re: Helmet - 08/09 @ The Station in Lafayette

I freaking LOVE Helmet. In fact I only found this thread through a search. Missed it the first time around. They'll be here in J-ville in two nights. Can't wait!! Kinda hard to find setlists for them for this tour. Have only found one. I'm thinking it may be a fairly Betty heavy set, since they're doing the Betty 20 year anniversary tour in Europe this fall. The setlist I saw had six Betty songs out of 14 total, including five of the last six they played. I would definitely be down for that.

As a big Helmet fan I feel quite lucky. I saw them three times from '93 to '95 here in Jax and in Tampa. Then NOTHING. They went through the breakups and lineup changes. I figured I'd probably never see them again. Then out of the blue, I saw they had a show coming up here at a small venue in October 2011. GREAT fricking show it was too. I got to meet Page in fact afterward and had a good ten minute conversation with him. Super cool guy. Friendly as hell. Then just nine months later they played a cool dive here on that tour with the Toadies. So shite. After going 16 years between and thinking I'd never see 'em again, suddenly I'll be seeing them three times in less than three years.