I totally disagree. Looking at a dude onstage who looks like he mowed my lawn is pretty boring, vs acts that are VISUALLY FUN TOO, from Gwar to The Osmond Brothers to Jimmy Page in his dragon suits! IF YOU ARE GETTING UP ON A STAGE...you are asking us to LOOK AT YOU. Okay, well what are you VISUALLY DOING that's worth me looking? It's RUDE to get onstage dressed boring.
Lol I played San Andreas about 6 months ago and I've been on a big Helmet amd Depeche Mode kick ever since. Meantime is one of the greatest albums ever recorded.
I remember first hearing this song on Headbanger's Ball. I went out to my local Tower Records and got Meantime straightaway. Ah, Headbanger's Ball. That, and Alternative Nation, those were my jams.
lol I share Slayer with my neighbors. He tries to tell me what to do "on my own property" So I blast heavy metal and whatever else I can throw in the mix just to make him feel uncomfortable which in return makes me feel comfortable.
In 1996 I flaked on writing a poem for creative writing class so, I just wrote down the lyrics to this son and turned it in. I got sent to the school counselor to make sure I was "OK".
Beavis & Butthead 2020. I really believe they could take our country in a new direction...At the very least, the debates would be awesome. "Mr Biden, how do you respond to the claim that you are an ass munch?" "Well. I must say that munching ass is important and no one should be deprived of the right to munch ass. Do I have the ass munch vote yet?"...Ok... "And Mr Trump, how would you respond to the fact that...Oh hell, we should be so lucky as to to Mr. Butthead in office right now."
I was a sophomore in high school when this dropped. It was such a big deal to anyone who listened to rock, punk, or metal. I still jam to this album and Betty to this day.
+Mistifyed They performed at Knotfest this year... it was pretty badass. I remember coming across this band in the early 90's and like you, anytime I hear them, "nostalgia."
Helmet is one of the most underrated, unheard of, and underscored bands that I can think of. Most people don't know about them, but their CDs are completely awesome from beginning to end. I play them all the time in my car, still to this day with out any desire to skip a single track. Helmet never got all the credit they deserve.
There's a bridge near the first turn after the first vagos get kicked of, go on the bridge and hop on the train when it comes, kill the vagos and u got a win without cheating
@@samuelwetz8378 if I remember correctly, I think Primus and Helmet were signed to the same label at the time, so it probably the same warehouse from the Mr Krinkle video
Helmet are like Celtic Frost. They're one of those off-the-radar heavy bands that influenced everybody, but your average person doesn't know them by name.
@@ianhall6614 even his most simple fills, are really interesting. there is something about how he can hit his snare, kick and cymbals within. something about his strikes.
@@jackcravford8744 To me it always sounded like he was trying to break his snares, the hits are so powerful. I have yet to find another drummer that forces me to listen like Stanier can
This was my shit in 1992. I listened to the cassette on constant repeat for weeks when it came out. I was 16 at the time and semi-homeless, crashing at various houses of skater friends of mine whose parents would tolerate me. There was this skater kid, everyone called him Jumbo, he was a legit midget. Not a dwarf like you see in movies, but a miniature person- normal proportions but just tiny. At 16 he was the size of a 9/10 year old kid and as far as I know, he never grew any bigger. A bunch of us fuckups and homeless/runaway punks and skaters would crash at his place, where he lived with his dad who was schizophrenic or something. He was on medication and usually cool, but every other week or so he would go off his meds, flip out and kick everyone out of the house with no notice and we would all have to scramble to find somewhere else to sleep for awhile. The house was a sparsely furnished mess. Jumbo's room had a mattress on the floor and nothing else. We all slept on the floor except for Jumbo, who got the mattress of course. The walls were covered in graffiti and had a bunch of holes punched through them. It would seem pretty rough to most people but it was paradise for us. So anyways, Helmet's album Meantime came out that summer in 1992 when I was staying off and on at Jumbo's and I listened to the cassette so much while staying there that anytime I hear any of the songs from that album they immediately transport me back to that time and place.
True, but you came close to infringing on my rights to the word "jackassery", which is how I describe so many drivers here in SoCal. When it rains they tend to hit the streets and put a serious damper on my commute forcing me to substitute my Z28 for my ZX6R, and makes waves that jet skiers dream about, myself included. My SeaDoo XP is like the little fork lift from the movie Cars. Regardless what machine I'm on this song plays on repeat.
