Helmet
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Biography
[Edit]Like many influential bands, Helmet were born out of an unusual set of influences. Oregon-born guitarist and founder Page Hamilton had actually moved to New York City to study jazz, but found inspiration in the late '80s through post-punk acts Sonic Youth, Killing Joke, and Big Black, and envisioned a group that combined then-unusual tunings (particularly dropped D) with uneven and jazz-like time signatures and harmonies. The result was Helmet, the East Coast's answer to Seattle's then-underground sensation Soundgarden. Hamilton recruited bassist Henry Bogdan from Oregon, along with Australian guitarist Peter Mengede and Florida drummer John Stanier for the group's first incarnation. Helmet's independent label debut EP, Strap It On, showcased the group's raw power — both instrumentally and in Hamilton's growling vocals — through tracks like the mocking "Sinatra" and rocking "Bad Mood."
Signed to the Interscope label soon thereafter, the same lineup released its breakthrough 1992 CD, Meantime. MTV aired three videos by Helmet, then the only band close to the Seattle grunge sound on the East Coast, in "Give It," "In the Meantime," and the distorted, stop-and-start showcase "Unsung." Hamilton, Bogdan, and Stanier collaborated with Irish rap group House of Pain on "Just Another Victim" for the 1993 film Judgment Night, after Mengede left the band. The popular soundtrack (with its unorthodox mix of rappers and alternative bands like Ice-T and Slayer, Sir Mix-a-Lot and Mudhoney) created even more of a demand for Helmet's next CD. Replacing Mengede with guitarist Rob Echeverria on 1994's Betty, Hamilton crafted an album even more versatile — and at times even heavier — than Meantime. The song "Milquetoast" appeared on the soundtrack to the hit film The Crow; Stanier's unrelenting drumming drove tracks like "I Know," and Hamilton's jazz background showed on the cover of Dizzy Gillespie's "Beautiful Love." Yet Betty proved to be a critical success but a commercial failure, its versatility relegating it to the cutout bins.
Echeverria left Helmet in the mid-'90s to join Biohazard, and the band bought time to refocus by releasing the Born Annoying collection of B-sides in 1995. Hamilton played all the guitar parts for 1997's Aftertaste — but his vocals sounded like his heart just wasn't in a group in which he couldn't keep a rhythm guitarist, and the album proved a disappointment. After touring with Orange 9mm's Chris Traynor on guitar and much deliberation, Helmet disbanded in 1999. But the Helmet influence was heard throughout rock, whether by Hamilton's involvement with industrial groups (Nine Inch Nails) or indirectly through metal acts (System of a Down), and even the atonal distortion of rap-rock hybrids such as Korn and Limp Bizkit.
Helmet returned in 2004 when Hamilton recruited Traynor and a new rhythm section consisting of drummer John Tempesta (Rob Zombie, Testament) and bassist Frank Bello (Anthrax); signed to Interscope, the group released Size Matters in October of that year. The lineup would change with following albums as well. Drummer Mike Jost and bassist Jeremy Chatelain joined Hamilton and Traynor for 2006’s Monochrome, released on Warcon/Fontana, and guitarist Dan Beeman and drummer Kyle Stevenson rotated in for 2010’s Seeing Eye Dog.
