Sweden Rock Festival -- Solvesborg, Sweden -- June 6th-9th, 2012

[slapguitarer]

What bullshit did Hinds pull this time?

[ravenheart]

Originally Posted by slapguitarer

What bullshit did Hinds pull this time?

I think it must have stemmed from his disappointment that the crowd was so small, even though they were on the main stage.

As standard for a festival crowd those packed in front of the stage were going nuts, everyone else was scattered across the field standing or sitting and watching.

He threatened to stop playing, moaned about the lack of activity (like he's a regular Bruce Dickinson), called the entire crowd "pathetic", played the next song then did it again. Played the rest of the set sulking. When he needed to change guitars for the last time he slammed the one he'd finished with into the floor, and as the last song was winding down he played the last couple of bars from behind the drums so he could storm staight off. Left the others (mostly Troy) to acknowledge the crowd.

[slapguitarer]

That's really lame. I hate it when Hinds pulls his diva bullshit.

[brutal_descent]

Fucking retarded I wonder whether he was in a bad mood like that on the other dates of the tour.

[girnny777]

Which one is Hinds?

[ravenheart]

Originally Posted by girnny777

Which one is Hinds?

The one with the curly hair and big beard.

[ravenheart]

Originally Posted by slapguitarer

That's really lame. I hate it when Hinds pulls his diva bullshit.

Originally Posted by brutal_descent

Fucking retarded I wonder whether he was in a bad mood like that on the other dates of the tour.

Totally. Thing is, it's not just totally disrespectful to the fans, of which there were a fair amount down the front, it's disrespectful to the rest of the band, especially Troy who puts way more energy in than the others (except maybe Brann) and gets a good response for his efforts.

[treghet]

Originally Posted by ravenheart

He threatened to stop playing, moaned about the lack of activity (like he's a regular Bruce Dickinson), called the entire crowd "pathetic", played the next song then did it again. Played the rest of the set sulking. When he needed to change guitars for the last time he slammed the one he'd finished with into the floor, and as the last song was winding down he played the last couple of bars from behind the drums so he could storm staight off. Left the others (mostly Troy) to acknowledge the crowd.

Sounds like he was the one being pathetic, not the crowd.

[brutal_descent]

Originally Posted by treghet

Sounds like he was the one being pathetic, not the crowd.

Amen. Brett should recall the days when Mastodon were starting out; I'm pretty sure it took them more than just a few years to get crowds even close to how big the one at SRF probably was.

[electrocute1031]

Man that sucks, first time I saw Mastodon Brent walked off stage twice, ended up having to cut some of their second set (was part of the crack the skye tour).