Helmet - live Reading Festival 1994 (remastered)

[@mike4619]

"Play to the song, not your ego" John Stanier personafies what every young drummer should aspire to be.

[@Naefukabootio]

100% truth my friend.

[@dmusiclife5727]

Fu*king A

[@Fakestockguru]

I was a drummer in a grunge band back in my younger years, John Stanier was a huge influence.

[@pauledison6958]

You all prolly dont give a shit but does anyone know of a trick to log back into an instagram account..? I was dumb forgot the account password. I love any help you can give me!

[@alfonsomaurice7421]

@Paul Edison instablaster :)

[@operatingfromtheditch]

The pit bouncing during Wilma’s rainbow is absolutely beautiful

[@davidwallin5734]

I remember a Guitar Hero loading screen saying "a band is only as good as its drummer." Each individual person in Helmet is talented, but John Stanier really brings out the aggression in the band with his powerful playing. All the CD's with Stanier are classics.

[@keithbornzin8888]

Thanks TONS! That speaks Volumes, as i was John's 🥁tech thru Meantime Tours (& named Betty) w/Betty being THEE KIT Sound we'd worked towards. Cheerce

[@Leo-qe3gl]

​@@keithbornzin8888how is mr. Stanier as a Person?😮

[@halfpipefreak]

90's were the real deal...

[@danhalen4259]

damn

[@mrcool665]

That is until that crappy teen pop on MTV killed it. Sounds like 1959 after that plane crash in Clear Lake Iowa. In other words, after that tragedy, crappy teen idols took over. Then the Beatles came..

[@onepomofo]

Most definitely

[@johnnypiss]

Until about 1996-97. Yeah, it was an amazing time for sure. I was a young kid, but I went to my first shows in 1994 as an 11 year old, and it was amazing, the energy and the living in the moment of the shows. My first big concert was unfortunately bush (go ahead and boo) but still, the entire arena was bouncing around like this, and it was my first introduction to veruca salt, so it wasn’t all bad lol

[@johnnypiss]

Also, no one was preoccupied with their phones, or taking selfies, they paid attention and fully absorbed the moment without distractions. The music up until about 97ish was Fantastic. About that time you had your shitty pop music and boy bands starting to take prominence and by 2000 rock music was rock mucus. Creed, korn, nickelback, etc etc. just utter garbage.

[@TheMinishKid]

I think it's great how NORMAL they looked. Especially back then when a lot of rock bands relied heavily on their image.

[@onesandzeros]

I thought the (usually) normal looking bands of the early/mid '90s had killed off makeup, hair, generally weird looks. I was wrong.

[@manatccs]

The record company wanted them to have an image. They refused.

[@EM-de7ds]

When I first saw them on headbangers ball in the 90's that would immediately drew me to them... Oh and the heavy as F sound that came with a new approach at the time.

[@deftone1715]

By 1994 all the hair, glamour and makeup was gone.......

[@donrice311]

Its fucked up they were called hipsters lol csv toadies etc but I didnt give a fuck it was a breath of fresh air lol

[@TymeMarcher]

That snare... bigger than life.

[@manatccs]

Like a gun shot!

[@sirscroddy2105]

His flams, man. So crisp.

[@tonymerritt7141]

Wilma’s rainbow had the crowd going!!

[@brodieyake7735]

I am entirely convinced that Helmet is the most underrated band of all time. Meantime, Betty, and Aftertaste are consecutive masterpieces and are some of the best albums of the 90s across all of music. Now, I wouldn't personally consider Helmet nu metal by any measure, but there would be no nu metal as we've come to know it without them. Those air-tight bouncing grooves of nu metal originated right here. Thank you, Helmet.

[@NachtSchreck13]

one of my favorite bands back in the day and one of the best post-hardcore bands ever. strap it on and meantime are two of the best guitar driven albums of the 1990's. man, this song brings back nostalgic memories of 92-93 like crazy.

[@Sir_Catnip]

Same here. ... I remember a friend of mine in high school gave me the in the meantime album and I used to blast that shit so loud lolol.... I remember when I got my first guitar I wanted to learn that the entire album I still remember most of it it's fun as hell to play along with that album, and Betty too 👍😆

[@rebeccabroughton3730]

Helmet is still the best band in the world to me.

