https://realrocklab.com/people/nick-johnston/Recent content in Nick Johnston on Real Rock LabHugoen-usWed, 30 Sep 2026 02:05:15 +0000https://realrocklab.com/mastodon-marrow-deep-one-voice-out-two-members/Wed, 30 Sep 2026 02:05:15 +0000https://realrocklab.com/mastodon-marrow-deep-one-voice-out-two-members/<p><em>Brent Hinds was gone before a single note of this record was tracked. What Mastodon did next was fill the space with two new members instead of a replacement.</em></p> <p>The aggregator headline writes itself: first Mastodon album without Brent Hinds. It is true, and it is the least interesting sentence you can write about <em>Marrow Deep</em>.</p> <p>Here is the more useful way in. <a href="https://realrocklab.com/bands/mastodon/">Mastodon</a> went into the studio down a guitarist and came out a five-piece. <a href="https://realrocklab.com/people/nick-johnston/">Nick Johnston</a> took the guitar chair, and keyboard player João Nogueira became an official member. Nine albums in, this is the first one made by five people. Something got added here.</p>