“. I did an interview earlier and somebody asked me if I [knew I] was onto something back when I was first writing. I said, "Yeah. I always thought I was good." We're not the Beatles or Led Zeppelin or AC/DC. But Helmet always sounded like Helmet, and we sort of developed our own sound. There's a vocabulary that's kind of universal now that's very simple. My friendDavid Sims, [the bassist] in Jesus Lizard, said, "I wish I'd thought of it." When you first hear it, it's like, "Oh duh." But that's cool.” IfsWritingFirstsKindSaidJesusWishSoundSimpleUniversalYeahInterviewsVocabularyBack WhenHelmetZeppelinsLizardsDuhSimsBassists Author:Page Hamilton
“We went to South America on a trip and all I had was a Robert Johnson album. So that's a definite influence on the album. My bandmates John [Stanier, drummer] and Henry [Bogdan, bassist] were interested in expanding their roles as writers, so that had a positive impact on the record.” AmericaRolesRecordsInfluenceImpactSouthAlbumsDefiniteExpandingJohnsonDrummerSouth AmericaPositive ImpactBassists Author:Page Hamilton