[@russwilson2305]

Oh hell yeah.

[@vaughnmild4467]

Listen to Quicksand. U should enjoy them too

[@kiliandanieldudle318]

@@russwilson2305 yý_ .

[@jeffclark2675]

Rebecca Broughton....marry me....hahahah!

[@jeffclark2675]

to me there is nothing quite like helmet....they are just so no nonsense, no frills, just about the music an only the music...no hair...no costumes...to me they're like the marines...just get in...rock hard and get the fuck out...to me like no other band they know how to just sit on a good riff just the right amount of time....i hate when a song hits a riff you love and but transitions to something else way too fast...not these guys....they get in the pocket and just camp on it....gives you brain time to move from tactical mode (focusing on on each changing stimuli) to flow mode...allowing your base/primal brain to understand the base unchanging platform while freeing up the higher brain to soar to transcendent levels of consciousness..

[@TheBomber15]

Incredible upload, thank you so much. What a tight band. Stanier there with my favourite snare tone of all time!

[@fairweatherfriends.]

Has always had a great snare tone. From helmet on into tomahawk.

[@TheBomber15]

@@fairweatherfriends. That’s it, I always remember that performance of Mayday in France (I think...) in 2003 with that drumbeat intro, and it sounds so thumping and well rounded. What a drummer.

[@fairweatherfriends.]

@@TheBomber15 That’s funny because I almost put up a link to that exact thing. I know what you’re talking about. I remember playing that drum part and then doing that long snare fill and thinking “ why does mine sound like shit?” Probably my 100 dollar snare has a bit to do with it.

[@sa230e]

@@fairweatherfriends. He appears to be using a marching snare head. Abe Cunningham uses them too.

[@dannoonan6215]

he cracks rim shots like no other

[@Automatrix77]

Insane crowd. Miss the 90s. Great fucking band.

[@jasonsmith565]

I would play it in the morning on my way to work... Best driving music ever! Stanier is a real master!

[@williamp7278]

Jason Smith hes a beast on that kit!

[@aliensforgod7]

I think he cleans up Dave Grohl, any day!!

[@lesterrivera90]

Lo estoy haciendo en este momento. Increíble está banda

[@jgraves6501]

That snare pop is amazing!

[@stevehiggins588]

Stanier!

[@sineadfigiel5946]

it's so comforting to know they were in their 30s at this point, i worry so much about missing my exit or losing the fire

[@buckfuttler2877]

crazy that page is 58 and still rocking!

[@barad-dur9236]

38 here. Death metal drummer and loving my craft and loving composing more than ever. Just have to manage expectations and you’ll be fine for the rest of your days

[@KoRnBaKo]

@@buckfuttler2877 Seen Helmet last night here in Dublin and they kicked so much ARSE! After all these years, Page has still got it!

[@buckfuttler2877]

@@KoRnBaKo awesome! Man hes like 60 years old! So cool.

[@JoshuaKennington1]

I'm in Toronto, seeing them on the 30th next month, excited..my first time seeing em....have loved their music for years.

[@jamessmyth800]

There is Helmet and just nothing else like it. Only Helmet

[@atellezniemeyer]

BEST ROCK RIFF

[@kloppskalli]

you might meet these guys on the street and you wouldnt even know they're cool ...(said BUTTHEAD) but you will forever save them in your playlist of happy hardcore

[@williamp7278]

that crowd is unreal...i woulda loved to be there

[@yyxx4174]

and nobody on the phone :)

[@martinrangecroft9971]

I was :-)

[@dansudnik2546]

I was too. I'm actually in the vid at around 40s

[@kaboum]

I was too! ;-)

[@thelisbontreaty8041]

And me. Down the front. And The Jesus Lizard that day too. Wonderful.

[@qbsrd]

Helmet - Reading 94 00:00 Unsung 04:04 Wilma's Rainbow 07:18 Biscuits For Smut 09:57 Give It

[@jameskamlowsky9906]

Oh hell yeah! Helmet is such a unique band. So crunchy.

