Brent Hinds

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Brent Hinds
Background information
Birth name	William Hinds
Also known as	Danger
Genre(s)	Heavy metal Groove metal Sludge metal
Occupation(s)	Vocalist, Guitarist
Instrument(s)	Vocals, Guitars
Years active	1999 - Present
Label(s)	Relapse Records, Warner Bros.
Associated acts	Mastodon Four Hour Fogger Fiend Without A Face Social Infestation The Blood Vessels
Website	http://www.mastodonrocks.com/
Notable instrument(s)
Gibson's Flying V SG Les Paul Gibson Explorer

Brent Hinds is a guitarist/singer for the Atlanta, Georgia metal band Mastodon, in which he shares guitar duties with Bill Kelliher and vocal duties with Troy Sanders.

Brent is also lead guitarist/singer for the Surfabilly Band Fiend Without A Face.

[edit] Equipment

Hinds uses models of Gibson's Flying V, SG,Les Paul and Gibson Explorer. Brent also has a signature model by First Act. During live performances, Brent favors his various Gibson Flying V's. He usually plays the more melodic and harmonizing parts in Mastodon, while his fellow guitarist Bill Kelliher plays the main riffs and chunky rhythms. As revealed in the "TUNE-UPS" section of the October 2007 issue of Guitar World magazine, the two guitarists use three tunings: D Standard (E standard down one whole step, D G C F A D), Drop C tuning (Drop D tuning down one whole step, C G C F A D), and a third tuning similar to Drop C, but with the low E string tuned down to A (A G C F A D)

[edit] Influence and style

Originally playing the Banjo, Brent learned his "signature style" of fast hybrid picking by emulating banjo fingerings on guitar. He frequently utilises the minor pentatonic, natural minor and the harmonic minor scales in his playing as well as many hammer-ons, pull-offs and legato slides. He grew up listening to country, but when he entered his late teens he started listening to Neurosis and the Melvins, bands that would have profound influence on his musicianship. On June 12th 2007 Brent and Bill won Metal Hammer Golden Gods award for best shredders^[1], Mastodon's first ever award.

[edit] References

v • d • e Mastodon Brann Dailor · Brent Hinds · Bill Kelliher · Troy Sanders Eric Saner Studio albums Remission · Leviathan · Blood Mountain Extended plays Lifesblood Compilations Call of the Mastodon DVDs The Workhorse Chronicles Songs "The Wolf is Loose" · "Colony of Birchmen" · "Cut You up with a Linoleum Knife"