Deftones pictures, interviews, magazine scans.

[N0S3BLEED976]

Shame there really was no point in this interview.

[sharinglungs]

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=905966122826430

New Interview with Sergio happening in 6 minutes

i'll listen and report any info.. they're talking new album.

--Talking about quicksand

--Talking about the 6 string bass : Fender Bass 6.

--New album... still mixing... still november...

--tour stuff for october

[N0S3BLEED976]

Still November? Hard to believe, honestly.

[Freedomsoldier17]

well, chino did say he didn't want any preconceptions about the album. that may include singles and/or an announcement even

[snw9]

Still November? Hard to believe, honestly.

I doubt it would take long once the final mixes have been approved along with the artwork? At that point its just packaging and printing( for CDs) however digital it should be ready

[N0S3BLEED976]

Did Sergio say anything specific about the new album or his Fender Bass 6? I'm really curious

[N0S3BLEED976]

https://youtu.be/gmCq9N8BHRc

Abe getting a little teary eyed reminiscing about Chi. Damn, made me choked up a little, too.

[DeftonesNZ]

Man that's rough seeing happy go lucky Abe talk so frankly about Chi, i know they've touched on it over the years but usually the subject moves on pretty quick so it was hard hearing him talk more in depth about how much it hurt to see Chi in the state he was in and how 7 or so years on he's still so prominent in their minds, hearing that there are still times where they just say to each other "I miss Chi" was sad, shows that his loss is still very much on their mind and probably in their music.

[E-Money]

Awesome! Abe is the man.

One Love!

[RavinVsFlud]

New info on the new album and mixing up the set lists etc.

https://www.newsreview.com/sacramento/twenty-years-later-sacramento-039-s-deftones/content?oid=18818995

Twenty years later, Sacramento's Deftones continue to rock hard and redefine the rules
Drummer Abe Cunningham talks '90s nu-metal, touring and life after Chi

By Eddie Jorgensen
This article was published on 10.22.15.

Of all the bands lumped into the '90s-era nu-metal diaspora, it seems like few persevered to carve out a distinct path.

Sacramento's Deftones, however, were one such band—and to great success.

Upon the initial release of its debut album 20 years ago this month—1995's aptly-titled Adrenaline—the band came screaming out the gate with ferocity. The album may have peaked at No. 23 on Billboard's Heatseekers chart but it ultimately went on to sell more than a million copies and paved the way for its legacy.

Over the years, the Deftones, who play this weekend's Monster Energy Aftershock Festival, experimented and dabbled with electronics and ambient, among other sounds. The result was a loyal and fervent following and seven very different records, including 1997's Around the Fur which went platinum, and 2000's White Pony, which debuted at No. 3 on the Billboard 200 album chart and nabbed the band a 2001 Grammy Award for Best Metal Performance for the track "Elite."

The Deftones were dealt a heavy blow, however, when a 2008 car crash left the band's founding Chi Cheng in a coma. Cheng ultimately died from related complications in 2013.

Still, two years after his death, the band's core remains strong with drummer Abe Cunningham, singer-songwriter Chino Moreno, and guitarist Stefan Carpenter. Longtime keyboard-turntablist Frank Delgado, who joined the band in 1999, and bassist Sergio Vega, who joined in 2009, round out the lineup.

The band is currently in the midst of putting finishing touches on an upcoming new record; Cunningham sat down to chat with SN&R about the new album and tour plans, the impact of Cheng's death and his enduring love for Sacramento.

There's been some misleading information in the press about the new album and its release date. What's the status?

To be completely honest, we still don't have a title yet. Our label came to us and said we could wait wait until the first quarter of the new year—which works much better for us. That's the plan right now but don't hold me to it. We don't even have song titles nailed down yet. I couldn't even tell you one now if I tried.

The Deftones stayed with Warner Bros. even after the band fulfilled the terms of its initial contract. Why?

Like any new band that started at the bottom, we had everything good and bad thrown our way. We've had ups and downs and had some pretty brutal times on Maverick [the Madonna-helmed subsidiary label of Warner Bros.]. There's some good people still around in our industry that have been working at the label or distribution forever and we've seen regimes come and go. The fact is we have known many people there for years and have developed some great, lasting relationships. We're a pretty simple, straightforward band from Sacramento and just like associating with good people.

Did you get much pressure to change anything when you first released Adrenaline ?

Believe it or not, our first three records we wrote, recorded and mixed without anyone's input. It was quite nice to have that kind of freedom which many bands didn't. It was a great time to be in a band. After White Pony came out and was a big success, the industry was starting to change and we had to learn how to adapt.

What impact did Chi Cheng's passing have on the band artistically or even personally?

