16 Facts About Chino Moreno

Camillo "Chino" Wong Moreno was born on June 20,1973 and is an American musician who is best known as the lead vocalist and primary lyricist of the alternative metal band Deftones.

Chino Moreno is a member of the side-project groups Team Sleep, Crosses, and Palms.

Chino Moreno was born in Sacramento, California, the second of five children.

Chino Moreno's mother is of Mexican and Chinese descent and his father is Mexican.

Circa 1988, Chino Moreno started jamming regularly with his middle-school friends Abe Cunningham and Stephen Carpenter, leading to the formation of Deftones.

Frank Delgado had become a full-time band member, adding new elements to the band's music, while Chino Moreno himself contributed guitar lines in addition to vocals.

In 2001, Chino Moreno developed a throat injury due to heavy screaming and was forced to miss at least four shows.

Chino Moreno suffered inflammation on his right vocal cord and partial paralysis of the left vocal cord.

In March 2011, Chino Moreno stated to be working on a new side project known as Crosses, featuring Far guitarist Shaun Lopez and Chuck Doom.

In 2009, Chino Moreno recorded a song with Thirty Seconds to Mars to appear on their album This Is War, but was not finished.

In June 2016, the Secret Solstice music festival announced that Chino Moreno would perform at Thrihnukagigur in what will be the first ever public concert inside the magma chamber of a volcano.

Chino Moreno featured in the low-budget video for the song "Carpe Diem" by fellow Sacramento hardcore act Will Haven.

Chino Moreno makes a brief cameo in Limp Bizkit's alternate video for their 1997 single Counterfeit, seen on the single's bonus disc.

Chino Moreno was married to his first wife, Celeste Schroeder, from 1994 to 2006; they had two children.

Chino Moreno married his second wife, Risa-Mora Moreno, in 2012; the couple has one daughter.

Chino Moreno had been a frequent smoker for most of his life; however, he reports that he quit in 2007.