Helen McCookerybook
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Helen McCookerybook is a British musician and singer-songwriter, who was the bass player and co-singer with the Chefs, during the late 1970s and early 1980s. She went on to form Helen and the Horns in
Helen McCookerybook in 2012
Helen McCookerybook's d.i.y. tour continues ... poster, 2017
Panel discussion at the Stories from the She-Punks World Premiere in 2018.
The Chefs
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The Chefs were an English indiepop/post-punk band which formed in Brighton in 1979, relocating to London in 1981, and finally splitting up in 1982. The band consisted of Helen McCookerybook, Carl Evan
Helen McCookerybook
…McCookerybook (born Helen McCallum, a.k.a. Dr Helen Reddington) is a British musician and singer-songwriter, who was the bass player and co-singer with the Chefs (a Brighton-based punk band), during the late 1970s and early 1980s. She went on to form Helen and the Horns in the mid-1980s. Both bands were admired…
The Chefs playing on the back of a truck during a CND march through South London, April 1981
Chefs t-shirt and other ephemera, designed by Helen McCookerybook
Russ Greenwood, drummer of the Chefs, April 1981
James McCallum, Chefs guitarist, setting off from his house for a band rehearsal in Brighton, May 1980