Aftertaste (album)

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Aftertaste
Studio album by Helmet
Released	18 March 1997
Recorded	July – November 1996
Genre	Alternative metal, Post-hardcore
Length	40:42
Label	Interscope
Producer	Dave Sardy and Helmet
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link Pitchfork Media (8.4/10) link Rolling Stone link
Helmet chronology
Betty (1994) Aftertaste (1997) Unsung: The Best of Helmet (1991–1997) (2004)

Aftertaste is the fourth album by Helmet, released in 1997 on Interscope. This proved to be Helmet's final album with original members John Stanier (drums) and Henry Bogdan (bass). Guitarist Rob Echeverria, who appeared on Helmet's previous outing, Betty, left the group to join Biohazard. Subsequently, the album was recorded as a three-piece, with Page Hamilton covering all the guitar parts. Guitarist Chris Traynor (formerly of Orange 9mm) came on board for the supporting tour.

Aftertaste harkens back to Helmet's earlier, rawer sound, omitting some of the experimental/jazz tendencies of Betty. The album met with a lukewarm critical and commercial response. "Exactly What You Wanted" was released as a single.

[edit] Track listing

1. "Pure" – 3:32
2. "Renovation"† – 2:55
3. "Exactly What You Wanted" – 2:36
4. "Like I Care" – 3:19
5. "Driving Nowhere" – 4:19
6. "Birth Defect" – 2:31
7. "Broadcast Emotion" – 2:44
8. "It's Easy to Get Bored" – 3:26
9. "Diet Aftertaste" – 3:16
10. "Harmless" – 2:58
11. "(High) Visibility" – 2:41
12. "Insatiable"† – 2:31
13. "Crisis King" – 3:54

(All tracks by Hamilton, except † by Bogdan/Hamilton/Stanier)

The Japanese release has one extra track, "Complete", which had also appeared on the soundtrack to the 1995 movie Johnny Mnemonic.

[edit] Chart positions

Album

Year	Chart	Position
1997	The Billboard 200	47

Singles

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1997	"Exactly What You Wanted"	Mainstream Rock Tracks	19

[edit] Personnel

• Henry Bogdan – Bass
• Page Hamilton – Guitar, Vocals
• John Stanier – Drums
• Chris Traynor – Live Guitar

• Ralph Cacciurri – Recording Assistant
• Terry Date – Mixing
• Suz Dyer – Recording Assistant
• Greg Gordan – Recording

• Helmet – Producer
• Dave Sardy – Producer
• Jane Scarpantoni – Cello on "Like I Care"
• Ted Jensen – Mastering

v • d • e Helmet Page Hamilton • Dan Beeman • Kyle Stevenson • Jon Fuller Peter Mengede • Rob Echeverria • Chris Traynor • Henry Bogdan • John Stanier • Frank Bello • John Tempesta • Mike Jost • Jeremy Chatelain • Jimmy Thompson Studio albums Strap It On (1990) • Meantime (1992) • Betty (1994) • Aftertaste (1997) • Size Matters (2004) • Monochrome (2006) Other releases Born Annoying (1995) • Unsung: The Best of Helmet (1991–1997) (2004) Singles "Born Annoying" • "Bad Mood" • "Blacktop" • "Unsung" • "Give It" • "In The Meantime" • "Primitive/Born Annoying 1993" • "Just Another Victim" (collaboration with House of Pain) • "Milquetoast" • "Biscuits For Smut" • "Wilma's Rainbow" • "Exactly What You Wanted" • "Like I Care" • "See You Dead" • "Unwound" - 2004 • "Smart" • "Gone" • "Monochrome" • "Money Shot" Labels Amphetamine Reptile • Interscope • Warcon Related bands Adair • Anthrax • Band of Susans • Biohazard • The Cult • Disturbing the Peace • Exodus • Testament • Tomahawk • White Zombie