Brent Hinds of Mastodon Clinic Part 1 of 2 - Gearsy.com

Mastodon lead guitarist Brent Hinds talks early life, influences, guitar and more at the Orange Amplifier Extravaganza August 2017. Filmed at Replay Guitar Exchange in Tampa, Florida by gearsy.com.

[@jacobhumphrey3535]

I once had Brent come around a corner while my friend were waiting for our ride after a Mastodon show. He was shirtless, wearing no shoes, only blue jeans. He just asked us where to find good burritos around there, bummed a cigarette, and vanished into the night.

[@Ron4president09]

No!

[@IgniteTheRiff]

Average Brent Hinds interaction 😂

[@travisedwards3543]

​@@IgniteTheRiff you sir are not tedward. I am tedward.

[@IgniteTheRiff]

@@travisedwards3543 you may TedwArd but I am Tedwerd!

[@travisedwards3543]

@@IgniteTheRiff werd up 👉

[@subutaynoyan5372]

I still can't make myself to believe this guy is the mastermind behind Cold Dark Place.

[@cavemanzach9475]

I think it's easier to understand if you just imagine that he uses every single modicum of productive energy he has on writing music. That leaves him on the verge of sleeping when he's doing anything else

[@stepitupandgo67]

he's a genius...possibly stoned, but a genius...and a funny dude...don't judge!!

[@MissyMuthaTruckiN]

cold dark place is classic Blues, he had to go thru some dark shit to write that album and it is a hidden Gem 💎

[@jayshrivastava3804]

I remember when Brent was in Four Hour Fogger. Actually, I was there because my friend Darren Sanders told me his brother played bass for this band and they are playing at Dotty's in Atlanta. There were only 12 people present at this venue and that included the bar staff.

[@2und2sind4]

He sounds like an Alabama Ozzy. I love it

[@HardTimeBluesCafe]

Georgia

[@kingkeefage]

​@@HardTimeBluesCafe ALABAMA...

[@HardTimeBluesCafe]

@@kingkeefage shit, you right

[@kevincowart362]

This shit is funnier than most of the stand-up specials on Netflix

[@brantonesdfw8467]

Hinds is a nut. I love it. Helluva a creative musician!

[@johnwayne9906]

This is the same man who wrote the solo for “The Sparrow”.

[@pascalg16]

This dude wrote crack The Skye.

[@triggerdigga5682]

Genius

[@hass9510]

@@pascalg16 it's crazy. He's got the aura of a tortured genius or something.

[@brendanmccusker4482]

I think we all got suckered in by that Sabbath footage and that was like the only time Iommi ever used the Orange

[@maciek_p]

And absolutely hated it (from what I heard)

[@thenemophilist8559]

I love this guy! He doesn't give a fuuuuuuuuuu*k about corporate BS. Beautiful.

[@ColinTipton]

Man what a beautiful guitar! I love the SG but this one...WOW!

[@rollingrock5143]

Brent is a gift to humanity. Incredibly special human being that is one of a kind.

[@aixelsydtcefrep8852]

Love this guy... So down to earth amd talented

[@Orieus]

Hes awesome, and goddamn that SG is gorgeous!!!!!!!!!

[@DustinDollinsShinBone]

What got me into guitar was seeing Clapton perform Layla on television. I begged my Dad to teach me how to play after that night, and he did. I also remember jumping on his bed while he played a blues riff I called "Choo choo train"

[@skullsplit]

That was a awesome comment about paying homage to black guitarist.\../

[@abhishekdhamankar7887]

This has been the best stand up ive seen online :D

[@shatterstar8733]

I would love to sit in on a clinic with that beast of a guitarist!!

[@TheMarkness]

Brent Hinds the person and Brent Hinds' guitar playing have completely different personalities :D Also 5:53 truth

[@bocherks]

They give him a super expensive gibson sg with the price tag still on it so it ends up being worth twice the value after brent is done playing the clinic

[@rizzotheratful]

Check it out with Brent Hinds! What a hunk

[@_dmfd]

Everyone hating on this clinic - It's Brent Hinds lmao, just who he is. He's doing alot better since he got married sobriety - wise tho. Genuine interviews from him are pretty rare to come by, so regardless of if this was supposed to be a gear clinic it's nice to hear him open up with real perspective and hear some life stories cause that never happens. Plus we all already know Orange makes great amps, and that Brent can play. Bill has some great gear interviews you could watch; he usually goes over his gear and Brents. He got that Orange rep real butt hurt grillin him about how he had the amps set up tho 😂😂😂 Dude obv doesn't know Brents " interview " personality.

[@richardhead7161]

He can’t form a coherent sentence to save his life. But he is fucking hilarious.