If this gets you pumped up, you should listen to the original. You know, the one from Pantera. This band stole the riff note for note lmao. Bunch of losers
Probably one of my favourite songs of all time. Helmet have always been one of my favourite bands. Page Hamilton in my eyes is a genius. Only saw them once, in Osaka, Japan. I met all the guys outside the venue. Got heaps of pictures and a personalised signature from Page. This was in the late 90's. One of my wmost treasured memories
Saw Helmet tonight with Korn, Evanescence, and Jaris Johnson. They rocked! Not to familiar with their catalog but this one is a classic and you can definitely hear the beginnings of Numetal here. Will definitely dig into some deeper cuts cuz I liked what I heard live.
+Kuraiyo yeah, you are right, their songs are good but you ever seen Slipknot? the first thing you say when you see them for the first time is that they are psychopathic killers..
I think a gimmick is great for live stuff but it's not necessary. Likes of Slipknot, Tool, Rammstein etc put on a great show that goes well with their music where bands like Gojira or Korn etc. put on less of a visual performance but they're extremely tight live you can just stand there in awe in between head banging.
Actually the 90's (and late 80's) were all about image. That's why Helmet and this video were so revolutionary when it came out back in '92. I remember watching it on mtv back in high school and it blew me away. peace out!
I love it when a band doesn't try to have an image. Wearing regular clothes and normal hairstyle, it just seems like they are focused completely on the music, it's great
@@jodino6953 No, it isn't...Metal was the alt offspring of Rock, you can only add to it or deviate from the parent. This is pretty damn close to Punk, far more than Metal...
This song takes me back to being 18 years old and having my whole life ahead of me. Sure wish I could go back to 1992! Things were absolutely awesome back then!
Yeah dude! I went to a st Andrews informal when I was 18,so I'm guessing 91...all the beer you could drink and the main act was a seriously still way cool mental as anything at a time when all members were living the dream and as an act way beyond the norm...I fully remember reg taking the piss out of the front of stage bouncer types and everyone on stage just fully enjoying the performance that by that point in their lives as a band compared to the eighties, the members had outside interests...but as a band on that night at that particular annual event-absolutely 100% enjoying themslves!
Just a quick note for the younger fans of this band: It's really kind of crazy for the older people like me who grew up in this era to hear this song again. Youngsters may not know but when it came out Helmet had generated SO much buzz! MTV and other various music-centered magazines like Rolling Stone and Spin had anointed them as the band to change music and talked about them like they were the 2nd coming of Jesus. This band was like a cornered rabid animal with expectations from their record label and the music scene in general that was practically unbelievable. The bar was set so high they could never live up to the hype. I specifically remember someone saying, "Helmet is the next big thing, the next Nirvana". Note 4/1/2023 - I just want to stress that the comparisons I make between Helmet and Nirvana is mostly to do with record company sales projections and not which band is subjectively "better" than the other. Helmet and Nirvana are/were VERY different bands sonically. Nirvana could never have been as percussively heavy and occasionally brutal as helmet, and helmet was never going to write lyrics as silky-clever as Cobain.
Yeah I remember them being pushed to the forefront and being sold as the next big thing. As you say they were never going to live up to the hype. Loved this song though.
They did not make fun of Helmet. The quote was "If you saw these guys on the street, you wouldn't even know they're cool." Talking about the short hair.
Great example of how a baritone can sing effectively in rock/metal in his natural range without screaming or growling! Killer vocals large in part to his excellent melody writing.
If I hear a band that sounds Really good and has the groove and then the Vox comes in Screaming and that's it, I'm so over it. There's a time and place for screaming. Helmet was good, really good.
00:00:40 (Lyrics) Your contribution left unnoticed some Association with an image Just credit time for showing up again Attention wandered I’m left with it Gone by sin too slowly Can’t pass it up Then I thought nothing is right I turned it off To die unsung would really bring you Although wet eyes would never suit you Walk through no archetypal suicide to Die young is far too boring these days Your will to speak clearly Exposed too much Unsung once too often Could not rub off
@@ThePubliusValerius - Thanks, it was a great first show. Mike Patton climbed up the wall in the theatre we were in and sang the whole song while he was 30 ft. in the air on theatre wall. We got to meet, Roddy, Mike P., Mike B and Billy of Faith No More out by the buses after....it was really fun, I was 16 years old
It's amazing how a 30 year old song still hits like it was released yesterday. The times when music was made to last. Not like now that you make music for profit.
Right. The music for profit that sings about their profit. This I'll never understand, nor the people that pay for it. Today we get this for free and it still hold a much greater value then those ballers could ever imagine.
Helmet's use of bass has always been the reason why I liked them more than a lot of other Alt-Metal and Hardcore bands. The bass gives their songs a lot more texture
I was literally just thinking about posting how I love his vocals... A great example of how a baritone can sing in rock/metal effectively and without screaming or growling!!
Those guys all got stuck in purgatory as they collaborate on projects that involve drums with no sticks and guns with no bullets...Their kickstarter offers land on Mars and ocean front property in Arizona for those interested.
