A memorial stroll was held for the late Brent Hinds in Atlanta on Sunday (August thirty first).
Hinds’ longtime Mastodon bandmates Invoice Kelliher and Brann Dailor had been among the many household and buddies that gathered to stroll from Elmyr to the Star Bar to have fun the lifetime of the guitarist-singer. In a video posted to Fb, dozens of people might be seen on the road in entrance of Elmyr elevating a toast.
As beforehand reported, Hinds was tragically killed on the age of 51 in a bike accident on the evening of August twentieth. In keeping with an Atlanta police report, a male using a Harley Davidson was killed in a collision after a driver of a BMW SUV did not yield whereas making a flip at an intersection. The Fulton County medical expert’s workplace later confirmed Hinds as the motive force of the bike.
Shortly after the information broke, Mastodon issued a press release expressing “unfathomable disappointment and grief” over Hinds’ sudden passing. Two days later, throughout Mastodon’s efficiency on the Alaska State Honest, Brann Dailor stepped out from behind the drum equipment to deal with the gang and pay tribute to Hinds.
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“We misplaced someone very particular to us yesterday,” Dailor stated. “Brent Hinds, 25 years with us as our guitar participant, probably the most inventive, lovely those that we’ve ever come throughout on this world, tragically left us. Very, very unlucky. We cherished him so, so, so very a lot. And we had the ups and downs of a 25-year relationship. You recognize what I imply? It’s not at all times excellent, it’s not at all times superb, however we had been brothers to the top. And we actually cherished one another and we made quite a bit, quite a lot of very lovely music collectively. And I feel that that’s gonna stand the check of time, evidenced by you individuals right here tonight.”
Hinds helped type Mastodon in 2000 and was a key member of the band as a guitarist, vocalist, and songwriter for 25 years earlier than parting methods with the group in March. Hinds later instructed that he was ousted from the band in feedback on social media.
You may watch footage from the Brent Hinds tribute stroll beneath.