Accentuate the positive By Sergey Chernov Staff Writer For The St. Petersburg Times Sacramento, California-based band the Deftones will perform in St. Petersburg on Wednesday. The Deftones might have been through hard times lately, but has now regained its “Posi-tones.” The California-based alternative metal/post-hardcore quintet returns to Russia to perform its first concert in […]
“SacBee” – May 2006 // Chino Interviewed
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Article by: Chris Macia Online at: http://www.sacticket.com/music/story/14254745p-15070237c.html Chino Moreno’s heart is with his mom Chino Moreno, spoon in hand, settles into a chair at his mom’s kitchen table. He’s just returned to Sacramento this morning from the Deftones’ two-month Taste of Chaos tour, and the tattooed singer is hungry for a taste of home. “Yeah, she’s […]
” MTV ” – April 2006 // Chino Interviewed
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There was a point a few years back when Chino Moreno just didn’t want to make another Deftones record. Neither did the rest of the Sacramento, California, rockers. Moreno told the rest of the band he’d be doing his own thing for a bit. That thing was Team Sleep — Moreno’s ambient, experimental side project, […]
“Hour – Canada” – April 2006 // Chino Interviewed
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Deftones depersonalized by Dave Jaffer Frontman Chino Moreno tires of talking about himself, both musically and on the phone It’s not that Chino Moreno doesn’t like doing interviews, he insists. “I just don’t like talking on the phone. Not even with my girlfriend. And sometimes you get [interviewers] who ask all these stupid questions, and you’re […]
“Yahoo – Canada” – April 2006 // Stef Interviewed
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Toning up for Chaos Hard-working band promises all-out punk/metal assault By ALLAN WIGNEY , OTTAWA SUN THE YEAR was 1988. And a quartet of fledgling Sacramento-based musicians caught a break of sorts, when one member of the struggling band was hit by a drunk driver. The resulting settlement brought the teens enough cash to deck […]
“Lambgoat” – March 2006 // Stef Interviewed
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DJ Delgado of Deftones puts it all in the mix By: Frank Gatto So you’re about to embark on the two month long Taste of Chaos tour. While I know doing lengthy tours is nothing too new for you, how do you generally feel the few days prior to beginning a tour of that length? […]
“The Heights” – March 2006 // Frank Interviewed
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DJ Delgado of Deftones puts it all in the mix By: Frank Gatto Taste of Chaos tour and playing in Z-flat Implementing a DJ in a metal band is a rocky and perilous road. Bands like Limp Bizkit and Linkin Park have decimated the reputation of rock DJs by limiting their creativity to inconsequential scratching and […]
