Alex Turner Arctic Monkeys in mid-2002. In the early days of the band, Helders has recalled that Turner "wasn’t necessarily going to be the singer" but was the obvious candidate for lyricist: "I knew he had a thing for words." Before playing a live show, the band rehearsed for a year in both Turner and Helders' garages and, later, at an unused warehouse in Wath. Turner gradually began to share lyrics with his bandmates. According to Helders' mother, who drove the teenagers to and from their rehearsal space three times a week: "If they knew you were there, they would just stop
Gerard Helders Gerard Helders Gerardus Philippus "Gerard" Helders (9 March 1905 – 6 January 2013) was a Dutch politician of the defunct Christian Historical Union (CHU) now merged into the Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA). Helders a jurist by occupation, worked as a corporate director in Amsterdam following the election of 1956 Helders was asked to become Minister of Colonial Affairs in the Cabinet Drees III. Helders accepted and took office on 16 February 1957. Helders remained Minister of Colonial Affairs in the Cabinet Beel II serving until 19 May 1959. Helders was born in Rotterdam. His father worked as a winetrader. From