Mastodon co-founder/guitarist Brent Hinds died final night time (Aug. 20) after his bike was hit by a automobile in Atlanta. The musician, who left the band underneath tumulttous circumstances in March, was 51.
Hinds was reportedly struck by a BMV SUV that did not yield at an intersection. Native police are investigating the accident.
In saying Hinds’ exit from the band he co-founded in Atlanta in 2000, Mastodon mentioned the transfer was mutual they usually wished “him nothing however success and happiness in his future endeavors.” The group rapidly changed him with guitarist Ben Eller, who has since been changed by Nick Johnston.
Hinds disputed his former band members’ model of occasions, at one level calling them “horrible people” on social media.
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