This is what I call straight up amazing. The generation I came from grew up on Helmet, Melvins, Quicksand, Faith No More, The Jesus Lizard, Tool, Chavez, Hum and Jawbox to name a few. We were some lucky bastards!!!!!
@@jasonbeaudry489 Nah man. His precision and timing are impeccable. His ability to maintain the basic heartbeat for a brutal soundwall while playing in progressive time signatures, hitting hard as fuck while still having a rabbits foot on the kick drum. His snare flam rolls are signature. There's just too much to give him credit for I can't even write it all it's too much.
Take me back to my job driving a hi-lo at a lumber yard, waking up with no pain or thoughts of dispair. 1994!!!!! I was 20. My dad died when I was 18 but I remember this as some of the best time of my life. Turning 50 in January of 2024. What the fuuuck!!!
logged in just to reply to you. The snare sucks. Im kidding. the greatest snare on the world. When i bough BETTY and first popped the tape in my car stereo, i almost died when i heard the first snare note. it destroyed me. I was pulverized into a pulp. My ears wanted to buttfuck the tape and cum all over its sweet bass. Can you sense im emotional right now?
@@CaliBorn73 I was watching SNL when Fear played. I had no idea what was going on at the time, but I thought it was pretty funny when the audience started slam-dancing and the crew freaked out. Years later I ended up seeing Fear live. Minus the one that had OD'ed by that point.
MTV wasn't a broadcast network. it was a basic cable channel. There was a show on FX that had Melvins on at least one time back in the day. Conan might've had a band like Helmet on in the early days of his tenure at Late Night.
Respect to the man Henry Bogdan I always come back to this show because his bass playing is top tier, so simple but so full, Bogdan and Stanier make such a tight rhythm section
Holy shit i thought id never see this iconic live performance again by helmet on jon steward show!!! I was 13yo when i saw this on tv..drove me nuts, inspired me to pick up drumming and skateboarding aggressively. Everybody else was skateboarding blasting Nirvana- Nevermind, well me and my buds were blasting Helmet-Betty while grinding pipes!! Yeahhh i bow down to HELMET still now!!
This still sounds raw , fresh, heavy and energetic and it’s standing high and proving itself it’s power even after it’s been almost 30 years since it’s released
Mine was around 96. I would get the 12 Columbia House CDs and never pay them. I did it about 3 times, getting CDs sent to different family members homes.
I remember seeing Page in a Guitar World magazine back in the day saying, " I'm just a guy out there proving that you don't have to be a good guitarist to have a great rock and roll band". I still get a good laugh every time I remember that. They have got to be the most "clean cut" looking metal band ever. 🙂
Can't believe I actually remember seeing this on TV the night that it aired, such a better and more enjoyable time. Always loved this Band since 1992, when I first saw the video for Unsung on Headbangers Ball one late ass Saturday night. Page still had a full head of hair back then (during this performance in 94)...and so did I...🤔.
My first concert ever in 1996 was Helmet opening for Primus. Fucking awesome! I was instantly hooked on live shows. I remember this drummer killing it while wearing an Emmitt Smith jersey.
To answer your question, yes ... these guys really are this badass live. But even better because this just doesn't do it justice. Great video none the less!
Our youth desperately needs to express themselves through a wider variety of music. Like we did in the 80's and 90's. Helmet gave us that outlet and independence.
Don't know how I've never seen this before, but it came up in my suggestions 3 days ago and I've probably watched it 10 times. Meantime and Betty are 2 of my favorite albums. Helmet get's down!
Never heard of these guys until I saw them open for Clutch this last year. Unfortunately, the sound was absolutely mud, but it intrigued me enough to research them more when I got home. These guys absolutely rock. I really hope I get an opportunity to see them again with a better mix
After all these years and listening countless times to Betty, I've finally seen the band live. And let me tell you, i imagined the singer to be, well, not like this. Now i like their music even more!
"If you, like, saw these guys on the street, you wouldn't even know they were cool." - Butthead while watching "Unsung"
I think of that quote every time I see this band 😂
Hehehehe
😂 Flocking A
Bogdan and Stanier. Best rhythm section of the 90s.
I agree 100%. Second place in my opinion Bordin and Gould from Faith No More
Blaster Seal You two lads and I should all head for a pint. I think we’d get on well! 👌🏻
I would include Rob too, rhythm guitar & all.
