Estate of Late Mastodon Guitarist Brent Hinds Sues Band Over Buyout and Copyright
The estate claims the band offered only $80,000 for Hinds' stake and used his likeness on new album art without permission.
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First reported by Stereogum, 39 min ahead of the next publisher · who breaks stories first
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The story so far
5 publishers have covered this in 5 articles since 11 Sept 2026. Stereogum published first, on 11 September at 13:40 UTC; Consequence followed 39 min later. The most recent article, from NME, appeared on 13 September at 06:53 UTC.
Outlets reporting it: Stereogum, Consequence, Rolling Stone, RSS: News, NME.
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How it unfolded
Every source in the order it published.
- StereogumMastodon Sued By Brent Hinds’ Estate
- ConsequenceEstate of Late Guitarist Brent Hinds Files Lawsuit Against Mastodon
- Rolling StoneBrent Hinds’ Estate Sues Mastodon Over Late Guitarist’s Share of Band
- RSS: NewsBrent Hinds Estate Sues Mastodon
- NMEMastodon responds after estate of “dear departed friend” Brent Hinds sue the band
Sources
Every article we clustered into this story. Headlines link to the publisher.
- Mastodon responds after estate of “dear departed friend” Brent Hinds sue the band NME
- Brent Hinds Estate Sues Mastodon RSS: News
- Brent Hinds’ Estate Sues Mastodon Over Late Guitarist’s Share of Band Rolling Stone
- Estate of Late Guitarist Brent Hinds Files Lawsuit Against Mastodon Consequence
- Mastodon Sued By Brent Hinds’ Estate Stereogum
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- Brent Hinds