HELMET - Live at Sonoria Festival Italy 1994 (Pro Taped Full Show)

[@axelanderegg-durwood8379]

These guys are criminally underrated. They just kept producing headbanger after headbanger.

[@MartinguttenMakkaron]

John Stanier is one of the best, if not the best, drummer of this genre. He's so tight, groovy and fast.

[@hinjurock]

Definitely.

[@joesutherland2017]

Totally agree. Stanier is a fucking MONSTER. Love that guy. Saw Helmet 4 times pre '98 before the "hiatus". He only plays the notes absolutely needed, no fat, which always blew our minds when we saw him because he would totally stomp any of those songs into the ground, and still with so much space in his playing. Saw him a few times with Battles, too. Totally different flavor, but Stanier still kills it, and I do love me some Battles. Not sure if they are still together, but they have 3 very original records out. Helmet was truly original and ahead of their time. Hum was incredible, too. Bryan St. Pere shared several similarities with Stanier, aside from that of their kits. St. Pere plays with roughly 20 or 30 more cymbals than Stanier lol, but puts them all to good use. St Pere is another monster, just like Stanier. Look up "Hum- I'd like your hair long" live, recorded in '95. The volume in that studio that day must have been ear-splitting, and for good reason,for those guys were just crushing it. Good stuff. Give it a listen.

[@longhorn2615]

Don’t forget precise

[@astroknott5263]

its a shame he hates Page for whatever reason, cause his drumming is the biggest thing they are missing in this day. I remember reading when he brought Helmet back, he tried to get Bogdan and Stanier back, and they basically told him to sod off.

[@brolyrules14]

Now what genre would Helmet be? I mean personally i think their sound is totally different from any other bands genre(s). Wondering what other people think

[@jasonchislett3282]

It's almost 2023 I'm fucking around on KZbin and I'm grooving to this like it's 94. One of my favorites. I popped another bottle of wine to dive down this fucking awesome hole.

[@eigengrau1]

Same here '24

[@ranjitverdi5702]

Oh yes!.. tight as f**k

[@JasonCleghorn1975]

Stanier is one of the more underrated drummers of the 90s...

[@stacyd.hendrix2295]

yup

[@Jamesp1972]

Don't think he's underrated, everyone says he's amazing

[@joesutherland2017]

Agreed, and he continues on in his understated way to be one of my favorite active drummers with Battles, a band which sadly looks like it has run its course. Great stuff, though. Battles is/was a truly original band. I was lucky to see them live twice and was blown away both times, just like every time I saw Helmet in the 90's. Saw them last in 2005 with the new lineup, but it wasn't the same........

[@Howitchewstofeel5gum]

Not underrated at all, people gush about him all the time

[@halfalligator6518]

if it helps, i rate him highly. Him and Dale Crover my favs

[@ThePylegathon]

Stanier's drumming was the melody for most of these songs for me. Absolutely incredible band!

[@ursulaschlapbach311]

Oh yeah 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@markali-gilkes8517]

I prefer the old style dress cut better, not baggy loose clothing.

[@creekandseminole]

Helmet, Handsome, Orange 9MM, Quicksand, Failure, Man or Astroman, Deftones, ALL AWESOME BANDS!!!

[@rebeccabroughton3730]

creekandseminole Helmet is still my favorite band and musical soul too.

[@BuckDat]

Check out Therapy? if you never have. Also partial the the catalogs of Melvins, FNM, Unsane and Jesus Lizard.

[@NandorTheRelentless76]

Texas Is The Reason is also a great band from the mid 90's

[@danieldaler4323]

and Hum!

[@juanelorriaga2840]

Add “Therapy?” They fit into this type of music

[@julio_scissors]

These guys were innovators. When everyone else was wearing thrift shop sweaters and long hair back in the early 90's, Helmet brought it with crew cuts and t-shirts. There was no one like them back then. This music makes me want to INVADE SOMETHING!

[@kennycaligula3081]

Captain Jellico yo

[@xesfoureyes502]

@Ryo-lence yeah, NY hardcore has been doing the no frills, plain anti-advertising thing for awhile already. Though a lot of that scene was also into trying to emulate that whole super macho Henry Rollins look too while Helmet just looked like some fresh faced, preppie-ish college dudes right out of the dorms. Lol, and not many NYC hardcore bands would've been caught dead with a hot pink guitar and day glo green strap like Page uses at times here

[@DrCheeks]

Yeah I always remember Page rocking the pink pointy headstock axe when it was predominantly fenders and gibsons😁

[@vilimbubas1302]

They weren't inovators, but they had sorta own style

[@dummer66]

@@vilimbubas1302 who plays like Page Hamilton? Innovator. Yes.

