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10 июл 2025 :	MASTODON's BRANN DAILOR On 'Back To The Beginning': 'Such An Unbelievable Outpouring Of Love, Friendship And Gratitude'
7 июл 2025 :
26 июн 2025 :
13 май 2025 :	MASTODON Recruits Canadian Guitarist NICK JOHNSTON For Spring 2025 Tour
26 мар 2025 :	Watch: BRENT HINDS Plays First Concert Since Exiting MASTODON
22 мар 2025 :	MASTODON's BILL KELLIHER On Replacing BRENT HINDS: 'It's Not Gonna Be An Easy Task'
17 мар 2025 :	BILL KELLIHER: What MASTODON Is Looking For In Replacement For BRENT HINDS
13 мар 2025 :	Guitarist BEN ELLER On Performing With MASTODON At 'Tool Live In The Sand': It Was 'A True Honor'
13 мар 2025 :	MASTODON's BILL KELLIHER On Split With BRENT HINDS: 'It Was A Hard Decision We All Had To Make'
10 мар 2025 :	MASTODON Recruits YouTuber BEN ELLER For 'Tool Live In The Sand' Festival Performance
10 мар 2025 :	MASTODON Parts Ways With Guitarist BRENT HINDS
8 дек 2024 :	MASTODON's BILL KELLIHER Opens Up About Economics Of Touring: 'The Band Is The Last Person To Get Paid'
27 окт 2024 :	MASTODON Is About To 'Start Fine-Tuning' Material For Next Studio Album
6 окт 2024 :	MASTODON Has 'A Lot Of Loose Demos' For Next Studio Album
13 сен 2024 :	MASTODON And LAMB OF GOD Release Collaborative New Single 'Floods Of Triton'
4 сен 2024 :	MASTODON Could Release New Song 'Sooner Than You Think'
21 авг 2024 :	MASTODON Announces 15th-Anniversary Expanded Reissue Of 'Crack The Skye'
8 авг 2024 :	MASTODON Partners With CATFIGHT COFFEE For 'Leviathan' Coffee
26 июл 2024 :	See MASTODON Perform Entire 'Leviathan' Album In Houston
23 июл 2024 :	MASTODON Is Working On 'Two Different Projects'
19 июл 2024 :	Watch: MASTODON Plays 'Secret' Concert At Atlanta Bar
21 май 2024 :	MASTODON Drummer BRANN DAILOR Breaks Down "Steambreather" - "The Song That Began In The Bath..."
2 май 2024 :	BRANN DAILOR Performs MASTODON Classics At Drumeo Studio; Talks Influences, Grooves And Fills
11 окт 2023 :	MASTODON's BILL KELLIHER To Aspiring Guitarists: 'Play Every Day' And 'Practice As Much As You Can'
26 сен 2023 :	MASTODON's BILL KELLIHER: 'Next Year We Are Gonna Write A New Record'
8 мар 2023 :	MASTODON - Pro-Shot Live Video Of "Blood And Thunder" At Resurrection Fest 2022 Streaming

22 мар 2025

MASTODON's BILL KELLIHER On Replacing BRENT HINDS: 'It's Not Gonna Be An Easy Task'

In a new interview with Radical Metal, MASTODON guitarist Bill Kelliher spoke about how he and his bandmates are going about their search for a replacement for their longtime axeman Brent Hinds. He said (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): "Yeah, we haven't really decided how we're gonna go about that yet. We're just sort of taking it easy. No update. Nothing that I can really share with you at this moment."

Referencing the fact that MASTODON hired YouTuber and session musician Ben Eller to perform with the band on March 9 at "Tool Live In The Sand" festival in the Dominican Republic, Bill said: "We had Ben Eller, who's a great friend, and he filled in for this show. And we've got the COHEED [AND CAMBRIA] tour coming up. So, we'll figure it out. We've got a lot of requests and stuff like that. But it's really hard shoes to fill, obviously. Nobody plays like Brent. He's a very, extremely unique player. So it's not gonna be an easy task. We're all hopeful and we're gonna figure it out. So that's really all I have to say about it."

Regarding how MASTODON hooked up with Eller, Bill said: "I saw him playing some MASTODON stuff [in a YouTube video] and then I was, like, 'That's close, but it's not quite right.' So I started writing to him. And we became good friends just through that, 'cause he's, like, 'Oh, man, show me how to play it right so I can put it up on my YouTube.' … He's giving instructions to other people how to play stuff. So I was, like, 'You're not quite playing it right.' … I mean, he's 99 percent there. He's a great fucking player. He's one of the nicest guys I've ever met."

Since 2000, Hinds had served as lead guitarist and vocalist for MASTODON, alongside bassist/singer Troy Sanders, drummer Brann Dailor, and Kelliher.

MASTODON's lineup had remained the same for 25 years, recording eight studio albums, beginning with 2002's "Remission" until the band's latest LP, 2021's "Hushed And Grim".

Eller is a guitarist and bass player from Tennessee who has gained popularity for his awesome chops on his guitar lesson series "This Is Why You Suck At Guitar".

When MASTODON announced Brent's departure from the band on March 7, they wrote in a statement: "Friends and Fans, After 25 monumental years together, MASTODON and Brent Hinds have mutually decided to part ways.

"We're deeply proud of and beyond grateful for the music and history we've shared and we wish him nothing but success and happiness in his future endeavors.

"We are still very inspired and excited to show up for fans in this next chapter of MASTODON. As we move forward, all 2025 touring plans will remain intact. We look forward to seeing you on the road."

