Diamond is fantastic; on my favs of the year so far. Basically splits the difference between S/T and Saturday Night Wrist.
― Brian C, Thursday, 25 March 2010 17:19 (fourteen years ago) link
*one of my.., that is
― Brian C, Thursday, 25 March 2010 17:20 (fourteen years ago) link
I'm not a huge fan of "overrated/underrated" discussions tbh but I think Deftones are simultaneously over and underrated, just by different populations.
My metalhead breathren were wont to dismiss them as Korn clones, which even when they did play a similar style, they definitely had their own personality. And less likely to check out albums like the s/t or White Pony.
However, being someone who liked both those albums, I can say that it never really went beyond a strong "like", not a "love". I think they do what they do well, but I've never heard anything of theirs that captivated me or took me to the next level.
So I guess I'm saying they're rated about right in my eyes.
― Usain Bolt Cola (Cattle Grind), Thursday, 25 March 2010 23:08 (fourteen years ago) link
I don't really think they sound that much like Korn...more like Pantera w/ Cure influences
― don't let it rest on the President's desk (Drugs A. Money), Friday, 26 March 2010 13:25 (fourteen years ago) link
Not that familiar with their stuff but I really enjoy the covers on their rarities comp
― licorice oratorio (baaderonixx), Friday, 26 March 2010 14:22 (fourteen years ago) link
yeah i can't stop listening to this new album. not sure if i love it, but theres clearly something i like about it.
― borntohula, Friday, 2 April 2010 21:29 (fourteen years ago) link
so, has anyone else heard the new one?
― ksh, Tuesday, 4 May 2010 00:11 (thirteen years ago) link
Heard 'Back to Skooooohoool' (sic) tonight. Fuck, if that isn't the worst song of all time then christ knows what could be.
― PaulTMA, Wednesday, 19 May 2010 00:34 (thirteen years ago) link
yeah but Street Carp is probably one of the best songs ever written...
― huge part of my obsolescence (Drugs A. Money), Wednesday, 19 May 2010 01:33 (thirteen years ago) link
Am I the only one with a soft spot for "Be Quiet and Drive (Far Away)"?
"Change (In the House of Flies)" is my favourite song from White Pony.
― Sundar, Wednesday, 19 May 2010 01:55 (thirteen years ago) link
"back to school" is indeed bad but it was an alternate version of one of their songs which was tacked onto a "re-release" of White Pony:
"Back to School (Mini Maggit)" was released as both a single and as an EP package; the single was released shortly before the EP.
Vocalist Chino Moreno: "This album right here [the White Pony re-release] is not the album that we turned into the label. As far as we're concerned, the first edition was the record. Done. Then they talked us into re-releasing it with another song on it, and it's not like I'm against the song or whatever, but I liked the sequence we had when we first turned it in. When this version came out, a little part inside all of us felt like: 'Fuck! We just totally compromised.' And I know that a lot of our fans felt bad about it too."[1]
― (latebloomer) (latebloomer), Wednesday, 19 May 2010 02:37 (thirteen years ago) link
Am I the only one with a soft spot for "Be Quiet and Drive (Far Away)"
no way. that song is great!
― borntohula, Wednesday, 19 May 2010 02:46 (thirteen years ago) link
that's a good one but I like My Own Summer (Shove It) a little more
― huge part of my obsolescence (Drugs A. Money), Wednesday, 19 May 2010 03:20 (thirteen years ago) link
i played guitar in a band in high school that covered deftones, metallica, etc... we played at our senior class party thing and opened with my own summer. i broke my low e string almost immediately :(
― Billy Crystals (another al3x), Wednesday, 19 May 2010 03:52 (thirteen years ago) link
i've heard the new album once, not enough of an opinion to cast judgment on it yet
regarding "white pony." if i've ever needed an album to remind me of where i was musically/emotionally that year as an upstate high-schooler involved only with what was heard on FM radio, that album is it
― Bastards of Young Dro, Wednesday, 19 May 2010 04:09 (thirteen years ago) link
― (latebloomer) (latebloomer)
That's such a fucking lame excuse. If they were truly awesome they wouldn't mind whatever song the label picked as a single. Stop creating music that makes you feel ashamed.
― Moka, Wednesday, 19 May 2010 06:06 (thirteen years ago) link
Chino's pretty good at coming across as a doofus in interviews...I also wish he wouldn't scream "Squeal like a pig!" throughout their cover of "Say It Ain't So."
