Team Sleep strikes a ‘def-ferent’ tone By Chris Macias — Bee Pop Music Writer During the Deftones’ off-season, its West Sacramento rehearsal spot houses a slumbering pile of road cases and drum heads. But on a recent evening, a spacey combo of delay-driven guitars, vocal croonings and drum loops spanked off the studio’s walls. The […]
“Columbus Alive” – August 2001 // Chi Interviewed
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The Deftones’ pony ride (© COLUMBUS ALIVE) When bassist Chi Cheng steps off the arena rock stage, he heads to a poetry reading by Brian O’Neill The Deftones’ White Pony was one of 2000’s most forbidding and minimalist discs. Yet, despite the downtuned gloom (and scant radio play), the band walked away with their first […]
“HeraldNet” – 2001 // Abe Interviewed
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Deftones kept bickering to minimum on new CD By Alan Sculley Special to The Herald The Deftones’ 2000 CD, “White Pony” gave the Sacramento band a commercial breakthrough, producing a hit single in “Change (In the House of Flies)” and becoming the first million-selling release in the Deftones’ career. But perhaps the bigger story if […]
“deftonesworld.com” – July 2001 // Rodleen Interviewed
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Rodleen interviewed by Nuno Rolinho (www.deftonesworld.com) July, 2001 ———————————— ———————————— NUNO: how did your appearance on the white pony happen? RODLEEN: At the time I lived up near Santa Barbara on Rincon Point. I came to Larabee Studios in West Hollywood that week to check out Rob Wasserman (an incredible bass player who plays with […]
“Exotic Magazine” – July 2001 // Chi Interviewed
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Chi Cheng interviewed by Exotic Magazine, July 2001 – www.deftonesworld.com – ********** The Deftones sneak up on you. A lot of bands lure you into the 8-bars-of-quiet followed by 8-bars-of-Cookie-Monster-metal trap, but this Sacramento-based quintet doesn’t care if you have a short attention span for their free-form dynamics. Within songs like “Pink Maggit” and “Passenger” […]
“Zeromag dot net” – April 2001 // Stef Interviewed
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“The Deftones Say….Shut Up, You Don’t Know Me” Stephen Carpenter interviewed by Jason Pepe (Zeromag dot net 2000) www.deftonesworld.com ——————— A lot has happened to the Deftones over the last decade. For years, the band played Northern California’s club circuit along side Sinister Sam, Seed, Salmon and Disorderly Conduct. Their sound was considered unique, refreshing […]
“guitar.com” – May 2001 // Stef Interviewed
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Stef Carpenter interviewd by Guitar.com May, 2001 www.deftonesworld.com ———————- ———————- Guitar.com caught up with guitarist Stephen Carpenter backstage at the Riviera Theatre in Chicago to talk about his band’s sudden success, the state of the pop charts, and of course, guitar playing. Carpenter also shared some playing tips with us in the two accompanying video […]
