Skilled skater and Jackass star Bam Margera has shared a heartfelt tribute to his late pal Brent Hinds, the longtime guitarist and co-vocalist of Mastodon, who died in a bike accident on August 20.
In a press release posted on social media, Margera mirrored on his unlikely however enduring friendship with Hinds, which started over a decade in the past on the Soundwave Competition circuit in Australia.
“I’m devastated and nonetheless processing the tragic lack of one in all my closest associates Brent Hinds. Across the time Ryan Dunn died, I met Brent on the Soundwave Competition in Australia and mentioned to him in a joking method, ‘You look and act like Ryan Dunn and we must always simply be greatest associates,’ and he mentioned ‘okay’ and similar to that we have been.”
Along with remembering their bond, Margera revealed that he and Hinds had not too long ago been recording music collectively for his new band Amore Advert Lunam, with Margera getting into the function of vocalist.
“Brent and I not too long ago had been recording tracks on a brand new album with a brand new band I’ve been doing vocals with referred to as @amoreadlunam… It has been a privilege and honor working with Brent. I cherish the time we spent collectively engaged on guitar tracks and vocals that we simply very not too long ago layed down collectively.”
Margera added that his collaborators Stevaughn Decay and Eman have been compiling images and video clips for a particular memorial slideshow, one which humorously ends with a clip of Hinds by chance breaking Margera‘s arm with a golf membership.
Hinds died in a bike accident in Atlanta on August 20. He was 51. In accordance with Atlanta police, Hinds was driving a Harley-Davidson late Wednesday evening when he collided with a BMW SUV on the intersection of Memorial Drive SE and Boulevard SE. He was discovered unresponsive on the scene and pronounced useless shortly after. The motive force of the SUV remained and spoke with investigators.
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