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 […]
“www.deftones.com” – May, 2000 // Chino Thoughts
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 […]
“Teenvoice” – 1999 // Stef Interviewed
Exclusive Deftones Interview By Kate Pinsley and Stacey Sublett (Teenvoice Webzine) www.deftonesworld.com © 1999 ——————————————————————————– Being the opening act on a bill featuring Pantera and the recently reunited Black Sabbath is obviously a daunting task, but if any act can handle it, it’s the Deftones. Despite the common problem of poor audience attendance for opening […]
“National Spotlight” – November, 1998 // Abe Interviewed
Abe Interviewed by Billy Pavone (Natinal Spotlight) www.deftonesworld.com —————————————————– —————————————————– After the Deftones show at the Celebrity Theater,AZ – November 6th, 1998 L: How long have you been playing drums? A: Maybe about seventeen years now. L: What has been your progression of styles? A: I went through phases and s#!t like I think everybody […]
“Ozzfest Interview” – 1998 // Chi
Chi – Bassist for the deftones 1998 How has the Ozzfest been so far for you? It’s been great, it’s been amazing. I’m honored to be on the bill with all of these bands, and a lot of these bands are old school bands, ya know, Sabbath, the oldest school band. Let alone Slayer, Primus, […]
“Spin” – May, 1998 // Stef Interviewed
Stef intervied by SPIN (May,1998) Deftones guitarist Stephen Carpenter is the taco the town. An interview in five parts by Nicole DeCrescenzo. SPIN: Do you all skate? You look like Skate Culture. It’s weird, ’cause I don’t skate like I used to. When I was a kid I wanted to be sponsored, and, you know, […]
“Nick Terry” – September, 1998 // Chino Interviewed
Chino interviewed by Nick Terry 09/1997 – www.deftonesworld.com By any recckoning, the Deftones are this autumn’s Big Hip New Cool Band. With their second album ‘Around The Fur’ following hot on the heels of a completely sold-out UK tour, the Sacramento band could be set for stardom and all its usual pitfalls very soon. Nick […]