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Helmet joins Guns'n'Roses tour

Posted by aubin on Tuesday, December 5, 2006 at 2:00 PM (EST)

Helmet has been tapped to provide support for Guns'n'Roses this December. The band is supporting their debut for Warcon, Monochrome.

The opening slot for Guns'n'Roses was recently vacated by the Eagles of Death Metal .

December 1, 2006	Ames, IA	Hilton Coliseum
December 2, 2006	Minneapolis, MN	Target Center
December 4, 2006	Winnipeg, MB	MTS Centre
December 6, 2006	Calgary, AB	Pengrowth Saddledome
December 7, 2006	Edmonton, AB	Rexall Place
December 10, 2006	Everett, WA	Everett Events Center
December 11, 2006	Portland, OR	Rose Garden
December 13, 2006	Fresno, CA	Save Mart Center
December 15, 2006	Oakland, CA	Oakland Coliseum
December 17, 2006	Universal City, CA	Gibson Amphitheatre
December 19, 2006	Universal City, CA	Gibson Amphitheatre
December 20, 2006	Universal City, CA	Gibson Amphitheatre

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Someone (December 5, 2006)

big fucking deal

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wearestillalive (December 5, 2006)

it's okay to hit a woman if she likes guns n roses

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Someone (December 5, 2006)

Lame joke or not, that's a pretty fucked up statement from someone named after a Latterman album.

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Someone (December 5, 2006)

How clinched is your asshole?

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punkbytheounce (December 5, 2006)

haha.

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Kursk (December 5, 2006)

for the record i thought that was pretty funny

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Someone (December 5, 2006)

And besides, it's ok to hit a woman anytime. Slap the rolling pin out of their hand and deck 'em.

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OctEgon (December 5, 2006)

That might explain why Axel Rose has a history of beating up his girlfriends

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Someone (December 5, 2006)

dont care

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Someone (December 5, 2006)

whofuckincaresnews.org

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sickboi (chris) (December 5, 2006)

I'd go just to see Axl's weird ass, if I got free tickets.

And what is with all the hate for Helmet? Seriously, go get a copy of Meantime and then tell me they suck.

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Someone (December 5, 2006)

Yeah, then go listen to Monochrome (or whatever it's called) and tell us they shouldn't retire.

Meantime came out like 13 years ago. It's time to move on.

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Someone (December 5, 2006)

this tour seems like a good match then

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Someone (December 5, 2006)

got it, and yep...they suck.

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Someone (December 5, 2006)

id go and pay for the tickets if i could shoot axle in the head and get away with it.

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Someone (December 5, 2006)

strap it on was better

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Someone (December 5, 2006)

strap it on is the only good record. page's vocals got lame after that when he tried "singing".

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Someone (December 5, 2006)

Its because they looked really, really bored at Warped. Less than energetic perfomance coupled with underwhelming music = insults.

-Salsa

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coffinfullofnails (December 5, 2006)

Fuck Axl Rose

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Someone (December 5, 2006)

this is why helmet sucks. i will never give them a $1.00. come on page, are you that fucked up to try to hold on to your youth. how about ending know before you become more of a joke. i cant laugh much harder now. fuck helmet and guns and roses.

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Someone (December 5, 2006)

And fuck proper grammer and spelling too, eh?

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Someone (December 5, 2006)

It's spelled "grammar".

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Someone (December 5, 2006)

That period should have come before the second quotation mark: "grammar." Moron.

-Chinatown

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Someone (December 5, 2006)

I can't find anything wrong with your post. You get a gold star for the day.

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JoshCBFL (December 5, 2006)

Chinatown is right.

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Someone (December 5, 2006)

Actually, the use of quotation marks surrounding a word to draw emphasis requires that the closing quotation mark come before the period.

Example: Quotation marks are also called "inverted commas".

The quotation mark comes after the period when quoting direct speech.

