MASTODON GUITARIST HOSPITALIZED WITH “SEVERE HEAD INJURY”

Lambgoat is reporting that Mastodon guitarist Brent Hinds was jumped after the band’s performance at Sunday night’s MTV Video Music Awards in Las Vegas, and is currently in the hospital with a severe head injury. A rumor was first posted on Stonerrock.com by a concerned witness on Monday evening, but apparently Mastodon’s management has now confirmed the story.

I kind of want to make a joke about Hinds’ odd tattoo of some sort of stitching on his noggin, but I think that would be in poor taste, even for us. Speedy recovery to Brent.

-VN