Stef Carpenter interviewed by “Guitar One” magazine June, 2000 <—> Chino’s voice is much better on “White Pony”: Stef: Chino’s been able to sing like that since the day he got in the band; he’s just never really believed in himself enough to do it. When it comes to writing songs for our band, everything […]

Deftones interviewd by Rolling Stone (June, 2000) Chino: When we first started out, we were just playing for fun. We started playing around LA and met Korn. We booked shows with them and realizes there were a lot of people who liked this kind of music. At an early show, we closed for a rock-rap […]

Stef’s interviewed by TOTAL GUITAR (2000) * www.deftonesworld.com * ————————————————————— Move over Korn – Deftones, on the back of their White Pony album, are now poised for superstardom. Uncompromising and abrasive? Check. Forays into acoustic-dom and contemplative lyrics? Check. One of the best albums so far this year? Check again. On White Pony, their third […]

Def Jam: An Interview With Deftones’ Chino Moreno by Blair Fischer ——————— www.deftonesworld.com ——————— In the middle of an alt-metal revolution, Deftones, a harbinger of the genre, are turning things around. The first single from the group’s third album, White Pony offers a taste of the evolution: “Change (In the House of Flies)” vacillates between […]

Chino and Chi interviewed by www.knac.com May, 2000 <—-> In separate phone interviews from their respective Sacramento, Calif., homes, Moreno and bassist Chi Cheng (Deftones are rounded out by drummer Abe Cunningham and DJ Frank Delgado) took a break from the hectic run up to White Pony’s June 20 release to talk about the new […]

Chino Moreno finally talked about every track on the White Pony, here’s what Chino have to say about each Pony track: 1. Feiticeira – “An old type of deftones song, with really cool rhythms and heavy soft dynamics. Its named after a Brazilian female, but its lyrically about a kidnapping scenario. It details a few […]