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freesandwich (December 5, 2006)

haha owned

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Someone (December 5, 2006)

you are a joke you fucking clown.

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Someone (December 5, 2006)

that was fast eh?

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homie (December 5, 2006)

Born Annoying EP, Strap It On and Meantime (well, parts of it) are awesome. If this was 1991, I'd be stoked. Now, its just sad.

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Someone (December 5, 2006)

If it was 1991 I would be the biggest 8 year old Michael Jackson fan in the world

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Someone (December 5, 2006)

fuck page hamilton. what an idiot. can you say loser?

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DancinShoes (December 5, 2006)

yeah, I can.

LOSER.

there, I said it.

btw, who's this guy you're referring to?

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AndyPonch (December 5, 2006)

Helmet were incredible live with the original line-up during their Amphetamine Reptile-era AND right up to the In the Meantime tour. Once the original line-up split, they lost something and the song I heard on Sirius was dreadful. It's hardly the same band even though it was always Hamilton's brainchild.

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Someone (December 5, 2006)

Back then, they were great.

Now they kind of sound like Nickleback.

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Someone (December 6, 2006)

Fuck, I can handle people talking shit on one of my favorite bands ever, but that was just a low blow. Nickelback is the absolute worst pile of "music" ever.

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sXenester (December 5, 2006)

Tomorrow's news-

"Helmet quits GNR tour after finding out Axl Rose lip-syncs insults to opening bands and forgot to change reference to previous openers"

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Someone (December 5, 2006)

port of the day.

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Someone (December 5, 2006)

And the port of the day is Mos eisley.

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jacknife737 (December 5, 2006)

They put on a decent show at warped, fuck axel rose though.

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sickboi (chris) (December 5, 2006)

Did they play a lot of old stuff?

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MPC (December 5, 2006)

I saw them on the tour for Size Matters, and the only old stuff they played was In the Meantime, Ironhead, and Pure.

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sickboi (chris) (December 5, 2006)

No "Unsung"? No "Biscuits for Smut"? No "Wilma's Rainbow"?

I'd be PISSED.

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MPC (December 5, 2006)

Actually they did play Unsung as well, not In the Meantime... and they may have played Milquetoast but I don't remember. Either way, it wasn't the same. Luckily I caught them on the Aftertaste tour before they broke up, which was a great show.

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Someone (December 5, 2006)

I saw them with Quicksand and Orange 9mm back in the day. One of the best shows I've ever been to.

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MPC (December 5, 2006)

Sounds like a great lineup. I saw Quicksand and Orange 9mm with Seaweed. I miss all 3 of those bands.

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Someone (December 5, 2006)

All 3 of those were at the first Warped. I saw that at Stone Pony landing. SOIA and Civ were there to. Good old days.

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Someone (December 5, 2006)

Helmet=great band
Helmet=What the fuck are you thinking?

They must have not heard about The Eagles of Death Metal's experience on this tour...

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Someone (December 5, 2006)

Just incase Helmet needs this:

After just one show, tounge-in-cheek sex-rock act the Eagles of Death Metal have dropped their supporting role on the current Guns N' Roses tour. The EODM followed former Skid Row singer Sebastian Bach and played to a rather unresponsive crowd, hungry for hair metal. After making fans wait for two hours, GN'R finally took the stage, where Axl Rose spoke blatently: “So, how'd you like the Pigeons of Shit Metal? Don't worry, that's the last show they're playing with us.” EODM issued the following statement regarding the situation:

At first the audience refused to welcome us to the jungle, but by the time we took our final bow, it had become paradise city.Although Axl tried to November rain on our parade, no sweet child o' mine can derail the EODM night train. We say live and let die.

Rose's management called t

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Someone (December 5, 2006)

I highly doubt axl gives a fuck if he hurt these pussies feelings, and no one is going to these shows to see eodm so why would he apologize?

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Someone (December 5, 2006)

Stanier held that shit down. Sum of the parts

Hear about the gay midget? He came out of the cabinet.

