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Page Hamilton (born May 18, 1960 in Portland, Oregon) is a guitarist, singer and record producer, mostly noted for his work with alternative metal band Helmet (band)|Helmet. Most of his work has been in the heavy metal (music)|heavy metal or hard rock styles, but Hamilton has an experimentalist streak, and has worked in other genres.

Biography
Raised in Medford, Oregon, Hamilton moved to New York City|New York to study jazz guitar in the early 1980s. While there, he "discovered distortion" and worked with composer Glenn Branca. Hamilton then joined Band of Susans for their ''Love Agenda'' album, after which he started Helmet (band)|Helmet.

Helmet recorded four albums in the 1990s: ''Strap It On (album)|Strap It On'', ''Meantime (album)|Meantime'', ''Betty (album)|Betty'', and ''Aftertaste (album)|Aftertaste''. They had moderate chart success, with their last three albums reaching the ''Billboard Hot 200|Billboard'' top 100, but difficulty keeping his bandmates together caused them to disband in 1999. After Helmet split up, Hamilton started Gandhi (American band)|Gandhi, and toured with David Bowie. About this time he recorded with Ben Neill.

He recorded ''Zulutime'' (duets with Caspar BrÃ¶tzmann), played guitar on Ben Neill's ''Goldbug'' and Joe Henry's ''Trampoline'', and Heat (soundtrack)|wrote some music for the movie ''Heat (film)|Heat''. Hamilton has ... read all