Chi's passing has, no doubt, had a tremendous impact on us on so many levels. It wasn't like he was in this accident and was killed. He held on for five years. Seeing him fight for that long and then losing him really put things into perspective. It taught us to be grateful, to be immediate, to respect each other and respect what we have created, to laugh and enjoy, and most importantly to be thankful of the time we have and that we are still able to rock. Not a day goes by that I don't think of him.

How was this year's tour with Incubus? The show at the Shoreline Amphitheatre show was sold out—or at least very close to it.

The whole Incubus tour was a killer run. The shows were huge and all the bands on the package including Death From Above 1979 and The Bots were our friends or are now.

The band has many songs in constant rotation in its live sets—any songs you'd like to add into the mix besides new material?

Dude, this is something we talk about all the time that we really need to work on. It's very easy to get into a groove and play the same stuff over and over: on a run where we're are not the headliner—such as the recent Incubus tour, you really don't get to play a lot. It's definitely time to switch it up and we do once in awhile. I see a lot of stuff on social media of people complaining about not hearing older songs and we definitely don't want to be that band that just phones it in. What people don't know is there's also a lot of different tunings and we've finally figured out which blocks of songs work together for a good show flow. Believe me, when it's our headlining show for the new album and we have much more time, there will be a lot of other songs getting worked in from the past.

What do you do in between the long periods between album tour cycles?

I should be practicing drums a lot more but I'm not. Really, I'm happy just enjoying my sons and my family. I enjoy checking out new places around Sacramento that I haven't seen or missed and cruising around on my bike. Of course, I still love going to shows a lot in Sacramento and hanging with my buddies.

It's been a minute since Deftones last played Sacramento at the 2012 Aftershock Festival. Any plans for a local headlining show?

That's pretty much it for this year. We have a few Southern California shows, one in Vegas and an Arizona date before we head overseas to play France, Germany and the U.K. We don't ever come here. It's really odd that we're a Sacramento band but we rarely play this town. With proper planning, this can and will be attained. We're putting things together slowly for 2016 and when the new record drops we will be everywhere. At least now we're able to pick and choose what we want and we most definitely love Sacramento. It will happen sooner than later.

[nicklav]

Great interview, and we now have a better idea of when the album drops. Cool!

[ANattyRat]

Disappointed about how slow they've been with the album, but at least now we have an idea, and cool news about switching up the setlists, assuming they stick with that plan. I hope when the new album drops, they'll come back to the UK soon rather than waiting a while before coming back and actually play some new (and uncommonly played old) songs.

[sharinglungs]

Well.. no album til Jan/Feb/March 2016

[Bifrost]

I'm not surprised but still disappointed 

[Martin]

I'm not surprised but still disappointed 

This. Exactly this.

[RavinVsFlud]

http://www.reviewjournal.com/entertainment/music/new-songs-or-not-deftones-deliver

New songs or not, Deftones deliver

Posted October 23, 2015 - 5:54pm
By Dave Herrera
Las Vegas Review-Journal

When Deftones were last in town for May's Rock In Rio, the Sacramento-based act played more than a dozen cuts. And while Chino Moreno and company served up satisfying staples such as "Be Quiet and Drive (Far Away)," "My Own Summer (Shove It)," "Diamond Eyes," "Sextape" and "Change (In the House of Flies)," sadly, the set didn't include any new material.

Six months later, the band returns fresh off a co-headlining tour with Incubus, stocked with material from a new album that's set to be released sometime in the next month or so.

Will Vegas be treated to a sneak peek of the record? It's hard to say. There doesn't seem to be any real extensive plan right now to hit the road in support of the record, at least not until after the first of the year, according to frontman Moreno, who spoke with college radio station WSOU in New Jersey at the end of the summer.

What's more, recent set lists haven't been drastically different from the Rock In Rio sequence. So, yeah, it's hard to say if they'll unveil any of those new songs live yet, but it seems likely that a few could surface. After all, they're going to have to road test the new material at some point in advance of the next tour, and now seems as good a time as any.

Whatever the case, if the band's past two releases are any indication, the as-yet-untitled album should be stellar, as the quintet has continually progressed with each record and remained consistent when it comes to creating compelling music — and that's noteworthy when you're talking about a modern rock act that's been around for more than two decades.

While there hasn't been a ton revealed yet about the new album, Jerry Cantrell from Alice in Chains reportedly makes a cameo, and in his chat with WSOU, Moreno talked about how bassist Sergio Vega (who stepped in for the since dearly departed Chi Cheng in 2009) plays a six-string bass on the album, which Moreno says provides a solid tonal counterpoint to what he and guitarist Stephen Carpenter are playing.

Stop by Brooklyn Bowl on Tuesday to see if Deftones break out any of the new songs. Expect them to deliver either way.

