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Born William Brent Hinds in Pelham, Alabama,
Brent Hinds is best known as the guitarist and singer for the critically acclaimed prog metal band
Mastodon. Looking to make a career out of music,
Hinds moved to Atlanta, Georgia, where he met
Mastodon bassist Troy Sanders after joining the band Four Hour Fogger, which would end up being a short-lived project. In 1999,
Hinds formed
Mastodon after meeting
Bränn Dailor and
Bill Kelliher at a
High on Fire show in Atlanta. The band toured and recorded relentlessly as
Hinds, who was already known for his heavy drinking, began to get more and more out of control, with things eventually coming to a head in 2007 when the guitarist got into a fight after attending an MTV Video Music Awards after-party, which landed him in the hospital with a brain hemorrhage and forced him to cut back on the partying for a little while. Aside from his duties in
Mastodon,
Hinds also has a number of solo projects, including the surf/psych band
Fiend Without a Face, the classic rock outfit
the Blood Vessels, and the eclectic,
Nick Cave-inspired
West End Motel. ~ Gregory Heaney