Helene Zisook Acoustic and five-string electric violins, viola, mandolin, backing vocals.

Helene has been playing violin since she was six, and is a survivor of the Suzuki method. She played both solo and in orchestras and pit bands throughout school, and during high school played in the Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestra. In college, hungry for new experiences, she answered Jim and Tom's ad and helped to found Broadside Electric. She has also participated in a wide range of musical projects outside the band, from community orchestras to performing and recording with other local groups ("some of which were very bizarre," she says). Most recently she and Ashley have been performing with the excellent Stick® player Ray Ashley as Three Hour Detour; they have recently released a self-titled CD.