Helmet!

half_baked87 · 10-05-2006, 02:25 PM

bump. i saw them on the warped tour this year, i was bummed more people didn't show up to their set, they have an incredibly powerful live sound. i didn't know too many songs by them when i checked them out at warped, but it didn't stop me from enjoying it. i've recently got into them quite a bit, betty is an excellent album, as is meantime. favourite song has to be wilma's rainbow. very underrated band

Stephen · 06-25-2012, 08:25 PM

Not sure if there is a more recent thread on Helmet but what the hey. Recently got Betty which has piqued my interest. Any recommendations?

bob. · 06-26-2012, 06:22 AM

i love Helmet

personally i recommend Strap It On.....it's raw, unclean and just mean and it has this gem on it

which in my humble opinion is pure noise rock genius

but in all honesty their opus is Meantime....not a bad track on it.....and every song more pummeling than the previous one.....my only gripe is that it's just over a half hour long....way too short

Urban Hat€monger ? · 06-26-2012, 03:58 PM

Never really liked the first 2 albums much. A lot of the songs all sounded the same to me.
I quite liked Betty though, seemed to have more of a pop edge to it.

jawbreaker · 06-26-2012, 04:36 PM

Together with Biohazard's 'urban discipline', Helmet's 'Betty' is an essential hardcore album.

Unknown Soldier · 06-26-2012, 04:50 PM

The only album I ever really liked was Meantime.

bob. · 06-26-2012, 05:12 PM

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Originally Posted by Urban Hatemonger

Never really liked the first 2 albums much. A lot of the songs all sounded the same to me.
I quite liked Betty though, seemed to have more of a pop edge to it.

page really started to harmonize on Betty....i mean there are a couple of tracks where he experiments with harmony on Meantime.....off the top of my head is You Borrowed

which ironically is my personal favorite on that album

but he took it to new levels on Aftertaste which is a very underrated album....it just took a few listens for it to set in for me

Stephen · 08-02-2012, 09:12 PM

Thanks for the recommendations. All good but I think Betty is still a favourite. Pretty tight album.

Engine · 08-02-2012, 11:03 PM

I've always kinda hated Helmet. I mean, they were better than a lot of bands featured on the "alt-rock" radio stations at the time but their songs always got really boring after 30 seconds.

True story: Once when I was just old enough to drive, I was driving my younger brother somewhere (he was like 10 at the time). Helmet came on the radio and he said "I hate these bands who look normal and think they sound cool" and then scowled out the window like the little asshole that he was. I'm not exactly sure what point his pre-pubescent mind was trying to make but I found that I agreed with him that Helmet ultimately didn't sound very good. They were just a heavier version of a lot of other bland shit.

So I put in my tape of The Sundays just to piss him off even more and realized how much more important The Sundays were to me than throwaway heavy-alternative-rock.

Wpnfire · 04-10-2014, 11:38 AM

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Originally Posted by Urban Hat€monger ?

Never really liked the first 2 albums much. A lot of the songs all sounded the same to me.
I quite liked Betty though, seemed to have more of a pop edge to it.

I don't understand how you liked Betty more, I much prefer In the Meantime to Betty. The hardcore sound is completely gone with Betty, which I did not appreciate.

I considered buying Betty for a while and yesterday I saw it was $5.99 on the iTunes store so I bought it. I should have gone with one of their first two albums instead because I did NOT like Betty.

I agree with you, the variety is quite lacking on many of their albums, but at least with In the Meantime I like it so much that the variety doesn't really bother me.

06-26-2012, 06:22 AM	#23 (permalink)
bob. Still sends his reguards. Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Trying to get out of the cat town.... Posts: 5,039	i love Helmet personally i recommend Strap It On.....it's raw, unclean and just mean and it has this gem on it which in my humble opinion is pure noise rock genius but in all honesty their opus is Meantime....not a bad track on it.....and every song more pummeling than the previous one.....my only gripe is that it's just over a half hour long....way too short __________________ A kiss is the beginning of cannibalism. Reach out, pierce the fine fabric of the sheltering sky, take repose.

06-26-2012, 03:58 PM	#24 (permalink)
Urban Hat€monger ? The Sexual Intellectual Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Somewhere cooler than you Posts: 18,605	Never really liked the first 2 albums much. A lot of the songs all sounded the same to me. I quite liked Betty though, seemed to have more of a pop edge to it. __________________ Urb's RYM Stuff Most people sell their soul to the devil, but the devil sells his soul to Nick Cave.

06-26-2012, 04:36 PM	#25 (permalink)
jawbreaker Music Addict Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: Paris area Posts: 65	Together with Biohazard's 'urban discipline', Helmet's 'Betty' is an essential hardcore album. __________________ "the secret of a long life is to try not to shorten it". My name is nobody, Sergio Leone, 1973

08-02-2012, 11:03 PM	#29 (permalink)
Engine air quote Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: pollen & mold Posts: 3,108	I've always kinda hated Helmet. I mean, they were better than a lot of bands featured on the "alt-rock" radio stations at the time but their songs always got really boring after 30 seconds. True story: Once when I was just old enough to drive, I was driving my younger brother somewhere (he was like 10 at the time). Helmet came on the radio and he said "I hate these bands who look normal and think they sound cool" and then scowled out the window like the little asshole that he was. I'm not exactly sure what point his pre-pubescent mind was trying to make but I found that I agreed with him that Helmet ultimately didn't sound very good. They were just a heavier version of a lot of other bland shit. So I put in my tape of The Sundays just to piss him off even more and realized how much more important The Sundays were to me than throwaway heavy-alternative-rock. __________________ Like an arrow, I was only passing through.

10-05-2006, 02:25 PM	#21 (permalink)
half_baked87 sammichestime Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Canada Posts: 380	bump. i saw them on the warped tour this year, i was bummed more people didn't show up to their set, they have an incredibly powerful live sound. i didn't know too many songs by them when i checked them out at warped, but it didn't stop me from enjoying it. i've recently got into them quite a bit, betty is an excellent album, as is meantime. favourite song has to be wilma's rainbow. very underrated band

06-25-2012, 08:25 PM	#22 (permalink)
Stephen I sleep in your hat Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Melbourne, Vic. Aus. Posts: 1,847	Not sure if there is a more recent thread on Helmet but what the hey. Recently got Betty which has piqued my interest. Any recommendations?

08-02-2012, 09:12 PM	#28 (permalink)
Stephen I sleep in your hat Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Melbourne, Vic. Aus. Posts: 1,847	Thanks for the recommendations. All good but I think Betty is still a favourite. Pretty tight album.