Okay hit me. Betty is hands down my favourite 90s rock album. It was a total revelation for me when I discovered it. The David Lynch cover, the “brown sound” crushing guitar and probably one of the best drum rock performances period. Plus when I found out they just looked like regular dudes I was confused. Metal dudes looked like Pantera… cue Bevis and Butthead video.
I think Hamilton’s guitar work really took traditional rock tropes and filtered them through the noise scene at the time. Right down to technically difficult solos that often sort of appear out of squalls of feedback and noise.
The rest of the original output is solid, I’d probably go.
Betty
Strap It On
Born Annoying
Meantime
Aftertaste
For me they were the gateway band for all the stuff that would be regarded as 90s PRF bands.
Helmet 1989-98
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