an often unappreciated and overlooked alternative rock band from the early to mid 1990s.
Helmet, sure put on a great show at the club last night!
by gus winslow August 13, 2003
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n. A parasite. Specifically a college guy you don't know who comes to your party early with lots of his helmet friends. They bring enormous cups for beer drinking and knock out half of the keg before anyone else shows up. They are nitwits. When women arrive, they cock block you either by talking directly to the women and making them think they are your friends, thus branding you a helmet, or acting like such idiots that they ruin the party and your rep, or by kicking the keg just as the women show up. Then they leave without pitching in for the next one.

Root: suggested root is the helmets football players wear; helmets show up at a party and behave much like a football team made up of losers and dorks.
Look at this f*cking helmet puking on my carpet. His beer is warm and flat because his cup is too big. He tried to rape my girlfriend in the bathroom. He broke the coffee table trying to dance on it. Now everybody is leaving. F*cking helmet.
by Chief Bootysmackah June 1, 2004
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One of the most original hard rock/heavy metal bands to rise up from the United States underground; The original and most prominent lineup featuring Page Hamilton on guitar and vocals, Henry Bogdan on bass, John Stanier on drums, and various background guitarists. Their original sound was based around heavy guitar distortion with droning riffs, outrageous guitar shredding and solos (influenced by bands such as Sonic Youth, Void and Killing Joke as well as many jazz musicians), loud chuggy bass lines, heavy snare drumming, and background guitars to create a "wall of noise" sound.

In 1992 they blasted into the mainstream with their second album "Meantime", which featured their most known song "Unsung". The band also released "Give It" and "In the Meantime" as singles, but both songs flopped in sales and didn't receive as much attention as "Unsung". Helmet's two albums "Strap It On" and "Meantime" were both so groundbreaking that it spawned many watered down imitator bands that ripped from Helmet's sound, the most prominent three being Korn, Deftones and Tool. This move infuriated and disgusted the band, giving them the desire to do something much more experimental to alienate themselves from their imitators.

In 1994, Helmet released their third album "Betty"; a much more melodic album which owed more to bluesy and jazzy heavy metal, which featured the songs "Wilma's Rainbow" and "Milquetoast", both of which became minor hits on modern rock radio. Helmet have gone on to release 3 more albums and still remain a favorite of Modern rock, Hard rock and Heavy metal fans today.
HELMET are a very great, but HIGHLY underrated band.
by not found [Error 404] May 27, 2007
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A fairly decent Groove metal band started in the New York City underground music scene in 1989. Fronted by lead guitarist and vocalist Page Hamilton. Original members include Henry Bogdan on bass, John Stanier on drums, and Peter Mengede on rhythm guitar. Broke up in 1998 but reformed in 2003 with new members.

Well, yes...I like the original Helmet; but not the watered down, newly reformed so called "Helmet" that plays crappy Alternative rock instead of Heavy metal.
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A sexual practice, most likely between two men, in which the goal is for the one to insert his actual head into the anus of the other. This is accomplished by the receiver having his spincter muscle severed by a knife, so his ass cheeks more or less flap apart. The giver then lubes up his shaven head and goes to town. It is uncertain whether this practice is supposed to be (more) pleasurable for the giver, or the receiver.
Raoul had to go to the doctor's to have his butt cheeks sewn back together after he was finished helmeting.
by Big D June 16, 2003
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A Helmet or a Helm is a total 100% dumbass who has no idea what he is talking about or doing
Dude WTF are you doing? You are such a Helmet
by hartferd August 9, 2010
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