{"id":363129,"date":"2025-08-21T22:13:11","date_gmt":"2025-08-21T22:13:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/363129\/"},"modified":"2025-08-21T22:13:11","modified_gmt":"2025-08-21T22:13:11","slug":"former-mastodon-guitarist-brent-hinds-has-died","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/363129\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Mastodon Guitarist Brent Hinds Has Died"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-thequietus-snippet excerpt\">Hinds died in Atlanta on Wednesday after a collision while riding his motorcycle<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/unnamed-25.jpg\" class=\"img-fluid\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"  \/><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tPhoto via Public City PR<\/p>\n<p>Brent Hinds, former guitarist of Atlanta metal band Mastodon has died, aged 51.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement, Mastodon said:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are in a state of unfathomable sadness and grief\u2026 last night Brent Hinds passed away as a result of a tragic accident. We are heartbroken, shocked, and still trying to process the loss of this creative force with whom we\u2019ve shared so many triumphs, milestones, and the creation of music that has touched the hearts of so many. Our hearts are with Brent\u2019s family, friends, and fans. At this time, we please ask that you respect everyone\u2019s privacy during this difficult time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.atlantanewsfirst.com\/2025\/08\/21\/former-guitarist-co-founder-heavy-metal-band-mastodon-dies-atlanta-motorcycle-crash\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">local news reports<\/a>, Hinds died on Wednesday night following a collision while riding his motorcycle.<\/p>\n<p>Hinds was one of Mastodon\u2019s co-founders, forming the band in 2000 alongside\u00a0Troy Sanders, Bill Kelliher and Brann Dailor. The lineup remained unchanged until Hinds\u2019 departure in March this year.<\/p>\n<p>This is a developing story and will be updated shortly<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Hinds died in Atlanta on Wednesday after a collision while riding his motorcycle Photo via Public City PR&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":363130,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3936],"tags":[77,269,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-363129","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-music","8":"tag-entertainment","9":"tag-music","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115069059545842130","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/363129","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=363129"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/363129\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/363130"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=363129"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=363129"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=363129"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}