News Brent Hinds, founding member of the band Mastodon, dead at 51.

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William Brent Hinds was killed Wednesday night in a crash while on a Harley Davidson when the driver of a BMW SUV failed to yield making a turn at the intersection of Memorial Drive and Boulevard, according to police. It happened around 11:35 p.m.


RIP

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I just read about this, and that's a real shame. Mastadon made great music, and this effectively ends their run. RIP to the man, and to the band.



Edit: the silver lining is that he'd apparently already left the band, so they can continue. Leviathan was a great album, though.
 
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Motorcycles, distracted or bad drivers are a rough mix. Atlanta is rough too.
 
Sad to hear. Ran into the dude at some Neurosis and Today Is The Day shows back before Mastodon was a thing. Was never big on them but Blood and Thunder was solid and he did some tracks with Matt Pike that were solid too. Also remember him getting KOd by Olive Oil from SOAD. Seems he was dealing with addiction for a long time.
 
I would never ride a motorcycle. It's just too risky.

RIP nonetheless.
 
I only have a couple of their albums and had been loosely following in the media recently about his leaving and having a bit of a war of words in the media with the band.

So this was a bit of a shock today.
RIP.
Guess I'll be listening to them heavily for the near future.
 
This hits close to home I love mastodon.
 
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