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Hey gang, today's guest is Paige Hamilton.

Lead vocalist and guitarist for the New York City alternative metal band, Helmut.

Together we break down the writing, recording, and release of the hit single, UnSum,

taken from their 1992 album, Meantime.

This song and riff, the riff, as I call it,

is quintessential 90s, the blueprint riff

for everything from Foo Fighters to Queens of the Stone Age to Rage

Against the Machine, Pantera, Megadeth, and Soundgarden. You can hear the

influence of helmet. Paige recalls riding the riff while sitting at an old desk

in his New York City apartment, a riff that defined a decade.

And lyrically, Paige had a lot to say without actually saying it outright,

straddling that artistic line between abstract and hitting you over the head.

And talk about a banger alive.

I still get chills every time I think about hearing the song as an 18-year-old kid

for the first time, live at a show in Gainesville, Florida.

As you'll hear in the episode, I was truly moved by their performance.

So for all this and a whole lot more, don't you dare go anywhere.

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