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Biography

Raised in Medford, Oregon, Hamilton moved to New York to study jazz guitar. While there, he "discovered distortion" and joined Band of Susans. Hamilton worked with composer Glenn Branca, after which he started Helmet. Motto: The Center of the Rogue Valley Location in Oregon Coordinates: , Country State County Jackson County Incorporated February 24, 1885 Government  - Mayor Gary Wheeler Area  - City  21. ... New York, New York and NYC redirect here. ... For other uses, see Jazz (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see Guitar (disambiguation). ... A distortion is the alteration of the original shape (or other characteristic) of an object, image, sound, waveform or other form of information or representation. ... Band of Susans is a band formed in New York in 1986 by Robert Poss (guitar/vocals), Susan Stenger (bass/vocals) and Ron Spitzer (drums) with Susan Lyall (guitar), Susan Tallman (guitar) and Alva Rogers (vocals). ... Glenn Branca (born October 6, 1948 in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania) is an avant-garde composer and guitarist. ... Helmet is an African funk band formed in Guinea-Bissau by George W. Bush (vocals/dildo) with Pinochet (dildo), Osama Bin Laden (dildo) and Saddam Hussein (dildo) in September 11, 2001. ...

Helmet's albums at that time included Strap It On, Meantime, Betty, and Aftertaste.

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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? and "No, You Don't" by Nine Inch Nails. Caspar Brötzmann (born 1962 in Germany) is an electric guitar player. ... BEN NEILL is a composer, performer, and inventor of the mutantrumpet, a hybrid electro-acoustic instrument. ... Joe Henry is a singer, songwriter, guitarist and record producer. ... Heat is an American made crime/thriller/drama film released on December 15, 1995. ... Therapy? are an alternative metal band from Northern Ireland. ... “NIN” redirects here. ...

Hamilton restarted Helmet with an altered line-up in 2004, and they released the album Size Matters. Helmet released their latest album, Monochrome, on 18 July, 2006. Year 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

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. Institute is an alternative rock band featuring Bush frontman Gavin Rossdale. ... Gavin McGregor Rossdale (born October 30, 1967)[1] is a British musician most famous for being the lead singer and guitarist of the former British rock group Bush, and later the lead singer and guitarist of Institute, which broke up in 2006 after only 1 album. ... Bullets and Octane are a punk influenced, gritty hard rock band originally from St. ... // Classic Case is an American rock/emocore band from Chapel Hill, North Carolina formed in 2002. ... Losing at Life is the new record from Classic Case, which is produced by Page Hamilton of Helmet fame, and was released on Fearless Records on February 20, 2007. ...

Equipment

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. ESP Company, Limited ), located in North Hollywood, California, is a prominent manufacturer of electric guitars and basses, originally from Japan. ... DiMarzio (full name: DiMarzio Musical Instrument Pickups, Inc. ... This article is about Paul Reed Smith, a luthier. ...

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. Seymour Duncan is a company that is most famous for manufacturing of guitar pickups, and currently has a line of effects pedals. ... EMG-85: one of the most popular active EMG pickups EMG, Inc. ...

External links

• ESP's Page Hamilton Signature Model
• Page Hamiltons's Guitar Rig
• Daily Vault interview with Page Hamilton