Brent Hinds
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Hinds performing live in 2014
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | William Brent Hinds |
| Born |
January 16, 1974 Pelham, Alabama, United States |
| Origin | Atlanta, Georgia, United States |
| Genres | Heavy metal, progressive metal, sludge metal, groove metal, stoner metal, alternative metal, alternative country |
| Occupation(s) | Musician, Songwriter, Actor |
| Instruments | guitar, vocals, banjo |
| Years active | 1991–present |
| Labels | Relapse, Reprise, Rocket Science |
| Associated acts | Blue Eyed Devils, Fiend Without a Face, Mastodon, The Blood Vessels, West End Motel, Four Hour Fogger, Giraffe Tongue Orchestra, Legend of the Seagullmen, Bevan Davies |
| Website | mastodonrocks |
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Gibson Flying V Gibson Les Paul Goldtop Gibson SG Kevin Burkett Custom Flying V First Act Guitars |
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Brent Hinds (born William Brent Hinds; January 16, 1974) is an American guitarist/singer best known as a member of the Atlanta, Georgia metal band Mastodon, in which he shares guitar duties with Bill Kelliher and vocal duties with Troy Sanders and Brann Dailor.
Hinds is also lead guitarist/singer for the surfabilly band Fiend Without a Face, and is involved in other projects, including classic rock bands The Blood Vessels, West End Motel, Four Hour Fogger, The Last of the Blue Eyed Devils, Giraffe Tongue Orchestra, and Legend of the Seagullmen.
In Mastodon's early years, Hinds would work as a full-time carpenter when not touring to promote the band.
Hinds left Alabama for Atlanta, Georgia in pursuit of a music career. It was at this time that he met Troy Sanders, a future member of Mastodon. According to Sanders, he "lived in his van for the next five years", becoming a member of Sanders' then band, Four Hour Fogger. The first practice he attended with this band he allegedly "showed up so wasted he couldn't even play".
Once Four Hour Fogger fell apart, the two stuck together, eventually meeting Brann Dailor and Bill Kelliher at a High on Fire concert in "their friend's basement". The four began a new musical venture with then singer Eric Saner, touring the southern USA, working 40-hour weeks and committing to the band in their spare time. The band's mainstream success would ensue after Saner left the band, pushing Hinds to the forefront not just as a guitarist, but as a vocalist also, the duties of which he would share with Sanders.
Hinds continues to concentrate on Mastodon, with the majority of his time spent touring or in the studio. He also enjoys promoting his lesser-known psychedelic rockabilly band Fiend Without A Face and his classic rock band The Blood Vessels. Hinds composed the score to Jonah Hex.
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