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[deftoner664]

haha.. How would they ever incorporate such artist with their sound? Seems to me nobody will appear as a guest on this album.. And I'm Okay with that.

[iceache]

That was a lame interview.. Come on.. 2 months til album release and they're not even asking any real questions about it... laaaaaaaaaaaaaaame

[luisch]

who is Los Lobos and Willie Nelson?

I think he's talking about they

Los Lobos - Don't Worry Baby

and well, Willie Nelson

Willie Nelson - Always On My Mind

[rock_n_frost]

did we get that old?

[luisch]

well, we're not so young

[luisch]

Sorry, Deftones should do a collaboration with this guys

[bewareofrats]

I'm fine with no collabs.  I mean, MJK on Passenger, Serj on Mein, disgusting whatsherface on Pink Cellphone.  No thanks.  Not that MJK is bad, his vocals are actually pretty good, I'm just not a fan of him.

[sing blue silver]

No more collabs please. Passenger was the only one there ever need be. When your first collaboration is perfect, don't do any more.

[cvthedrv]

I'm fine with no collabs.  I mean, MJK on Passenger, Serj on Mein, disgusting whatsherface on Pink Cellphone.  No thanks.  Not that MJK is bad, his vocals are actually pretty good, I'm just not a fan of him.

dude, this is what im waiting about the new album, no fucking collabs.

[BillyNo.9]

well, we're not so young

[SomeOf]

[normsteez]

Deftones with System of a Down on rare tag team tour



Another dispatch from the desk of metal correspondent Dave Wedge: 

It's been four years since Deftones bassist Chi Cheng nearly died in a horrible car wreck. Cheng, who co-founded the Sacramento alt-metal band with vocalist Chino Moreno when they were just teenagers, has laid in a coma ever since.

It's been a painful turn of events –- one that has haunted Moreno, even as the band embarks on a massive double-bill with L.A. prog-metal titans System of a Down. The tour has just a handful of stops, including one Thursday at Mansfield's Comcast Center.

"He's still fighting through it. It's a tough thing," Moreno told the Herald this week while on a tour bus to Washington, D.C. "He's got a traumatic brain injury. It's really day-to-day. He's still yet to really communicate. I know he's in there somewhere and he's been fighting for four years. I feel personally he wants to make it through it."

"We pretty much spent every day on tour together," he continued. "You're used to having someone in your job and in your life every day and suddenly they're not there. But he is still alive. It's not like he's gone and we can grieve him. There's still a chance we can have a conversation with him again. It's a weird thing."

The band, which has three platinum discs under its belt, has carried on without its original bassist, replacing him with Quicksand's Sergio Vega. Vega handled the bass duties on 2010's "Diamond Eyes" as well as on the band's as-yet-untitled new record, which is due in the fall.

"I don't think it goes in any one specific direction too much," Moreno says of the new album. "It's a very dynamic record, which is one of our best traits. At times it can be very abrasive and at times it can be very soothing. I think it works very well. There are peaks and valleys."

System of a Down, meanwhile, are doing a mini-reunion and have not revealed any plans for a new record. Vocalist Serj Tankian, though, has a stellar new solo album, "Harakiri," and is reported to be recording three other solo discs.

The tour is a bit unusual in that neither band is out promoting a record. But for metal fans – and Moreno – it's a dream match up.

"We've been talking about touring with System for many years now. It just worked out. It was good timing for us," he said.

While Moreno - and fellow original Deftones Stephen Carpenter (guitar), Frank Delgado (keyboards, turntables) and Abe Cunningham (drums) - are in a creative groove once again, the tragedy with Cheng is always on their minds.

"It's as simple as appreciating what we had and what we have and the opportunity we have to still make music," Moreno said. "The rest of us have pulled together. We feel really appreciative to be here and still making music together. Every day it comes through my thoughts."

[snw9]

I'm waiting for those b-sides, hopefully we'll get an unreleased track this time with the covers.

[Inkblades]

So, the album is abrasive? That's a new way to describe it, at least.

[nicklav]

So, the album is abrasive? That's a new way to describe it, at least.

"At times" is a critical part of Chino's statement. Sounds like typical Deftones to me.

[kitesvera]

http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/ct-ott-0810-deftones-20120809,0,5774086.story

Here's an interview with Abe. Not much in the way of news about the new album.These people need to learn how to conduct an interview when a band has a new album dropping. I want details already.

[Shadow46/2]

http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/ct-ott-0810-deftones-20120809,0,5774086.story

Here's an interview with Abe. Not much in the way of news about the new album.These people need to learn how to conduct an interview when a band has a new album dropping. I want details already.

Sign in required. Any chance you could copy+paste the article for us?

[luisch]

http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/ct-ott-0810-deftones-20120809,0,5774086.story

Here's an interview with Abe. Not much in the way of news about the new album.These people need to learn how to conduct an interview when a band has a new album dropping. I want details already.

Sign in required. Any chance you could copy+paste the article for us?

Only skip the ad, but anyway

Deftones forge ahead after fights, tough times
Bandmate's crash focused the group, drummer says

By Allison Stewart, Special to the Tribune
11:40 a.m. CDT, August 9, 2012

It used to be that the Sacramento, Calif.-born Deftones were as famous for intra-band brawling as they were for making albums.