[@ThePatsyMusic]

this drummer.. this guy.... sorry to everyone else, its just not the same without dis guy.

[@GodWeenSatan]

ThePatsyMusic true

[@ursulaschlapbach311]

John Stanier unbelievable!

[@Footcrushsymphony]

I'm in love with that snare drum sound.

[@ericportillo8277]

Tony Daniels pervert

[@smashdalde9713]

Mario Aloe Apparently Stanier used to use these special coated heads on his snare when he was in Helmet.. don't know much more than that.

[@jemhidiahssj4114]

That snare sound is what made me listen to more Helmet in the 90's and 2000's

[@reformedstoic1320]

From looking at it I'd say it's either a steel or aluminum snare. 6.5x14 I think, cranked up all the way.

[@DRC-of2ci]

Yes sir

[@zeroone7867]

Imagine a reunion of this line up.

[@Hardvolume007]

Don’t fuckin tease me like that. Lol.

[@austinkash]

We can only dream

[@jasonelliott7977]

It won’t happen. I talked to Paige back in 2007 and he said he really doesn’t have a relationship with former members.

[@Naefukabootio]

Would love that to happen so much. Sigh.

[@morofoka]

Hahaha, that would be a dream.

[@Sir_Catnip]

Helmet is some of the best music to just turn up as loud as possible.... I remember blasting this shit in high school and I messed up my parent expensive stereo lolol

[@simonegori6097]

I was there, and if you want to make fun of me while I was 16 years old, the guy jumping on the crowd at 19.15... yes... he was me :-P Great concert, Sonoria was awesome!

[@mr.smithgnrsmith7808]

That’s fucking awesome dude

[@marcosleandro222]

Hahaha and with an t-shirt of the band of my country!! Haha you are a legend, dude!! \,,/

[@Diegochox01]

Hahaha nice man, i was also 16 when i saw helmet for the first time

[@Egoblivion]

Niiiice! You're a legend!

[@carlosalvizures2814]

19:15

[@johnh351]

Meantime is still one of the most brutal songs. Love that album.

[@gratefulape12]

Nothing has topped it since then.

[@LIKEandLOL]

Pig Destroyer's cover does it justice, and makes it even more brutal

[@LIKEandLOL]

@YUNG DVNK TV what part do u disagree with? I didn't say it was a better song btw

[@fatdomgomiello720]

My all time favorite album

[@quickdrawmcgraw3567]

That whole album is a banger, not one skip imo 💯. Betty as well, no skips!

[@MarkDTS]

I didn't see this anywhere, sooooo... here you go: 1. Street Crab 0:00 2. Ironhead 3:09 3. Rollo 6:27 4. Give It 9:03 5. Milquetoast 13:16 6. Tic 17:11 7. Biscuits for Smut 21..02 8. Wilma's Rainbow 23:46 9. Just Another Victim 27:24 10. In The Meantime 29:34

[@Sir_Catnip]

MarkDTS my man lol 👍👍

[@timmyb8694]

Thanks!

[@portapotty69]

Thanks. I fixed the formatting so the times are clickable: 0:00 Street Crab 3:09 Ironhead 6:27 Rollo 9:03 Give It 13:16 Milquetoast 17:11 Tic 21:02 Biscuits for Smut 23:46 Wilma's Rainbow 27:24 Just Another Victim 29:34 In The Meantime

[@johnscott6481]

Turns out no turned out.bummer

[@desiolle2874]

Saw them 3 times in this era...2 of those gigs on acid...they cost me about a decades worth of dopamine

[@carlosdcf8268]

"Rollo... New song..." the song starts and the people go nuts in a few seconds! the old school ftw!

[@morofoka]

Rollo. By far a kick in the pussy/nuts.

[@tdurling6028]

Helmet and Quicksand. Two of the best sounding bands in this era. Saw helmet live. Was amazing

[@reneharde3459]

Saw them in Albany NY after Betty's release, they crushed it

[@markgiordonello6710]

slip and manic compression are 2 of the best albums of the 90's that nobody knows about!

[@namenames1216]

1. Street Crab 0:00 2. Ironhead 3:09 3. Rollo 6:27 4. Give It 9:03 5. Milquetoast 13:16 6. Tic 17:11 7. Biscuits for Smut 21.02 8. Wilma's Rainbow 23:46 9. Just Another Victim 27:24 10. In The Meantime 29:34

[@ursulaschlapbach311]

🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@Songhole]

Man, the drummer is SO uniquely styled, tight, and vibrant. Great enthusiasm to boot. Their mosh pits were pretty relentless. Check the ejection at 16 minutes.

