Helmet vocalist/guitarist Page Hamilton is rounding the corner on his forthcoming new solo album. His latest update on that venture, as well as some other musical plans he has in the works, came about via a new chat with ‘Rocking With Jam Man‘. Hamilton said of what’s currently on his plate in the below interview [transcribed via Blabbermouth.net]:
“I am 70% done with my first solo album. I’m gonna re-release my ‘Movie Music Vol. 1‘ — Nile Rodgers‘s label that put it out went under, and my label, who I love, Edel/earMUSIC in Hamburg, is gonna release it hopefully before the end of the year. And then I’ll finish the solo album. I had John Tempesta, my dear friend from The Cult, White Zombie, Rob Zombie, who used to play in Helmet, he played on five tracks. And another dear friend of mine, Matt Flynn, who was the drummer in Gandhi, B-52’s. He’s been in Maroon 5 for 20-something years.
He’s a phenomenal drummer, and they don’t utilize his songwriting ability in Maroon 5 on their albums, but when you watch him live, he’s a powerhouse. And he’s gonna play on some songs. I’m trying to get my friend Pancho Tomaselli, the bassist, he used to be in [legendary funk/rock band] War. He had a great band with Dave Lombardo called PHILM, a really, really cool band. We did a track together in his Officer Lucifer project, but he’s a fucking bass genius.
So I’m just kind of still pulling people together for that. And then I signed a one-album jazz deal with Edel as well. And that’s a work in progress, so that won’t be till 2028, assuming I live that long. Helmet, I don’t know right now. I don’t know if we’ll do a new album for a while ’cause I’m kind of focusing on these other things.”
