BASS Player May 1997 BASS Notes Chi Cheng, The Zen of Metal www.deftonesworld.com By Thomas Wictor It’s hard to put the Deftones’ Chi Cheng into a neat little box – just as his band itself defies categorization. Ostensibly a heavy metal outfit, the quartet from Sacramento, California, is no clutch of head-banging, oafish thrashers. Lead […]
“Guitar School” – 1997 // Chino, Chi and Stef Interviewed
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Chino, Stef and Chi interviewed by Guitar School ©1997 <———-> Over the past two years, the Deftones have toured incessantly in support of their 1995 Maverick debut, Adrenalize, celebrating the untrammeled id at every stop from coast to coast. Metalheads, skaters and punks have all been inflamed by the Deftones’ firestorm of noise, which blends […]
“Drummer Magazine” – 1997 // Abe Interviewed
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DRUMMER DUDE (Issue #6) By Randy Sanders www.deftonesworld.com ————– Hangin’ in your hometown with your band budz – getting ready to start a world tour which will land you on bills with Pantera, White Zombie and Dick Dale among others, sounds like a cool way to kick off the summer! Eve since being signed to […]
“Deftones.com” – 1996 // Critical Soundbites
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“On the outside, Sacramento’s DEFTONES are all pummeling rhythms and high anxiety, but delving further into the music turns up some surprising nuances: traces of post-punk pop, tinges of rap, a pinch of industrial grit. Chino Moreno rants, sobs, croons and even works some Middle Eastern overtones into his vocals, while Stephen Carpenter’s guitar shifts […]
“Entertainment Ave” – December, 1996 // Stef Interviewed
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Stef interviewed by Stu Gotz (Entertainment Ave!) © December 4, 1996 <—————-> I first met Stephan Carpenter of Deftones after a KISS show here in Chicago. He was just hanging outside his tour bus while Chino was on a tirade spouting out about what rock and roll really is all about. Wedge, Deftones tour manager, […]
“Phoenix News” – October, 1996 // Chino Interviewed
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Stage Fright Desert Sky damage put at $150,000 after besotted musician allegedly incites riot By David Holthouse The mood was surly in a dressing room inhabited by the Deftones, the ninth of ten bands scheduled to play at the 1996 U-Fest, an annual rock festival that erupted into a riot, causing a reported $150,000 in […]
“Flavir” – July, 1996 // Stef Interviewed
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Chino and Chi interviewed by Flavir ©July, 1996 <—————-> Flavir: Chino, your band is quite fat. Your vocal style is unique in that you’re not constantly barking. I like it. How was that inspired? When and how did you decide to use this style? Chino: I think the style just came from the music I […]