This song takes me back to high school. Listening to it in my car with an awesome stereo where I wasn’t told to turn it down! This song hits hard & never grows old.
Saw them with Rollins Band and Sausage at the Roseland in NYC in..guess it was 95...they're awesome live. And I just realized that was 30 effing years ago... EDIT: Just looked, it was August of 94.
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After watching this my computer installed windows 95
@NirvanaFan 🤓
@@joeyjo-joshabadu9636 Nirvana fan should steer clear of helmet... Just saying..
@NirvanaFan Neeeerd!
Legit LOLed !!!!
Thats an outstanding comment . You are perhaps a dam genius 🤙🤘🤣🤣🤣
Helmet are great for being a "wow, these guys sound like absolute MONSTERS" and then you see a band pic and it looks like the Yale tennis team.
They look like a boy group but rock like Satan.
I remember them being labeled "preppy rock" at one time.
Helmet, Quicksand, Hum and Failure all fall under the category of "Guys who look like they deliver pizzas but play heavy music"
Love it. That's a great comment, lol.
they actually sound too soft for a rock band.
I love bands that don’t have any stupid gimmicks or images to them. They just look like everyday people but they play badass music.
Country artists are the worst at it.
@@FarmersAreDummies they’ve never spent a single day at a ranch and dress up like cowboys….
This thread 💀😂🤣
That’s the great thing about most 90s alternative music.
I totally disagree.
Looking at a dude onstage who looks like he mowed my lawn is pretty boring, vs acts that are VISUALLY FUN TOO, from Gwar to The Osmond Brothers to Jimmy Page in his dragon suits!
IF YOU ARE GETTING UP ON A STAGE...you are asking us to LOOK AT YOU.
Okay, well what are you VISUALLY DOING that's worth me looking?
It's RUDE to get onstage dressed boring.
No mercy for the epileptics of the 90s.
Esse clipe matou muito epiléptico
Well said. Seizureville fo sho.
It was a glorious time ....
Hey, I grew up playing the Mega Man games(4-6 having the most insane flashes), so I was trained to deal with flashing lights.
Its worth the risk, great song
"This is Sage and you're listening to Radio X"
Lol I played San Andreas about 6 months ago and I've been on a big Helmet amd Depeche Mode kick ever since.
Meantime is one of the greatest albums ever recorded.
Hell yeahhhh
@@axesofjusticeguitarworksho7275 as in the band or...
Soundgarden i like and Living Colour on Radio X
Lmaoooooo
"That drummer looks like a regular guy. If you, like, saw these guys on the street, you wouldn't even know they were cool." Beavis and Butthead
Mike judge was a genius
Itsmorefuntocompute lol fuckin awesome
Beavis & Butthead -- doing reaction videos before it was cool.
The greatest duo of all time
Haha... "Hey, check it out, Butthead!!!"
This song is timeless. 30 years later and it still sounds fresh.
30 years later and still got gas, what a great album to shred to! 🛹🎸🎶☠
Just timeless, yeah.
Damnit has it been that long already!😮 Im fuckin old...
They were so ahead of their time.
It could have been released in the 60's and it would have fit in then. Completely Timeless!
If MTV stayed pure we'd still have this stuff today
I remember first hearing this song on Headbanger's Ball. I went out to my local Tower Records and got Meantime straightaway.
Ah, Headbanger's Ball. That, and Alternative Nation, those were my jams.
Right!! What happened to MTV?
@@hammersmithhardman4228 Fucked around with lame trends like reality TV. And found out.
@@hammersmithhardman4228softened I guess
Streaming killed mtv
Your contribution was not left unnoticed, Helmet. Been sharing it with the neighbors.
I see what you did there.
Some Canine I lol'd for real.
lol I share Slayer with my neighbors. He tries to tell me what to do "on my own property" So I blast heavy metal and whatever else I can throw in the mix just to make him feel uncomfortable which in return makes me feel comfortable.
They like it or not, we Will share this.
Atta boy! 😂😂😂😂
This song hits harder than Dads belt.
Hits harder than DMXs crack pipe
@@romulusaquarius2117 Dude, you called that!! lol
Lol
Play this song at the Chicago Blackhawks home game
😂 sad and true lol
In 1996 I flaked on writing a poem for creative writing class so, I just wrote down the lyrics to this son and turned it in. I got sent to the school counselor to make sure I was "OK".
One of the best individual performances by a drummer on this one.
That intro tho
That's what I told my son today. "Boy, I love that drums! Ratatatat...!" :-)
Drums make a metal band bottom line
Not just this song, the entire album and even moreso on the album Betty
Gives Dave Grohl a run for his money.
