Brian Helicopter is the stage name of Gareth Holder (born 27 June 1958, Leamington Spa), an English musician, based in the United States.

A prolific session player, he appears both credited and uncredited on many releases throughout the 1980s and early 1990s under both his real and stage name.

He was one of the first bassists in the nascent UK punk scene to adopt the Rickenbacker bass guitar which he still uses to this day.

Unusually for a bass guitarist, he sometimes utilizes an overhand tapping technique more common to six string players.

He can be seen in an episode of MythBusters aired on the Discovery Channel taking presenter Kari Byron skydiving whilst testing the falling airplane blue ice myth.

This model has been customized with checkerboard binding and a half inched spaced classic reissue toaster pickup in the neck position.