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Helmet

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Helmet is an American alternative metal band formed in New York City in 1989 by vocalist and guitarist Page Hamilton. The band has undergone numerous lineup changes, with Hamilton remaining the only constant member. Since 2010, the lineup has consisted of Hamilton, drummer Kyle Stevenson, guitarist Dan Beeman and bassist Dave Case. Helmet has released nine studio albums and two compilation albums. After releasing their debut album "Strap It On" (1990) through Amphetamine Reptile Records, the band signed with Interscope Records and released three albums for the label, including "Meantime" (1992), which became their most commercially successful release. The albums "Betty" (1994) and "Aftertaste" (1997) also received attention, although they did not achieve the same level of commercial success as "Meantime". Helmet disbanded in 1998 before reforming in 2004. Since then, the band has released the albums "Size Matters" (2004), "Monochrome" (2006), "Seeing Eye Dog" (2010), "Dead to the World" (2016), and "Left" (2023). Helmet was formed in early 1989 by Page Hamilton after his departure from the alternative rock band Band of Susans, with whom he had recorded two albums. Hamilton, who had moved to New York to study jazz guitar at the Manhattan School of Music, recruited bassist Henry Bogdan, guitarist Peter Mengede and drummer John Stanier to form the band's first official lineup. The band's name originated from a misunderstanding involving Mengede's then-wife, Reyne Cuccuro, who suggested the Germanic name "Helmuth". Hamilton interpreted the name as referring to protective headgear and chose the anglicised spelling "Helmet".

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