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!!!!!
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.
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!!!
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
i keep watching this over.... hoping to God that the part in Milquetoast that gives me eargasms (where the show cuts off) would miraculously extend..... but this shall never happen :-(
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. 🙂
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
Helmet influenced A LOT of guys but they get overlooked by how many Nu Metal bands took their tone and aspects of their rhythm then proceeded to write shit music with it
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!
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.
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...🤔.
Really wish this lineup if not the original lineup with Peter Mengede would reunite. It’s just not the same without John Stanier & Henry Bogdan. Rob Echavarría was a cool addition too.
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
PFFFFT F*cking Page grew up in Medford went to drug school in Eugene , they are far from sober. Amphetamine records? SPRACKTUCKY USA is 2 miles from this forest… BAHAHAHAHA nicca talkin sober
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.
Page looks like a young,Bryan Cranston. HAHAHA__XD For those of you who don't know who that is,it's the dude from Malcolm in the Middle and Breaking Bad.
Love both bands, but I agree! I saw two shows on this tour and Quicksand DID upstage them those nights. Helmet was beginning to get a touch formulaic, and QS had just released Manic Compression
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!
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 😂
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!
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.
John Stanier's drumming in Helmet still gives me a musical hardon.
💯💯💯
most underated band ever
Stephan Collor Fuck yeah they are.
I can't hear milquetoast without seeing Brandon Lee as Eric Draven kicking ass.....
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.
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.
I didn't know Bryan Cranston was in a band! Lol. Loooooove Helmet!!!
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!!!
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.
The drummer and bass player were in absolute perfect sync. That's the real secret to having a badass sounding band.
Truth
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.
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!!!
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.
Page and Rob were an iconic duo even tho it was so short lived
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
Stainier is the fucken man \m/
Old Helmet stuff rocks !!!!
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
I wish people would start playing good music like this again
narrow head and bleed
The way they all bop in unison is very cool.
Gotta be your own metronome!
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!!
YOU have to hand it to John Stewart....he had some damn good acts on his show....!
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
Yes we were. Really, we witnessed the last great generation of rock.
rip the sick outro
typical fkn MTV cutting off songs
First Timer that profile pic tho 😂😂
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
these guys had the best fucking tones. bass, guitars, even drums.
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.
Just saw Helmet and Filter last night. Amazing show! Filter was mind blowing. Love my Helmet!
I love how Page actually uses fx on his voice to recreate the album
THIS... Never understand why more bands didn't do this
Helmet, I had every CD.. This performance is heavy, that guitar tone, riffs, bass and drums amazing band
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
they sound awesome live! I also like they're movement onstage. they're in the pocket and it show's!
Superb. First heard Helmet from the Crow soundtrack in the mid 90s. Love it
The singer looks like Bryan Cranston. Always loved this song,
Man, that line up.
Hands down the best moshpit music ever.. even better than Rage Against The Machine even...
Damn. Never had the pleasure of Helmet but I'll never forget the awesome power of the pit at the RATM show. Shook me to the core. Miss that feeling.
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?
i keep watching this over.... hoping to God that the part in Milquetoast that gives me eargasms (where the show cuts off) would miraculously extend..... but this shall never happen :-(
Back when mtv had bands that
play instruments
Back when they had music in general.
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. 🙂
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
If you like Helmet check out Quicksand .. Nyc band from this era. Amazing too.
Drummer D Check out Handsome too they are amazing.
True, and Barkmarket.
McFisty from Miami, FL.
And Unsane from the gates of Hell
Orange 9 mm and Crawlpappy
They still sound as fresh today as much as this recording back then.
OMG! I miss Page's voice sounding like this!
Me too, his voice was at his best when he let his natural voice shine
great post. Rob E from Rest in Pieces. NYHC
Tightest band of all time. Stanier was incredible.
Phenomenal
John fackin Stanier.
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
so that's where the Nu Metal bands anavae and chevelle got there sound from helmet
Helmet lowkey influenced alot of people
Helmet influenced A LOT of guys but they get overlooked by how many Nu Metal bands took their tone and aspects of their rhythm then proceeded to write shit music with it
Every Nu Metal band borrowed Helmet’s sound
So did Pantera, you can bet your house they’ve heard Strap it On before they did Vulgar display of power
The crow was where I discovered Helmet what an awesome soundtrack and album helmet will always rock
Like how they never needed an image for good music
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 .
is that hal from malcolm in the middle singing
It's time to slam dance. My ceiling looks like Swiss cheese
How dare they put credits over Milquetoast? SMH
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.
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!
Hell, they cut the best part of the song. I wish there was a version without the final cut
Helmet é muito foda! Saudações do Brasil!
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...🤔.
The bass in this is sexy
Really wish this lineup if not the original lineup with Peter Mengede would reunite. It’s just not the same without John Stanier & Henry Bogdan. Rob Echavarría was a cool addition too.
Yep. Nothing like it
I miss that Helmet.
Man that snare sounds incredible!
Uploaded from VHS!!! Fluck Yes!
Why did they have to cut off that extended live jam at the end 😢😢😢
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
Such a great performance🤘🏽
Machine tooled timing.
I LOVE IT!
This is what rock music sounds like when the musicians are SOBER
PFFFFT F*cking Page grew up in Medford went to drug school in Eugene , they are far from sober. Amphetamine records? SPRACKTUCKY USA is 2 miles from this forest… BAHAHAHAHA nicca talkin sober
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
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.
Criminal how they ended right before the drop in milquetoast!
Now that's a wall off sound!
Its great but I cant hear much of a Phil Spector influence here.
Page looks like a young,Bryan Cranston. HAHAHA__XD For those of you who don't know who that is,it's the dude from Malcolm in the Middle and Breaking Bad.
Milquetoast has got to be my favorite Helmet song.
2021 found Helmet when I read Mike Patton was going to watch them recently. Wicked sounds
sweet, a blast from the past!
I saw them on this tour. Quicksand opened and blew them out of the water. It made Helmet very boring to watch, which they are to a point.
you've got it backwards.. quicksand is the more "boring" and less versatile of the two.
Love both bands, but I agree! I saw two shows on this tour and Quicksand DID upstage them those nights. Helmet was beginning to get a touch formulaic, and QS had just released Manic Compression
Orange 9 kicked ass those eves too tho
Bryan Cranston - vocals, guitars
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!
Ladies and Gentlemen. Introducing 4 clean cut guys from the Big Apple. Then......F U C K I N ROCKING IT TO MARS AND BEYOND....
Is that Bryan Cranston on the vocals?
2021 and im here to salut helmet and most importantly Rob Echeverria, NYHC pioneer, a living legend.
👉🏻Rest in Pieces🫵🏻
The sound is criminally low, but still a good show.
Prime Helmet, soo tight! - Drop D and lower east side NYC post-hardcore. They should have had Unsane, Boss Hog and Surgery to round out the line up
Just when I was about to start going...
“DUUUH NA NA!!
DUUUH NA NA!!
DUUUH NA NA!!
DUUUH NA NA!!”
that was the sickest shit. man helmet was rad
If the generation of youth today heard this song, their brains would explode through the front of their skulls.
No, no they wouldn't
ah yes nobody under 30 has ever heard wilmas rainbow/milquetoast, i certainly was not 12 when i first listened to it (in 2012)
And every Generation Xer turns into the baby boomer dickheads that spawned them. “Back in my day,” “kids these days,” blah blah blah. GTFO old man.
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😔
these guys could be your grand dads and you wouldn't even know they where on MTV back in the day 😄😜
Lucky I finally got see them.
Aug 2012, Kansas City small bar.
Helmet opened for Toadies