MASTODON has had nine Billboard 200-charting albums and has been nominated for a Grammy Award six times. The band won a "Best Metal Performance" Grammy for "Sultan's Curse" in 2018.

MASTODON's latest album, "Hushed And Grim", was a double LP recorded at the band's Atlanta studio, West End Sound.

In December, MASTODON and COHEED AND CAMBRIA announced "The Infinite Arc" tour with special guests PERIPHERY. Produced by Live Nation and FPC Live, the 20-city trek kicks off on May 10 in Salem, Virginia, spanning the East Coast and Midwest before wrapping up in Waukee, Iowa on June 8.

In a separate interview with Guitar World magazine, Kelliher stated about what he and his bandmates are looking for in a replacement for Hinds: "Someone who is easy to get along with, and who really has a desire to play — and can play well. Obviously, you gotta be somebody who we all get along with and can stand the true test of time. Like, living together in a little tour bus on the road for fucking days and months at a time, it's got to be someone who can do all that. And that's another variable. Like, 'Oh, this person is a great guitar player. Why don't you hire them?' It's like, 'Well, they gotta stand the test of time.' We've got to be able to sit down and have a beer with them, go out to dinner with them, you know, feel them out, and make sure they're MASTODON material. Like, can they hang, for sure, but it's got to be someone who has a unique style, and is very serious about it."

Kelliher went on to say that he doesn't know if Eller will be a permanent addition to the band.

"We do have some more shows coming up," he said. "We have a tour with COHEED AND CAMBRIA coming up in May, which, you know, we're still going to fulfil that. We're going to finish up our new record.

"I'm not sure what our future is with Ben or if we'll try a couple of other people out. Not really sure yet; it's too early to say."

Kelliher previously told Guitar World about Hinds's exit: "What can you say about the legacy of MASTODON's first 25 years with Brent? It's been a fun, wild fucking ride, that's for sure. We achieved a lot of things that I never in a million years would have imagined. There's been Grammys, touring with our heroes, like IRON MAIDEN, METALLICA, MOTÖRHEAD and TOOL. I cherish all of that.

"Like a marriage, sometimes people grow apart, and they get interested in other things," he explained. "We wish nothing but the best for Brent in chasing his dreams."

Touching upon the musical and personal chemistry between MASTODON's longtime members, Bill said: "You know, it's amazing that we made it 25 years with the four of us. I mean, it's like being married to three other dudes, traveling the world, trying to stay the course, and having everybody agree. That we managed to do it this long, I feel like that's a feat in itself. You could never replace any of us because we [are the] the sum of four parts. That doesn't mean there's not someone else out there that has stuff to offer in a new direction. I think I'll just leave it there, you know? It was a hard decision we all had to make. It's just… it was just time."

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Совершенно верно

После стольких лет вместе найти человека, которого захочется включить в творческий процесс, очень сложно

22 мар 2025

GlowoErzum

Почти наверняка, из-за всей этой ситуации с уходом Брента, альбом раньше лета следующего года можно не ждать. Это если быть оптимистом.

22 мар 2025

Perfect_Stranger

Кто-то писал про лидера Неурозис Скотта Келли, в принципе, он мог бы в студейке спеть аля Хайндс... Но для будущего, конечно, своего в доску найти, да, сложно, но у них там в Атланте вроде большой андер и просто граунд откуда можно кого позвать!

22 мар 2025

Jok3r

Perfect_Stranger, скотт ненадежный и опасный персонаж. Вряд ли они будут рисковать. Хотя с творческой стороны - это классный вариант

22 мар 2025

Орион

Jok3r, а что за история с опасностью и ненадёжностью?

23 мар 2025

WahrandPhain

Орион, всплыла история, что он булллил и терроризировал свою семью много лет - жену, детей. История похожа - очень крепкий состав через десятилетия вынужден был избавиться от братана( судьба Неурозис до сих пор неизвестна, с Мастодоном тоже самое по ходу. Горько и печально за эти коллективы, когда думаешь что они глыбы и образцы нерушимости.

23 мар 2025

Вашингтон Ирвинг

WahrandPhain, да вроде нет больше Неврозиса - барабанщик писал, что продал все оборудование

23 мар 2025

WahrandPhain

Вашингтон Ирвинг, бля...очень, печально, любимая группа и любимый коллектив были. Ну и Келли говорил, что не будет больше заниматься музыкой.

24 мар 2025

Орион

WahrandPhain, вот это да, не в курсе. Да, есть команды, распад которых воспринимаешь близко к сердцу...

22 мар 2025

Орион

Perfect_Stranger, вряд ли он сможет спеть аля Хайндс, на мой взгляд.
Келли всегда довольно уместно смотрелся на альбомах, но всё-таки ему больше другая роль подходит, более мрачная.

23 мар 2025

WahrandPhain

выгнав льва, три серых мышки думают, что делать дальше...(

24 мар 2025

Орион

Пытаюсь, кстати, врубиться в Neurosis. Тяжело их музыка даётся, пока что.

24 мар 2025

Вашингтон Ирвинг

Орион, мне они зашли с альбомом The Eye of Every Storm. Такая музыка… тяжелая для усвоения, хмурее любый думстеров зачастую

25 мар 2025

Орион

Вашингтон Ирвинг, ты с этого альбома начинал их слушать? Я с более старых.

25 мар 2025

Вашингтон Ирвинг

Орион, я начинал со старых, но этот был первым, который понравился. Старые уже потом стали заходить