[@ohshoot444]

You can tell he’s from the cut, the way he tells a story

[@_S._S._]

What's the cut supposed to mean? Sorry and thanks

[@dylanwillis1473]

@@_S._S._ It means from the Boonies. Basically super duper country

[@NoCantsAllowed]

One of the funniest dudes in metal!

[@TAYLORHWALL]

If you don't think this is hilarious, you're a killer robot.

[@Jakeman90210]

if orange makes him an amp, I'd buy it in a milisecond

[@metaldude198]

In the past year I have bought two Orange amps. I still have them. They make great sounding amps! I would recommend the Orange CR120 for anyone who plays hard rock or metal. It's a solid state amp but it sounds so good. It seriously sounds like a tube amp. And being solid state there is literally zero maintenance on it and it's cheap! Orange killed it with that amp and they already make killer tube amps.

[@graceless666]

So how do you like your new orange?

[@alexlevesque9687]

Good news

[@dante316a]

Im waiting for the photo or it didn’t happened, he has an amp now.

[@brightfalls6788]

Did you get one or two?

[@globalwarmingltd1339]

This man is the fucking G.O.A.T. !!! Fight me about it!

[@kaizuey]

For all the haters youre impatient waiting for music to just spew out.. listen. Its inspiring even if he "sounds drunk"

[@hummR65]

He should do standup with Brendon Small

[@justinneafsey5990]

Hurmmatte i would watch the shit out of that

[@kilburncounty]

Conor McGregor let himself go.

[@SoulVoided]

I can boil the shit out of some beans....I laughed so hard I dropped my phone on my face

[@elgomero]

Hola, me gustaria encontrar algo de mastodon traducido al español, reportajes, clinicas... alguien sabe de algo?

[@The3leggedhusky]

Brent always did strike me as a tequila man.

[@crilf5830]

what a character! total guitar gangster.

[@acbundy88]

Just to let everyone know, the amps came out.

[@helco2856]

Mind you, all genuine laughs

[@papa_gummybear]

Legend

[@kommissar.murphy]

3:50 "what has Eric Clapton?" The answer should be "tonnes of cocaine."

[@PaidInBoredom]

Haha thats me recording the first story about the forbidden fruit lol

[@centurionmusic11]

Brent Hinds, aka the Ozzy Osbourne of guitar 🤣

[@stepitupandgo67]

brent rules....as does mastadon....

[@psychicengineering]

Anything worth embracing is worth… what? I want to hear the end of that quote!

[@karybjorn4987]

Loving

[@beserker1912]

That SG.....mmmmhmm

[@chucktouchton398]

Is this a biography or a guitar clinic?

[@metalhead9577]

I bet Brent is always drunk lol

[@matt-tp1ww]

Metal Head and high

[@MegaThrasher95]

Metal Head He showed up to Mastodon's first practice too drunk/fucked up to play. Lmao.

[@jbasti227]

@@MegaThrasher95 This is true lmao. And they decided to give him another shot because they knew how good he was

[@afguy0127]

As much as I love Mastodon, I am honestly glad I didn't attend this. This wasn't a guitar clinic, this was "listen to Brent's drunken rambling for 45 minutes." Would've been better if it was titled as that.

[@johnstoner666]

This is more like stand up comedy lol!

[@ColinTipton]

Better without distortion but I like a little bit more sustain...

[@kevinkiso3394]

"They tried to make me go to rehab and I said 'no no no...'"

[@MissyMuthaTruckiN]

my Spirit Animal 😂

[@adrianamorphous]

So can he play guitar or

[@hoodbrotown]

Adrn Amrfs Listen to divinations, he can play guitar.

[@metalehead95]

Divinations must be the best amstodon song in my opinion so many different playing styles and riffs in it.

[@adrianamorphous]

I mean I'm assuming he can he's in a hugely popular band. Like I've never heard an Orange amp sound that band and he's just being overall sloppy. I guess hes just kinda trolling in this video.

[@swissarmyknight4306]

Don't expect anything coherent out of him, ever. As for guitar, he's alright, lol. kzbin.info/www/bejne/o4CoaGNtlMtrqLM

[@saidoterodiseno]

OH YEAH HE CAN PLAY.

[@ColinTipton]

I don't know. It sounded pretty sweet to me...

[@roasty80]

Where's the playing ????

[@shawnhall2841]

22? I thought he was 42.... Did I hear wrong?

[@nolanbeasinger8555]

it was a joke...

[@jasonsmith7473]

A guitar clinic where you see how to sit with a guitar and bs. Now that’s learning how to be a true musician

[@justinerb3669]

This is your brain on Xanax haha

[@ColinTipton]

Dirty B. Hinds is pretty clever. And yes, according to John Lennon the British are obsessed with bums.

[@boofert.washington2499]

I think it's funny they couldn't be bothered to tune that guitar.