Solid as concrete, juicy as a watermelon, fabulous drum and bass combination.
Panzerhead Rob was a great replacement
I am still obsessed with Helmet after all these years.
Rebecca Broughton You have good taste in music. Most of their catalog, still holds up here in 2018.
Same
@@biscuitsforsmut2791 you have great taste too.baby. Keep on rocking to Helmet too.
same here
Try to catch them live. Absolutely recommended.
This is what I call straight up amazing. The generation I came from grew up on Helmet, Melvins, Quicksand, Faith No More, The Jesus Lizard, Tool, Chavez, Hum and Jawbox to name a few. We were some lucky bastards!!!!!
@lonewizzard no clutch,COC, filter, Primus, chevelle, snot or deftones?
Kickass!
@@josephgarcia3912 Kickass!
@Cynthia May Kickass!
Super Chunk!
John Stanier's drumming in Helmet still gives me a musical hardon.
💯💯💯
He's just any other garage bands drummer to me.
@@jasonbeaudry489
Nah man. His precision and timing are impeccable. His ability to maintain the basic heartbeat for a brutal soundwall while playing in progressive time signatures, hitting hard as fuck while still having a rabbits foot on the kick drum. His snare flam rolls are signature. There's just too much to give him credit for I can't even write it all it's too much.
That bass during Milquetoast is fucking life
+Evin Paauwe so fat :D
Those mesa 400+'s are a fat sounding amp. Not thin at all with that G&L 2000 either! One of the best bass tones of the 90's!
He plays low, between the pickups and bridge, as opposed to just playing over the pickups.
Henry Bogdan's monster bass sound is seriously epic.
That G&L through that 400+ has some serious punch!
I still play an L-2000 because of Henry. Just great tone and Henry's picking technique is top notch
Kim Scott from The Mark of Cain also.
Rob Echeverria (Rhythm Guitarist) deserves to be given credit and appreciation for giving the Rhythm Section an extra layer of badassery.
Ngl but Henry's bass fat-ass tone is one of the best I ever heard in my entire life so far.
Take me back to my job driving a hi-lo at a lumber yard, waking up with no pain or thoughts of dispair. 1994!!!!! I was 20. My dad died when I was 18 but I remember this as some of the best time of my life. Turning 50 in January of 2024. What the fuuuck!!!
The way they all bop in unison is very cool.
Gotta be your own metronome!
The drummer and bass player were in absolute perfect sync. That's the real secret to having a badass sounding band.
Truth
that snare.
logged in just to reply to you. The snare sucks. Im kidding. the greatest snare on the world. When i bough BETTY and first popped the tape in my car stereo, i almost died when i heard the first snare note. it destroyed me. I was pulverized into a pulp. My ears wanted to buttfuck the tape and cum all over its sweet bass. Can you sense im emotional right now?
soothdoom
in addition to the snare, definitely love your attitude.
The drummer in one of the bands I was in back in the 90s tried for years to find a snare that sounded like that. Mission: Failed.
listen to 'troublegum' by therapy?
Dave A. of Pearl Jam was a beast. He should have never been let go. and VS is my fav. PJ album - great drum sound.
Stewart was always fearless about his musical guests. Who else let Helmet play on network TV?
i used to record the bands that played on the Jon Stewart show on VHS lol
@@mikedlc9766 He loved Helmet
I can still remember Jon having Bad Religion on and them playing Fuck Armageddon, completely unedited to close the show.
@@CaliBorn73 I was watching SNL when Fear played. I had no idea what was going on at the time, but I thought it was pretty funny when the audience started slam-dancing and the crew freaked out. Years later I ended up seeing Fear live. Minus the one that had OD'ed by that point.
MTV wasn't a broadcast network. it was a basic cable channel. There was a show on FX that had Melvins on at least one time back in the day. Conan might've had a band like Helmet on in the early days of his tenure at Late Night.
most underated band ever
Stephan Collor Fuck yeah they are.
I can't hear milquetoast without seeing Brandon Lee as Eric Draven kicking ass.....
Same. Sadly missed
I didn't know Bryan Cranston was in a band! Lol. Loooooove Helmet!!!
My first thought. Dr Wattly on Guitar and Vocals.
Page and Rob were an iconic duo even tho it was so short lived
Musical tastes may come and go, but great riffs will live forever.
Agreed! This was a little before my time but man I seriously LOVE! this band. It sounds like it could be released today in 2022.
