Brent Hinds

Infobox musical artist
Name = Brent Hinds


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Background = solo_singer
Birth_name = William Hinds
Alias = Danger
Instrument = vocals, guitars
Genre = heavy metal
Groove metal
Sludge metal
Occupation = vocalist, Guitarist
Years_active = 1999 - Present
Label = Relapse Records, Warner Bros.
Associated_acts = Mastodon
Four Hour Fogger
Fiend Without A Face
Social Infestation
The Blood Vessels
URL = http://www.mastodonrocks.com/
Notable_instruments = 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 Hinds is also a full-time roofer with his father when he is not touring.Fact|date=August 2008

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

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) Amplifier wise, Hinds was featured in the Marshall magazine as a JMP 2203 player. In his pedal board he currently uses a Boss Compressor CS-3, Boss Tuner TU-2, Monster Effects Mastortion, Ibanez Tubescreamer TS-9, Voodoo Labs Pedal Power and the Enema FX Mingebox.

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 12, 2007 Brent and Bill won Metal Hammer Golden Gods award for best shredders [cite web |url=http://www.metalhammer.co.uk/news/article/?id=46671 |title=Winners List |accessdate=2008-01-15 |publisher=Metal Hammer |date=2007-12-06] , Mastodon's first ever award.

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