What the original White Pony cover was inspired by? (Hum)

[DeemSleep]

http://i.imgur.com/aEi9X.jpg

[mono]

Tooootally!
I think it was commented in an interview of the guys.

[skinnypuppy]

Never made the connection, spot on.

[wheresmysnare]

should be called white horse really

[from_musings]

should be called white horse really

or, a white pony on the cover

[rock_n_frost]

another stupid topic..

i love to come and write tho

[skinnypuppy]

Why is it stupid? Deftones are influenced by Hum. This is very interesting to me.

[Deftones-argentina]

...

that.

[Hesperian Death-Horse!]

Weird. I'm listening the the Hum album right now and came here on a whim only to find this thread.

[pinkmaggit]

They're both really good album covers.
I've never heard of Hum before - think I'll go and give them a listen

[wheresmysnare]

should be called white horse really

or, a white pony on the cover

Woah, please, we're all excited here but lets not not go crazy.

[Deftones-argentina]

This is something none of you expected; a NEW hum song. It was played at a reunion show, and while not being brilliant, it still gives us hope to more hum releases.

Hum - Cloud City, Chicago

[from_musings]

should be called white horse really

or, a white pony on the cover

Woah, please, we're all excited here but lets not not go crazy.

they call it white pony as a drug reference, but insted of having a white pony on the cover, they chose a fucking horse because it looks more elegant.wrongly mixing shit til it makes no sense. that always irritated me. for me it's like - if you think "white pony" shounds fucking cool as a title, then sorry you have to have a white pony on it too or no animal at all. this is the true cover

[from_musings]

so what do we got... first, this hum album cover on wp... then the chords in knife party - very similar to hum's little dipper... and the chords in digital bath are almost the same as smashing pumpkin's dahpne decends. the lyrics in korea "downtown pony work your pitch, got my teacher now carve your niche" is similair to helmet's tic "wearing slim down you carve your niche, lean smug back and work your pitch". sometimes i wonder a little over where the line between influence and theft is. white pony must be the deftones album where you see most of this stuff

[downtownpony]

Yeah. It's a bit disappointing, but at least a while back Chino or Steph owned up to the knife party rip off, instead of just waiting for most people to find out themselves. Chino also recommended that hum album in one of his interviews. Ice Ice Baby

[wheresmysnare]

should be called white horse really

or, a white pony on the cover

Woah, please, we're all excited here but lets not not go crazy.

they call it white pony as a drug reference, but insted of having a white pony on the cover, they chose a fucking horse because it looks more elegant.wrongly mixing shit til it makes no sense. that always irritated me. for me it's like - if you think "white pony" shounds fucking cool as a title, then sorry you have to have a white pony on it too or no animal at all. this is the true cover

Stunning artwork there musings, what a mighty steed, i would proudly ride that into battle given the chance.

White Pony has a strong emphasis on style and yeah some of that style and lyrics (as you rightly mentioned helmet) are borrowed.

However, the whole thing ironically felt groundbreaking at the time and utterly original. I still love it and it'll probably always be my top deftones album. Long live the white pony/horse.

[from_musings]

Yeah. It's a bit disappointing, but at least a while back Chino or Steph owned up to the knife party rip off, instead of just waiting for most people to find out themselves

yeah it's a little bit better (took a couple of years no?) however, just because you admit stealing a fish from a japanese guy at a fish stand doesn't mean that it's ok to steal fish. it's still wrong

[from_musings]

Stunning artwork there musings, what a mighty steed, i would proudly ride that into battle given the chance.

White Pony has a strong emphasis on style and yeah some of that style and lyrics (as you rightly mentioned helmet) are borrowed.

However, the whole thing ironically felt groundbreaking at the time and utterly original. I still love it and it'll probably always be my top deftones album. Long live the white pony/horse.

yes it is a little bit ironic. thanks about the pony, wouldn't recommend riding it though, it looks a little cripple to me

[Hukne]

Also Sextape uses the same chords as Why I Like The Robins by Hum, only difference is tuning (Drop C vs Drop D)
While we're at it:
Knife Party - Little Dipper (obvious)
Minerva and Be Quiet And Drive (Far Away) - Stars (they use that epic chord in Stars but in different tunings)
Anything else?

[illthrowROCKS@U]

they call it white pony as a drug reference, but insted of having a white pony on the cover, they chose a fucking horse because it looks more elegant.wrongly mixing shit til it makes no sense. that always irritated me. for me it's like - if you think "white pony" shounds fucking cool as a title, then sorry you have to have a white pony on it too or no animal at all. this is the true cover

This is Chino on the name of White Pony -

"In a way. There's a lot of different references for White Pony. One of them is a cocaine reference and there's a lot of stuff...have you ever heard stuff like in dream books that if you dream about a white pony then you're having a sexual dream? There's a lot stuff that kinda goes around it. And there's an old song [that goes] "ride the white horse." That's obviously a drug reference song. I just kinda dug it."

Sex and Drugs... I like it 

And by the way, that picture is fucking hilarious.