Playing this song while going 127mph down the freeway is badass. Especially when you're passenger and you're Grandma is driving.
😂🤣
That's Awesome 😂
Is your grandma still locked up doin time for armed robbery?
Man this is a great speeding song lol
I wanna meet your grandma!!
Still to this day I've never heard a better soundtrack in a game than San Andreas.
You are correct sir. This jam is perfect for riding a Sanchez through Bone County.
Fr, that soundtrack got me into rock along with gta vice city
Bioshock
@@mantysszrymp2896 easily. gave me the creeps
Vice City
I'm 52. This has been my anthem for the past 27 years. Discovered Helmet in 1995.
same same !
greetings from germany
Me too!
CJ can hear this all day
hell fuckin yeah to the fuckin hell yeah
I was literally trying to search up motorcycle helmets and accidentally found a really good band. 😆
Speaking about helmets, maybe you should check this out too :)
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Same for me when I found Cannibal Corpse.
AWESOME UNINTENTIONAL FIND
😂😂😂🔥🤘
@@aplus1080 😳
As Beavis & Butthead would say, "THIS KICKS ASS!" "YES! YES!"
They did react to this. They were talking about how all these guys look like normal dudes and no one would no they were cool if seen in public.
Chaa duude!🔥
Beavis & Butthead 2020. I really believe they could take our country in a new direction...At the very least, the debates would be awesome. "Mr Biden, how do you respond to the claim that you are an ass munch?" "Well. I must say that munching ass is important and no one should be deprived of the right to munch ass. Do I have the ass munch vote yet?"...Ok... "And Mr Trump, how would you respond to the fact that...Oh hell, we should be so lucky as to to Mr. Butthead in office right now."
“Faster,faster,faster”
First time I saw Helmet/Unsung was on Beavis and Butthead episode.
I was a sophomore in high school when this dropped. It was such a big deal to anyone who listened to rock, punk, or metal. I still jam to this album and Betty to this day.
That bass tone …
We're about the same age...same experience.
"Betty" is my personal favorite Helmet album. :)
10th grade!! Yeah we should probably schedule that colonoscopy soon
I was also a sophomore. Loved this band. Also Quicksand, Prong, Primus, Tool and many many more.
Thank you, Matt from Hillside, for letting me borrow this CD when I was 16. I hope one day you see this comment.
Helmet paved the road for basically 90% of the bands that you heard in the 2000s .... way ahead of their time!
Kinda agree. Saw this on MTV Classic and thought it was 1999. Looked it up, 1991!!!!!! I do remember these guys, Sponge, etc.
Completely agree. A lot of riffs on Korn's very first album seemed like they were directly influenced by Helmet
Right on they are underrated af. Dont get how so many of my friends dont dig it.
Prong were already moshing it up!
I'm not sure your "90%" claim is even close to accurate, but that's a difficult one to prove either way.
Fucking nostalgia man, haven't heard this in so long.
+Mistifyed that's the greatest thing anyone has ever said
+Mistifyed They performed at Knotfest this year... it was pretty badass. I remember coming across this band in the early 90's and like you, anytime I hear them, "nostalgia."
Mistifyed These were my high school years...I miss the 90's...
ya they were my middle school years I miss the 90's too
Angelique DeJesus amen mine too. been 90 tripping all night.
Early 90s music was so great.
This song for some reason helps me drive better in San Andreas.
That´s so true dude!
Especially on a motorcycle going the las ventures😩
Off a cliff.
I used to live in San Andreas but it wasn't my fault........
You hit the drifts around corners perfectly in time with the song as well and just zoom through the map
CJ stay bumpin this track on Radio X
Nothin beats this playing straight after them bones or vice versa
It's also in saints Row 2
Best of the gta series and the saints row series
cj was a very diverse person he crossed many cultures lol
Si senior.
The drumming on this song is just stellar and so HARD. Incredible
It has always been,
The pause , and the absence of sound, that made this song unique. Excellent.
Page Hamilton refers to that as "sonic real estate".
The fact that they dont look metal impresses me even more.
That's why they are so awesome, they let the sound speak for itself
One reason, I liked them even back then in the 90s.
Nuthin' wrong with looking Metal, though.
Fun fact, Helmet was started as a business plan for a class. He got an F and decided to prove his teacher wrong by starting helmet as a college band.
Back in those day we didn't dress up to be hard.
Helmet is one of the most underrated, unheard of, and underscored bands that I can think of. Most people don't know about them, but their CDs are completely awesome from beginning to end. I play them all the time in my car, still to this day with out any desire to skip a single track. Helmet never got all the credit they deserve.
paulf559 agreed. Afterlife is one of my fav CDs. People must not like it coa when people ride in my car they wanna change the station lol
Guitar world did cover em back in the 90s.