[@baldyhead]

I was there. This is when Reading was still a great festival.

[@cawkanos]

Helmet ruled, underrated, Saw them at beachside bar in Perth, West Australia. They murdered every person in that joint. My ears were never the same.

[@clintjohnson2245]

Saw them at the lookout Scarborough around 20 years ago when steiner was still drumming for them- that was murder you saw the 'PG' helmet.

[@rasgamento]

Essa banda faz aumentar minha adrenalina!

[@Skoora]

It was a good time to be 24! Saw them in a club around this time and earlier saw Rollins touring on End of Silence in a club and Rage touring their first album in a club, AIC touring Dirt, also in a club. Same place as Pantera touring on Vulgar. Gotta say, different genre but Steve Stevens Atomic Playboys was an awesome show. Nuclear Assault on Handle with Care, maybe 30 people were there. Just sheer awesomeness.

[@winstonschwarz1636]

I was there throwing little doughnuts at the stage...

[@HeavyRaiden]

Clickbait... they aren't reading, they are playing music.

[@branstonpickle9055]

I was there and they were amazing.

[@Jamesp1972]

me too

[@moritzmusik5826]

Me too.

[@thomasayer7511]

Jealous AF

[@geraintevs]

I was there too… it was amazing

[@Frankucchy]

*0:00** GTA SAN ANDREAS RADIO X!!*

[@Gramsci]

There;'s another seven songs in that set... I've never seen any footage but it must exist. The bootleg of the set is incredible, probably the best performance I've heard... The Livid Festival set is on KZbin, that's pretty fantastic as well.

[@janhenrikbauer]

ages ago i had a very bad audio bootleg from this gig, recorded on a moving device. as for more video, if it wasnt broadcast anywhere it almost doesnt exist, only people with acces to tv station archives might help here. however there is no tv logo in any of those videos and i didnt remove anything, so god knows what the source is. maybe theres other releases from reading 1992, i think if you look at nirvanas reading 92 dvd you could find out...

[@akrempserful]

Uma das melhores do mundo!!!!!

[@PMTluke]

Awesome drummer always was man....wish the video kept the quality level heading into WILMA'S RAINBOW but hey it was 94' i was 12. Thanks for the window in ...HELMET was an awesome band love seeing some video like this every once in ahwile pop up in my feed !

[@denizboz4173]

great drummer

[@buckfuttler2877]

the acid kicked in as soon as Wilma started lol

[@yeahwhatever1184]

Wow I feel super young here.. This was four years before I was born lol. I wish I could’ve been there. I’m 22, and Helmet is one of my all time favorites. Page is a genius, as are all the guys in this band. I can only hope to see them soon.

[@guanyu5091]

Same age as you. I feel the same way. Damn did I miss out.

[@paulosicne8498]

I liked back in the day when Page was able to sing like this. His voice changed with old age from Size Matters to present.

[@1joshjosh1]

Jesus Christ when you listen to this you didn't realize how influential it is even today

[@suelynascimento5182]

Bom pra karalhouuu!! Uma das melhores bandas do planeta!! Pena que eles nunca vieram no Rio de Janeiro. Bem que poderiam vir no próximo Rock in Rio....

[@raiz8063]

Põe bom pra crlho nisso! Helmet é sem dúvidas umas das maiores bandas de todos os tempos... Agora sobre vim pro rock in Rio ou algum evento de rock aqui , não creio muito pq eles pegam bandas modinha de público Nutella. Agora rock in Rio é um evento manchado , perdeu totalmente o foco que é o rock , o Medina se vendeu e só pensa em grana. Chama bandas nada ver , fora por Anita , Cláudia leite e cia pra tocar em pleno palco mundo, enquanto bandas lendárias do rock nacional tocam em tendas sunset. Helmet , pro Medina nos dias atuais não dar grana , o que interessa a ele é bandas atuais lixos modinha não importa o ritmo, enchendo o rabo dele de grana é o que realmente importa. Bom , saber que aqui tem pessoas como vc que tem bom gosto. O Rock ainda respira! Tchau tchau.. 😉😎🤘🏻

[@zenswrd7815]

Wow! So used to seeing the magenta ESP that it is weird seeing Page play all those other guitars. One of my musical heroes to this day.

