If you asked me what my favorite band was when I was 14, the answer would be fucking Helmet. Who had the nastiest, chunkiest guitar tone? Helmet. Who had the tightest start-stop rhythms? Helmet. Who wrote a pretty perfect goddamn record in Meantime? Motherfucking Helmet.Of course all of this was before Page Hamilton decided that he was Helmet, became a hired gun and just generally ruined all of the heard-earned goodwill. Hamilton added to the steaming shitpile today with his latest announcement:Dear Helmet Faithful,It's been 25 years since I took out an ad in the Village Voice, formed Helmet & wrote my first Helmet song. I'm really excited to announce that in August of 2014 we will host the first ever Helmet Band Camp in Big Indian, NY with Music Masters Camps at Full Moon Resort!I've really enjoyed conducting music/guitar master classes around the world from Tokyo to Brisbane, Los Angeles to Anchorage, Cleveland to Canberra but this camp will provide a unique opportunity for you to play with Helmet and get into how we write and arrange our songs.We'll have large seminars as well as small group classes for guitarists, singers, bass players & drummers to explore the Helmet chord vocabulary, learn about how we approach rhythm & grooves and develop musical ideas, i.e. writing and arranging your own music.We'll get into Helmet music theory 101 as I share my approach to playing solos & creating soundscapes for songs as well as the many movies I've played on.Thank you for a great 25 years, I hope you can make it!- Page HamiltonCheck out Meantime in full below to try and forget the above.
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