[RavinVsFlud]

Pretty good Chino phone interview with Chino. Links in article of interview.

http://www.capradio.org/music/eclectic/2015/10/23/chino-moreno-reflects-on-nearly-three-decades-of-deftones/

Chino Moreno Reflects On Nearly Three Decades Of Deftones

by Nick Brunner 
Friday, October 23, 2015

The Deftones return to their hometown for this weekend's Aftershock Music Festival. I recently spoke with lead singer Chino Moreno about the history of the band since its formation in Sacramento in 1988.  I asked Moreno how he feels about playing the older, more aggressive songs the band recorded some 20 years ago.

The band's sound has evolved from the raw aggression of the albums that put them on the map. While Adrenaline and Around the Fur may have captured the minds and ears of frustrated kids, in 2000 White Pony ushered in a more refined sound and with it critical praise. Moreno told me he's always interested in exploring new musical territory with Deftones but likes to let it happen organically.

(Link in artcile)

But, as Moreno went on to explain, the success of White Pony was not a totally stress-free endeavor for the business end of the band or for its record label.

(Link in article)

As for his Sacramento roots, Chino says that as a kid he loved his job in the magazine warehouses of Tower Records.

(Link in article)

Deftones play the main stage of Aftershock on Sunday.  The band is currently prepping the release of its eighth studio record.

[RoyalDeftonicBoy]

New interview

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KGgFab2uMm8

[tarkil]

New interview in Blabbermouth :
http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/deftones-are-still-finalizing-new-album-title-artwork-and-songtitles/


Izzy of the 105.1 The Blaze radio station conducted an interview with DEFTONES drummer Abe Cunningham and turntablist/keyboardist Frank Delgado at this past weekend's Aftershock fetival in Sacramento, California. You can now watch the chat below. A couple of excerpts follow (transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET).

On DEFTONES' upcoming follow-up to 2012's "Koi No Yokan" album:

Delgado: "It's being mixed now. It started being mixed a couple weeks back. They're actually going tomorrow to go down and listen to mixes and do things and... We're mixing and we still are in the process of [finalizing the] album title, artwork, songtitles. We haven't even got there yet. But the music's done."

On the writing and recording process for DEFTONES' new album:

Delgado: "You know what's cool? We had some [release] dates that were already kind of tentative. But we were [putting the finishing touches on the album] and the label actually came in. They were, like, 'Hey, guys, for the first time ever, you guys wanna just take your time, make it right, and then we'll release it in the first [quarter] of the year?' And we were, like, 'Wow! Yeah. That sounds great.' And that was actually how we wrote the record. We would go and we'd meet up in L.A. and we'd write for, like, two-three weeks, we'd go home for a week or two weeks, and we'd go back to L.A. and write for a month, then go home for three weeks. So it was very relaxed and very chill. Then we'd do a couple of shows in between all that, and then we were ableto jam our ideas on soundcheck. And we have never done it like that. Usually we'd be, like... They'd say, 'You need a record out at this time.' And then you're, like, 'Oh, shit! We've gotta go in the studio.' Now you've gotta be creative and turn it on within this short amount of time, and write and record. But this one's been hella cool, because it's been at our own pace, at our discretion, and it's been different and really good. And it works for us too, especially now at this time in particular for who we are as musicians and men. A lot of the guys got kids and families, so it worked out for that part of the thing really well."

Speaking about the new album's musical direction, DEFTONES singer Chino Moreno told a radio station this past summer: "Every time we make a record, our main focus, with anything, is to try different things, and try things maybe outside our comfort zone a little bit. But this time, this record, one thing that's really cool, sonically, is that our bass player [Sergio Vega] is really not so much playing... He does play bass on some of the record, but [on] a lot of the record he plays a Bass VI, which is a six-string bass, which is more like a baritone guitar, sort of. So the way his frequency works with my guitar frequency and Stephen's [Carpenter] guitar frequency, it kind of [gave] it a different sound."

Chino also talked about the songwriting process for the follow-up to 2012's "Koi No Yokan". He said: "It's never easy, I don't think. I think we found better ways to work nowadays. We used to have our own studio in Sacramento, and we didn't have set hours or anything like that. We would show up at the studio at eight o'clock at night, and we'd get there, and we'd have no focus. I mean, we'd sit there for two hours watching 'Lost'... Seriously, we would just waste a lot of time, and by the time we'd start playing our instruments, it was midnight or one o'clock in the morning. We were taking three years sometimes to make records. And I attribute that to a lot of different things, but that was one of the main things. A couple of records back, we adopted this [routine] of going in at this hour — we start at noon and we end at five. And the room that we actually write in is pretty small, so while we're in there, we wanna be actually doing something productive. We just need to create, create, so we can get out of here for the day, and then listen to whatever we did the next morning, come [back] in, and do it again. We did, like, ten days, two weeks of writing sessions — going in and spending six days a week just doing that. We all live apart now — a couple of guys live in Sacramento, I live in Oregon, one guy lives in New York, and one guy lives in L.A. So, yeah, we all kind of fly in to meet at a certain spot and just work. And we all kind of go back to our little hideouts and come back and meet again. So it's kind of cool."