Pretty much everyone who played GTA San Andreas must've heard this song at least once so the numbers aren't so bad
Betty is perfection. Stanier is a pocket beast !!
They were huge in the 90s. Formed in 1989 and had a big influence on many other bands.
This hits harder today than it did in 1993. What a classic!!
Hail Radio X
I'm 91 and still rocking out hard to this
Rockin in your rocker rock and relax
What is your secret to long life.
And chill some slayer and black Sabbath
Cool
@@brettgjesvold862 that is the secret
Right on! 🤘
My favorite song to listen to on the way back to Los Santos after failing the train mission with Big Smoke. 💯
That train mission sucked I failed that so many times lol
Oh! that's where i know this from! I was wondering how I knew all the words to a song I've never heard
I drive fast to this song.
ALL YOU HAD TO DO WAS TO FOLLOW THAT GODDAMN TRAIN, CJ ! (Big Smoke)
There's a bridge near the first turn after the first vagos get kicked of, go on the bridge and hop on the train when it comes, kill the vagos and u got a win without cheating
One of the best songs of the Era
Absolutely some of the best drumming of the 90’s
That chunky bass sound of Helmet, Failure, Quicksand, Hum, etc was so iconic in the era. I love this shit.
PAW ! 🤘🏻
Failure are still holding it down.
Bass me please
+1 dude
@@andrewdods2236 literally just came here from a paw video
When you rent out Trent Reznor's basement for a music video.
Hahahahahaha
The Set kinda reminds me Of the set
that Primus for the Mr Krinkle video
@@samuelwetz8378 if I remember correctly, I think Primus and Helmet were signed to the same label at the time, so it probably the same warehouse from the Mr Krinkle video
I believed this video popularized the trope of "band playing in an abandoned warehouse"
Helmet is so fucking awesome. Meantime, Betty, and Aftertaste are three of the most underrated albums in all of music history.
Ironically, the title of this song sums up Helmet in one word.
A.. "Not"...in front of that should have been done .
Helmet are like Celtic Frost. They're one of those off-the-radar heavy bands that influenced everybody, but your average person doesn't know them by name.
@@robwalsh9843 This.
I’m not impressed with this song at all.
@@emiliorod6979 Admittedly, it's not their best. This was the obligatory "radio-friendly" song from the album, along with Give It.
🥁...the timing on that kick drum...🥁
Nice
Drums are sick in this!
Stainer is a fucking machine. So good
@@ianhall6614 even his most simple fills, are really interesting. there is something about how he can hit his snare, kick and cymbals within. something about his strikes.
@@jackcravford8744 To me it always sounded like he was trying to break his snares, the hits are so powerful. I have yet to find another drummer that forces me to listen like Stanier can
Some of y’all will never know how hard it was to fly down a mountain on a snowboard with a Sony Walkman with the cd skipping blasting this
Glad to see I’m not the only one from the past here
Fuck me the 90s had great music.
This was my shit in 1992. I listened to the cassette on constant repeat for weeks when it came out. I was 16 at the time and semi-homeless, crashing at various houses of skater friends of mine whose parents would tolerate me. There was this skater kid, everyone called him Jumbo, he was a legit midget. Not a dwarf like you see in movies, but a miniature person- normal proportions but just tiny. At 16 he was the size of a 9/10 year old kid and as far as I know, he never grew any bigger. A bunch of us fuckups and homeless/runaway punks and skaters would crash at his place, where he lived with his dad who was schizophrenic or something. He was on medication and usually cool, but every other week or so he would go off his meds, flip out and kick everyone out of the house with no notice and we would all have to scramble to find somewhere else to sleep for awhile. The house was a sparsely furnished mess. Jumbo's room had a mattress on the floor and nothing else. We all slept on the floor except for Jumbo, who got the mattress of course. The walls were covered in graffiti and had a bunch of holes punched through them. It would seem pretty rough to most people but it was paradise for us. So anyways, Helmet's album Meantime came out that summer in 1992 when I was staying off and on at Jumbo's and I listened to the cassette so much while staying there that anytime I hear any of the songs from that album they immediately transport me back to that time and place.
Nacht Schreck wicked !!!
I wish I could live in the 90s.. fuck smartphones they ruined memory making moments
How do you listen to a cassette on repeat
Matthew Cochran haaaaa leave me alone bro
And no matter what was happening in that time or place it was great. The 90s were great and I just wanna go back.
Probably one of the most underrated metal bands of all time.
They are interesting. But this is not metal my friend. It maybe has some slight nuances to it.
Dwayne White hard core post punk ...
