Mastodon Embark On World Tour
Mastodon, the metal band that everyone seems to love, is coming to find you this spring. I can’t promise that your safety is secured, nor would I feel entirely sorry for you if you went home a little banged up.
Oh, that’s right, I should clarify. No, Mastodon, the Atlanta-based reigning kings of cerebral-metal, are not coming to break into your home and steal you into the night. However, what I am here to tell you is that they’re coming to a town near you for their world tour. But it also wouldn’t surprise me if the band did break into your house to empty your cabinets and drink your booze.
Starting this week, the band will set out on a three-month trek through Europe, Australia, the UK, and the U.S. If you’re keeping track, this world tour will likely be their last in support of last year’s superb The Hunter LP. The first U.S. date is April 4, 2012 in Portland, Maine (I guess there’s people in Maine that like Mastodon?).
Now, I know it sounded like I was joking about Mastodon burglarizing your pad, but I’m also half-serious. At the 2007 VMA’s, Mastodon’s Brent Hinds (vox/guitar) got annihilated on a cocktail of drugs and alcohol and preceded to start a fight with System Of A Down’s bassist Shavo Odadjian. As Hinds charged Odadijan he tripped and smashed his head into the sidewalk, causing him to suffer major head trauma that sent him into a coma. Even more terrifying is that Hinds thought he was playfully roughhousing, and if you have seem photos of Hinds (tribal face-tattoo and all) then you know that there’s nothing cute and cuddly about him.
I highly recommend seeing Mastodon live, but just be warned that this is a band led by a man who complimented himself by saying he doesn’t smoke crack that much anymore.
Here is a hilarious commercial that Hinds took part in for an Atlanta-based Mexican restaurant Elmyr that the band loves.
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