NewsNovember 11, 2008 5:05 PM ET11,662 views

Mastodon guitarist hospitalized

Bill Kelliher, guitarist for Atlanta-based band Mastodon, has been hospitalized in London for undisclosed reasons as of November 3rd, during the band's current European Unholy Alliance Chapter III package tour. Doctors will continue to monitor his condition which is improving at press time. At the moment, Mastodon has decided to continue on the tour as a trio. Doctors and Kelliher are hopeful that he will rejoin his bandmates in time for their headlining tour of Europe which begins Nov. 30th, in Utrecht, Holland and will end on December 7th, at the All Tomorrow's Parties Festival in Somerset, England.

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hunt_fish_with_dynamite 11/11/2008 2:07:52 PM

stop doing coke jerk.

FAGABEEFE 11/11/2008 2:09:09 PM

AIDS

xperineumx 11/11/2008 2:10:23 PM

Mastadon't.

xjacixcorex 11/11/2008 2:19:19 PM

mastodon guitarist beaten for exorbitant pricing on box set. details at 11.

pat_rota 11/11/2008 2:19:26 PM

first first post

killerclown 11/11/2008 2:21:27 PM

xjacixcorex 11/11/2008 2:19:19 PM mastodon guitarist beaten for exorbitant pricing on box set. details at 11. just pissed my pants

Fur_Beach 11/11/2008 2:22:47 PM

drugs obviously

cancan1 11/11/2008 2:23:07 PM

dude has a massive drug problem. way to be a cliche.

SunnyvaleTrash 11/11/2008 2:27:46 PM

hunt_fish_with_dynamite 11/11/2008 2:07:52 PM stop doing coke jerk.

evil_hero 11/11/2008 2:37:43 PM

OD. it has to be an OD. lol

MarginError 11/11/2008 2:38:58 PM

as some dude on crappermouth said: "how many people read this and thought Brent got his ass kicked again?"

RobertRedford 11/11/2008 2:43:41 PM

MarginError 11/11/2008 2:38:58 PM as some dude on crappermouth said: "how many people read this and thought Brent got his ass kicked again?" *slowly raises hand*

Woodshatter 11/11/2008 3:09:16 PM

He's a good dude. Hope everything is okay.

metaljohn 11/11/2008 3:09:16 PM

is this the same member that keeps getting in fights?

landmine69 11/11/2008 3:16:20 PM

Fincher's STDs are finally catching up with him.

FutureWaves 11/11/2008 3:38:12 PM

Any comment about the box set is +10.

careerforacaballero 11/11/2008 3:58:40 PM

payback for trying to charge 240 bucks for a box set that doesnt even have full liner notes or anything special in it. fck you

ALABOMA 11/11/2008 4:05:37 PM

lol @ the band for just leaving him in the hospital. l8r dude...we got$ to play $ome $how$.

conduit 11/11/2008 4:34:51 PM

another nu-metal beatdown?

rick_tocchet 11/11/2008 4:46:45 PM

bands sucks anyways, who gives a flying fck?!

xheartfeltx 11/11/2008 5:00:06 PM

no fights?

Kids_will_be_skeletons 11/11/2008 5:10:48 PM

for being a stupid fcking idiot, no one fcking cares

ESE_BAUBer 11/11/2008 5:39:19 PM

Hopefully his hands fall off.

Jiddles 11/11/2008 5:51:37 PM

Bill Kelliher.

patriarch 11/11/2008 5:54:46 PM

coke flip

fnffishcore 11/11/2008 6:01:50 PM

Mastiffdong

hardware 11/11/2008 6:01:51 PM

Drugs suck.

fistedsister 11/11/2008 6:06:59 PM

Who cares?

Dyami_LIAV 11/11/2008 6:32:50 PM

Above comments are all by fools who don't even realize this is not the same guitarist notorious for getting into fights, it's the other guitarist, the awesome dude who played in Today Is The Day and Lethargy. Learn to read fools.

zukkahmahdeek00 11/11/2008 6:57:52 PM

He stole the van and...VANFLIP!