@@jooplin Oh your one of those guys who thinks that only death metal is metal or whatever lame
@@mikekrier1465 No, metal is metal, Helmet is simply a Rock/Hardcore Band
@@andrewdods2236 nah alternative metal
They go hard. Seeing these guys live at Rockstock '97 at the World Music Theatre, Tinley Park, IL as a 16 YR was awesome.
I miss 90s rock/alternative.
Shannen IMO it’s the best era of music. New Wave/Post Punk/Goth is right up there too.
We all do
By far the best time ever for music, and in most other regards.
Cool beans,, and warm fuzziest, bjl
Unbelivable ,no hair moshing,no piercing ,no tattos all over and pure noise!!! Absolutely legends -Helmet!
My only complaint is their lack of hair moshing.
it'd be even better if they all wore helmets
@@ippotsk Thats fucken funny dude
They're called helmet because they've all been circumsized.
@@headmondronary2127 Really?
The badassery of this song is undeniable and legendary.
And the outro will always be haunting as hell. Instrumental perfection.
@@BigDaddySwingingMeat the entire band is on fire during that instrumental breakdown. everyone grinding their instrumentals, like a moving train.
True, but you came close to infringing on my rights to the word "jackassery", which is how I describe so many drivers here in SoCal. When it rains they tend to hit the streets and put a serious damper on my commute forcing me to substitute my Z28 for my ZX6R, and makes waves that jet skiers dream about, myself included. My SeaDoo XP is like the little fork lift from the movie Cars. Regardless what machine I'm on this song plays on repeat.
"You wouldn't even know these guys were cool."
This song is so underrated, nobody sounded like this in 1991
They were ahead of their time by about 10 years
Local H had a similar sound in spots.
After five years on the east coast... It was time to come home.
Why just why officer bylaw blaw pools the taxi over
+Rupert Cornholio uhuhuhuh...uh.
+Smith Smitherman Bunghole
+Rupert Cornholio what is thy bidding, my master?
+Butthead i'll be whacking off in Mr. Anderson's tool shed.
This was literally my jam in the 90s. Hearing this still gets me pumped up.
If this gets you pumped up, you should listen to the original. You know, the one from Pantera. This band stole the riff note for note lmao. Bunch of losers
@@rustyshackleford1562 which song? A new level?
@@jrambo7495 Lol no, Rise. Its off Vulgar Display of Power.
@@rustyshackleford1562 I'm familiar with all of their albums.
@@jrambo7495 its exactly like Rise... pretty much note for note. Tempo is different but thats about it
Probably one of my favourite songs of all time. Helmet have always been one of my favourite bands. Page Hamilton in my eyes is a genius. Only saw them once, in Osaka, Japan. I met all the guys outside the venue. Got heaps of pictures and a personalised signature from Page. This was in the late 90's. One of my wmost treasured memories
Meantime was such a dope album. Loved all the songs
Thanks for sharing this with us!
Thanks in a large part to Helmet for inspiring who we know now as Deftones.
the chord with half of the strings open at the end?
Damn what a shame lol
@@vapordreams983 L
HUM is a huge influence on the Deft ones too
@@adderon7476 Hum is great
Radio x the best GTA radio 🤘
Yes
100 years from now people will discover this and say these men were not of this world.... Superb Rock never dies
You are absolutely right in what you say but this is Alternative metal.Not Rock..
@@jamescavalera alternative metal is a subgenre of ROCK!
Saw Helmet tonight with Korn, Evanescence, and Jaris Johnson. They rocked! Not to familiar with their catalog but this one is a classic and you can definitely hear the beginnings of Numetal here. Will definitely dig into some deeper cuts cuz I liked what I heard live.
Proof that you can dress normally and rock hard.
That's what I Love about the 90s. It was all about the music and less about the image when it came to rock bands.
+Kuraiyo yeah, you are right, their songs are good but you ever seen Slipknot? the first thing you say when you see them for the first time is that they are psychopathic killers..
I think a gimmick is great for live stuff but it's not necessary. Likes of Slipknot, Tool, Rammstein etc put on a great show that goes well with their music where bands like Gojira or Korn etc. put on less of a visual performance but they're extremely tight live you can just stand there in awe in between head banging.
more like 13yo clowns.
Actually the 90's (and late 80's) were all about image. That's why Helmet and this video were so revolutionary when it came out back in '92. I remember watching it on mtv back in high school and it blew me away. peace out!
Who else is listening to this while they are quarantined
italian anon .?
hell yeah
Present..... I'm playing it now 🤗🤗
Of course
its in my Industrial, Metal, and badass shit playlist
Much respect to John Stanier and those rimshots. He can make that five-piece sound like a Gatling gun.
