Stories From The She-Punks: Screening, Performance and Q&A

Helen McCookerybook’s musical journey started as a bass player in a Brighton punk band in the late 1970s. Her bands The Chefs and Helen and the Horns were regulars on BBC Radio 1’s John Peel show; nowadays Radio London’s Gary Crowley and BBC6’s Gideon Coe play her new music. Her latest CD is Drawing on my Dreams

Stories from the She-Punks is a documentary about the women who played instruments in punk bands in the first wave of punk between 1976 and 1982. Completed by Gina Birch (The Raincoats) and Helen Reddington in 2016, it features interviews with most of the key British punk women guitarists, drummers, bass players and more. In their own words we hear about forming bands, learning to play, rehearsals, gigs and record deals: and just how tough it was for them in a rock music world that had previously belonged almost exclusively to male musicians.

Tickets include free first drink.