{"id":166415,"date":"2025-08-22T12:04:10","date_gmt":"2025-08-22T12:04:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/166415\/"},"modified":"2025-08-22T12:04:10","modified_gmt":"2025-08-22T12:04:10","slug":"former-mastodon-guitarist-brent-hinds-has-died","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/166415\/","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>Brent Hinds, the former guitarist and co-vocalist of Atlanta metal band Mastodon has died, aged 51.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement, Mastodon said: \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.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur 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\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">local news reports<\/a>, Hinds died on Wednesday night following a collision with an SUV while riding his motorcycle.<\/p>\n<p>Hinds grew up in Birmingham, Alabama, and learned to play the banjo as a teenager. He carried over some of his techniques from playing the instrument when he later switched to electric guitar, and moved to Atlanta in the mid-1990s after seeing his future Mastodon bandmate Troy Sanders play with his then-band Four Hour Fogger in Birmingham.<\/p>\n<p>He ultimately joined the group, but after that project\u2019s dissolution, Hinds and Sanders formed Mastodon in 2000 together with drummer Brann Dailor and guitarist Bill Kelliher. They released their debut album, Remission, in 2002, with Hinds and Sanders both sharing lead vocals and songwriting duties. <\/p>\n<p>2004\u2019s Leviathan earned them a new wave of fans, as well as critical acclaim, and was followed by 2006\u2019s Blood Mountain, which earned them a Grammy nomination for Best Metal Performance.<\/p>\n<p>Mastodon went on to release five further albums (the most recent was 2021\u2019s Hushed And Grim), retaining their original lineup until earlier this year when Hinds left the band. Though the band\u2019s own announcement about the lineup change was amicable, Hinds later said he was \u201ckicked out\u201d in a sequence of Instagram comments.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Hinds died in Atlanta on Wednesday after a collision while riding his motorcycle Brent Hinds, the former guitarist&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":166416,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[171,975,67,132,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-166415","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-united-states","11":"tag-unitedstates","12":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115072327899588574","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/166415","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=166415"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/166415\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/166416"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=166415"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=166415"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=166415"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}