Musicians who achieve success with a particular sound often indulge other passions and creative urges that are quite different from the ones that made them famous in the first place. For Mastodon guitarist Brent Hinds, who sports a massive head tattoo, his acoustic guitar and piano-driven West End Motel project allows him to tap into his affinity for good ol' country music...
Mastodon guitarist Brent Hinds is indulging his creativity with two other projects: the rockabilly-meets-porno-metal-meets-surf cocktail of Fiend Without A Face and the more country-leaning West End Motel. Fiend Without a Face will release their self-titled debut via Rocket Science...
Mastodon's eccentrically outrageous guitarist Brent Hinds -- he's the one with the face tattoo -- is releasing two new musical projects on June 7th in the form of a dual disc set. Hinds' West End Motel and Fiend Without a Face projects are extreme and artistic in one fell swoop, but be forewarned: neither sound anything like Mastodon...