Anne-Marie Helder
| Anne-Marie Helder | |
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| Origin | England, UK |
| Genres | Acoustic, acoustic rock, experimental rock |
| Occupation(s) | Singer, songwriter |
| Years active | 2004–present |
| Labels | Firefly Music, Esoteric Antenna |
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Anne-Marie Helder is a British singer and songwriter, best known for fronting the UK rock band Panic Room.
Also a solo performer in her own right, Helder has performed internationally both as a solo artist and with various bands since circa the year 2000.
Helder released her solo EP The Contact in November 2004, which received strong reviews and secured airplay on BBC Radio 2, with the legendary DJ Bob Harris declaring: "this is very dramatic music". UK national music magazine Classic Rock gave the EP an 8/10 review, and since its release Helder has toured across the UK, Europe and the USA, playing both headline shows and supports for established artists.
In 2005 she supported Fish on his major Return to Childhood tour, and since then she has opened shows for artists including Midge Ure, Nick Harper, Glenn Tilbrook (of Squeeze) and then landing the support for the major Ultravox tour in 2010, where she performed to thousands each night in venues across the UK, including the Birmingham Symphony Hall, London Roundhouse and Glasgow SECC.
From 1999 to 2002, Helder was a member of the New South Wales band Creamy Jobe in which she was one of three lead vocalist. Helder also played the keyboard and flute. Writing and performing their own music the band also included Guy Wendon, Chris Woodman, Mathew Dermody and Steve Lott.
Creamy Jobe were selected to play for the BBC Music Live Week in 2000, which saw them tour music venues around the Swansea area and culminated in a performance on the BBC stage in Singleton Park, Swansea on 20 May 2000. This coincided with their only album release – Creamy Jobe Greatest Hits II – Voices on Vinyl.
Helder appeared with Creamy Jobe on 23 August 2014 in a reunion to celebrate 15 years since the original formation of the band.
From 2001 to 2004, Helder was a member of the Welsh band Karnataka, along with Jonathan Edwards and two other members of Panic Room (Paul Davies and Gavin John Griffiths). When the band split in 2004, these four continued to work together, which is where the ideas and music for Panic Room were born. Karnataka bassist Ian Jones later reformed the band without any of the other former members.
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