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Four guys who looked like they had just punched out after running the batting cages at Softball City & Put-Putt-a-Rama: that's the type of image Helmet cut on-stage. The noise they generated did not fit the (lack of) image. How could such an unpleasant sound come from people who looked so reasonable? The band spent the early years slumming it with the likes of Unsane and Surgery, fellow New York bands that fit the jockish/bookish postcollegiate look and picked up where Big Black left off. By the time the group began to make an impression on more than the noise rock underground, thanks to what resulted from a major-label deal, their sound had developed from a scummy grind to a very precise and diabolical din -- full of martial barks, jackhammering drums, rumbling bass, and some of the most brilliant IQ-lowering guitar riffs since Black Sabbath's first four albums. In their wake, they left five full-lengths and a legion of bands that decided to make a soufflé with them and the Red Hot Chili Peppers as the primary ingredients. Many of these bands went platinum and wound up on MTV Cribs. So 2004 was a good time as any for a compilation of the group's best work to appear. There are few gripes that can be made about what was selected for inclusion; a handful of tracks come from each of the band's proper studio albums, most of which were patchy but not short on gloriously skull-cracking moments. Longtime followers -- meaning those who bought Meantime after seeing "Unsung" on MTV, went back and bought the uglier old stuff, and then stayed along for the years of decreasing power -- will want this for the reminder and the improved sound. And if a dollar still seems too much to shell out for the Judgment Night and Feeling Minnesota soundtracks, the thriftiness has paid off; while not up with the band's best work, the House of Pain collabo "Just Another Victim" and "Disagreeable" are also included.
© Andy Kellman /TiVo
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Wharton Tiers, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Page Hamilton, Guitar, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Helmet, MainArtist - John Stanier, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Henry Bogdan, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Peter Mengede, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1990 Interscope Records
Wharton Tiers, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Page Hamilton, Guitar, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Helmet, MainArtist - John Stanier, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Henry Bogdan, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Peter Mengede, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1990 Interscope Records
Wharton Tiers, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Page Hamilton, Guitar, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Helmet, MainArtist - John Stanier, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Henry Bogdan, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Peter Mengede, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1990 Interscope Records
Wharton Tiers, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Page Hamilton, Guitar, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Helmet, MainArtist - John Stanier, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Henry Bogdan, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Peter Mengede, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1990 Interscope Records
STEVE Albini, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Page Hamilton, Guitar, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Helmet, Producer, MainArtist - John Stanier, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Henry Bogdan, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Peter Mengede, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1992 Interscope Records
ANDY WALLACE, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Steve Sisco, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Page Hamilton, Guitar, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Helmet, Producer, MainArtist - John Stanier, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Henry Bogdan, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Peter Mengede, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1992 Interscope Records
ANDY WALLACE, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Steve Sisco, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Page Hamilton, Guitar, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Helmet, Producer, MainArtist - John Stanier, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Henry Bogdan, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Peter Mengede, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1992 Interscope Records
ANDY WALLACE, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Steve Sisco, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Page Hamilton, Guitar, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Helmet, Producer, MainArtist - John Stanier, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Henry Bogdan, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Peter Mengede, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1992 Interscope Records
ANDY WALLACE, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Steve Sisco, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Page Hamilton, Guitar, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Helmet, Producer, MainArtist - John Stanier, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Henry Bogdan, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Peter Mengede, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1992 Interscope Records
Erik Schrody, ComposerLyricist - Greg Gordon, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - DJ Lethal, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Jason Roberts, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - House Of Pain, Producer, MainArtist - D. Sardy, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - SAM HOFSTEDT, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Page Hamilton, Guitar, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Leor DiMant, ComposerLyricist - Helmet, Producer, MainArtist - John Stanier, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Henry Bogdan, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - John Stainer, Jr., ComposerLyricist
℗ 1992 Interscope Records
T-Ray, Producer - ANDY WALLACE, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Rob Echeverria, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Page Hamilton, Guitar, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Helmet, Producer, MainArtist - John Stanier, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Henry Bogdan, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1994 Interscope Records
T-Ray, Producer - ANDY WALLACE, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Rob Echeverria, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Page Hamilton, Guitar, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Helmet, Producer, MainArtist - John Stanier, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Henry Bogdan, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1994 Interscope Records
T-Ray, Producer - ANDY WALLACE, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Rob Echeverria, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Page Hamilton, Guitar, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Helmet, Producer, MainArtist - John Stanier, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Henry Bogdan, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1994 UMG Recordings, Inc.
