I managed to see them coming off a tour last February in NEW YORK!!!!! That's their home town. It was in a small venue in SoHo. Had to sit through a couple of crappy local bands and then they came on and did their set. Blew me away. Very impressive. They were very tight and together during all those complicated stops. Drummer, as described by lowendgenerator was playing one handed while hitting triggers, loops and samples of a trigger pad. Was able to talk to them after the show too. Very down to earth. Stu Brooks, bass player was playing Aguilar gear and was running a Moog Low Pass Filter. Just good clean heavy tone. Very nicely dialed in. Guitarist had a very nice wood grain guitar that really sounded unique. It didn't have a typical fender or Gibson sound. All of them were ripping players. The venue would be comparable to The Viper Room in LA. Really small room. Killer show.
I happened to be in town for a teaching conference nad I dragged a few coworkers out with me. They had their eyes opened for sure. One of them really dug. She's this old hippy earth mama school marm. She bought all their stuff and got them to autograph their merch. Pretty cool. They were stoked on it and they were stoked on me dragging a crowd of 6 people with me.
Missed the Helmet tour. They swung through town a couple of weeks ago. I've seen Helmet about 4 times. It was just at an inconvenient time for me. Couldn't make either show. What a bummer. Much bigger venue this time.