Just got back from Helmet

RiffRaff · 05-04-2008, 12:25 PM

Saw them for the second time within a year (It seems that this is one of the only bands that really means it when they say "We'll be coming back to Australia next year"

) and it was fantastic again. The crowd seemed to be mostly full of late 30's early 40's regarding age and it was awesome as every one was there just to enjoy it and there were no chumps out there to purposely hurt people or get into fights.

Onto the show. They played the whole of 'Meantime' Back to back and yes... it was sick! Page was playing a VHT Pitbull (I think the Ultralead. I'm not too sure about the VHT models) but the tone had so much bite and sounded so raw that it almost ripped your face off. Hard to describe it, I thought it sounded 'airy' but not thin... I'm terrible at trying to explain tone but it was just crushing never the less. Also got to meet the band (For the second time) after the show and I have to say that Page Hamilton is honestly one of the nicest and most down to earth people I've ever met. Takes nothing for granted and adores his fans, plus he writes a mean riff too

. I actually managed to not be that nervous as he was the one that inspired me to play guitar (after hearing the solo to Wilma's rainbow I was like "why the fuck haven't I been learning guitar?"

). It's great when your heroes are just awesome people as well. Sorry for the rant... Just had to share my thoughts about this awesome night and awesome band

playstopause · 05-04-2008, 03:25 PM

Cool! I'm a BIG Helmet fan. It's nice that they played songs from "Meantime", must have been real crowd pleasers. I still have to see them in concert yet, hope they come to Montreal soon enough... They don't come often.

I wouldn't miss it, that's for sure!

Also nice to know that Page is using a VHT.

ohio_eric · 05-04-2008, 03:38 PM

Helmet is an awesome band and I've always wanted to get Page Hamilton's tone. His tone on Betty is to die for.

F1Filter · 05-04-2008, 03:48 PM

Big fan of Helmet here. Which makes me all the more jealous that they did all of "Meantime".

DDDorian · 05-04-2008, 10:30 PM

I saw them around this time last year and thought it was a great show, but Page is such an inconsistent live singer, his vocals were all over the place. Even on the newer albums he just isn't the same. Still, I bet that was one hell of a show!

RiffRaff · 05-05-2008, 01:02 AM

They only played Wilma's rainbow from Betty though

Page's voice was perfect last night, They played nothing from size matters so there was no strained singing

playstopause · 05-05-2008, 09:27 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by RiffRaff

They played nothing from size matters so there was no strained singing

amonb · 05-05-2008, 09:32 AM

Page Hamilton has to be one of the main guitarists impacting massively on my own playing... good to see them still playing the classics and thanks for the thread!

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05-04-2008, 12:25 PM	#1 (permalink)
RiffRaff ss.org Regular Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Adelaide, Australia Posts: 96 Real Name: Andrew Main Seven: Schecter Loomis Thanked: 7	Just got back from Helmet Saw them for the second time within a year (It seems that this is one of the only bands that really means it when they say "We'll be coming back to Australia next year" ) and it was fantastic again. The crowd seemed to be mostly full of late 30's early 40's regarding age and it was awesome as every one was there just to enjoy it and there were no chumps out there to purposely hurt people or get into fights. Onto the show. They played the whole of 'Meantime' Back to back and yes... it was sick! Page was playing a VHT Pitbull (I think the Ultralead. I'm not too sure about the VHT models) but the tone had so much bite and sounded so raw that it almost ripped your face off. Hard to describe it, I thought it sounded 'airy' but not thin... I'm terrible at trying to explain tone but it was just crushing never the less. Also got to meet the band (For the second time) after the show and I have to say that Page Hamilton is honestly one of the nicest and most down to earth people I've ever met. Takes nothing for granted and adores his fans, plus he writes a mean riff too. I actually managed to not be that nervous as he was the one that inspired me to play guitar (after hearing the solo to Wilma's rainbow I was like "why the fuck haven't I been learning guitar?"). It's great when your heroes are just awesome people as well. Sorry for the rant... Just had to share my thoughts about this awesome night and awesome band

05-04-2008, 03:25 PM	#2 (permalink)
playstopause President / RHLC © Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Montreal, Quebec, Canada Posts: 11,166 Real Name: J-F / "Frenchy" Main Seven: Ibanez S7420FMTW Main ERG: What? Rig: Bloody~VHT Pitbull45 Thanked: 43	Cool! I'm a BIG Helmet fan. It's nice that they played songs from "Meantime", must have been real crowd pleasers. I still have to see them in concert yet, hope they come to Montreal soon enough... They don't come often. I wouldn't miss it, that's for sure! Also nice to know that Page is using a VHT. Become one of us or die, fuckers. / Rick - RHLC V-P.

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ohio_eric He loves you Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Ohio Posts: 7,569 Main Seven: Schecter Jeff Loomis Sig Rig: Boss GT-8 Thanked: 150	Helmet is an awesome band and I've always wanted to get Page Hamilton's tone. His tone on Betty is to die for. The only proof he needed for the existance of God was music. Kurt Vonnegut Jr. Without music, life would be a mistake. Friedrich Nietzsche

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F1Filter Noise Generator Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: San Francisco, CA & Queens, NY Posts: 432 Main Seven: Jackson CS Soloist 7 Rig: Bunch of VST plugins Thanked: 21 $F1Filter is rather kvlt and tr00. \m/$ $F1Filter is rather kvlt and tr00. \m/$ $F1Filter is rather kvlt and tr00. \m/$ $F1Filter is rather kvlt and tr00. \m/$ $F1Filter is rather kvlt and tr00. \m/$ $F1Filter is rather kvlt and tr00. \m/$ $F1Filter is rather kvlt and tr00. \m/$	Big fan of Helmet here. Which makes me all the more jealous that they did all of "Meantime". "We are not going to do a free-form jazz exploration in front of a festival crowd!"

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05-04-2008, 10:30 PM	#5 (permalink)
DDDorian Later, ace! Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Middle of nowhere, Australia Posts: 2,199 Main Seven: Schecter 007 Elite in che Rig: Sunn Beta Lead Thanked: 124	I saw them around this time last year and thought it was a great show, but Page is such an inconsistent live singer, his vocals were all over the place. Even on the newer albums he just isn't the same. Still, I bet that was one hell of a show!

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RiffRaff ss.org Regular Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Adelaide, Australia Posts: 96 Real Name: Andrew Main Seven: Schecter Loomis Thanked: 7	They only played Wilma's rainbow from Betty though Page's voice was perfect last night, They played nothing from size matters so there was no strained singing

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amonb Just One More... Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Brisbane Posts: 2,250 Real Name: Amon Main Seven: Ibanez s7420 BP Thanked: 14 $amonb is rather kvlt and tr00. \m/$ $amonb is rather kvlt and tr00. \m/$ $amonb is rather kvlt and tr00. \m/$ $amonb is rather kvlt and tr00. \m/$ $amonb is rather kvlt and tr00. \m/$ $amonb is rather kvlt and tr00. \m/$ $amonb is rather kvlt and tr00. \m/$	Page Hamilton has to be one of the main guitarists impacting massively on my own playing... good to see them still playing the classics and thanks for the thread!

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