According to Moreno, sixteen songs were written for DEFTONES' new CD, which was once again produced by Matt Hyde (SLAYER, CHILDREN OF BODOM, MONSTER MAGNET, WINDS OF PLAGUE). The effort will feature a guest appearance by Jerry Cantrell (ALICE IN CHAINS).

Read more at http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/deftones-are-still-finalizing-new-album-title-artwork-and-songtitles/#1vRSSD4BbsfI4GmS.99

[RavinVsFlud]

http://diffuser.fm/18-years-ago-deftones-leave-nu-metal-in-the-dust-with-around-the-fur/

18 Years Ago: Deftones Leave Nu Metal in the Dust with ‘Around the Fur’
by Saby Reyes-Kulkarni October 28, 2015

“It sounds like something sexual,” Deftones frontman Chino Moreno explained during a 1997 Dutch TV interview. “But it isn’t.” He was referring to the title of the band’s landmark second album, Around the Fur, which had just recently come out at the time. Moreno went on to discuss how he’d been mulling over the unattractive truth that lurks beneath glamorous surfaces. He talked about fur as a visible exterior that conceals skin, which appealed to him as both a metaphor for what people hide about themselves – and as an inverse analogy for the band’s sound, which he described as “soothing” under its “ugly” and “abrasive” exterior.

Indeed, Around the Fur captures the first full blossoming of the duality that has come to define the Sacramento quintet’s musical identity. The album also set a new standard for ’90s alt-metal and opened doors to what’s possible when bands find the motivation to get heavy away from the brutish impulses that typically drive aggressive music. Which is not to say that Around the Fur doesn’t ooze with aggression, but that Moreno and company had learned how to marshal aggression in its broadest sense. As Around the Fur demonstrates, guitarist Stephen Carpenter and the rest of the band had already perfected their ability to warp heavy riffs to suit ambiguous moods. In moments where the music erupts like boiling lava, it’s nevertheless clear that anger isn’t its primary motivation.

When the 1995 Deftones debut Adrenaline first arrived, it cast the band as a slightly more speed-driven variation of the nu metal movement spearheaded by the likes of Korn. As Korn and Adrenaline made clear, rap’s influence had soaked into metal all the way to the roots. Moreno’s vocals on that album place him as a kind of quasi-rapper in a post-thrash, Helmet-influenced world, but the overtones of groups like Cypress Hill were also apparent in the overall sonic ambience and the grooves that both bands favored. On Around the Fur, however, Moreno’s love of new wave groups like Depeche Mode and the Cure began to rear its head in earnest.

At the same time, Around the Fur sounds undeniably thicker and heavier than Adrenaline. When Carpenter locks-in with late bassist Chi Cheng and drummer Abe Cunningham, the three of them together sound gigantic as the music bounds forward with a dinosaur-like stride. Just as significantly, though, the production — once again courtesy of producer Terry Date (Soundgarden, Fishbone) — captures a much wider sense of space that leaves room for Carpenter’s chords and Cunningham’s cymbal hits to trail off into the air. (You can even hear this on low-bitrate MP3s.)

Around the Fur also marks the further integration of DJ-keyboardist Frank Delgado. A far cry from the ornamental DJ scratching favored at the time by groups like Incubus and Sugar Ray, Delgado would eventually become a full-time Deftones member and play an integral role in shaping the sonic character of every Deftones album after this. On Around the Fur, he brings an eerie sense of atmosphere to half the songs, including the darkly ethereal bridge section of the otherwise piledriving title track.

The final piece of the Deftones puzzle to fall into place, Delgado’s contribution essentially consummates the band’s ugly/soothing, crushing/delicate dynamic. His arrival dovetailed with the huge developmental leap forward the band took on Around the Fur, the moment where every aspect of their sound, style, and temperament came together. It’s no surprise, then, that singles like “Be Quiet and Drive (Far Away)” and “My Own Summer (Shove It)” — the latter with its thrilling video — broadened the band’s audience.

Deftones appeared on both Warped Tour and Ozzfest in the wake of Around the Fur, but looking back it’s easy to see why the album firmly entrenched them in the alt-rock firmament and earned them a place as commercial-radio staples. No small feat for such an uncompromising work, one that remains “heavy” in more ways than one.