Deftones is an American alternative metal band formed in Sacramento, California in 1988.
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Deftones is an American alternative metal band formed in Sacramento, California in 1988.
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In 2008, while Deftones were working on an album tentatively titled Eros, Cheng was involved in a traffic collision.
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When Cunningham left Deftones to join Phallucy, another band from Sacramento, Garcia switched to drums.
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Allmusic's review said that "Deftones went soft, but in an impressive way, to twist around its signature punk thrash sound".
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Deftones began work on their fourth album under the working title Lovers.
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In January 2003, Deftones left the studio to perform several one-off shows in Australia and New Zealand as part of the annual Big Day Out festival.
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Deftones went on to say that the album "sticks a little too close to familiar territory".
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Rather than work with Date, their producer for many years, Deftones decided to record with Bob Ezrin on their fifth studio album.
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Deftones spent the majority of 2006 and 2007 touring around the world in support of the album, performing in North America, Europe, South America, Japan and Australia.
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Deftones previously reported that they intended to record a new album either in late 2014 or early 2015.
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Deftones described the album as "a little more of a heady record" than the previous album.
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Deftones further explained that it was not a "happy record", but "not a completely angry record".
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In 2017, Chino Moreno revealed that Deftones had begun writing material for their ninth studio album, which he stated hoped would be out sometime in 2019.
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That same month, Deftones embarked on a South American tour with support from Quicksand and Deadly Apples.
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Deftones postponed their joint tour with Gojira in support of Ohms twice due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Deftones' influences include Faith No More, Afrika Bambaataa, the Cure, Depeche Mode, Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark, the Human League, Meshuggah, Duran Duran, Thompson Twins and Hum.
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Deftones members have worked on several side projects, with Moreno fronting Team Sleep, Crosses, Palms and supergroup Saudade .
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