Helmet was way before their time....they should have been bigger :/
Page Hamilton is on the Linkin Park album entitled "The Hunting Party". RIP Chester B
Agreed!
They like the three days grace of the 90s
Saw them back in 1992 on this tour
Very true ayy
I love it when a band doesn't try to have an image. Wearing regular clothes and normal hairstyle, it just seems like they are focused completely on the music, it's great
Some things don't change. I just saw them open for KoRn and they still look the same these days.
It’s called Alternative Metal
@@jodino6953 No, it isn't...Metal was the alt offspring of Rock, you can only add to it or deviate from the parent. This is pretty damn close to Punk, far more than Metal...
AC/DC comes to mind...regular dudes that pack a wallop!!
thats rare these days dude, the only othr band i love/loved was pantera just jeans tshirt and instruments and comfort..
Bring the 90s back 🤘
This song takes me back to being 18 years old and having my whole life ahead of me. Sure wish I could go back to 1992! Things were absolutely awesome back then!
If you didnt repeatedly watch Beavis & Butthead re-runs in vain hope that you might get to hear/see this song one more time, you've never lived.
Omg! YES!!!😄
Pre-internet people are a different species.
@@garki1369 God Bless you for that .
The stop/start guitar over a driving bass line is the ultimate grind.
Alison Joyce dude you got it
in a nutshell
helmet trademark sound
Exactly. Everything is spot on. Damn good band.
Yeah.. so crisp!!! really cool........
he said grind...huh huh huh
Who else saw Quicksand and Helmet during the 90's? I must've seen them at least 5 times in WNY.
This song represents a time when metal had surpassed heavy metal, but not degenerated yet into nu metal. Good stuff.
Helmet, Mudhoney, & Sonic Youth @ Sydney Uni January 1993. My ears are still ringing.
Just a little jelly
I was like 14 or 15 when i saw these guys live in Asbury park nj, 36 now and Clutch was the only other band that was as good live.
Saw them at Baltimore Arena in December 1992.They opened for Sepultura and MINISTRY!
Yeah dude! I went to a st Andrews informal when I was 18,so I'm guessing 91...all the beer you could drink and the main act was a seriously still way cool mental as anything at a time when all members were living the dream and as an act way beyond the norm...I fully remember reg taking the piss out of the front of stage bouncer types and everyone on stage just fully enjoying the performance that by that point in their lives as a band compared to the eighties, the members had outside interests...but as a band on that night at that particular annual event-absolutely 100% enjoying themslves!
You are so privileged !
That was an unique and amazing day !
Just a quick note for the younger fans of this band: It's really kind of crazy for the older people like me who grew up in this era to hear this song again. Youngsters may not know but when it came out Helmet had generated SO much buzz! MTV and other various music-centered magazines like Rolling Stone and Spin had anointed them as the band to change music and talked about them like they were the 2nd coming of Jesus. This band was like a cornered rabid animal with expectations from their record label and the music scene in general that was practically unbelievable. The bar was set so high they could never live up to the hype. I specifically remember someone saying, "Helmet is the next big thing, the next Nirvana".
Note 4/1/2023 - I just want to stress that the comparisons I make between Helmet and Nirvana is mostly to do with record company sales projections and not which band is subjectively "better" than the other. Helmet and Nirvana are/were VERY different bands sonically. Nirvana could never have been as percussively heavy and occasionally brutal as helmet, and helmet was never going to write lyrics as silky-clever as Cobain.
Yeah I remember them being pushed to the forefront and being sold as the next big thing. As you say they were never going to live up to the hype. Loved this song though.
thanks for the info man! that surelly helped picture the "scene" they were into
Logic Makes Sense
I remember Beavis and Butthead making fun of them. "Huh Huh, uHuh uHuh, they look uHuh uHuhuh like, so Uhuhuh normal.""
They did not make fun of Helmet. The quote was "If you saw these guys on the street, you wouldn't even know they're cool." Talking about the short hair.
Wicked bass, grew up on this one
"If you saw these guys on the street, you wouldn’t even know they were cool"
Great example of how a baritone can sing effectively in rock/metal in his natural range without screaming or growling!
Killer vocals large in part to his excellent melody writing.
That's so true!
@@xxtravisxxify ❤️
Spot on !
@@andrewdods2236 ❤️
If I hear a band that sounds Really good and has the groove and then the Vox comes in Screaming and that's it, I'm so over it. There's a time and place for screaming. Helmet was good, really good.
00:00:40
(Lyrics)
Your contribution left unnoticed some
Association with an image
Just credit time for showing up again
Attention wandered I’m left with it
Gone by sin too slowly
Can’t pass it up
Then I thought nothing is right
I turned it off
To die unsung would really bring you
Although wet eyes would never suit you
Walk through no archetypal suicide to
Die young is far too boring these days
Your will to speak clearly
Exposed too much
Unsung once too often
Could not rub off
Thanks.