[@thomasayer7511]

IKR? It's his trademark.

[@manicpanic4486]

First festival I ever went to when I was 17 years old.....amazing memories , rollins band where on after these I'm sure of it

[@jasonsmith666]

I remember running to the front for Helmet or maybe Primus before or after each other. Maybe? You you now the times. Love this band.

[@floydfletcher7174]

That kick pattern on give it tho.... fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu

[@grahammj]

And that crazy fast fill in Biscuits (2nd one in the bridge) gets me every time. 9:01

[@fairweatherfriends.]

Stanier is the man

[@JON.ELECTRICITY]

i was in that crowd , i remember it as if it was yesterday...

[@jimsteele2072]

Meantime is one of those albums that was at the right place at the right time. One of my favorites......

[@jamiestuart4017]

Saw (helmet) around this time ..at Manchester academy 2 ..amazing gig ..with the equally amazing (quicksand) supporting them

[@MarwanAbdElghany]

Man that riff is THICC

[@Bass_donkey]

Lol speaking of thick you should take a listen to their song thick pretty fire you can find it on KZbin

[@RetroHabit82]

Wilmas Rainbow always had you jumping

[@renerodrigues1343]

Muito bom sensacional helmet top d+.

[@guilleroppus4083]

Page hamilton my best vocalist and good guitar player long live sir

[@danielrisearias1867]

GORGEOUS !.... This Is Life..... They Are Aliens!!!🤘🤟🤘🤟🤟🤟

[@donrice311]

They felt there music not fake they knew there shit fucking rocked and it showed I still feel it herd this song when it first came out hanbagers ball blew me away

[@maxeypad]

John Stanier.....underrated

[@gramjay8809]

Now that's a crowd,those are the one's I remember 🤘🏻

[@chadbaptiste4227]

Wilma's Rainbow was the first song I could ever play top to bottom. As an adult lol! It's otherworldy to rock out to this in my bedroom!

[@spootnik00]

Best Helmet Line-up ever!

[@samueltractorton2088]

Helmet was Kickass!

[@russwilson2305]

There is no analog for the music of my generation in existence on the planet, currently. Nothing fucking close, in fact.

[@tomkirk6942]

Long live the G&L L-2000

[@vincenzollamas]

i always notice (i used to play L2000's), i can still probably count on my fingers all the times i've seen bass players play G&L basses live, very few

[@tomkirk6942]

@@vincenzollamas Which is odd when you consider how insanely versatile they are tone-wise.

[@vincenzollamas]

@@tomkirk6942 very versatile, Leo Fender said they were the best guitars/basses her every created. i ended up finding an '81 fretless L1000, & have stuck with that, i don't miss the L2000 various options, battery & weight. i mainly just use the bass boost setting. i've heard someone say they prefer the basic tone of a good Fender P Bass, esp for recording, to the basic tone of a G&L. but there is a quality i really like from the early MFD pickups (i actually got a new MFD pickup once & put it in my L1000, & it did not sound the same.)

[@Nate01_]

STRAP IT ON!! 🤘🤘

[@thomasayer7511]

Fuk yaaaassss Lord, take me back! My generation 😌

[@rubenel7993]

The best Unsung performance in the history of Helmet.

[@CPOTuggs]

saw that tour. Boston 1994 Avalon . great show

[@raiz8063]

Helmet , é foda!!! 🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻

[@jeremywiitala9029]

Go Ducks

[@yeahwhatever1184]

Wow I feel super young here.. This was four years before I was born lol. I wish I could’ve been there. I’m 22 and Helmet is one of my all time favorites. Page is a genius, as are all the guys in this band. I can only hope to see them soon.

[@lg.2000]

Helmet is the 90s deal 🤘🏽

[@menssuccessbible3806]

The lack of racial diversity in that crowd is shameful. This band should go play concerts for free for blacks to make amends.

[@clintjohnson2245]

If blacks or anyone else for that matters wanted to watch them they could of and if they didn't that's ok, now shut up and go away.

[@matthewsmith218]

That's a colonised comment

[@HeavyRaiden]

What do you mean? Black people or anyone can go if they wanted to. Dumb comment.

