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It was produced by Deftones and Terry Date, who would go on to produce the band's next three albums. The band's debut album, Adrenaline, was recorded at Bad Animals Studio in Seattle, Washington and released on October 3, 1995. The name is also a pun on the term "tone deaf." Adrenaline (1994–1996) Ĭarpenter created the band's name by combining the hip hop slang term "def" (which was used by artists such as LL Cool J and Public Enemy) with the suffix "-tones," (which was popular among 1950s bands such as Dick Dale and the Del-Tones, The Quin-Tones, The Delltones, The Monotones, The Cleftones and The Harptones). They were signed to the label after performing three of their songs for Freddy DeMann and Guy Oseary. While closing for another band in L.A., after the majority of the audience had left, the band impressed a Maverick Records representative. Within two years, the band began playing club shows and later expanded their gigging territory to San Francisco and Los Angeles, where they played shows alongside bands such as Korn. John Taylor replaced Garcia on drums in 1991, until Cunningham's return in 1993. Chi Cheng joined to play bass, and the band recorded a four-track demo soon afterwards. When Cunningham left Deftones to join Phallucy, another band from Sacramento, Garcia switched to drums. They recruited bassist Dominic Garcia some time after, and the band became a four-piece. When Moreno found out that Carpenter played guitar, he set up a jam session with Cunningham, who played drums, and the three began playing regularly in Carpenter's garage around 1988. Carpenter was a fan of heavy metal, and Moreno was interested in hardcore punk bands such as Bad Brains and post-punk and new wave bands such as Depeche Mode and The Cure. McClatchy High School in Sacramento and remained friends through the city's skateboarding scene. McClatchy High School in Sacramento.Ĭarpenter, Cunningham and Chino Moreno were childhood friends. Ĭarpenter, Moreno and Cunningham began playing together while attending C.
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They have sold over 10 million albums worldwide. Their latest album, Ohms, was released on September 25, 2020, receiving significant critical praise. Their seventh and eighth albums, Koi No Yokan (2012) and Gore (2016) respectively, saw the band continue to move in an increasingly experimental direction and were released to critical acclaim. The band released Diamond Eyes in 2010 and embarked on a triple-headline tour with Alice in Chains and Mastodon throughout North America. Quicksand bassist Sergio Vega, who had filled in as a touring member to replace Cheng, later became his permanent replacement. After Cheng's accident, Deftones halted production on Eros. As a result, he was left in a minimally conscious state until his death in 2013 of cardiac arrest. In 2008, while Deftones were working on an album tentatively titled Eros, Cheng was involved in a traffic collision. While critically acclaimed, the album’s production was marred by creative tensions and personal issues within the band, some of which influenced its material. While the group's critical success continued, sales proved to be lackluster compared to White Pony.ĭeftones' fifth studio effort, Saturday Night Wrist, was released in 2006. Their self-titled fourth album was released in 2003.
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Its lead single " Change (In the House of Flies)" is the band's most commercially successful single, and the track " Elite" won a Grammy Award for Best Metal Performance it was also the band's first of three albums to be certified platinum in the United States. The band found even further success with their third album White Pony (2000), which saw a transition away from their earlier, more aggressive sound into a more experimental direction. Their second album Around the Fur was released in 1997, reached chart positions along with its singles, and became the band's first to receive certification from the RIAA. Promoting the album by touring exhaustively with other bands in the scene, Deftones managed to gain a dedicated fan base through word of mouth. After the lineup settled in 1993, the band secured a recording contract with Maverick Records, and subsequently released their debut album Adrenaline in 1995. Deftones have released nine albums since their inception.