― huge part of my obsolescence (Drugs A. Money), Wednesday, 19 May 2010 07:08 (thirteen years ago) link
eh my point was that "back to school" is a dumb song to judge the band by
― (latebloomer) (latebloomer), Wednesday, 19 May 2010 08:42 (thirteen years ago) link
"Stop creating music that makes you feel ashamed."
have you ever made music? sometimes shit doesn't turn out as great as you hoped.
― (latebloomer) (latebloomer), Wednesday, 19 May 2010 08:45 (thirteen years ago) link
also it wasn't a song originally on the album, and the label tacked it on.
― (latebloomer) (latebloomer), Wednesday, 19 May 2010 08:46 (thirteen years ago) link
don't know why i'm all cap'n save-a-tone today
― (latebloomer) (latebloomer), Wednesday, 19 May 2010 08:47 (thirteen years ago) link
So the bonus tracks include a Drive Like Jehu cover and a Japan cover. That works.
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 20 May 2010 16:29 (thirteen years ago) link
man i should have thought about only writing super genius music, too late now
― you better check that sausage before you put it in the rofl (M@tt He1ges0n), Thursday, 20 May 2010 16:41 (thirteen years ago) link
http://www.dischord.com/images.d/release/image/6623/063.jpg
― Becky Facelift, Thursday, 20 May 2010 16:46 (thirteen years ago) link
ILM/music critics aren't the world, but certainly in those worlds the Deftones are far from underrated. in fact, they seem to be the only nu-metal band in those worlds that gets positive mentions at all (which is interesting in itself).
since no-one gives a shit about nu-metal anymore, though, i guess in that sense they are underrated.
― keine Macht für dich mehr! (Eisbaer), Sunday, 23 May 2010 14:46 (thirteen years ago) link
actually, i see that their new record is selling pretty well so i guess they aren't "underrated" as far as the general public is concerned either.
― keine Macht für dich mehr! (Eisbaer), Sunday, 23 May 2010 14:52 (thirteen years ago) link
That favorite albums list on the Quietus confirms that these guys, if anything, have impeccable taste.
― licorice oratorio (baaderonixx), Wednesday, 24 November 2010 09:17 (thirteen years ago) link
^^^was just coming here to post the same thing!http://thequietus.com/articles/05329-deftones-chino-interview-favourite-records?page=1
― Neil S, Wednesday, 24 November 2010 16:04 (thirteen years ago) link
Yeah, great list. LOVE that he has that Hum record on there.
― "I am a fairly respected poster." (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 24 November 2010 16:14 (thirteen years ago) link
It's the main thing that's impressed me with meeting them all several times. A lot of bands pay lip service to having interesting taste in music but Deftones really know their shit. Chino and Frank (DJ) especially. They'll talk to you about Coldcut, Three Six Mafia, Slayer and Aphex Twin.
Super nice guys as well. Awful business with what happened to Chi. He is a gent, y'know.
― Carl Jung Jeezy (Doran), Wednesday, 24 November 2010 16:24 (thirteen years ago) link
Someone tell me about the Too $hort and Hum records, please- worth hearing?
― Neil S, Wednesday, 24 November 2010 21:35 (thirteen years ago) link
Sure didn't expect to see that Spain record there but that was pretty inspired. Good stuff indeed and one exception aside (go away Interpol) I'd happily give an ear to it all. Even Tortwah just because it's not Millions.
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 24 November 2010 21:50 (thirteen years ago) link
The Spain record is great isn't it. Will have to seek a copy out, not heard it in years.
― Neil S, Wednesday, 24 November 2010 21:52 (thirteen years ago) link
this year's deftones album is very good I gotta say
― acoleuthic, Tuesday, 28 December 2010 20:30 (thirteen years ago) link
i dunno, i like them alright - but this new one seemed to drag on for what seemed like forever. there's few very solid tracks - but overall i wasn't blown away.
― got electrolytes (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Tuesday, 28 December 2010 20:32 (thirteen years ago) link
think the last few tracks are stronger than the first few tbh - the songs are pretty short, can get thru it easily
― acoleuthic, Tuesday, 28 December 2010 20:38 (thirteen years ago) link
ya - when i say dragged on i just mean it seemed that way - alot of the tracks got really same-y sounding to me. i didn't mean anything was actually long.