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Someone (December 5, 2006)

It's a big deal because regardless of your opinion, these 2 bands are more talented than 99% of the other bands on this site.

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Dicola (December 5, 2006)

I dunno man. Teh Revolt?

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Someone (December 5, 2006)

well that was the 1%

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Someone (December 5, 2006)

fuck axl rose man, i'm so punk!

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Someone (December 5, 2006)

fuck you too.

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shaggyd08 (December 5, 2006)

Can You Say Suicide?

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Someone (December 5, 2006)

the Spaghetti Incident is one of the best punk comps ever.

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DiscoFucker (December 5, 2006)

Mark Bolan is crying in his grave becase of that.

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Someone (December 5, 2006)

marc bolans insanely overated...good but overated

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Someone (December 5, 2006)

wow, that's too bad. Helmet was rad on the warped tour.

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Someone (December 5, 2006)

fucking scabs!

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CallingLondon (December 5, 2006)

there's a band called eagles of death metal? could you imagine if thee was a band called "we are really punk, like whoa"? why is a name like that acceptable in the metal community?

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Someone (December 5, 2006)

like whoa...what do you mean..acceptable? A band can call themselves whatever they want. Just like dumb-ass message board posters, OK CallingLondon?

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Someone (December 5, 2006)

It isn't. They aren't metal. You should listen to them and then you wouldn't have to assume. I have to warn you though. EODM fucking suck. I mean worse than 2006-era GNR.

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Kursk (December 5, 2006)

I see Helmet going over with Axl Rose worse than Eagles of Death Metal. Page Hamilton should just kick Axl's ass, God knows he needs it...or to just be smeared off the face of the earth.

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Someone (December 5, 2006)

Right on, who needs one of the best songwriters of our time anyway. Theres just so much other really great music being made today. I'd love to know what you homos consider good music.

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Someone (December 5, 2006)

maybe axl rose 1991 COULD possibly be considered "one of the greatest songwriters of our time" (which i don't believe, but is a respectable opinion), but axl rose 2006 is just an egomaniac with a terrible haircut that has been riding the coattails of fame he achieved years and years ago and hasn't been able to replicate since. oh, and homophobia is real cool. what is this, middle school?

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Someone (December 6, 2006)

if it was'nt for fags, I would'nt be homophobic.

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coffinfullofnails (December 5, 2006)

If you think Axl Rose is one of the best songwriters of our time I'd like to know what you consider good music.(note GNR musically is good but Axl is not anything special by any means. without shalsh there should be no GNR)

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Someone (December 5, 2006)

Slash didn't write very much GNR music. I don't know why people think that. It's laughable.

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Someone (December 6, 2006)

read his lyrics buddy, not just appetite, but also the illusions, then come back to me with someone better. Needless to say I don't expect to hear from you again.

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Someone (December 5, 2006)

Man, the blood Brothers fuck'n suck.

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Someone (December 5, 2006)

They were really good when I saw them the other night.

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Someone (December 5, 2006)

Were they playing with Trail of Dead?

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Someone (December 5, 2006)

Yes.

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sfbarker (December 5, 2006)

I dont' care what you kids say, Betty was awesome. When it came out, they toured with Sausage and the Rollins Band...dude, fucking minds exploded Pick of Destiny-style.

Of course, the past 2 albums have blew from Helmet. I think Page's voice is shot. He just can't do the metal voice anymore. It's a bummer. He's like the Def Leppard drummer, once he has a killer 1-2 punch, but now he's only got one punch left and it's not all that effective anymore. Just ask Def Leppard dude's old lady.

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Someone (December 5, 2006)

More old news. Thanks guys. Let me know when Green Day release American Idiot.

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Someone (December 5, 2006)

all this chit chat is making me hungry for a stupid sandwich joke!!

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Someone (December 6, 2006)

off with your spirit

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Someone (December 6, 2006)