[@Bass_donkey]

Wtf is even this comment lmao, this is the most closeted racist shit 💩 the lack of diversity has nothing to do with race at all. Difference in culture and different niches is the reason

[@CajunRulez]

This is so freaking 90's. Helmet was always one of my favorites amongst all the giants of their time. I saw them live twice. Once was at the Howlin' Wolf in New Orleans. Such a small, intimate venue. I got my ass kicked like never before in that pit, and I loved every second of it. My shirt was ripped to shreds. I had a black eye and a bloody nose, lost a Timberland boot(found it after the show). Good times!

[@salubrious]

How many drumsticks does a drummer need?

[@video9162]

I think the foo fighters and the queens of the stone age have some influences from this band and especially from this song.

[@Jamesp1972]

Hahaha

[@briancook3923]

A little band called The Deftones was heavily influenced by them.

[@samuelmorse784]

@@briancook3923 Chevelle also, big time.

[@vaughnmild4467]

Them and every Nu Metal band

[@multifunctionelis2680]

Mathy Emo Pre-Nu Metal ... tight AF!

[@Linksdad]

Glad they’re back on tour!

[@22mikelwho]

.. holy shit

[@Thomas.harding]

That little breakbeat at 1.30

[@allanfoster6451]

Seen them that year at Glasgow bar Rowlands and got right into the stage with them lol Amazing days

[@theolajide]

a moving crowd is rare now

[@chocolateflavoredclorox7029]

If only welcome to Algiers came out at this time 😢I would’ve love to see the crowd go crazy at that song

[@peetersdrummingmusic6781]

Or smart. Christ how heavy that eould have been.

[@erichmedenbach5304]

These guys fucking rocked!

[@mistone9784]

90s had some great music

[@MrCapitanAnarchy]

2023 ❤

[@1000foad]

B i G b An D ! ! ! !

[@secularspectator]

my muse

[@arnaudmahu8996]

The champ is here!

[@scottiehanbacks6595]

Love to see them live

[@diegorodriguez8910]

Alto reci papá

[@winstonschwarz1636]

I was there!

[@jgfunk]

Gen X!!

[@jjk377]

I’m commenter 101

[@Project_2501]

Remastered all the noise as well.

[@janhenrikbauer]

Watch the original upload or do a better remastering. Did I say mine was perfect and I studied sound engineering for 35 years? Naaaa

[@Project_2501]

@@janhenrikbauer Calm down bro. All cool.

[@ericbohorquez3897]

🤘✊🔥 2022

[@fernandomilan8754]

I never understood Helmet's success. To me, they always sounded very uninspired and kinda dull. Who am I to judge, but I don't get it.

[@HeavyRaiden]

Even if you don't like them, gotta admit their drummer is great.

[@Bass_donkey]

Obviously you haven’t listened to enough Helmet

[@HerveMendell]

I really believe the early to mid nineties were the last great time in music. What do have now, crap I mean rap music. ("music") Whether you want to hear it or not, all crap I mean rap "music" everywhere you go.

[@janhenrikbauer]

The way Page barks out his vocals is the opposite of rap music? No it's not.

[@HerveMendell]

​@@janhenrikbauer reply to comment comparing Hemet to rap "music." 1) they are playing instruments that took years to master, in rap "music" they're no instruments being played. just downloaded beats. They are singing, o.k. Helmet is not a "ballad" band like Journey or something, but he is actually singing, (sort of). And finally they're are lyrics about concepts. Granted, I'm not really sure what most of the lyrics are about, but that is what makes art great, you have to figure it out, and then you have an epiphany. In most crap, I mean rap "music" there are two themes. 1) I'm so great, look how great I am, I make a lot of money and get a lot of bitches and 2) You (everyone else). suck. That's it. Really juvenile, really low rent.

[@ReconMan8654]

When giants walked the earth. ⚡️🪖⚡️

[@69monstermunch]

I didn't know Mesut Ozil was in Helmet?

[@Bass_donkey]

Can’t tell if ur joking but that mofo would have been 6 yrs old when they were preforming this 😂 that’s the legend Rob Echeveria