Helen Mccookerybook & Asbo Derek

HELEN MCCOOKERYBOOKHelen McCookerybook's songs cover everything from the social impact of new technology to wry observations about relationships.

Now a solo guitarist/vocalist influenced by Linda Lewis, Nick Drake and Jake Thackray, her musical journey started as a bass player in a Brighton punk band in the late 1970s.

Her previous 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 Marc Riley and Gideon Coe and play her new music.

She has collaborated with Gina Birch, Vic Godard, Lester Square, Robert Rotifer and many more.ASBO DEREKAsbo Derek is a band not a bloke.

Vic Godard is a fan, so much so that he has released their LP on his own label, GNUinc Records.

He describes the album as "songs for arseholes doing ridiculous things because they think theyll look arseholes if they dont.

Asbo Derek's particular form of affordable art has been described as double-garage cabaret.