the last year and half has been insane for this band

hes always been my fav of the group
whole ordeal since he was kicked out reads like a greek tragedy

dude i've been staring at the album artwork for a good minute or two and i cannot even spot brett hind's face

it's clearly not done that identifiably if i can't see it even when i'm looking for it

this really is utterly baseless, not to mention dishonourable

well that's unfortunate

Yeah I couldn't find it either but then I saw he's one of the 4 faces around the middle to the right next to the Mastodon logo

This shit is just depressing man

“we want money and don’t care about your feelings”

ahh to live in such a litigious society.

this is embarrassing

The "estate" of hinds are pussies.

Thank you for your attention to this matter.

Reeeeaaaal fuckin weak.
Wish the boys could catch a break, this is low.

I mean. I guess I see his face sort of?

Didn’t know he’d left the band before he died

his face is def there + his tattoos, its not ambiguous at all. whether its actually an issue idk or really care

you could remove him from the image and 99.9% of people wouldn't notice

So they got 80k dollars from the band but still aren't happy about it?

it was meant to buyout hinds' share, wasn't a parting gift

Is his share really worth more than that?

I’m no expert on what his share is worth, that could have merit and I’d have no idea. That said, I think it hurts the perceived validity of your motives to wrap that up with the use of his likeness on the album cover (clearly a tribute to their dead band mate) and that they talked about the personal stuff that was going on behind the scenes before his ousting.

"Is his share really worth more than that?

the issue is in the pasted excerpt at the top of this thread, the parties want to see the accounting rigour, not be tricked by an attorney handing them a possibly lowball lumpsum check and forfeiting the dude's life's work. there should be zero controversy about that

yeah that part makes perfect sense @budgie

'his face is def there + his tattoos, its not ambiguous at all. whether its actually an issue idk or really care'

Are we talking about the skull at the bottom?

No, right hand side under the bat-lady face, there’s a bunch of little skulls and underneath there are four heads, and the third one is Brent, in line with the bell hanging from the sleeve. It’s not super prominent but you can find it.

Ah I see it now, cheers.

the 'using likeness' thing just seems like the lawyer throwing anything hoping it can stick, the payout/bandshare/royalties probably gonna need more legal work than a check tho. who'd even be his estate though like does he have kids or is it like his parents or siblings. the economics of being a touring bands kinda fucked so there is probably some smoke there regardless if the actual band members are aware of it.

and yeah i've seen the album cover like a dozen times in the past month and at no point did i go 'oh hey that looks like brent hinds'