Mastodon drummer Brann Dailor has paid tribute to late ex-bandmate Brent Hinds on the band’s first present since Hinds’ demise.
Dailor stepped out from behind his drumkit on the finish of Mastodon’s set on the Alaska State Truthful on Friday, August 22 to talk emotionally about his former colleague because the screens behind him confirmed an image of Hinds.
The drummer mentioned (as transcribed by Blabbermouth): ”We misplaced someone very particular to us yesterday. Brent Hinds, 25 years with us as our guitar participant, some of the artistic, lovely people who we have 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 realize what I imply? It is not at all times excellent, it’s not at all times superb, however we have been brothers to the tip. And we actually cherished one another and we made so much, lots of very lovely music collectively. And I believe that that’s gonna stand the take a look at of time, evidenced by you folks right here tonight.
“So we’ll proceed to play Brent’s lovely, lovely music that he helped us make, that we shaped this band collectively and traveled the world collectively, slept in a van collectively, laid our heads down on beds of fucking kitty litter, obtained approach too drunk to recollect something the following day a couple of thousand, million instances time and again with the love that we shared and the wonder, all of the audiences that we performed, for all of the phases we stepped on.
“I do not know. We’re simply perplexed. We’re completely devastated and crushed to lose him and to have the ability to by no means have him again once more. However you guys made it okay for us to come back on stage and do that tonight. In order that was for fucking Brent, okay?! Thanks guys a lot.”
Hinds was killed when his motorbike was hit by an SUV whose driver didn’t yield earlier than pulling out of a turning. He was 51.
Mastodon launched an announcement about Hinds shortly after his demise was introduced: “We’re in a state of unfathomable unhappiness and grief… final evening Brent Hinds handed away on account of a tragic accident.
“We’re heartbroken, shocked, and nonetheless attempting to course of the lack of this artistic pressure with whom we’ve shared so many triumphs, milestones, and the creation of music that has touched the hearts of so many.
“Our hearts are with Brent’s household, mates, and followers. At the moment, we please ask that you simply respect everybody’s privateness throughout this troublesome time.
“RIP Brent.”
A number of different bands and musicians paid tribute to Hinds, together with Queens Of The Stone Age, Zakk Wylde, Weapons N’ Roses guitarist Slash, Opeth frontman Mikael Akerfeldt and Rubbish’s Shirley Manson.
