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| Deftones is an American rock 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).
When Carpenter was 15 years old he was hit by a car while skateboarding. This left him confined to a wheelchair for several months. It was at this point that he began teaching himself guitar by playing along with bands such as Anthrax, Stormtroopers of Death and Metallica. It has been reported that the driver paid Carpenter a cash settlement that allowed the band to purchase equipment, but drummer Abe Cunningham commented in an interview that this was “a myth about how our band was started.”
Carpenter, Moreno and Cunningham went to the same high school. They were childhood friends and remained friends through the skateboarding scene in Sacramento. When Moreno found out Carpenter played guitar, he set up a jam session with Cunningham and the three began playing regularly in Carpenter’s garage circa 1988. After playing with several bassists, the band settled on Justin Jaramillo and recorded a four track demo soon after. Within two years the band began playing club shows and later expanded their playing territory to San Francisco and Los Angeles where they played shows alongside bands such as Korn. While closing for another band in L.A., after the majority of the audience had left, the band impressed a Maverick Records representative. They were soon after signed to the label after showcasing three of their songs for Freddy DeMann and Guy Oseary.
The name “Deftones” was created by Carpenter who wanted to pick “something that would just stand out but you know, not be all cheese-ball at the same time.” Carpenter combined the hip hop slang term “def”, which was used by artists he listened to such as LL Cool J and Public Enemy, with the suffix “-tones”, which was a popular suffix among 50s bands whose music he also enjoyed (e.g. Dick Dale and the Deltones; The Quin-Tones, The Monotones, The Cleftones and The Harptones). Carpenter said the name is intentionally vague to reflect the band’s tendency to not focus on just one style of music.Deftones Official Site2016 GoreTracklist:
01. Prayers/Triangles 02. Acid Hologram 03. Doomed User 04. Geometric Headdress 05. Hearts and Wires 06. Pittura Infamante 07. Xenon 08. (L)MIRL 09. Gore 10. Phantom Bride 11. Rubicon
Label: Warner Bros. RecordsOver the past two decades, Deftones have been a band set on continuously evolving. While some groups struggle to stay ahead of the curve without alienating their audience, it’s something that the Californians have managed to continually master. With their eighth album ‘Gore’, things are no different.
Balancing their sound on a knife edge, this is an album that sees their own heaviness redefined. ‘Acid Hologram’ is a steadily paced yet unsettling track that shows just how skilled the band are when it comes to exerting their influence. While ‘Gore’ may not be a quintessentially, quote end quote, heavy record – granted, it has its moments - there’s something embedded in its DNA that make it feels huge.
The pummelling ‘Geometric Headdress’ manages to veer from Chino Moreno’s urgent screams into warm guitars and soaring moments, while ‘Doomed User’ somehow manages to feel both frantic and controlled, a perfect dose of adrenaline spreading throughout the body. For every grand statement the album makes, the results still manage to feel nuanced and subtle – monstrous riffs aren’t used to just make a scene here. ‘Hearts and Wires’ is a cavernous offering, ominous in its intensity before ‘Xenon’ weaves jarring electronic sounds together to create a powerful sonic web. Yet again, Deftones have created a real beast of a record while still showing glimpses of its heart.
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