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Unsung: The Best Of Helmet (1991-1997) (CD)

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Helmet Artist Snapshot:

During the late 1980s, guitarist/vocalist Page Hamilton formed the NYC-based Helmet after stints with Glenn Branca's "guitar orchestra" and the Branca-affiliated Band of Susans. Combining remarkably heavy riffs with tight rhythms, spare song structures, and shouted vocals, Helmet's alt-metal roar was offset by their clean-cut, boys-next-door look. In the wake of Nirvana's success, Helmet became the subject of a huge record-company bidding war, and their major-label debut, MEANTIME, was well received. Personnel changes that began in 1993 led to Helmet's decline and eventual break-up in 1999. Since that time, band members have pursued other projects; most notably, Hamilton has worked with singer/songwriter Joe Henry and rock icon David Bowie.

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DISC 1 for Unsung: The Best Of Helmet (1991-1997) (CD) Album By Helmet (Artist)
1   Repetition
2   FBLA
3   Bad Mood
4   Sinatra
5   In The Meantime
6   Iron Head
7   Give It
8   Unsung
9   Better
10   Just Another Victim - (featuring House Of Pain)
11   Wilma's Rainbow
12   I Know
13   Milquetoast
14   Rollo
15   Overrated
16   Disagreeable
17   Pure
18   Renovation
19   Like I Care
20   Driving Nowhere
21   Exactly What You Wanted
 

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Review

Entertainment Weekly (3/5/04, p.68) - "Without this underground metal-punk quartet, we wouldn't have the subterranean guitar chunk and drum thunder of nu-metal superstars like Linkin Park." - Rating: A-

Title Note

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Helmet: Page Hamilton (vocals, guitar); Peter Mengede, Rob Echeverria (guitar); Henry Bogdan (bass); John Stanier (drums).

Additional personnel: House Of Pain.

Producers include: Helmet, House Of Pain, T-Ray, Wharton Tiers, D. Sardy.

Compilation producers: Helmet, Lee Lodyga, Mike Ragogna.

Recorded between 1991 & 1997. Includes liner notes by Jason Pettigrew.

This is a Hyper CD, which contains regular audio tracks and also provides a link to the artist's website with the help of a web browser.

If you were to trace the branches of alternative metal down to its trunk, you would find the name Helmet carved deep into its timber. It's only slightly ironic that the kings-to-be of this ferocious sub-genre came in the shape of four clean-cut guys, led by classically trained guitarist/vocalist Page Hamilton. Following the footsteps of bands like Big Black and Killing Joke, Helmet stripped down its songs to their core, eliminating all frills and theatrics. In the early 1990s, while the Northwest began brewing grunge, Helmet assaulted the Northeast with primal reductionist rock.

UNSUNG collects the essentials from the influential New York City quartet's career in chronological order, beginning with its aggro-rock debut, STRAP IT ON, and continuing through to '97's bass-driven, jazz/metal outing, AFTERTASTE. Helmet's landmark release, MEANTIME, and its follow-up, BETTY, are equally represented and generally regarded as band's most solid material. As a bonus, "Just Another Victim," the band's collaboration with House of Pain for the JUDGMENT NIGHT soundtrack makes an appearance, as well as "Disagreeable" from the '96 film FEELING MINNESOTA.

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