After bassist Chi Cheng was seriously injured in a 2008 car crash, the band considered breaking up. Instead, it entered the studio with replacement bassist Sergio Vega. (Cheng, who remains in a state of minimal consciousness, is being cared for by his family.)

The result, 2010's "Diamond Eyes," was one of the highest charting albums, and quite possibly the best, of their decades-long career.

The band recently recorded a new, as-yet-untitled album, tentatively set for release in October. Calling in from the first date of their minitour with System of a Down (which will share the bill with Deftones at Allstate Arena on Wednesday), drummer and co-founder Abe Cunningham talked about the new album, the group's past struggles, and the current state of the Deftones' union.

Q: How's the new material going over live?

A: It's nerve-racking because it's new and you're just trying to get it right, and it's also nerve-racking because now it's on YouTube, so it's all over the world.

Q: Can you compare recording this new album vs. recording the last one, in the time after Chi's accident?

A: Well, the last album was such a really horrendous process. Obviously, with your first record you have your whole life to write it. And then you get caught in this cycle of writing, recording, touring. It can be a hideous process after a while, (especially if) there's other things involved. For us, it could get a little unsavory.

But this last album and the one before it, we finally figured out how to do it. (It used to be) we would schedule recording for 5 and everyone would show up around 9, but this time we decided to treat it like a job, and be on a normal schedule. Everyone would show up at noon and we'd be done by 8, and could go and do other things. It started a creative and really productive period. And it only took 18 years to figure that out.

Q: With this new album, did you think about how you could recreate everything you loved about making the last one, without going to the really dark places you had been in?

A: Well, Chi's accident was a catalyst for that. It really kicked us into gear. We started to appreciate each other and the time we have together. It made us realize we have a pretty cool thing going on here, and let's treat it like that and enjoy it.

Q: Were you surprised when "Diamond Eyes" debuted at No. 6?

A: Well, all of our records with the exception of the first one have kind of been in the Top 10, I guess. But it used to take, like, 300,000 copies to break into the Top Ten. Now it takes 30,000 or 60,000.

Q: Did the album's success feel like the beginning of a second life for the band?

A: Yeah, definitely. We were going hard for a lot of years. It's a grueling lifestyle. It's a tough life on the road, and you can make it even tougher if you add things to it. It's incredibly exciting but it's hard, it's hard to get things all together, but I think things have a way of working themselves out. Everybody involved wanted to keep it going and do it right. So it is a second life of sorts.

Q: All those reports that the band was considering breaking up after Chi's accident — were they overblown, or did you really have that discussion?

A: I think that were overblown to a degree, but we were really so blown away. It's like, what do you do? We were trying to figure it out, because it's one of those things in life where there's no answers. That whole Chi thing, there's no answer for that. So we were taken aback, but looking back now, it made us stronger. It makes you consider whether or not it's something you want to still do, you know? It was a long battle.

Q: Do you ever think, in the back of your mind somewhere, "When Chi gets better, he's really going to like these albums?"

A: Yeah. Most definitely. It's fuel for our creativity. We're always trying to keep positive on that tip, but it's four years now and he's still pretty bad. We try to send him all the best positivity we can.

Q: Do you look at Sergio as a permanent temporary member?

A: It's a tricky situation, because Chi's still alive. As of now, Sergio's a friend who's here to do what he can for as long as he needs to. ... He's here to do whatever he can.

[bojosoto]

Q: Do you look at Sergio as a permanent temporary member?

A: It's a tricky situation, because Chi's still alive. As of now, Sergio's a friend who's here to do what he can for as long as he needs to. ... He's here to do whatever he can.

Interesting answer from Abe. Obviously Chi getting better and recovering is what everyone wants, but he is pretty much a vegetable at this point (hope that didn't offend anyone). Sergio is still looked as a friend helping out, not a band member. Interesting.

[normsteez]

Interesting, I consider Sergio to be full member. If it wasn't for Sergio, deftones would probably not be making new music.

Check out this great interview from 2010 that was posted in the new gear thread:

http://www.musicradar.com/news/guitars/deftones-stephen-carpenter-sergio-vega-on-diamond-eyes-253377


Moving forward, how is this going to work? Is Sergio viewed as permanent member of the band?

Carpenter: "Absolutely."

Vega: "I look at myself as the sixth man off the bench. We've been friends for a long time and I've always loved the band. I look at the band as family, in whatever form that takes."

Carpenter: "We have many band members. They're just not always present all the time."

Obviously, nobody's happy with what happened with Chi. But in a weird way, does this feel like something of a rebirth for the band?

Carpenter: "Yeah, 'cause we were pretty washed-up before It happened, so it's been a good thing." [laughs]

You're joking, of course. But you know what I mean - this feels like a real 'triumph over adversity' tale.

Carpenter: "Oh, absolutely. We're having a good time. It's a duality for us. On one hand, we're dealing with the fact that our friend isn't with us and his life has been forever altered; on the other, we're all together and we're enjoying life to the fullest and getting on with things - which is all you can do, really."