Damn they cut it off at the best part in Milquetoast
Ikr 😂
damn
Where is the outrage? ugh
@@waveshadowmusic I was ready to headbang :'(
Right!!!
I wish people would start playing good music like this again
narrow head and bleed
I’m 17 and just finding out ab this band bruh I wish I lived back when this shit was at least kinda poppin. These guys go hard af
Saw HELMET live 3x in their heyday 95 96 97...all great shows! Enjoy!
They were awesome times and nobody said “bruh”.
@@KeironP1 ugh those were the days man
Bruh...
Bruuuughhhhh
That snare is crisp!!!
Old Helmet stuff rocks !!!!
YOU have to hand it to John Stewart....he had some damn good acts on his show....!
Man, that line up.
Respect to the man Henry Bogdan I always come back to this show because his bass playing is top tier, so simple but so full, Bogdan and Stanier make such a tight rhythm section
Yes we were. Really, we witnessed the last great generation of rock.
I dunno why but them playing straight through the credits and straight to the outro REALLY did it for me
these guys had the best fucking tones. bass, guitars, even drums.
The crow was where I discovered Helmet what an awesome soundtrack and album helmet will always rock
Aragon Ballroom, August 1994, Sausage, Helmet, Rollins Band...great concert!
i saw the same lineup at The Commodore in Vancouver. Absolute killer show
Same tour at the Grand Olympic Auditorium in LA...epic show
Whoa!!! 😳 🤯
"GroOove!" (Third "O" is for extra groove!)
Super duper groove show
Tightest band of all time. Stanier was incredible.
Phenomenal
Holy shit i thought id never see this iconic live performance again by helmet on jon steward show!!! I was 13yo when i saw this on tv..drove me nuts, inspired me to pick up drumming and skateboarding aggressively. Everybody else was skateboarding blasting Nirvana- Nevermind, well me and my buds were blasting Helmet-Betty while grinding pipes!! Yeahhh i bow down to HELMET still now!!
rip the sick outro
They still sound as fresh today as much as this recording back then.
This still sounds raw , fresh, heavy and energetic and it’s standing high and proving itself it’s power even after it’s been almost 30 years since it’s released
Superb. First heard Helmet from the Crow soundtrack in the mid 90s. Love it
I love how Page actually uses fx on his voice to recreate the album
THIS... Never understand why more bands didn't do this
The end of the song when the bass goes from the D to the D# hits so fucking hard and it's killing me that it cuts off there.
Man to go back the early 90s would be so amazing and to show my son what great music and time was like
We had no idea how good we had it!
I miss that Helmet.
One of the most underrated bands...the music is epic
I can't help but think of pat smear every time I see John stanier in this video
I kinda think of Private Pyle from Full Metal Jacket, because of his face
The lovechild of pat smear and slim shady
Helmet, I had every CD.. This performance is heavy, that guitar tone, riffs, bass and drums amazing band
Just saw Helmet and Filter last night. Amazing show! Filter was mind blowing. Love my Helmet!
I remember playing this song at my work, ,30years ago. Everyone was head banging
I was child of the 90s helmet was my favorite meantime was my first helmet record that was in 1992
Mine was around 96. I would get the 12 Columbia House CDs and never pay them. I did it about 3 times, getting CDs sent to different family members homes.
I remember seeing Page in a Guitar World magazine back in the day saying, " I'm just a guy out there proving that you don't have to be a good guitarist to have a great rock and roll band". I still get a good laugh every time I remember that. They have got to be the most "clean cut" looking metal band ever. 🙂
The singer looks like Bryan Cranston. Always loved this song,
Hey. I made that bass. G&L L-2000 model. Wow. He played the shit outta it! Good for him.
miserysphere 666
Holy shit! Really??!!!
What do you mean you made it? Was it a parts bass or were you working in G&L?
they sound awesome live! I also like they're movement onstage. they're in the pocket and it show's!
Isit just me or does page look a bit like Hal from Malcolm In The Middle
jdugmar holy shit, a hum fan in the comment section of a Helmet video. You sir are beautiful !
Halmet.
He looks like Bryan Cranston & Harvey Keitel had a kid
I can see it
Daniel Tosh always reminds me of a younger version of Page. I'm probably the only one who thinks that.
great post. Rob E from Rest in Pieces. NYHC
I always thought their entire look and sound at that time helped them stand out from what was popular at the time: grunge.
