The Dillinger Escape Plan guitarist Ben Weinman has shared a poignant tribute to his late buddy and Giraffe Tongue Orchestra bandmate Brent Hinds. The latter musician, recognized for his 25-year run with progressive sludge metallers Mastodon, sadly handed away on Wednesday (August twentieth) as a results of a motorbike accident. He was 51-years-old on the time. Taking to social media right this moment, August twenty second, Weinman mirrored on the passing of Hinds with the next publish:
“I needed to wait a day to put in writing this as a result of even accepting the information of Brent’s loss of life has been actually onerous. Just some days in the past I instructed my bandmates I felt Brent didn’t have lengthy. I knew I wanted to see him after I received house from Australia. I didn’t get that likelihood.
Right here’s the reality: I noticed a lot of trolls speaking shit on-line about Brent after he departed Mastodon, and it made me sick. How shortly folks flip. Brent was born a rockstar. Beloved not only for his expertise, however for being a wild, untamable free spirit, greater than life itself. The flood of tributes from folks we by no means heard of to legends we by no means may think about even being in the identical room with is proof of that.
When Brent walked right into a room, the entire place shifted. Even essentially the most “bigger than life” celebrities melted into the background when his presence took over.
I used to be associates with Brent for 25 years. Individuals used to marvel how a man like me was so near a man like him. I at all times inform them this story: at some point we have been backstage, and medicines have been going round. I assumed possibly I ought to simply let go and take part. Brent stopped me. He mentioned, “No… that’s not you. I really like you as you’re.” That was him. When Brent referred to as so many people his finest buddy, you believed it as a result of it was true.
I really like you, Brent. I’ll at all times maintain on to the recollections, the music, the Brent signature guitar you left at my home so we’d at all times have a motive to jam, the tiki statue you began carving for me out of a yard log, and all of the little items of you which can be nonetheless right here. I woke as much as a flood of messages asking if I used to be okay as a result of everybody knew how a lot I cherished you, brother.
And Soiled B… AJ requested me to reunite GTO and do a giant tour of Australia. In fact, the second GTO tour will get canceled due to your bike bullshit. However actually, I wouldn’t anticipate the mighty Brent Hinds to journey another method. I get it, buddy. I actually do.”
