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"We have a special treat for you tonight." Watch Linkin Park debut brand new song Casualty and play a deep cut for the very first time with Helmet's Page Hamilton on guitar at Texas show

Linkin Park mixed up their setlist a little ahead of new album From Zero dropping this week

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“Everybody was trying to make money off us, and we were oblivious. I thought everybody understood what we were doing. We weren’t trying to be Nirvana”: Page Hamilton on Helmet’s 1994 classic Betty – the unsung curveball the critics tried to kill

After the claustrophobic intensity of Meantime, Hamilton opened up the doors and chased down different sounds on album number three. No one was ready for Betty

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“He told me he was a fan the first time I met him in '97. And then I got the call from him a couple of years later”: Helmet’s Page Hamilton is one of heavy music’s most influential riffers – but he was once handpicked by David Bowie to be his guitarist

David Bowie was such a big Helmet fan that he recruited Page Hamilton as his touring guitarist

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“We needed a female vocal and Katy Perry was hanging around the studio. She came in, did it… then she got big!”: the greatest P.O.D. collaborations, in their own words

From Lamb Of God’s Randy Blythe and Suicidal Tendencies’ Mike Muir to an unknown Katy Perry, P.O.D are the kings of the collaboration – and here are the most memorable

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"Tommy Lee and Billy Idol liked our band; we were doing pretty well." Milquetoast could have made Helmet MTV superstars, but they weren't interested

When Milquetoast was picked up for 1994 cult hit The Crow, it looked like Helmet were about to hit the big time - but the New York band had other plans

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Every Helmet album ranked from the worst to the best

New York's Helmet have been kicking up a racket since 1989. We assess, rate and rank their catalogue to identify which noise-rock album is their defining work

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“I became this musician because of jazz. I mean, I still wake up every day and work on Charlie Parker’s Hot House!” Even with a broken finger, Helmet’s Page Hamilton is one of the all-time great heavy riffsmiths – but he owes it all to jazz

Nothing can stop Hamilton's flow as Helmet return with a politically charged masterclass in punishing rhythms, off-kilter melodies and open-tuned acoustics

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"I love that we do this thing that other musicians relate to": Page Hamilton on Helmet's rock royalty fans and advisors

Helmet leader Page Hamilton on playing with Bowie, catching a fragrant whiff of Ozzy Osbourne, and not turning into Night Ranger

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“I am always able to come up with brand-new chords that no one has been stupid enough to sing over”: Page Hamilton on harmonic curiosity and the aggressive expansion of Helmet’s musical vocabulary

Hamilton discusses how drop tunings, NYC, fine art, Led Zep, the Bee Gees, Glenn Branca, jazz and soul all played their part in shaping Helmet's unique, uncompromising sound

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The ravaged rock wasteland between Endless Boogie and Mötorhead, and a comeback for one of the most influential riffsmiths of his generation: This week's essential guitar tracks

From Robin Trower to Spiritbox, Black Pumas to George Lynch, Helmet to Polaris, these are the guitar-forward songs you can't afford to miss this week

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Helmet announce UK and Europe tour dates in support of Left, their first studio album in seven years

Page Hamilton's influential NYC noise-rock quartet announce new album, winter UK and European tour dates

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Love of music runs deep for metal band Helmet

"I was like, 'Wow, bro you're not Paul McCartney'."

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