[@MissyMuthaTruckiN]

he just a ramblim on 😂

[@metaldude198]

5:54 "Any man that stands with a guitar is because a black man stood first with one." Are you kidding me? Les Paul invented the electric guitar. He is a white man. Have you ever heard him play the guitar? Look up his videos. He's amazing.

[@thezebraking101]

metaldude198 look up your history buddy....

[@metaldude198]

I know my history. Yes there have been many black men who played the electric guitar. But there have been many white men who played the instrument, too. When a white man invented the electric guitar you can't give credit to the black man.

[@seangrimm8329]

metaldude198 I don't remember him saying electric guitar..... Just "guitar", and in that case, yes, a black man

[@metaldude198]

@ Sean Grimm... Really? Then who invented the acoustic guitar? What was that black man's name? You will not give me a black man's name because a black man did not invent the acoustic guitar. According to historians, the first acoustic guitar was from France or Italy. Black people did not live in those countries centuries ago. And anyway, if you can't come up with a specific name then your point is done. When it comes to rock and roll, Les Paul is responsible for that. Not black men. Les Paul invented the electric guitar. Period.

[@pappachook]

Pete Townsend invented the guitar.

[@bradleyshuppert3393]

Let’s call that amp The Dirty B Hinds…… Orange doesn’t get it…… wow…. I play Blackstar and Marshall’s…. What do I know….

[@drock1383]

Drunk or high as fuck maybe both. Damn

[@531ff]

Play

[@stevenpierce8331]

O I agree that orange amp sounds like shit

[@e.g8241]

It's good for jokes and alcohol is stupid

[@e.g8241]

I never play guitar it's a sham

[@ginogrier452]

Then do it

[@stupidjubei]

Yeah.... you guys should pull this.... it's embarrassing....

[@dylangruenloh5201]

Michael Riley lol how is this embarrassing?

[@joeyvanostrand3655]

He is an unwatchable mess. How he gets a handle on things. Self-control goes a long way.

[@subutaynoyan5372]

It's partly trolling. Brent's always ridicilously disoriented whenever he talks to any form of a media outlet. He was the most sober and sane in Making of Crack the Skye and in there, he seems overly excited and franctic. This is the guy who played in a commercial for that food joint he likes, Elmyr.

[@stevenpierce8331]

OK I love mastodon. But. Dude is incoherent. Sounds like he’s friggin drunk. It’s really irritating me. I really want to watch this video, but he makes no sense whatsoever. Verbal stumbling

[@movimentodoscacos]

Look for Bill then. I think he's the best Mastodon guy when it comes to talk. I love Brent, he's always hilarious, but yeah, kind incoherent.

[@_dmfd]

It's Brent Hinds lmao, just who he is. He's doing alot better since he got married sobriety - wise tho. Genuine interviews from him are pretty rare to come by tho, so regardless of if this was supposed to be a gear clinic it's nice to hear him open up with real perspective and hear some life stories cause that never happens. Plus we all already know Orange makes great amps, and that Brent can play. Bill has some great gear interviews you could watch; he usually goes over his gear and Brents.

[@anthonyj6863]

@@_dmfd holy shit you must have pasted this 300 times jesus christ dude

[@_dmfd]

@@anthonyj6863 idk what " pasting " a video 300 times means?

[@anthonyj6863]

@@_dmfd pasting a comment fool. You've pasted this in everything dirty bhinds on all of youtube

[@scrublordmcshitt2296]

Man love brent hinds hes a absolute nut! But hes gotta lose some weight

[@Oborowatabinostk]

scrublord mcshitt why

[@stephanebeauchamp-kiss3181]

ya...seriously...why? He's looking good. Maybe consider not body shaming someone living their lives and being themselves?

[@collinqs2541]

Stephane Beauchamp-Kiss it was an offhand comment. Don't turn into an SJW nut just because he mentioned he should lose weight. This is definitely not the place for that.

[@redskullz1249]

Do you call yourself ploob man because you've never come into contact with a pair of boobs? Cos it sure sounds like it.

[@scrublordmcshitt2296]

redskullz124 im just sayin heart disease is huge cause of death in America and i dont think you or me really want that. Im really sorry if i offended you im a huge fan of mastadon.

[@jd426]

I wanted to hear the amp not a comedy routine

[@mrmisterman999]

wtf is up with that train conductor hat?

[@ferrollg]

He talks more than he plays the guitar. What a joke.

[@vernongode7018]

Drunken and Coked up and Going bald. What a let down...This could have been Something alot better for the fans.dry out bhinds

[@TheGuitarifier]

Lmfao. "Coked up" is the furthest thing from how I'd describe his behavior. Brent is a weed and booze guy. He's just drunk lol you clearly have never been around coke and know nothing about it if you think he's coked up here

[@aaronmcpherson1313]

Brent has a full head of crazy, unruly, curly hair...

[@Danny.B82]

this is terrible