[@unkind78]

listening to that outro I could fly too

[@clemep]

Their most pits are amazing...buddy of mine cracked a rib in there...I definitely woke up worse for the wear that day too..but we're going back, in about a month, Helmet is coming to my home town...we're going to see them for the fourth time live...they never disappoint...

[@vilimbubas1302]

Best mosh for me came from Cobain, his early work is pure destruction of rock and roll

[@flyingbisquick3798]

@@vilimbubas1302 pantera in a flooded bowling alley basement makes this look like a playpen

[@liabkozuo7404]

@@flyingbisquick3798 change of Pantera's sound and style between "cowboys from hell" and "far beyond driven" wouldn't have happened if not for Pantera's and Helmet's tour together around that time, from what i know

[@thomasedwardable]

Best cracking snare ever. His drums are always so tight.

[@touchingpeopleonthetrain1779]

Damn... that drumming though....

[@ursulaschlapbach311]

Incredible

[@jasonbourne4865]

My "Betty" CD, purchased in 1994, still gets plenty of airtime in my car stereo! Love you long time, Helmet! :)

[@diemfive77]

John Stainer RULES

[@levoldunom]

diemfive77 He does! He's one of the drummers I've listened to the most since I was 13

[@Sir_Catnip]

diemfive77 fuck yea

[@vivianas.437]

Yeah, but it's STANIER

[@reinaldolopez5952]

Fucking Fallams remo. Drumhead

[@xesfoureyes502]

What I love about this performance is not only did Helmet have a legit claim for "Best Heavy Band in the World" at the time but they know and embrace it which just further fuels the passion.

[@guitarcleveland]

I saw Helmet four times in the 90s and met them once on the Aftertaste tour. One of the best sounding live bands I've ever seen.

[@Undaglibenglaubengloben]

best.band.evr. I did shake Page Hamiltons hand in Brazil. Now I can die

[@martyschwartzhere9290]

One of the best live bands of all time.

[@_-_-_-Prof.BoskoBiathi-_-_-_]

Yeah ....clear like cd plays

[@robbieclymore7877]

The best helmet line up

[@AlexDex]

2023 love this band

[@Vhaldemar90]

Every time I see this show makes me want to tune my guitar to drop D.

[@thomasayer7511]

Yep

[@thomasayer7511]

💯

[@AndreaDieni]

I was there

[@braescanlon1829]

The luckiest human being to live on this earth...

[@tpavan]

Me too!

[@daLukasMain]

Nice. I just bought all their albums on cassette tape when I was in High School in Australia lol. One of the many bands I absolutely loved when I was growing up. Never saw them live though. I still have my 'Betty' cassette tape cover inlay lol. This band was very influential for a lot of bands.

[@pies9393]

Was it as good as it looks?

[@yisus1193]

I wish were there

[@diemfive77]

Helmet fucking owned it back in the day. One of my all time fave bands. My first show was around this time at Metro Chicago.

[@ec.1121]

Amazing band...they gave me a neck injury in the 90's banging my head during a live show in Gent.

[@shubn]

Great! I recorded this on VHS 20 years ago... happy to find it here!

[@janhenrikbauer]

shubn possible that its a dub of yours. Someone sent me a digital vhs rip about 10 years ago, maybe it was based on your tape?

[@marco327]

I'm so glad I saw Helmet back in '94. Immediately fell in love with Page's magenta ESP Horizon. Awesome sound.

[@christophernoyer5381]

Saw them open for Tool and Primus on New Years Eve 1995 at Oakland Coliseum! They were so awesome and LOUD!!

[@barbamatteo]

90's... concert...videomusic... miss this period.

[@imogenefischer8911]

I remember reading in the early nineties that Helmet sounded like "an engine running without motor oil"...i still think this analogy is dead on. This quote enticed me into discovering the band that tamed the noise--a symphony of pure noise. So when i need a shot in the arm, i always think of helmet. I've seen them once live for the "Meantime" tour. I screamed the lyrics for "turned out", and the band laughed and played it. May helmet live and prosper for many years to come.

[@henryricatto9892]

Page Hamilton consistently has such a thick guitar tone

[@NandorTheRelentless76]

that snare sound.....Damn!

[@finewine256xx]

Tight grooves and smooth and heavy riffs what's not to love

[@dyr234]

I always come back to watch this one, It's one of the best shows on here.

