Helicopters were an Australian new wave, ska-influenced pop band which formed in Perth in August 1980. They released two albums, a self-titled album in 1982 and a career retrospective, Great Moments in Aviation (1985). Founding mainstays were Deidre Baude (aka Deidre Baude de Bunnetat) on lead vocals and bass guitar; and Kevin Rooney (aka Kevin Kavanah) on drums. The group disbanded in 1985, Baude and Rooney relocated to the United Kingdom.
