Founded Yellowcard in 1997 with [[Longineu W. Parsons III]], Ben Dobson, Todd Clary, Warren Cooke, and [[Sean Mackin (musician)|Sean Mackin]] after meeting at [[Douglas Anderson School of the Arts]]. The band released its first album, ''[[Midget Tossing]]'', recorded in Jacksonville Beach in 1997. Its second album, ''[[Where We Stand]],'' was released in 1999. After Dobson left the band, Harper asked friend [[Ryan Key]] to be the band's new lead singer. The band then released the ''[[Still Standing EP]]'' in early 2000. Shortly after the release of their EP, Todd Clary left the band, Key then filled in as the rhythm guitarist. The members moved to [[Camarillo, CA]], after being signed to Lobster Records. They then begin working on their next album.

The group released their third album, ''[[One for the Kids]]'' in 2001 and followed up with ''[[The Underdog EP]]''<ref>((Cite web|url=https://www.elektra.com/|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110103222611/http://www.fueledbyramen.com/releases/index.php?id=053|url-status=dead|title=Elektra Entertainment|archive-date=January 3, 2011|website=Elektra Music Group|access-date=July 30, 2023))</ref> in 2002. After the release of The Underdog EP, Warren Cooke left the band due to personal reasons. The band later asked close friend [[Peter Mosely]] from [[Inspection 12]], to become the band's new bass guitarist. After Yellowcard released The Underdog EP the band signed with [[Capitol Records]], who were looking to sign [[pop punk]] bands at the time. Yellowcard then began the recording of their major-label debut album ''[[Ocean Avenue (album)|Ocean Avenue]]'' in late 2002.

Mosely left during recording of the album due to personal problems. The band then asked [[Alex Lewis (musician)|Alex Lewis]] to join as the bass guitarist. Yellowcard released their album ''Ocean Avenue'' on July 22, 2003 reached No. 23 on U.S. [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]], the album was a commercial success in the United States with the hit singles [[Way Away]], [[Ocean Avenue (song)|Ocean Avenue]], and [[Only One (Yellowcard song)|Only One]].

In early 2004, Lewis left the band after Mosely rejoined as the band's bassist. In 2005, Harper went with the other band members to Los Angeles while Key and Mosely moved to New York City to create new material for their next album. During the following months, tensions arose between the band members. In an interview with MTV News, he said that he was finished with writing the guitar tracks for the album and that he was leaving the band. He was replaced by Ryan Mendez from the band Staring Back.

===Amber Pacific (2006)===
((Main| Amber Pacific))
After leaving Yellowcard, Harper joined Amber Pacific as their rhythm guitarist, replacing Justin Westcott. Harper left the band before recording their second studio album, ''[[Truth in Sincerity]]'' in October 2006.<ref>((Cite web|url=https://www.punknews.org/article/20269/ben-harper-ex-yellowcard-joins-amber-pacific|title=Ben Harper (ex-Yellowcard) joins Amber Pacific|date=October 12, 2006|website=Punknews.org|access-date=July 30, 2023))</ref>

===HeyMike! (2008–present)===
((Main| HeyMike!))
In 2008, Harper joined the band as the new lead guitarist alongside Steven Neufeld, Justin Cabrera, and T.J Arriaga.  HeyMike! reconstructed its original trio in 2009 when Josh McDonald came back to continue his bass playing duties. Harper remained with the band and the quartet toured in the United States and Japan throughout 2009.[1] In 2010, HeyMike! finished recording their third record and second full length album titled ''Pop and Circumstance'' which is Harper's first recorded appearance since Yellowcard's [[Lights and Sounds]].  HeyMike! also toured in Europe and played a limited engagement of shows in the United States.  "Pop and Circumstance'' was released on April 19, 2011.

===This Legend (2014–present)===
In June 2014, Harper formed a new band with former Yellowcard drummer and good friend [[Longineu W. Parsons III]], Chris Castillo (lead vocals and rhythm guitar) and Steven Neufeld (bass guitar) called This Legend.<ref>((Cite web|url=https://www.fuse.tv/2014/06/former-yellowcard-members-reunite-new-band-this-legend|title=Fuse|website=Fuse.tv|access-date=July 30, 2023))</ref> The band played several shows across the U.S.

The band has been on hiatus since that first tour because of the members diverging interests.

==Discography==
((Main|Yellowcard discography))
;With [[Yellowcard]]
*''[[Midget Tossing]]'' (1997)
*''[[Where We Stand]]'' (1999)
*''[[One for the Kids]]'' (2001)
*''[[Ocean Avenue (album)|Ocean Avenue]]'' (2003)
*''[[Lights and Sounds]]'' (2006)
;With [[HeyMike!]]
*''Pop and Circumstance'' (2011)
;With [[This Legend]]
*''It's in the Streets'' (2014)

== References ==
((Reflist))

((Yellowcard))
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((DEFAULTSORT:Harper, Ben))
[[Category:1980 births]]
[[Category:American rock guitarists]]
[[Category:American male guitarists]]
[[Category:American lead guitarists]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Musicians from Jacksonville, Florida]]
[[Category:Guitarists from Florida]]
[[Category:21st-century American guitarists]]
[[Category:21st-century American male musicians]]

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