Myspace Update

[DakkoN]

http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendID=769597&blogID=496493925

What's up!

We want to take a minute and address all of you regarding Chi and our new record:

First and foremost, we are all still praying and hoping for our brother's and bandmate's recovery.  He continues to get hospital care, but often it feels as if we're no closer to knowing what is ultimately going to happen to him as he continues to fight off infections as part of an ongoing battle with his condition.  We trust all of you have been following his progress at One Love For Chi; we have as well.   Whenever we have significant information regarding his condition, we will share it with all of you.  In the meantime, we're working on getting a benefit show together for Chi in Los Angeles this fall; details will follow very soon.

Let's all continue to channel positive energy into the universe for Chi's recovery.

There has been a lot of speculation lately about what is going on with the record: Eros for one, and Chi's parts, and this new record that we are currently tracking.

The songs recorded for Eros are very special to us as they are the latest with Chi (and we certainly hope not the last); they have history and significant meaning to us.  However, as we neared completion on Eros, we realized that this record doesn't best encompass and represent who we are currently as people and as musicians.  And although those songs will see the light of day at some point, we collectively made the decision that we needed to take a new approach, and with Chi's condition heavy on our minds while doing so.  We needed to return to the studio to do what we felt was right artistically.  Our inspiration and unity as a band is stronger than it has ever been before and we needed to channel that energy into our music, and deliver to our fans what you rightly deserve: the best Deftones record that we can make.

The decision to hold off on releasing Eros has no connection with Chi's condition or anything associated.  This was, and is, purely a creative decision by the band to write, record, and deliver an amazing product.  As a result we feel like this is the best record we've ever written.  And although Chi is not playing bass with us, his presence is dramatically felt in our hearts and on our minds everyday when we step into that studio, and you will feel it in the music.

We have some dates coming up this summer as you know, and the best thing that we can do now is to try to return this situation to the closest thing to normalcy as possible. The stage is our home, and you are our family.

Please remember, only Deftones speak for Deftones, so we will continue to periodically release official statements.

More to come soon.

[White Wrist]

new album...weird.

[wither-I]

theyre tracking it!

[mss009]

Bummer.

[sharinglungs]

2011 release.

[Slacker]

fuck, it actually got cancelled.

for now at list, so  we can expect a new album...again.

[pixElsblUr]

i quit

[White Pwny]

ugh.

[Timmy666]

Hi guys. I have loaded gun in my mouth 

[defskull]

Haha.  Do you guys remember that update from chino maybe a year or two ago that had the itinerary for Deftones and Team Sleep?  It was so well thought out such as not expecting new Team Sleep material until 2010 because before that would be spent on the new Deftones album then Deftones tour?  I guess that day is over.

[skinnypuppy]

I don't approve of this at all and it sort of makes me ill to my stomache.

[kameron632]

Well this sucks in a way, a NEW album before the NEW album WTF!!!!!! Well atleast after this "new" album, EROS will sure to be out after it, hopefully.....Damn idk if i should be pissed or happy! Oh well lets just hope Chi gets better.

[Hidalgo]

i'm ok with a new new album, but i really hope they mix & master the eros tracks they recorded with Chi, since they might be the last

[theis]

i quit

ugh.

I don't approve of this at all and it sort of makes me ill to my stomache.

Yeah.

This is sickening. I don't even have words...

[pixElsblUr]

i quit

ugh.

I don't approve of this at all and it sort of makes me ill to my stomache.

Yeah.

This is sickening. I don't even have words...

no worries, use ours

[skinnypuppy]

It actually hurts me to read these updates. Whoever is writing them is making it seem as if they just don't care about the situation at hand, and that the music being created WITHOUT CHI is the BEST SHIT EVER. We've all grown up with the band and seem to care more about Chi's well being than the actual band does. Of course, I haven't talked to any of the band members. I can't read their minds. But this is sickening. When I saw Deftones at Bamboozle, I was in tears through half the set... This band has gotten me through some of the hardest times of my life, and Chi not being on stage was emotionally difficult for me.

[wither-I]

am i the only one who is not sooo perturbed over this... i mean, what else can they do??

[skinnypuppy]

am i the only one who is not sooo perturbed over this... i mean, what else can they do??

Word it differently.

[Starz]

They aren't gonna sit on their arses all day waiting for Chi to wake up. The situation is bad, we all know it's bad it's fucked but Chi wouldn't want the band just sitting around wasting their dollar on online poker. So they are writing an album with the Quicksand guy and will probably release that next year. And when Chi is all better again they will release the album where Chi is playing bass. Sounds ok to me. All you cunts are just too hard to please. Give up being a Deftones fan if it pisses you off that much...

[Derek79]

I really hope they're not ditching the Chi version to cut him or his family out of his share of the profits... They should at least release those tracks to try and generate some income for his family.