Not to be confused with the raucous late-'80s garage rock band featuring J.J. Burnel and Dave Greenfield of the Stranglers, these Purple Helmets (it's a slang term for a particular feature of male genitalia) are a more polite alternative pop band hailing from Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, a suburb of Halifax. Singer Jonathan Kini, guitarist Donnie LeBlanc, bassist Chris Thibedeau, and drummer Mike Carter released their Gin Blossoms-like debut album, Bugs in Jars, in 1993 on the EMI-affiliated label Atlantica. ~ Stewart Mason