What is it about this band that makes you love them?

[Hidalgo]

that is a cool story, heh

[the same sound]

bloody_liver, I fucking love you.

i agree.

but they never cease to amaze me!
i was just thinking of this yesterday; if someone asked this question on here, i wouldn't be able to stop talking.
it's unfortunate how much i love Deftones.

[bloody_liver]

Vesanic, unfortunately I am unable to stop talking on this board today.

There were a few years when I was on here everyday. Analyzing lyrics to no end, getting riled up about getting Andrew Bennett to release his Deftones Documentary, and I think my favorite was when Beware The Water premiered at Taste of Chaos and there was this huge thread where everyone just guess out the lyrics to the whole thing. I think mine started with "You slide away then come out in the rain, you burrough but you won't wake up" lol

Here's another unnecessarily elaborate rant on why the Deftones are the best..

2000

Ever since I was 7 or 8 I listened to Metallica, Pantera, Primus, Nirvana, and the whole gammut of Metal and Grunge music. I was mostly used to seeing the TV specials where people would throw up the devil horns and just say things like "Check this out" "It's a smash hit" "This rocks" and then go "WOOO!"

This TV show called Farm Club was on and they were showcasing The Deftones by interviewing some industry peeps after a screening of that crazy ass art-film epk for White Pony. Serj from SOAD used the word "MELODIC" to describe the sound. It was the first time I heard someone use an intelligent kind of word to describe heavy music. There was this real atmosphere that the band had arrived at their prime and did so with a whole artistic style that broke off from the Korn and Staind crowd. I remember taping the show and then rewatching the video for Change (in the house of flies) a hundred times. These were the days before all that internet shit where you'd just sit on your floor putting tapes into VCRs or reading CD inserts next to a stereo all day.

I was also really into what DJ Lethal was doing for Limp Bizkit's sound but it's always been a one trick pony. The White Pony has a way of treading on and staying relevant thanks to the textured nuance of Frank Delgato. None of that "WHU WHUUU WIKKA WIKKA WHU" scratching bullshit. Sometimes I'll listen to Deftones songs I've heard a thousand times and pick up on some unique texture that Frank added to a song. He's extremely talented and made even moreso by his egoless approach to doing what's right for the song instead of looking for a window to make himself a celebrity within the context of the song.

I wanna also quickly compare two songs that were big at the time: Change by Deftones, and Nookie by Limp Bizkit


Nookie:
"Hey I think about the day my girlie came to play, now she stuck with my homie's that she fucked..."
Here's a song that's like 90% of the songs you hear on the radio. It's a loose story that's got it's own basic plot in a way.
When I listen to this song, I got to either picture this whole scenario of some broad cheating on Fred Durst, or I gotta imagine some broad who did it to me and that's essentially a big part of where it gets old. Who wants to dwell on that shit?

Change:
"I took you home, set you on the glass, I pulled off your wings, then I laughed"
Here's a song that unlike most songs, is abstract. I can't tell exactly what's going on. Maybe it's about sex. Maybe it's about drugs. Maybe it's about a hallucination. Or even about a sci-fi horror movie scenario. Who knows. All I know is that when I listen to the song my mind drifts along without getting bored of hearing the same simple story all the time. I'm much more into the song and the fact that Chino and the band have so much of their everything into it. But that being said, they are putting everything into a song and not into the story of the song. You know what I mean? Chino uses his voice like more of an instrument with lyrics that belong in the sonic space of the song, instead of just using the song as a template for him to make a cultural or highly opinionated statement and be an egomaniac. As fans I think we all stay loyal since he doesn't end up contradicting himself through his lyrics and that's why as long as there's the Deftones people will always shout "Chino! Chino! Chino!"

[Vesanic]

You are my new best friend.


Anyway, I've talked to Andrew Bennett recently, and no news about Entertain Me...

[bloody_liver]

2003

This is the year that Metallica released Some Kind of Monster. St. Anger was a like the TV show Intervention only in music form  Linkin Park released Meteora and Chester Bennington bitched to no end about wanting to feel something real and that he's not against lying to people to get what he wants and just wants to be left alone, but hey, but the record and sing along with his cynical bleeding heart. I'm pretty sure System Of A Down was probably singing about the War in Iraq at the time.

So amidst nothing but pure negativity, politics, and whining, I turn on the radio to hear something that's blowing my mind but I can't tell what it is until Chino's voice kicks in and in a song that packs a heavy punch, he's singing the purest message anyone has ever written in music "God bless you all, for the song you save us"

Lotta people just wanna bitch and complain on their albums. And Chino had a lot to complain about I'm sure. But despite making some kinda personal diary in his music, he's rocking out heavier than ever and sincerely saying THANKS FOR LISTENING. To this day that song is one of the best moments of a Deftones concert. It's peaceful and yet has a solid adrenaline punch, like a musical decapiter.

[bloody_liver]

You are my new best friend.


Anyway, I've talked to Andrew Bennett recently, and no news about Entertain Me...

What's Andrew Bennett been up to recently? Haven't seen any updates on his reel for a while.
He made a dope ass video for Hyro Da Hero a few years back
http://directedbyandrewbennett.com/VIDEOS/hyrobboystance.mov

[nineteen]

Because they make me shit my pants. Twice.

that's fucked up.I wouldn't wanna go to a deftones concert with you buddy ^^

haha, I guess you shit three times?