Title: Unsung: The Best of Helmet 1991-1997
Artist: Helmet
Genre: Rock, Grunge, Hard Rock, Metal, Heavy Metal, Alternative
Title: Betty (Expanded Version)
Artist: Helmet
Genre: Rock, Hard Rock, Metal, Heavy Metal, Alternative
Title: Guilt By Association Vol. 3
Artist: Bird Of Youth, Canon Logic, Thestart, Mike Viola, Helmet
Genre: Alternative
Title: Dead To The World
Artist: Helmet
Genre: Rock, Hard Rock, Metal, Alternative Metal, Heavy Metal, Alternative
Title: Unsung CD Single
Artist: Helmet
Genre: Rock, Metal, Alternative Metal, Heavy Metal, Pop, Alternative, Hardcore
Collections
Title: Saw III
Genre: Theatre/Soundtrack
Title: Encomium: A Tribute To Led Zeppelin
Genre: Alternative Rock, Hard Rock, Pop Rock
Title: Color Of Noise Comp
Genre:
Title: The Crow Soundtrack (Original Soundtrack)
Genre: Theatre/Soundtrack
Title: Grand Theft Auto San Andreas Official Soundtrack (Radio X)
Genre: Electronica, Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Jazz, Rock, Reggae, Latin, Funk
Title: Hard Rock Gold (CD2)
Genre: Rock
Title: Johnny Mnemonic (Original Soundtrack)
Genre: Theatre/Soundtrack
Title: Sonido Remember Vol 12
Genre: Techno
Title: BSO The Crow
Genre: Theatre/Soundtrack
Title: Radio X
Genre: Rock, Theatre/Soundtrack
Title: In Covers We Trust 21
Genre: Alternative Rock
Title: Rock & Ballads Vol. 3
Genre: Rock
Title: Studio Brussel-Alternative Nation
Genre: Rock, Alternative
Title: Studio Brussel: Alternative Nation
Genre: Rock, Alternative
Title: We Love The 90 - The Real Party (CD3)
Genre: Rock, Dancefloor, Disco, Pop, Pop Rock
Title: Triple Tribute 3 - Melvins, Helmet And Deftones
Genre: Rock, Deathcore, Grunge, Metal, Alternative Metal, Hardcore
Title: Metal-Hard Rock Covers 042
Genre: Rock, Metal, Gothic Metal, Heavy Metal
Title: De Zwaarste Lijst
Genre: Hard Rock, Heavy Metal
Title: Fabric 01: Craig Richards
Genre: Electronica, House, Techno
Title: Ultimate 90s Stars (CD1)
Genre: Rock, Hard Rock, Heavy Metal
Title: Dope-Guns-N-Fucking In The Streets 1-11
Genre: Tech House, Hip Hop/R&B, Alternative
Title: Graspop Metal Meeting 1996-2015 (CD1)
Genre: Tech House, Hip Hop/R&B, Metal
Title: Rock 90s Vol. 2 (CD1)
Genre: Rock, Punk, Alternative
Title: The Heavy 90's Vol. 1
Genre: Groove Metal, Heavy Metal
Title: Rock Collection 1997 (CD6)
Genre: Dancefloor, Pop, Dance Pop
Title: Select Mix Rock Shock Vol. 10 (90s Edition)
Genre: Industrial, Grunge, Groove Metal, Alternative
Title: Hits Of My Soul Vol. 22
Genre: Rock, Metal, Alternative
Title: I Love Music! - Nu Metal Edition Vol. 31 (CD1)
Genre: Rock, Gothic Rock, Post Hardcore, Punk, Metal, Alternative Metal, Nu Metal
Title: I Love Music! - Nu Metal Edition Vol. 33 (CD1)
Genre: Rock, Gothic Rock, Post Hardcore, Punk, Metal, Alternative Metal, Nu Metal
Title: I Love Music! - Nu Metal Edition Vol. 34 (CD2)
Genre: Rock, Gothic Rock, Post Hardcore, Punk, Metal, Alternative Metal, Nu Metal
Title: Goe Vur In Den Otto
Genre: Hard Rock, Heavy Metal
Title: Sevmakc (Original Soundtrack) (CD1)
Genre: Electronica, House, Industrial, Rap, Rock, Punk Rock, Dancefloor, Pop, Dance Pop, Alternative
Title: Need For Speed (Soundtracks) (CD1)
Genre: Electronica, House, Dancefloor, Pop, Dance Pop
Title: ’90s Hard Rock Essentials (CD2)
Genre: Rock, Hard Rock, Punk Rock, Metal, Heavy Metal
Title: Smells Like The 90's
Genre: Alternative
Title: Best Of Rock: 1992 (CD2)
Title: 90's Drive - Metal 2023
Genre: Metal
Title: Hi-Res Masters: Metal Hits 2023 (CD2)
Genre: Metal
Featuring albums
Title: The Jerky Boys (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Artist: The Jerky Boys
Genre: Theatre/Soundtrack
Title: The Best Of House Of Pain & Everlast: Shamrocks & Shenanigans
Artist: House Of Pain, Everlast
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Rap, Hardcore
Title: SAW III: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: Theatre/Soundtrack
Title: Dope, Guns & F*****g In the Streets: 1988-1998 Volume 1-11
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: Alternative
Title: fabric 01: Craig Richards (DJ Mix)
Artist: Craig Richards
Genre: Electronica, Dancefloor, Dance Pop
Title: Songs Of Faith And Devotion The 12 " Singles
Artist: Depeche Mode
Genre: Electronica, New Wave, Synth Pop