Like many influential bands, Helmet was 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. (Epitaph Records)
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Original Release Date: |
03/18/1997 |
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Label: |
Epitaph Records |
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Country Of Origin: |
USA |
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UPC: |
045778649617 |
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Number of Records: |
1 |
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Pressing Information: |
Unknown |
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Track Listing: |
1. Pure
2. Renovation
3. Exactly What You Wanted
4. Like I Care
5. Driving Nowhere
6. Birth Defect
7. Broadcast Emotion
8. It's Easy to Get Bored
9. Diet Aftertaste
10. Harmless
11. Visibility
12. Insatiable
13. Crisis King |