Helmet pushed on to record 1997’s Aftertaste as a three-piece. A first version of the album had been withdrawn at the last minute in the fall of 1996 when promotional activities had already begun, delaying the disc’s release to March of the following year with a new audio mix. Guitarist Chris Traynor (formerly of Orange 9mm ) was recruited for the tour to support the album. While the song “Exactly What You Wanted” became a moderate radio hit, the album did not fare as well as Helmet’s prior major label releases, spending a few weeks on the Billboard 200 chart and selling 132,000 copies over the next decade. The Aftertaste Tour in 1997 would prove to be the band’s last for nearly a decade.
Recorded Aftertaste
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