Antikrist_Panzer 11/11/2008 7:03:31 PM

Hopefully all is well.

scrigface 11/11/2008 9:33:48 PM

that gay band doesn't deserve to play All Tomorrows Parties....only groups like Boards of Canada do

Dave2112 11/11/2008 10:18:59 PM

Wrong. Mastodon are deserving of everyones respect. It rattles my mind how some of you gays will talk shit about these guys, they write neat albums and are cool dudes, stop being punks or so help me....

mustacheGUY 11/11/2008 10:53:25 PM

system of a down caught up with them

jerm 11/12/2008 12:33:22 AM

i dont like blood mountain, nor do i like brent hinds, but that sucks to happen on a tour like this. mad respect like whoa.

devilondemand 11/12/2008 5:21:07 AM

RobertRedford 11/11/2008 2:43:41 PM MarginError 11/11/2008 2:38:58 PM as some dude on crappermouth said: "how many people read this and thought Brent got his ass kicked again?" *slowly raises hand*

bubbajustice 11/12/2008 9:30:18 AM

bill isnt the jerk you gays... he's actually really really fcking nice. this sucks. oh and :P landmine

this_might_be_satire 11/12/2008 10:24:12 AM

some of the neatest..... gay

kenwregget 11/12/2008 11:38:31 AM

Sadly, band sucks.

rabedown 11/12/2008 12:02:11 PM

soooooooooooooooo much mastodon news lately... jesus christ

bighairyrandomguy 11/12/2008 12:35:57 PM

Whatever the reason is I hope that he gets better soon. Dude will be in my prayers.

hsr 11/12/2008 1:24:19 PM

it's pancreatitis

Holynutsac 11/12/2008 3:28:46 PM

Shitty SHIT BALLS!

municipalgayste 11/12/2008 3:29:00 PM

mastodon sucks, now the rest need to die or become hospitalized

andrummist 11/12/2008 4:04:19 PM

Bill is an awesome dude. I hope he's back in rocking form soon.

odnetnin 11/12/2008 5:57:05 PM

I hope he got the shit beat out of him by System of a Down for the lols.

Jrocket 11/12/2008 6:00:05 PM

Bill is my hero, I want to be like him when I grow up

rat_fink 11/12/2008 9:15:27 PM

cocaine is one hell of a drug

forumdrama 11/12/2008 9:58:14 PM

ALABOMA and Dave2112 are both correct. Other than that... I just sharted a little.

snes 11/12/2008 10:03:39 PM

is this the same dude that portslob got into it with?

generic_gimmick 11/12/2008 10:07:20 PM

no snes, that was Brent.

pumpgasinhell 11/13/2008 8:39:06 AM

If its pancreatitis than thats not drug related. More likely from drinking or just bad luck. EXTREMELY painful. and you cant eat or drink anything.

bigbuTTbill 11/13/2008 10:41:53 AM

I heard that he was an actual crackhead from a couple of people. Didn't believe it, now I almost do!

blkmtl 11/13/2008 12:29:24 PM

Situation: "Nice faux-hawk, gay" *beats shit out of Bill Kelliher*. I like Mastodon though. This kind of blows for him.

matthewp 11/13/2008 1:26:36 PM

a ton of you are really negative people.

palmertraces 11/13/2008 2:47:25 PM

hope he's okay would totally do drugs with this band and listen to foo fighters.

drakthar_the_fierce 11/13/2008 2:56:51 PM

why is an OD funny?

bighairyrandomguy 11/14/2008 7:16:56 PM

Also, wether you like mastodon or not, it's pretty ignorant to say that they suck. That to me shows that you don't know much about music.

carnilex 11/16/2008 10:52:21 AM

mastodon is the shit! metal is about partying, i commend em' metal without breakdowns= my wet pssy

disgustipated 2/8/2009 4:43:03 PM

i 2nd ALABOMA's statement!


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