Chris Helme

Chris Helme (born Christopher Alan Helme, 22 July 1971 in Howden, East Riding of Yorkshire) is an English singer-songwriter who briefly shot to fame as the frontman of The Seahorses, the band formed by The Stone Roses guitarist John Squire. Prior to joining The Seahorses, Helme played in numerous unsigned York bands, including Daisy Space and folk/jazz band Chutzpah (active between roughly 1993 and 1995 and regularly performing around York at Fibbers - where Helme used to work behind the bar and at The White Swan pub). In 1995 the band busked across rural France before splitting up. The band reformed in 2007 for a one-off gig at The White Swan. Helme played his first ever solo gig at Fibbers on 6 December 1994, supporting Nazareth. A...