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Mastodon recording with Brendan O’Brien
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Mastodon (from left): Troy Sanders, Bill Kelliher, Brent Hinds and Brann Dailor. Photo: Ryan Russell.
Are you adequately prepared to rock? Well, you better be, because Mastodon is back in an Atlanta studio working on the follow-up to 2006’s mighty Grammy-nominated “Blood Mountain.”
For the new album, the megalithic roar of the Atlanta quartet will be produced by another notable local, producer Brendan O’Brien. A post on Mastodon’s official site dated May 26 reads: “sessions will be begin immediately. More details will follow soon…”
Atlanta’s O’Brien has produced Bruce Springsteen’s recent work, but first made his name shepherding albums by ’90s rockers such as Pearl Jam, Stone Temple Pilots and Rage Against the Machine. He’s reportedly involved with the long-awaited new AC/DC album and has re-teamed with Pearl Jam for the first time since 1998.
They’ve just started working on it, so there’s no word on a title or release date for the Mastodon album. But you’ll have plenty of opportunities to catch Mastodon live in the coming months. The band will be playing at Bonnaroo in Manchester, Tenn., on June 14 before joining the Mayhem Festival tour with bands such as Disturbed and Slipknot. The Mayhem Festival hits Atlanta on August 12 at Lakewood Amphitheatre. For more info on the Mayhem fest, go to the tour’s site or Ticketmaster.
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By jsf3000
June 2, 2008 12:30 PM | Link to this
Bands on tour who are not coming to Atlanta this summer (in no particular order): Built to Spill, Wilco, Death Cab, Pearl Jam, The Racontuers, Broken Social Scene, Rilo Kiley, !!!, Foo Fighters, Beck, Gnarles Barkley, Bright Eyes, Drive By Truckers, Okkervil River (Athens is not the same). This is just a handful off the top of my head. Did we do something wrong? Do our promoters suck? Somebody tell me what is the deal is here?