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Helen McCookerybook
Place of birth
Newcastle upon Tyne, England, UK
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2 titles
Helen 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 by John Peel, recording six BBC Radio 1 sessions between them. After a long break from her music career, Helen McCookerybook started again as a solo artist in 2005. She regularly plays live gigs, releases recordings, and promotes occasional revivals of Helen and the Horns. Her academic career began at the University of Westminster, where she lectured in commercial music, and w…
Known for
6.3The tale of the formation, journey and end of the seminal Punk/Reggae band The Slits.
Here to be Heard: The Story of The Slits
2018
NRLoud, fearless and (un)typical girls: Gina Birch (The Raincoats) and Helen Reddington (Helen McCookerybook), musicians and punk icons turned directors, serve up a fascinating documentary built on new interviews with the women who played instruments in punk bands in the 1970s. In accounts laced with wit, honesty and insight, pioneering players including the Adverts’ Gaye Black (bass), Palmolive from The Slits (drums), Shanne Bradley from The Nips (bass), Jane Munro from The Au Pairs (bass), Hester Smith and Rachel Bor from Dolly Mixture (drums and guitar), bassist Gina and guitarist Ana Da Silva from The Raincoats, as well as many others, we hear about acquiring instruments, learning to play, forming bands and getting gigs.
Stories from the She Punks
2018
Film credits
2010s · 2 titles
6.3The tale of the formation, journey and end of the seminal Punk/Reggae band The Slits.
Here to be Heard: The Story of The Slits
2018
NRLoud, fearless and (un)typical girls: Gina Birch (The Raincoats) and Helen Reddington (Helen McCookerybook), musicians and punk icons turned directors, serve up a fascinating documentary built on new interviews with the women who played instruments in punk bands in the 1970s. In accounts laced with wit, honesty and insight, pioneering players including the Adverts’ Gaye Black (bass), Palmolive from The Slits (drums), Shanne Bradley from The Nips (bass), Jane Munro from The Au Pairs (bass), Hester Smith and Rachel Bor from Dolly Mixture (drums and guitar), bassist Gina and guitarist Ana Da Silva from The Raincoats, as well as many others, we hear about acquiring instruments, learning to play, forming bands and getting gigs.
Stories from the She Punks
2018