MASTODON’S BRETT HINDS’ INJURY CAUSED BY SYSTEM OF A DOWN BASSIST?

According to Las Vegas Weekly, the mysterious injuries (two black eyes, brain hemorrhaging, and a broken nose) that landed Mastodon guitarist Brent Hinds in the hospital after the VMAs two Sundays ago may have been caused by System of a Down bassist Shavo Odadjian. According to the report:

According to the police report—based on firsthand accounts and corroborated by hotel-security video footage—an inebriated Hinds was leaving Mandalay Bay around 3 a.m. when he encountered Odadjian and musician William Hudson at the hotel’s west valet area. Hinds took off his shirt and hit Odadjian with it, then struck Hudson in both the face and chest, prompting Odadjian to advise Hinds “to relax,” several times, according to the police report.

The police report then indicates both Odadjian and Hudson punched Hinds in the face, knocking him to the ground. An unidentified friend of Hinds, who reportedly witnessed the event, rushed to the musician’s aid and apologized to Odadjian and Hudson, saying Hinds was “just drunk,” according to the police report. Odadjian and Hudson were both questioned by police on the scene.

Is this the next chapter in rock star feuds? Axl Rose Vs. Vince Neil, Tommy Lee vs. Kid Rock, Brent vs. Shavo?

-VN