Thank you. You’re doing the lords work
Bless 🤘❤
Drummer kicks ass
THIS SONG ROCKS !!!!!! 🤘🏼
Mike Judge's taste in music remains solid after all these years
My first show ever, Helmet and Faith No More back in the early 90's....I wasn't disappointed
Mine was pantera and anthrax.
My god I'm jealous - that would have been sick
@@ThePubliusValerius - Thanks, it was a great first show. Mike Patton climbed up the wall in the theatre we were in and sang the whole song while he was 30 ft. in the air on theatre wall. We got to meet, Roddy, Mike P., Mike B and Billy of Faith No More out by the buses after....it was really fun, I was 16 years old
@@aplus1080 - That's a good one too. I saw Pantera Sepultura and Prong....that was fire also
Damn thats a good one! I saw clutch and primus. 19-Along time ago lolz
thank you GTA San Andreas!
It's amazing how a 30 year old song still hits like it was released yesterday. The times when music was made to last. Not like now that you make music for profit.
Right. The music for profit that sings about their profit. This I'll never understand, nor the people that pay for it. Today we get this for free and it still hold a much greater value then those ballers could ever imagine.
2020 who is still listening?
Binge watching old 90's songs, figured it was a good way to start the new decade.
May play this song at a gig in 2 weeks
You wasted no time, I see.
This song popped into my head a couple times lately, even though I haven't heard it since the 90's.
Im glad we aren’t alone
Radio X
Yesssssssss
Heavily underrated band. I always loved their compact and powerful sound. It's effective and timeless in my opinion.
Helmet's use of bass has always been the reason why I liked them more than a lot of other Alt-Metal and Hardcore bands. The bass gives their songs a lot more texture
In almost all cases, the bands that accentuate the bass have an amazing bass player worth accentuating. The opposite is generally true as well.
@@eddiekalista3222 true
John Stainer still killing the drums in 2022. One of the most underrated of all time.
Thank you. I didn't know his name.
* Stanier
Yup, he's a beast.
Stanier
Can't imagine anyone not recognizing these guys in the 90s
Relieved the snare is not a bucket ❤
Nobody writes vocal melodies like Page Hamilton. That's one reason I adore Helmet the way I do.
They rock and always will Dora!!!
Deftones too
J Robbins from Jawbox
@@chrisdrumz7 Definitely.
I was literally just thinking about posting how I love his vocals...
A great example of how a baritone can sing in rock/metal effectively and without screaming or growling!!
Does anybody else hear Ozzy in his voice?
Remembers a lot
I hear the intro of Sportscenter. Still love Helmet.
i first heard this song in gta and i thought it was some weird ozzy b-side lol
Now l can't unhear it !
Yesss me too
Thank you, Guitar Hero, for introducing me to this song (and the band as a whole).
No guitar hero ever rocked a plastic guitar with no strings...
Those guys all got stuck in purgatory as they collaborate on projects that involve drums with no sticks and guns with no bullets...Their kickstarter offers land on Mars and ocean front property in Arizona for those interested.
This song takes me back to high school. Listening to it in my car with an awesome stereo where I wasn’t told to turn it down! This song hits hard & never grows old.
I used to play this whole jam on my guitar back in the day.👍🔥💥
I'm 50 years old and lift weights to this
51. Me, too.
I salute you. I lift weights to Ministry and Meshuggah.
Me too, 48. And Rollins, of course. And Mark of Cain ...
31 here, still lifting my women
Now you’re 52! Happy birthday 🎂
I saw these guys open for Faith No More in 92 and they did not disappoint
Saw them with Rollins Band and Sausage at the Roseland in NYC in..guess it was 95...they're awesome live. And I just realized that was 30 effing years ago...
EDIT: Just looked, it was August of 94.
I don't understand why there are over 4 thousand dislikes, this song is epic! I heard it so much growing up and still like hearing it today
Damn this song brings me back. One of the best. I had to get on my Frankie Hill and do an ollie.
Fkn great ass jam🔥🔥🔥🤟🤟🤟 heard it till like '93-'94 ...sick vibes✨
Damn, I kinda forgot about this song as if it's hidden in the fucking basement ... I miss the 90s ... '95 was a great year ...
Nurses : twerking
Janitors sanitizing everything: *U N S U N G*
Lol why does it have to be one or the other?
As a former janitor, I vibe with this statement.
4real. Literally plumbers, garbagemen ,water works and janitors are the literal line of defense from the next plauge.
TRUTH
Dont you pretend that you didnt bumped your head while listenning this masterpiece.
I forgot how BADASS this is😊