[@Trainy2]

I wish I was listening to Helmet back then. I was too busy listening to Superunknown by Soundgarden in the summer of '94 on repeat. I didn't get into Helmet until almost 10 years later.

[@22ddo]

You know it's so funny, I was just thinking this afternoon how I was so into helmet nonstop that I missed out on Soundgarden. I'm still massive helmet fan and even went to jazz school because of Page, but I've gotten very into Soundgarden now too. Fortunately got to see them on one of their last tours.

[@glisnake]

I love Stainers Cheshire Cat smile as he pounds the living christ out of those fucking drums!!!! Awesome band!! To bad the original line up can't get back together!!!!

[@BabylonCentral]

Can I somehow climb into this video and get into that mosh?

[@barbiswanluthy6170]

I'm in love with page Hamilton ? can't explain but his voice takes me to my happy place! meantime Betty Ironhead rocks so hard

[@kwood1112]

These guys were just so awesome, rocked SO hard! I was into them, but few others I knew were. I'm here in 2024, still listen to their stuff, still love it, and love to see others here posting the same. They were way underrated - such a talented group, and totally unique.

[@Axolotl_Mischief]

Everything I learned about playing heavy rock bass I learmed from Helmet & Henry Bogdan. Between pickups and bridge gets the besssst tone🤘

[@nub113]

13:18 is "Milquetoast" not "Give It."

[@No_thanks780]

STANIER

[@francescoferri7062]

Questo concerto e' storia! l'ho seguito in diretta e registrato su VHS,bei tempi! grande MTVitalia.

[@14ed14ed]

28:30 just another victim of a Helmet moshpit !

[@123jpc]

Currently in my 20s and fucking grateful to be listening to this

[@twelvemonkeys8786]

This is so good. Great sound quality.. Unbelievable band. So underrated...

[@anotherrule7212]

Milquetoast is extraordinary in every way

[@janhenrikbauer]

good pick for best helmet song ofalltimes

[@SteveBello]

WOW! This was 25 years ago!! Wonder who in the crowd is seeing this video now and thinking the same thing.

[@DISCIPLESOFCHRIST88]

30 now 😂

[@arjunapartha]

Dope transition from Just another victim to Meantime. Never seen them double down for the peak of the show, no rest, no problem.

[@QuasarVox]

I was there! And that's where I bought my first Helmet CD (Betty)!

[@patrickshaughnessy2702]

That snare and crunch of the riffs.....iconic

[@spencerthu2956]

I remember when I first heard Helmet I loved it and it so different than anything else at that time. This will be hard to believe today but the way they looked was like a shocker. Any hard or heavy music back then every band and member would have long hair and wear all black. So these clean cut guys that kinda looked alternative or sometimes preppy with their clothes it was very different and odd for the time . Idc what anyone says I can't stand the bands that people today throw into the groove metal genre...they are so wrong. This is the birth of groove metal right here it's where the rhythm and the beat was not only for the base and drums ,the guitar did it as well! Not complicated chords or riffs just awesome heavy repetitive licks. I loved it! I actually always was hoping for a band like this because I always loved the simple repetitive heavy riffs that other metal bands would briefly use in their music. helmet and White zombie and tool blew my mind at that time...oh and also Ministry and Nirvana but I loved it. These bands that broke the norm of heavy music back then in their sound and appearance. I couldn't get enough of it. I still love that sound but it's hard to find now because guitarist are going back to like a different version of the 80s where it can't be simple everything needs to be music theory and complicated and huge solos i mean that's pretty cool but I'll take rhythmic metal guitar riffs over anything. I went to the coolest concert back then and the line up was very different for back then but I loved it. First band was Helmet the next band was Sepultura and the last band was Ministry! Coolest line up ever! All the fans were different and didn't like the other bands. Back then Helmet was viewed as Alt Metal Sepultura was still looked at as a death metal or hardcore band(by the way that's the right way to look at it) and Ministry was still looked at as just industrial but this was during their transition into electronic metal or industrial metal. Amazing concert!! I was probably the only one there that loved all 3 bands. Sorry for being so long I apologize

[@krawa1]

here in 2022 and crazy bout it like in 99

[@jasonburtally]

Thanx for sharing this concert, megamindvideo! Can't stop listening to it... That reminds me the good old 90's guitar bands I missed so much.

[@wilsonalexandrealexandre1560]

Um dos timbres de bateria que mudou a minha vida , bumbo e caixa !

[@DeliRevv]

Wish this lineup was still around today. The core lineup of Page Hamilton, Henry Bogdan and the immortal John Stanier was unbeatable.

