Trama was formed in the mid '80s when ex-Trooper alumni bassist Doni Underhill (and Zwol), and drummer Tommy Stewart hooked up with longtime friend Ray Roper on guitars, originally from Britain. As a member of Stonebolt, he'd shared many tours with them and represented by Sam Feldman, they started writing some material while playing the west coast.

But after recording some demos at Vancouver's Little Mountain Sound and within a year, outside projects got in the way and everyone went their separate ways. The short-lived Ray Roper Project was followed by The Edge, both which featured members from various incarnations of The Headpins at one time or another. By the early '90s he reformed Stonebolt and has continued playing across the country at festivals and on the regular rural 'classic Canadian' jaunts.

Underhill and Stewart both concentrated mostly on studio work, and both took part in a special Trooper celebration in Vancouver in 2011. Roper was part of the Vancouver '80s Rock & Roll Reunion in May the next year.

With notes from Ray Roper