Mastodon - Medium Rarities

[The Great Cull]

What happened with the SOAD dude?

Hinds was locked/off his head and some scuffle ensued with Shavo. He either punched or pushed Hinds and he ended up with a brain bleed and in a coma. Sounded like an unfortunate and avoidable scuffle but Hinds supposedly wasn't the same mentally afterwards.

[Bürggermeister]

https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/system_of_a_down_beating_puts_mastodon_guitarist_in_hospital.html

[Trev]

His contributions to Hushed & Grim were quality though. If it's gonna happen, it's a great time for him to do so imo.

Think that makes it more of a shame, to imagine what it could've been like with more of his input

I'll still always check out whatever they come out with, but it's not like they'll ever ever top Crack the Skye anyway!

[ldj]

Be interesting to see who they get, they have a gig this weekend apparently.

Pete Adams, formerly of Baroness, would do it justice imo, similar chicken picking style, can sing and would give them an energy boost live.

Think he left Baroness to focus on family but I'd imagine Mastodon could be too lucrative to turn down.

Or they could share oul Zakk with Pantera, say a few on here be delighted 

[The Great Cull]

Be interesting to see who they get, they have a gig this weekend apparently.

Pete Adams, formerly of Baroness, would do it justice imo, similar chicken picking style, can sing and would give them an energy boost live.

Think he left Baroness to focus on family but I'd imagine Mastodon could be too lucrative to turn down.

Or they could share oul Zakk with Pantera, say a few on here be delighted 

Zakk would be less Hushed but definitely Grim.

Steve Von Till from Neurosis perhaps? The Mastodon lads are all big Neurosis fans and I can't see Neurosis doing anything again.

[open face surgery]

Be very interesting if they got Von Till or someone like that. H&G did very little for me but love everything else.

Not shocked by him leaving really. Cool guy anyway so best of luck to him.

[Carnage]

I hear Scott Kelly is at a loose end anyway.

Von Till has a new solo album about to come out, I imagine he'd be busy with that for a while. It'll be someone from the Georgia scene, they're fairly incestuous anyway.

[ldj]

Not sure if SVT can play lead guitar like that, Scott Kelly was probably on his way to a permanent guest vocal slot a la Mark Lanegan in QOTSA if he didn't do whatever he was doing to his family.

[Sworntothecans]

Be interesting to see who they get, they have a gig this weekend apparently.

Pete Adams, formerly of Baroness, would do it justice imo, similar chicken picking style, can sing and would give them an energy boost live.

Think he left Baroness to focus on family but I'd imagine Mastodon could be too lucrative to turn down.

Or they could share oul Zakk with Pantera, say a few on here be delighted 

Pete would be a great addition to them.

I hear Scott Kelly is at a loose end anyway.

Von Till has a new solo album about to come out, I imagine he'd be busy with that for a while. It'll be someone from the Atlanta scene, they're fairly incestuous anyway.

Steve has a full time job as a primary school teacher so it's doubtful he'd pack it in at this stage.

[The Great Cull]

Kim Thayil would be the right job for them

[Eoin McLove]

That scuffle rings a bell. Seems the coma didn't hamper his ability to play the guitar because he's a beast.

[ldj]

Had a look on their IG page and two days ago the other three lads were at an event talking about Leviathan with Dailor sporting a bruiser under the eye, probably safe to say Hinds didn't take the sacking well.

Time will tell but the side projects I've heard from any of them have been very poor to say the least, their success could very well be lightning in a bottle.

[Pagan Saviour]

These lads are like Opeth for me. Exciting records in the beginning but not much of a live act and never really built upon that initial promise.

[Eoin McLove]

Had a look on their IG page and two days ago the other three lads were at an event talking about Leviathan with Dailor sporting a bruiser under the eye, probably safe to say Hinds didn't take the sacking well.

Time will tell but the side projects I've heard from any of them have been very poor to say the least, their success could very well be lightning in a bottle.

He got the boot? For some reason I understood it that he left. Must have been half asleep reading it earlier.

[open face surgery]

"Mutual" parting. I'd say there was a bust up. He didn't post anything about leaving on ig.