[@crazytrain7114]

They played unannounced at Warped in 04 (05?) the last year they played at Fitchburg Mass. There were maybe 15 or 20 of us that recognized Page setting up ( teching? we didnt know) and hung around. Evanescence was playing another stage, Helmet just came out and started just playing, holy shit we were crushed in seconds!!!

[@shiftleft]

Refreshing to see no one taking selfies or filming on phones. Helmet rule.

[@slumpt420]

Honestly man, a time when people enjoyed music and tbh when most music was fucking good

[@Official_Nocturne]

23' still bangin to helmet

[@1mlb704]

Those tight, crisp drums... those massive sounding guitars... those groovy friggin songs... this is SO DAMN GOOD I LOVE IT

[@daverlb]

Bogdan Stanier are the Jones Bonham of my generation

[@costarica69]

As stated already, awesome! Thanks for uploading.

[@CTCAC2000]

damn, helmet is no joke.

[@knedliczek]

Great vocal !!!

[@andrewvanhalen1984]

One of my favorite bands

[@onepomofo]

Thank you for uploading this

[@KeironP1]

Fucking awesome!! Thanks for sharing, brings back some great memories of my early 20s!! They sound so frigging good live....Page's voice is so good.....not many bands in that genre can attest to sounding better live.

[@indyheel1534]

I saw them in 2015 I think at a small music hall in Durham, NC. They absolutely killed it! There was a snowstorm in the area that night,and I'm so glad they didn't cancel.

[@pytagoresque]

I can absolutely understand why people became crazy . I wish I were there!! Such a pleasure to see it now on youtube !!!

[@lg.2000]

Oh man I wish I was born before that time ..! ✨🔥 Best decade to be young ever

[@juanelorriaga2840]

This was a interesting time for drummers got some unique guys like Strainer and my fellow lefty Fyfe Ewing (Therapy?) got to see Helmet Therapy?,Surgery at Roseland(NYC) all together def one of my fav shows I saw

[@janhenrikbauer]

john stanier.

[@oldandeerie]

Man tosh.20 rocked back in the day

[@douglasflummer4076]

Magnificent! Some of the best music from that entire decade!

[@jamesdurkin3129]

one of the best live sets

[@nareklive7210]

love how it says give it when milquetoast starts.

[@gustavovieira7708]

just bingewatching this show man, it's so good I always come back, helmet is a fucking great band, and john stanier deserved more recognition

[@HerveMendell]

We will never hear music like this again; So raw and oblique, so precise yet we don't quite what it means. It panders to no one and it's still great.Now what have we got, crap I mean rap "music." In your face all the time whether you like or not. Well at least we got KZbin.

[@suelynascimento5182]

Bom d+!! Essa banda é de outro mundo. Uma das melhores do mundo! Amo esses caras! Bem que eles poderiam vir no Rio de Janeiro assim que puder, já que ele nunca vieram. 🌊⚽🎭

[@chrisbrett1868]

TThis band got me through college. Haven't revisited them in a mean time, and glad I just did

[@massimopatteri9946]

grandi helmet mai nessuno come loro ....grazie per il video

[@rafaeljeveaux5322]

I miss the 90's

[@Gui_GD]

For those on mobile: 1. Street Crab 0:00 2. Iron Head 3:09 3. Rollo 6:27 4. Give It 9:03 5. Milquetoast 13:16 6. Tic 17:11 7. Biscuits For Smut 21:02 8. Wilma's Rainbow 23:46 9. Just Another Victim 27:24 10. In The Meantime 29:34

[@vivianas.437]

Just FUCKING THANK YOU.

[@battistaverardi1240]

One of my favourite bands of all time!

[@suelynascimento5182]

Uma das minhas bandas prediletas e, uma das melhores bandas do planeta na minha opinião!!! Helmet é foda!!!

[@suelynascimento5182]

Uma das melhores bandas que já existiu. Muito diferenciada e avançada pra época

[@douglasesquivel4497]

Que poder Helmet,mi banda favorita de todos los tiempos...

[@forerunner06]

man, what happened to Bogdans cap?xD I thought they were inseparable

[@owlcu]

Each of their songs is like a shot of whiskey, no chaser. After ten songs I always feel like I've done ten straight shots and need to watch the news or Kelly Ripa or something in order to puke and start again.

[@Sir_Catnip]

owlcu i know its been 5 years but i love ur comments lolol

[@dk5468]

Saw them that same year at the Reading Festival, just incredible live

[@SCOODAMcGOODA]

28 YEAR OLD HERE. HELMET RULES!!!

[@dennisscelza1068]

I can't stop repeating this