Favourite era

[SomeOf]

What is your favorite era ?

I'm not only speaking about the album itself.
Of course it's important, but I'm speaking about something bigger : atmosphere / universe around the band.

Including : album, tourdates, music videos, interviews, photoshoot...

For example, your favorite album might be KNY but your favorite era in general could be White Pony era.

I thought it would be interesting to talk about it, without thinking only about our favourite album.

[GrandeJano]

Definitely the time around the selftitled album. I remember being really blown away by their darkness (soundwise) and compared to WP, they had an intense level of melancholy in their tunes that I would never have expected. And I remember some really sick live shows over here in europe during that period. Pity though that Chino was really fucked up back then, on the other hand, it sorta suited the taste of the record and artwork, the whole darker imagery.

[sooniletugo]

I voted DE, just such an exciting, positive period.

[illthrowROCKS@U]

Illhave to go with the ST era, for a few reasons.. First, as previously mentioned, I was really in love with the dark and melancholy of the album itself as it seemed to fit in perfectly with my views on life at the time. More than just the album was Lovers, and the B-Sides record as well. This was also the time when I first saw them in concert, as I was too young and poor to see them during WP.

[Gee]

I voted DE, just such an exciting, positive period.

Yes! And I was aware of them when it happened. Otherwise I would've said the WP era, but I didn't actually live it, I mean, I was 11.

[whitefur]

Self titled for me as well......but DE and KNY might be changing that

[SomeOf]

I voted DE, just such an exciting, positive period.

Yes! And I was aware of them when it happened. Otherwise I would've said the WP era, but I didn't actually live it, I mean, I was 11.

I forgot to mention, it is not an obligation to have lived the era for picking it.

[Slacker]

the best era for watching em live was probably the ATF era. great shows there.

i got to see them in 2001, when everything was climactic, in crazy epic historic show. they showed top form, so i had to go with 2000-2002. maybe im biased though.

[xLhabiax]

White Pony for me; the shows were chaotic and  the band was so full of energy, the vibe they created during that time with the middle finger they gave to everyone who expected a nu-metal album got them so much attention. Even people who didnt like them because they were pegged as nu-metal prior to WP stood up and took notice of them after hearing the album. And as i said on here before that album was just the soundtrack to my life 2000-2001 as i graduated high school in 2001 and started partying around fall of 2000 and that album went everywhere with me. So many good memories of bong hits, shots of tequila and whiskey, and coors light as "change" and "digital bath" played in the background. I was a reckless little fucker similar to how they were as documented in the Entertain Me piece.

[only pieces remain]

White Pony for me; the shows were chaotic and  the band was so full of energy, the vibe they created during that time with the middle finger they gave to everyone who expected a nu-metal album got them so much attention. Even people who didnt like them because they were pegged as nu-metal prior to WP stood up and took notice of them after hearing the album. And as i said on here before that album was just the soundtrack to my life 2000-2001 as i graduated high school in 2001 and started partying around fall of 2000 and that album went everywhere with me. So many good memories of bong hits, shots of tequila and whiskey, and coors light as "change" and "digital bath" played in the background. I was a reckless little fucker similar to how they were as documented in the Entertain Me piece.

pretty much the same for me, minus the alcohol.

[DeftonesNZ]

White Pony for me it's my favourite album already but some of their best live performances happened in that era and there is also lots of good interviews to.

[Flowb]

ATF era. I started listening to them with Adrenaline, but ATF is the album that really got me into them. I specifically remember driving 30 miles (living in the middle of nowhere is a bitch sometimes) to pick it up after school and jamming it the whole way home. That was also back when MTV played music videos on rare occasion and it was pretty awesome seeing My Own Summer on there. Also remember when they started playing Korea before WP came out and I was soooo hyped up for that album.

[alan1o]

ATF for sure! have you seen their ATF performances ? they went nuts, and chinos voice was at his best. such a show. i would vote WP but chino fucked his voice during that era.

[nicklav]

S/T. I have a lot of nostalgia for that era, and it also has some of my favorite live performances ever.

[cvthedrv]

i love every era (even the snw times that for me is the worst), but the misticism and the youth of the ATF era, makes me feel so alive, oh yeah.

[Alectwin]

Not sure if White pony or koi no yokan era...

[Electron§]

I liked the whole era from S/T to Eros.

[bewareofrats]

I'm the only one to vote SNW?  You guys are lame.

[deftones47]

Koi No Yokan. Besides the end of the Diamond Eyes era, it's the only era I've witnessed.

[xLhabiax]

I'm the only one to vote SNW?  You guys are lame.

Lame album lame guy!