On a serious note, they just hit a nerve. Simple as. I don't think I want to know why I like them and I'm just thankful I can enjoy a band that fits my life.

[mAscArA81]

Because they move me with their music like no other band does

[DEFinatelydeftones,fsho]

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[Crazy Breed]

Nice! I'm glad to see all the love for the band.....they deserve much more recognition than they get, so it's nice to come here and hear from people who know what's up!

[Hidalgo]

i just have to pay attention when deftones music is playing. i love it. i don't like when people try to talk to me when it's on, or talk and drown out the music. i'm always wondering why am i the only one in a trance when they're on? i don't want any small talk, stfu and let me hear it. i'm hooked

[ponyx]

i also go in a trance, i make the stupidest 'out of it' face when i get into it and hate when they interrupt my trip.

[Vesanic]

Deftones - Pink Maggit


That's my response.

[sing blue silver]

the music






... und cheeno's hayr!!! sew hawt!

[BillyNo.9]

If i'd never heard of/ gotten addicted to them, more or less any one of their songs would be enough for me to check them out

[Sugartolove]

First of all, bloody_liver, you could be a (good) music journalist, you sum it up more eloquently than most others I've ever spoken to/read/watched.

So many reasons why I love Deftones..

Rant 1
I first saw them on MTV2 late one night, Summer video, think it was right before White Pony came out in 2000. I remember sitting on my couch just kind of daydreaming, only half listening to the music on the TV, then all of a sudden I heard the riff for Summer and looked up. Living in a tiny place in Norway I wasn't exactly spoiled musicwise but was still quite heavily into music, and with friends used to arrange rock concerts. But this... This was different. I used to have a videotape in my VHS where i used to videotape cool music videos so I could listen to them repeatedly (Sad, I know) MTV2 only played metal one night a week, (late Friday night I think it was) so I was all prepared. I just sat and watched in awe throughout though and forgot to tape it, much to my dismay.. I bought Around the fur and Adrenaline right after and obviously WP when it came out.  Saw them live in a small festival in Norway in 2001, which was funny at the time. Don't think that many people knew them, they played in the middle of the day to a small crowd who were there mostly waiting for Alanis Morissette who was gonna play next  A lot of confused Norwegians and a very small pit, and I remember me and this Japanese guy with lots of facial tattoos dancing and kind of moshing and singing along, which not too many others did. Chino kept losing his trousers and sang a couple songs with his trousers by his ankles - and I don't think this show was very memorable for the band.. They played at Roskilde on this Scandinavian leg of the tour as well by the way, which is more wellknown obviously.

Rant 2
I think this is a band where you either get it or you don't. Not many people are kind of halfheartedly into Deftones I think. You're either fully in or not. I like their lyrics, poetic, abstract, atmospheric, creepy, different, sexual, dreaminducing, creative, fantasies, TIMELESS lyrics that never date, lyrics that even now after listening to their music for this many years, I am still able to rediscover their words and find new things. I love how their lyrics are abstract enough for them to mean something completely different to everybody. I know how much they mean to me.

Chino's voice – My favourite singer, even at his worst. Nobody can put me in a trance like he can, sonically. His voice gives me chills and I get a girlboner from it. It excites me, haunts me, enlightens me and gives me joy.

Frank – His atmospheric little additions to the music lifts it and takes me new places everytime. Words can't describe my joy when I met him in Nottingham and could finally tell him how much I appreciate his contributions to the music and how much I think Diamond Eyes is "his" album.

Deftones combined – You know how Lennon/McCartney never quite matched the synergy they created together as soloartists. The combination of personalities, talent, creativity, conflicts, the will they have to experiment and renew themselves and search further, reaching for new things instead of stagnating, that is part of the magic too.  Also love how approachable and nice they are. For them to come outside and hang out with fans for hours repeatedly... I'll never forget this from London/Nottingham.

Songs/music – Again, timeless and doesn't age. Still now, after all this time, I can find new things about their music. They've been with me through everything in my life, ups and downs, and I know it's a cliché but they really are the soundtrack to my life. Their songs instantly take me to new or familiar places; there is a Deftones song for everything.

Chi – He was always my hero. How he spoke up for the weaker members of society inspired me and from this grew a respect and a love no other musician has matched, other than maybe John Lennon who was my first hero.  It kind of helped in a way to know that he was so caring, since life was pretty bad for me back then. Look forward to having him back!!

And there's lots more too. 

[the same sound]

Because they move me with their music like no other band does

This ^

[pinkmaggit]

I still get chills from listening to their music.
To me this is the only band that puts absolutely everything into each album and won't just put any old crap on their albums, just for the sake of getting it out.
I'm amazed at how they keep putting out great album after great album.
Stef's riffs - I love the way he's always pushing boundaries, always going lower.To me noone else can drum like Abe
and of course Chino's voice - love the way it can go from being gentle and soothing to blood curdling screams like no other!!!!!!!

[Starz]

I find myself thinking about this band like ALL the time. Sitting in a class where I'm suppose to be concentrating but all I can think about is getting out of there so I can put my iPod on and listen to them. I feel like I have to do something to really prove to people how much this band have changed my life and continue to do so. I've just spent a shit load of money on seeing them in Los Angeles in June and I live here in Londonnnnnnn but I don't think that's enough yet

[mothraw]

this is the 3rd time i try to response but i think the point of what i tried to say is

DEFTONES IS THE SOUNDTRACK OF MY LIFE
they are my favorite band since i´m 16