Chino interviewed by Sexnrocknroll.com June 2000 As the hackneyed expression goes, Chino Moreno has issues. The frontman for the alt-metal act the Deftones is fairly reticent about embracing his dark interior, but his lyrics aren’t. The group’s highly anticipated forthcoming album, semi-autobiographically named White Pony, is chock full of Moreno’s sinister sentiment that uniformly blurs […]
“Slamm Magazine” – June, 2000 // Chino Interviewed
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The Dark Side of the White Pony: The Deftones New Album Raises Them from the Underground by Vanessa Lops www.deftonesworld.com ————– It’s 3 o’clock in the afternoon in Virginia and, as the phone is rings, I’m expecting a gruff tour manager to answer it, screaming, “Whaddaya want??!!” Behind him, I’d like to imagine a room […]
“www.thedeftones.com” – June, 2000 // Abe and Frank Interviewed
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Abe and Frank interviewed by “thedeftones.com” July,2000 <—> thedeftones.com: What does the White Pony symbolize? Abe: To me its our stand on the way things our these days. It’s a proud triumphant stand. Frank: It could mean a lot of different things. Like when we came up with the initial idea we were just sitting […]
“Guitar One” – June, 2000 // Stef Interviewed
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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 […]
“Rolling Stone” – June, 2000 // Deftones Interviewed
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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 […]
“Total Guitar” – 2000 // Stef Interviewed
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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 […]
“DefJam” – May, 2000 // Chino Interviewed
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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 […]
