Helmet  

Helmet was hardly a typical metal band (and in fact the band themselves probably didn't consider their music as metal), signing to a non-metal record label in Amphetamine Reptile and adopting a musical style that relied little on flashy guitarwork but instead focus on wall-of-sound riffing, undeniably hard and heavy but not quite the typical metal style. Moreover, their visual image of regular short-haired guys was far from the accepted norm of flamboyant metal showmen. Nonetheless, the band's second album, 1992's Meantime, was a tremendous hit among metal audiences and is by far the band's best-known work, as well as an influence on many a late-90's band. Two more albums were released after Meantime, but by 1998 the band decided to break up, with frontman Page Hamilton declaring intentions to pursue a solo career and the others possibly continuing in other projects as well. But by 2004 Hamilton had put together a new version of Helmet, and two albums have since been released (Size Matters in 2004, Monochrome in 2006). A new lineup is in place for 2008, though recording plans are not settled at the time of this writing.

Current Members Page Hamilton guitars/vocals Jimmy Thompson guitars Jon Fuller bass Kyle Stevenson drums

Former Members/Guests Peter Mengede guitars (Handsome) Rob Echeverria guitars (Biohazard) Chris Traynor guitars Henry Bogdan bass Frank Bello bass (Anthrax) Jeremy Chatelain bass (Handsome) John Stanier drums Mike Jost drums

Discography

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Strap It On 
1990 Amph. Reptile

Repetiton Rude Bad Mood Sinatra FBLA Blacktop Distracted Make Room Murder

Page Hamilton Peter Mengede Henry Bogdan John Stanier

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Meantime 
1992 Interscope

In the Meantime Ironhead Give It Unsung Turned Out He Feels Bad Better You Borrowed FBLA II Role Model

Page Hamilton Peter Mengede Henry Bogdan John Stanier

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Betty 
1994 Atlantic

Wilma's Rainbow I Know Biscuits for Smut Milquetoast Tic Rollo Street Crab Clean Vaccination Beautiful Love Speechless The Silver Hawaiian Overrated Sam Hell

Page Hamilton Rob Echeverria Henry Bogdan John Stanier

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Born Annoying (b-sides/unreleased) 
1995 Amph. Reptile

Born Annoying (1989) Rumble Shirley MacLaine Geisha To Go Taken Your Head Oven No Nicky No Primitive Born Annnoying (1993)

Page Hamilton Peter Mengede Henry Bogdan John Stanier

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Aftertaste 
1997 Atlantic

Pure Renovation Exactly What You Wanted Like I Care Driving Nowhere Birth Defect Broadcast Emotion It's Easy to Get Bored Diet Aftertaste Harmless (High) Visibility Insatiable Crisis King

Page Hamilton Henry Bogdan John Stanier

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Size Matters 
2004 Interscope

Smart Crashing Foreign Cars See You Dead Drug Lord Enemies Unwound Everybody Loves You Surgery Speak And Spell Throwing Punches Last Breath

Page Hamilton Chris Traynor Frank Bello Mike Jost

Reviews:   Blabbermouth  Metal Observer 

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Monochrome 
2006 Interscope

Swallowing Everything Brand New Bury Me Monochrome On Your Way Down Money Shot Gone Almost Out Of Sight Howl 410 Goodbye Unlisted

Page Hamilton Chris Traynor Jeremy Chatelain Mike Jost

Reviews:   Blabbermouth  Metal Underground 

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Seeing Eye Dog 
2010 Work Song

So Long Seeing Eye Dog Welcome To Algiers LA Water In Person Morphing White City And Your Bird Can Sing Miserable She's Lost

Page Hamilton Jimmy Thompson Jon Fuller Kyle Stevenson

Reviews:   Lords Of Metal