Mastodon had the daunting task of playing a concert on Friday night (August 22nd) at the Alaska State Fair, just a day after learning that their longtime bandmate Brent Hinds had died in a motorcycle accident on Wednesday night (August 20th).

At the end of the set, drummer-singer Brann Dailor stepped to the front of the stage to deliver a speech about Hinds on behalf of the band. He said the following (as transcribed by Blabbermouth):

“We lost somebody very special to us yesterday. Brent Hinds, 25 years with us as our guitar player, one of the most creative, beautiful people that we’ve ever come across in this world, tragically left us. Very, very unfortunate. We loved him so, so, so very much. And we had the ups and downs of a 25-year relationship. You know what I mean? It’s not al

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