Dudd there riffs fuck hit like a 2 ton hammer still feel the energy years later
And rock music still continues to sound exactly like this 31 years later. It's like Helmet created the template.
Man I miss the 90s
Well there's about 3 of you out there.
Milquetoast has got to be my favorite Helmet song.
Can't believe I actually remember seeing this on TV the night that it aired, such a better and more enjoyable time. Always loved this Band since 1992, when I first saw the video for Unsung on Headbangers Ball one late ass Saturday night. Page still had a full head of hair back then (during this performance in 94)...and so did I...🤔.
I would love a HELMET reunion
Paul Wolfe I think they had one.
They are coming to Los Angeles with Korn , faith no more and system of a down
@@ramonw9430 with their original rhythm guitarist but not John or Henry
My first concert ever in 1996 was Helmet opening for Primus. Fucking awesome! I was instantly hooked on live shows. I remember this drummer killing it while wearing an Emmitt Smith jersey.
If this was in Dallas, I think it's the same one I went to. Both Primus and Helmet kicked ass.
Helmet has always been a favourite. Still sounds great and groovy.
Hell, they cut the best part of the song. I wish there was a version without the final cut
Stainier is the fucken man \m/
These guys are tight
The grooviest band ever man
Helmet and Prong, two of the GREATEST, understated, groove-based rock/metal bands of all time.
🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌
OMG! I miss Page's voice sounding like this!
Me too, his voice was at his best when he let his natural voice shine
sweet, a blast from the past!
I am involved in the making of a band. Helmet is our main influence
what else?
vaultsuit Tool, queens of the stone age, pantera, and some of incubus like anna molly.
GB Jay weird
GB Jay me too!
To answer your question, yes ... these guys really are this badass live. But even better because this just doesn't do it justice. Great video none the less!
DISTINCT. GOOD BAND TO ME A NOBODY .
Man that snare sounds incredible!
Our youth desperately needs to express themselves through a wider variety of music. Like we did in the 80's and 90's. Helmet gave us that outlet and independence.
Strap It On 🤘
Mesut ozil is crushing that second guitar part
Lool
My favourite thing on the internet is this comment.
Lool..mestut ozil in helmet..seriously crushing comment...loool
Such a great performance🤘🏽
The older I get the better this sounds.
sounds GREAT!
The sound, the movement, the energy, just awesome.
Machine tooled timing.
I LOVE IT!
Nicely taped and converted and uploaded etc etc lol thank you!!
Criminal how they ended right before the drop in milquetoast!
Seen them back in the day, club Devi8 Salt Lake City Utah. unsung tour .very small club. what a show!!!
2021 and im here to salut helmet and most importantly Rob Echeverria, NYHC pioneer, a living legend.
👉🏻Rest in Pieces🫵🏻
Helmet can always fondly remember the day they played this show. What a bunch of cool guys.
I heard Brian Cranston is playing page in the biopic
I remember watching this the night it aired. The Jon Stewart Show had a lot of great 90’s music. King’s X did a good set on the show too.
these guys could be your grand dads and you wouldn't even know they where on MTV back in the day 😄😜
I just started to listen on Helmet and i already like them🤘
I remember seeing this when it aired way back when.
Those sweet harmonics for the intro sounds like an entirely different songs gonna about to be played then BAM!!!
Now that's a wall off sound!
Its great but I cant hear much of a Phil Spector influence here.
2021 found Helmet when I read Mike Patton was going to watch them recently. Wicked sounds
Don't know how I've never seen this before, but it came up in my suggestions 3 days ago and I've probably watched it 10 times. Meantime and Betty are 2 of my favorite albums. Helmet get's down!
Never heard of these guys until I saw them open for Clutch this last year. Unfortunately, the sound was absolutely mud, but it intrigued me enough to research them more when I got home. These guys absolutely rock. I really hope I get an opportunity to see them again with a better mix
You should check out other bands by Amphetamine Reptile Records. www.youtube.com/@AMREPTV/videos
So grateful I was a teenager in the 90s. Today sucks.
After all these years and listening countless times to Betty, I've finally seen the band live. And let me tell you, i imagined the singer to be, well, not like this. Now i like their music even more!
i envy everyone in this comment section who has watched them live😔
Pure true sound.
Uploaded from VHS!!! Fluck Yes!
Love that drumming.