Q&A with Deftones.

[Danny Keyes]

i felt ashamed with the constant pestering of the sharing lungs question.

Yeah it's not like they have to have any views on this site ,I wouldn't come here if i was them why would you want to see everything to do criticised and rated

exactly.

[deftoolsys07]

So is there a transcript anywhere? I was at the meet and greet here in Dallas so didn't get to catch all of it...

[Vesanic]

i felt ashamed with the constant pestering of the sharing lungs question.

Yeah it's not like they have to have any views on this site ,I wouldn't come here if i was them why would you want to see everything to do criticised and rated

exactly.

This is bullshit. Lots of artists actually care about what their fans think, and given Chino's reaction towards certain online behaviours, I can safely say he probably does.

[whiteponyxxx]

Did they mentioned anything bout Tempest video?

[DeftonesNZ]

i felt ashamed with the constant pestering of the sharing lungs question.

Yeah it's not like they have to have any views on this site ,I wouldn't come here if i was them why would you want to see everything to do criticised and rated

exactly.

This is bullshit. Lots of artists actually care about what their fans think, and given Chino's reaction towards certain online behaviours, I can safely say he probably does.

Yeah of course they care what their fans think but if i was them i would be put off coming here alot this an exact quote that some posted today "SNW through KNY sounds like they all have dicks in their asses." lol it's hard to take this site seriously when you have people like that

[Vesanic]

Stating the obvious but assholes are everywhere, dude.

[Danny Keyes]

Stating the obvious but assholes are everywhere, dude.

my thoughts exactly.

[DeftonesNZ]

Do you think the band themselves look for what fans think or is that more something the record company does like do they have a research team that just search the web looking for people talking about the band?

[Danny Keyes]

Do you think the band themselves look for what fans think or is that more something the record company does like do they have a research team that just search the web looking for people talking about the band?

im pretty sure they're beyond that point of coming into a forum just to see what their fanboys think about them. if im not mistaken artists hate the fact that fanboys think that they can dictate what the artists can do and what they cannot do... which is bullshit cuz in the end like they always do they'll do whatever the hell they want like them or not.

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besides those dudes have kids, families and most important LIVES. im pretty sure they don't have time for this bullshit and if they do trust me, they wont spend it here.

[DeftonesNZ]

Do you think the band themselves look for what fans think or is that more something the record company does like do they have a research team that just search the web looking for people talking about the band?

im pretty sure they're beyond that point of coming into a forum just to see what their fanboys think about them. if im not mistaken artists hate the fact that fanboys think that they can dictate what the artists can do and what they cannot do... which is bullshit cuz in the end like they always do they'll do whatever the hell they want like them or not.

Yeah i was just curious if the record company does it as market research or something, I imagine the guys don't look into that much apart from some social media

[SomeOf]

Deeply boring.

[alan1o]

that was gay. I asked 4 questions and didn't get one answered. Ves got two answered! Needless to say, they came accross as dicks to be honest, and in more cases than one didn't actually answer the questions.

[Electron§]

Me: Why didn't Lovers make it to the self-titled record? Ever thought about playing it live? #ASKDEFTONES

Chino: We didn't finish it in time, but it's one of my favs from that session. -Chino

Didn't finish it in time? Do they mean there was supposed to be something extra to that song that they never added or.... they just didn't finish before the release of S/T?

[DeftonesNZ]

Me: Why didn't Lovers make it to the self-titled record? Ever thought about playing it live? #ASKDEFTONES

Chino: We didn't finish it in time, but it's one of my favs from that session. -Chino

Didn't finish it in time? Do they mean there was supposed to be something extra to that song that they never added or.... they just didn't finish before the release of S/T?

I think he meant it wasn't ready for release time but they finished it after

[Electron§]

Finishing anything after the point where it would have needed to be finished doesn't seem like them at all.

[DeftonesNZ]

Yea they usually just abandon it but Chino did say he really liked it so maybe thats why they put the effort in

[Electron§]

Yea they usually just abandon it but Chino did say he really liked it so maybe thats why they put the effort in

But then again if he loved it that much, he would have got it done in time. Or maybe even tried to release a second version of the album with it on there, like White Pony did with "Boys Republic". I say this also because I really would've loved for that song to have been on the official CD the first time I heard it. It would have had so much stronger of an impact on me given the time I heard the album, and the fact that it would be in the full circle of the album would have made it so much better. Especially if it was the closer. It would have an interesting contrast to "Moana" (which could be second to last). 

[DeftonesNZ]

Don't maybe it was a while before they finished it because they would of been busy touring,It's a shame though it is a really good song i love it ,it deserved to be on the album

[Electron§]

Yeah, I especially love the "the more you wait, the more we burn" part. The little bit of guitar in that part sounds fucking dope. Has that same tone as in "Knife Prty" and for some reason I love that sound....

[DeftonesNZ]

Yeah that bits really good it comes out of nowhere but somehow still flows,also that main riff sounds awesome and is really fun to play