― got electrolytes (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Tuesday, 28 December 2010 20:48 (thirteen years ago) link
think this album dips a bit in the 8/9 position but then rly picks up again for the last 4 - mebbe w/o those 2 songs it'd be more palatable and wd even seem more varied - no biggie tho afaic
― acoleuthic, Tuesday, 28 December 2010 20:50 (thirteen years ago) link
Never occurred to me in all these years that Deftones can be broken into Deft ones.
― I can take a youtube that's seldom seen, flip it, now it's a meme (Hurting 2), Tuesday, 28 December 2010 20:52 (thirteen years ago) link
lol
― got electrolytes (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Tuesday, 28 December 2010 21:00 (thirteen years ago) link
I made myself a Deftones comp once with that name. I thought it was pretty clever at the time.
― Simon H., Tuesday, 28 December 2010 21:15 (thirteen years ago) link
the new album is reasonably good, but the band does come dangerously close to tossing in a couple of half-baked re-recordings of songs from previous albums.
― charlie h, Tuesday, 28 December 2010 21:25 (thirteen years ago) link
two new songs are incredible
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Wednesday, 3 October 2012 23:13 (eleven years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sPO81Fz4s2g
and "tempest," here: http://www.spin.com/articles/deftones-tempest-listen
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Wednesday, 3 October 2012 23:14 (eleven years ago) link
Like both tunes. Chino's wailing quality vs the chugging guitars on "Leathers" gives me some very vague, but present, Converge vibes.
― Simon H., Thursday, 4 October 2012 00:21 (eleven years ago) link
LOL there is a song on the new record called "goon squad"
― Simon H., Saturday, 6 October 2012 02:32 (eleven years ago) link
koi no yokan leaked. only on the first song but so far it's AWESOME
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Saturday, 10 November 2012 01:08 (eleven years ago) link
ahhhhh this record RULES
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Saturday, 10 November 2012 01:40 (eleven years ago) link
R.I.P. Chi Cheng
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Sunday, 14 April 2013 08:31 (eleven years ago) link
i'm trying so hard
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Saturday, 12 December 2020 00:50 (three years ago) link
salva remix of "rx queen" is like... almost unpleasant? yet i always end up liking it
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Saturday, 12 December 2020 00:51 (three years ago) link
haha I got pretty stoned on my first couple listens, it really jumped out at me as being, after the intro, three three-song "suites" (active trio, chill trio, active trio) with squarepusher as the fireworks at the end
― it bangs for thee (Simon H.), Saturday, 12 December 2020 00:53 (three years ago) link
speaking of stoned I wonder if they tried calling dean blunt
― it bangs for thee (Simon H.), Saturday, 12 December 2020 00:55 (three years ago) link
just spun Ohms. Awesomeeeee
― DT, Tuesday, 15 December 2020 12:05 (three years ago) link
really loving Pittura Infamante atmhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=my-rCTvo604
― a nice controlled drift (Spottie), Wednesday, 6 January 2021 00:53 (three years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rte2YuDtfVY
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Wednesday, 16 June 2021 21:08 (two years ago) link
that's sick!
I want full boutique remix versions of all the albums now tbh
― intern at pelican brief consulting (Simon H.), Wednesday, 16 June 2021 23:32 (two years ago) link
I just barely talked myself out of $20 for a two-track picture disc on RSD. How's the Arca mix on the flip side?
― You guys are caterpillar (Telephone thing), Thursday, 17 June 2021 04:51 (two years ago) link
the visuals on the youtube made the rest of this thread trip out to my eyes briefly!
― Western® with Bacon Flavor, Thursday, 17 June 2021 05:19 (two years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ipy0D6ySYgA
― STOCK FIST-PUMPER BRAD (BradNelson), Friday, 16 July 2021 21:01 (two years ago) link
Is their current US tour w/ Gojira on or not? I've seen conflicting reports.
― BlackIronPrison, Saturday, 17 July 2021 00:04 (two years ago) link
Postponed till 2022.
― but also fuck you (unperson), Saturday, 17 July 2021 00:23 (two years ago) link
Deftones part ways with long-time bassist Sergio Vega.
https://www.wearethepit.com/2022/03/deftones-bassist-sergio-vega-parts-ways-with-band-provides-statement/
Sure makes the band seem like a bunch of dicks.
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Wednesday, 9 March 2022 22:23 (two years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g3o8g6VGktw
― Maresn3st, Sunday, 3 April 2022 18:37 (two years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=awWKnZsaO3o
Liberty DeVito just jumped into my shortlist of rock personalities I want to hear stories from.
― Western® with Bacon Flavor, Saturday, 16 March 2024 04:46 (one month ago) link