Chino Moreno interviewed by MTV (September 2004) For much of the summer, the Deftones have been writing, erasing and rewriting songs in a Malibu, California, studio. Now the band is hitting the road, ready to premiere the material on a monthlong U.S. club tour. “We’re just going to get used to playing as a […]

Deftones Whisper Sweet Nothings In Your Bleeding Ear by Ted Kehoe Chi Cheng battled a nasty cold in Texas to talk with me about porn, flying, and the Nuge: TK: Do I even want to ask you about your new governor? Chi Cheng: He’s a little alpha male for me. It’s like having a pumped-up […]

www.deftonesworld.com Deft Ones Deftones reach out beyond the nü-metal ghetto. by Andrew Bonazelli (Seattle Weekly) THERE ARE MILES and miles of treacherous acreage between Rock and Roll Lamesville and Four Star Rock City. The Deftones have been subletting a cramped 1/1 in the outlying suburbs of the latter for years, but damn do they get […]

Chi Cheng Interviewed Metal head musings Deftones on the Governator, Madonna and ‘ghettolicious’ Grammys By Ari Bendersky (metromix) With a slew of mediocre nu-metal bands popping up, stalwart metal mongers Deftones have managed to stay on top of the heap artistically, if not commercially. Currently on tour supporting the band’s new self-titled album, bassist Chi […]

October 2003 Las Vegas Review-Journal ————————– www.deftonesworld.com A lot of rockers have talked about the Deftones’ 2000 album, “White Pony,” with the kind of reverence that musicians usually reserve for classics. “White Pony” was rare at the time, for mixing lush and dark subtleties into hard-core rock wailings. Its followers included mainstream acts such as […]

Responsible for sparking the nü metal wave or the alt metal explosion, or the … fine, whatever you’d like to call it, the Deftones nailed it back in 1995 with “Adrenaline,” and continued their infectious layered sound with three more Maverick releases, all of which have proved their lasting power. They’ve switched things up a bit, adding […]