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- Helicopters_(band) abstract "Helicopters were an Australian new wave, ska-influenced pop band who formed in Perth, Western Australia in 1980. They released two albums, a self-titled album and a career retrospective, Great Moments In Aviation. The original lineup was Deidre Baude (vocals, bass, songwriter), Kevin Rooney (drums) and Peter Stafford (guitar). Peter Stafford was replaced by Phil Bennett (vocals, keyboards, songwriter) and Tony Thewlis in April 1981. A track, "Tag Along", was included on the West Australian compilation album West, released by 96FM in 1981. At the end of the year, Thewlis left to join the Scientists and was replaced by George O'Brien (guitar). This lineup recorded the band's debut self-titled album.In August 1982, O'Brien left the band and the remaining members took the year off, forming a side project, the glam rock outfit Lazer Blades. 1983 saw Vic Renolds (guitar, vocals) join and the band re-formed with a harder, though still pop-oriented sound.One of Perth's most successful new wave bands, they managed to pull huge crowds at their own venues, despite Perth's reputation as "cover city" as well as support acts such as Stray Cats, Elvis Costello and Duran Duran.Splitting in 1985, Baude and Rooney moved to the UK, Renolds went on to record solo work while Bennett continued to release albums of his own material with Love Bites and Pillbox. Rooney went on to briefly join the Scientists, performing on their 1986 release, Human Jukebox.".
- Helicopters_(band) activeYearsEndYear "1985".
- Helicopters_(band) activeYearsStartYear "1980".
- Helicopters_(band) associatedBand Love_Bites_(band).
- Helicopters_(band) associatedBand The_Scientists.
- Helicopters_(band) associatedMusicalArtist Love_Bites_(band).
- Helicopters_(band) associatedMusicalArtist The_Scientists.
- Helicopters_(band) background "group_or_band".
- Helicopters_(band) genre New_wave_music.
- Helicopters_(band) genre Ska.
- Helicopters_(band) hometown Australia.
- Helicopters_(band) hometown Perth.
- Helicopters_(band) wikiPageID "7360766".
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- Helicopters_(band) associatedActs The_Scientists.
- Helicopters_(band) associatedActs "Lazer Blades".
- Helicopters_(band) associatedActs "Love Bites".
- Helicopters_(band) associatedActs "Pillbox".
- Helicopters_(band) background "group_or_band".
- Helicopters_(band) genre New_wave_music.
- Helicopters_(band) genre Ska.
- Helicopters_(band) hasPhotoCollection Helicopters_(band).
- Helicopters_(band) name "Helicopters".
- Helicopters_(band) origin Australia.
- Helicopters_(band) origin Perth.
- Helicopters_(band) pastMembers "[[#Members".
- Helicopters_(band) wordnet_type synset-musician-noun-1.
- Helicopters_(band) yearsActive "1980".
- Helicopters_(band) subject Category:Musical_groups_disestablished_in_1985.
- Helicopters_(band) subject Category:Musical_groups_established_in_1980.
- Helicopters_(band) subject Category:Western_Australian_musical_groups.
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- Helicopters_(band) type MusicalGroupsDisestablishedIn1985.
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- Helicopters_(band) type MusicalOrganization108246613.
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- Helicopters_(band) type WesternAustralianMusicalGroups.
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- Helicopters_(band) comment "Helicopters were an Australian new wave, ska-influenced pop band who formed in Perth, Western Australia in 1980. They released two albums, a self-titled album and a career retrospective, Great Moments In Aviation. The original lineup was Deidre Baude (vocals, bass, songwriter), Kevin Rooney (drums) and Peter Stafford (guitar). Peter Stafford was replaced by Phil Bennett (vocals, keyboards, songwriter) and Tony Thewlis in April 1981.".
- Helicopters_(band) label "Helicopters (band)".
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- Helicopters_(band) sameAs Helicopters_(band).
- Helicopters_(band) wasDerivedFrom Helicopters_(band)?oldid=538263580.
- Helicopters_(band) isPrimaryTopicOf Helicopters_(band).
- Helicopters_(band) name "Helicopters".