Page Hamilton
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Page Nye Hamilton |
| Born | May 18, 1960 Portland, Oregon |
| Genre(s) | Alternative Metal Heavy Metal |
| Instrument(s) | Guitar Vocals |
| Years active | 1981 - present |
| Label(s) | Amphetamine Reptile Records Interscope Records Warcon |
| Associated acts | Helmet David Bowie Gandhi |
| Website | http://www.helmetmusic.com |
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Page Hamilton (born May 18, 1960 in Portland, Oregon) is a guitarist, singer and record producer, mostly noted for his work with alternative metal band Helmet. Most of his work has been in the heavy metal or hard rock styles, but Hamilton has an experimentalist streak, and has worked in other genres.
[edit] Biography
Raised in Medford, Oregon, Hamilton moved to New York to study jazz guitar in the early 1980s. While there, he "discovered distortion" and worked with composer Glenn Branca. Hamilton then joined Band of Susans for their Love Agenda album, after which he started Helmet.
Helmet recorded four albums in the 1990s: Strap It On, Meantime, Betty, and Aftertaste. They had moderate chart success, with their last three albums reaching the Billboard top 100, but difficulty keeping his bandmates together cause them to disband in 1999. After Helmet split up, Hamilton started Gandhi, and toured with David Bowie. About this time he recorded with Ben Neill.
He recorded Zulutime (duets with Caspar Brötzmann), played guitar on Ben Neill's Goldbug and Joe Henry's Trampoline, and wrote some music for the movie Heat. Hamilton has also made appearances on "Unbeliever" by Therapy?, "No, You Don't" by Nine Inch Nails, and "God Forbid" by P.O.D..
Hamilton restarted Helmet with an altered line-up in 2004, and they released the album Size Matters. Yet another incarnation of Helmet released the band's latest album, Monochrome, on 18 July, 2006.
Hamilton has also done production work, including producing "Distort Yourself" by Institute, the new band started by Gavin Rossdale of Bush. Hamilton was also at the helm for Bullets and Octane's second album, In The Mouth Of The Young, released in 2006, and has produced the upcoming Classic Case album Losing at Life due out early 2007.
During the 2008 tour of Australia, Hamilton told fans that he is going to work on a new Helmet album with the band over the next 18 months.
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Hamilton uses custom ESP Horizon guitars with a Wilkinson Tremolo, Sperzel locking tuners, and DiMarzio pickups. It is also reported at Guitar Geek that Page has used Paul Reed Smith Guitars. Daniel Johns of Silverchair recorded Freak Show with a green Paul Reed Smith guitar which used to belong to Hamilton and still owns the instrument.
For amplification Hamilton used a complex setup including a Marshall head and Harry Kolbe Preamps and Speakers. He now endorses and uses VHT amplifiers.
In 2006 ESP announced that there would be a new Page Hamilton signature model. This signature model differs from most standard ESP guitars in that it uses DiMarzio pickups rather than Seymour Duncan or EMG pickups.
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