HELMET’s Page Hamilton works on 1st ever solo album – new interview posted!
HELMET’s Page Hamilton works on 1st ever solo album – new interview posted!
In a new interview with Q101’s Lauren O’Neil, HELMET frontman Page Hamilton spoke about any plans for him to release new music for Helemet as a follow-up to the album, “Left”, … it was out in November 2023 ..
watch interview here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mhF1Ysjym4o
He said in part (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): “Well, HELMET-wise, not right now. I’m working on my first-ever solo album. It’s called ‘Companion Peace’, and I’m still debating whether it will be P-E-A-C-E, a play on words, or P-I-E-C-E. [It will] probably [be] P-E-A-C-E.
“Obviously, ‘Left’ is fairly political, and as I’ve gotten older, so many disturbing events have [happened],” … “I never thought, at the age of 65, I would see our country deteriorate to this extent. And it’s why I held my peace sign for the audience for a long time.
“One of the greatest things about our country is the diversity. And I’ve always felt that, I’ve always known that,” Page added. “And I live in Los Angeles; it’s 60% Hispanic. And so the solo album is kind of a combination of a lot of stuff I’ve done on film soundtracks for a million years. I’ve played on the movie ‘Heat’, ‘In Dreams’, ‘Titus’, ‘Across The Universe’ and ‘Final Fantasy’.”
…on where the inspiration for his upcoming solo album came from, Page said: “It sort of came together from a few movies that I’ve scored and sessions I’ve done. And Elliot Goldenthal, the great film composer who I’ve been fortunate to do many movies with — and all the movies I listed, for example — his wife is Julie Taymor, who created ‘The Lion King’ on Broadway. They’re these two geniuses. I love them. They’re like my big brother and big sister. He said, ‘Your guitar is like an orchestra. You create these orchestral textures.’ And it kind of made me think about that
via blabbermouth.net
HELMET’s Page Hamilton works on 1st ever solo album – new interview posted!