T-Ray, Producer - ANDY WALLACE, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Rob Echeverria, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Page Hamilton, Guitar, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Helmet, Producer, MainArtist - John Stanier, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Henry Bogdan, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1994 Interscope Records
T-Ray, Producer - ANDY WALLACE, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Rob Echeverria, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Page Hamilton, Guitar, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Helmet, Producer, MainArtist - John Stanier, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Henry Bogdan, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1994 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Wharton Tiers, Producer, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Page Hamilton, Guitar, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Helmet, Producer, Mixer, MainArtist, StudioPersonnel - John Stanier, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Henry Bogdan, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1996 Interscope Records
Greg Gordon, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - D. Sardy, Producer, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - TERRY DATE, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - SAM HOFSTEDT, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Page Hamilton, Guitar, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Helmet, Producer, MainArtist - John Stanier, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Henry Bogdan, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1997 Interscope Records
Greg Gordon, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - D. Sardy, Producer, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - TERRY DATE, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - SAM HOFSTEDT, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Page Hamilton, Guitar, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Helmet, Producer, MainArtist - John Stanier, Drums, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Henry Bogdan, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1997 Interscope Records
Greg Gordon, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - D. Sardy, Producer, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - TERRY DATE, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - SAM HOFSTEDT, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Page Hamilton, Guitar, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Helmet, Producer, MainArtist - John Stanier, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Henry Bogdan, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1997 Interscope Records
Greg Gordon, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - D. Sardy, Producer, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - TERRY DATE, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - SAM HOFSTEDT, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Page Hamilton, Guitar, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Helmet, Producer, MainArtist - John Stanier, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Henry Bogdan, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1997 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Greg Gordon, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - D. Sardy, Producer, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - TERRY DATE, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - SAM HOFSTEDT, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Page Hamilton, Guitar, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Helmet, Producer, MainArtist - John Stanier, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Henry Bogdan, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1997 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Album review
Four guys who looked like they had just punched out after running the batting cages at Softball City & Put-Putt-a-Rama: that's the type of image Helmet cut on-stage. The noise they generated did not fit the (lack of) image. How could such an unpleasant sound come from people who looked so reasonable? The band spent the early years slumming it with the likes of Unsane and Surgery, fellow New York bands that fit the jockish/bookish postcollegiate look and picked up where Big Black left off. By the time the group began to make an impression on more than the noise rock underground, thanks to what resulted from a major-label deal, their sound had developed from a scummy grind to a very precise and diabolical din -- full of martial barks, jackhammering drums, rumbling bass, and some of the most brilliant IQ-lowering guitar riffs since Black Sabbath's first four albums. In their wake, they left five full-lengths and a legion of bands that decided to make a soufflé with them and the Red Hot Chili Peppers as the primary ingredients. Many of these bands went platinum and wound up on MTV Cribs. So 2004 was a good time as any for a compilation of the group's best work to appear. There are few gripes that can be made about what was selected for inclusion; a handful of tracks come from each of the band's proper studio albums, most of which were patchy but not short on gloriously skull-cracking moments. Longtime followers -- meaning those who bought Meantime after seeing "Unsung" on MTV, went back and bought the uglier old stuff, and then stayed along for the years of decreasing power -- will want this for the reminder and the improved sound. And if a dollar still seems too much to shell out for the Judgment Night and Feeling Minnesota soundtracks, the thriftiness has paid off; while not up with the band's best work, the House of Pain collabo "Just Another Victim" and "Disagreeable" are also included.
© Andy Kellman /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 21 track(s)
- Total length: 01:11:36
- Main artists: Helmet
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Interscope
- Genre: Pop/Rock Rock
© 2004 Interscope Records This Compilation ℗ 2004 Interscope Records
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