Band: Helmet

[madmanmunt]

Strap It On has that extra "umph", but despite this, I actually think it's all about Meantime.

Was there ever a more drab, monochrome record than Meantime? I bought the LP when it came out. Took me years to get into it.

[Bernardo]

Was there ever a more drab, monochrome record than Meantime? I bought the LP when it came out. Took me years to get into it.

Not my favourite Helmet record, but by "noise rock" standards it's pretty colorful.

[Gramsci]

Was there ever a more drab, monochrome record than Meantime? I bought the LP when it came out. Took me years to get into it.

Not my favourite Helmet record, but by "noise rock" standards it's pretty colorful.

I always thought Betty was way ahead of everything else they did (well, apart from Strap it On). The B-sides Pariah, Thick and Flushings are really good.



This moment of insanity always amuses...

[Commander Queeg]

I saw them when I brought my then-teenaged daughter and her friends to Warped Tour in 05 or 06,. Considering that it was an entire day of awful music, I liked Helmet a lot. The bracing intensity and plain-ness of their approach was refreshing. Good band.

[Bernardo]

I always thought Betty was way ahead of everything else they did (well, apart from Strap it On). The B-sides Pariah, Thick and Flushings are really good.

For me the problem with that record was its second half, IMO it could have done with three or four tracks less. I never heard those b-sides though, will check them out.

[tarblackvomit]

Was there ever a more drab, monochrome record than Meantime?

Yes.

[Marsupialized]

crap

[Isabelle Gall]

I always thought Betty was way ahead of everything else they did (well, apart from Strap it On). The B-sides Pariah, Thick and Flushings are really good.

For me the problem with that record was its second half, IMO it could have done with three or four tracks less. I never heard those b-sides though, will check them out.

The double 10" of Betty on Am Rep had the above tracks and left off the shitty last track on the other formats so that it ended (properly) with 'Overrated.'

[J. Burns]

It bears repeating: some of those B-sides are way better than some of the shit that actally madeit onto the record. Dump the six weakest tracks, replace with the three b-sides, and the album would have been much better.

[emmanuelle cunt]

http://youtu.be/VJOCeTUxcxE



Entire show from 1994 with a really good picture and especially sound quality for (I think) an audience recording. Perfect thing to drink a cup of morning coffee to.

[encalmo]

I saw Helmet four times in a week during their 1993 Australian tour when their set was pretty much Meantime, and I thought they were great. You really get to know what a low D chord sounds like after that.

I haven’t felt the need to listen to their albums since though.