The Stranglers' side-project. The Purple Helmets is an ad hoc band, playing 1960's R and B numbers. The recording line-up was: J.J. Burnel, Dave Greenfield, John Ellis, Alex Gifford (a member of the Stranglers horn-section) and Manny Elias (drummer with Tears for Fears). The band was ostensibly put together (from an earlier incarnation) so that JJ and Dave could do some gigging between Stranglers projects.

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