This left him confined to a wheelchair for several months.
When Carpenter was 15 years old he was hit by a car while skateboarding. This most likely refers to his abuse of the guitar strings, making screeching noises inbetween playing riffs.)Ģ002 - Music in High Places: Deftones - Live In Hawaii (DVD)Ģ005 - B-Sides & Rarities (with accompanying DVD video library and live footage)Īlbum Around the Fur (1997) features Soulfly's Max Cavalera on PlayHeadup.Īlbum White Pony (2000) features Tool's Maynard James Keenan on PlayPassenger.Īlso on Album White Pony (2000) features STP's Scott Weiland on PlayRX Queen.Īlbum Saturday Night Wrist (2006) features System of a Down's Serj Tankian on Mein. (Incidentally, Carpenter is generally credited with ?strings?, though if he actually plays anything other than electric guitar it's not immediately apparent. * Frank Delgado (turntablist/keyboardist/sampler) Turntablist Frank Delgado has a DJ crew with DJ Crook of Team Sleep, DJ Julez and Matt D called Decibel Devils. Guitarist Stephen Carpenter works with a group called Kush, featuring members of Fear Factory and Cypress Hill. Moreno has cited Morrissey, Weezer's Rivers Cuomo, The Cure's Robert Smith, and Depeche Mode's David Gahan among his favorite singers, and beyond an occasional similarity in vocal technique, these singers' sweeping sense of drama and delicate vulnerability is often evident in Moreno's vocals.ĭeftones members have worked on several side projects, including Moreno's Team Sleep and drummer Abe Cunningam's Phallucy. While they were mostly considered as a nu metal band in their early years, their sound progressively evolved into something more complex and experimental, as a result they are often coined today as an alternative metal band.Ĭritics have often praised them as one of the closest to unique rock bands of recent years for their innovative, atmospheric music as Johnny Loftus writes, "Rock critics usually reserve a special place for Deftones above or at least away from the rest of the turn-of-the-century metal movement Deftones have always seemed more curious, more willing to incorporate traditionally revered sounds like dream pop and DC hardcore into their Northern California alt-metal."įrontman Chino Moreno's poetic lyrics?described by a Time magazine critic as ?fiercely intelligent?are often evocative, yet are sparse enough to allow for multiple interpretations. The band have been described as "the Radiohead of metal". Sergio Vega (formerly of Quicksand) took on bass duties in mid-2009 in substitution for Cheng, who was seriously injured in an automobile accident in November 2008. That's the way it is with us-we contradict each other constantly but it's also what makes our music what it is-intense and different.Deftones is an American alternative metal band from Sacramento, California formed in 1988, consisting of Chino Moreno (lead vocals and guitar), Stephen Carpenter (guitar), Chi Cheng (bass), Frank Delgado (keyboards and turntables), and Abe Cunningham (drums and percussion). 'Chino will give you the exact opposite answer that I do. The tangle of Stephen Carpenter's woozy, undulating guitar work and Moreno's soaring then secretive vocal style is the bittersweet dynamic behind each of Deftones' records, including 'Diamond Eyes.' The friction drives the music as much as it does the players, though it doesn't always make life easy for childhood friends Carpenter and Moreno. The band recorded the album after their best friend and bassist Chi Cheng sustained a debilitating brain injury from a car accident in November of 2008.
There's also a newfound sense of purpose that makes Deftones' sixth album stand out. 'Diamond Eyes' works the way good records used to each song carries you a little further away from your bad day until finally, you've been transported to a place that feels a whole lot better than where you started. ''Diamond Eyes'' was a critical and commercial success obtaining a normalized score of 78 on review aggregator Metacritic, while achieving top 20 chartings on the ''Billboard'' 200, UK Albums Chart, and German Albums Chart. Former Quicksand bass player, Sergio Vega is featured on the album in substitution for Cheng. The release of ''Eros'' was put on hold in favor of ''Diamond Eyes'' in June 2009. An album tentatively titled ''Eros'' was originally intended to be their sixth full-length release and follow up to ''Saturday Night Wrist'' (2006), but was not released due to bassist Chi Cheng entering a coma after a serious car accident that occurred in November 2008. ''Diamond Eyes'' is the sixth album by American rock band Deftones, released worldwide on through Warner Bros.
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