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Deftones are a Grammy award-winning experimental alternative rock band from Sacramento, California.

Deftones have often been praised as one of the more innovative and unique rock bands of recent years. Johnny Loftus writes, "Rock critics usually reserve a special place for Deftones above or at least away from the rest of the turn-of-the-century metal movement... Deftones have always seemed more curious, more willing to incorporate traditionally revered sounds like dream pop or D.C. hardcore into their northern California alt-metal."

Moreno's poetic lyrics—described by a Time magazine critic as "furiously intelligent"—are often evocative, yet sparse enough to allow for multiple interpretations. Moreno has cited Morrissey, Weezer's Rivers Cuomo, The Cure's Robert Smith, Bad Brains' H.R., and Depeche Mode's David Gahan among his favorite singers, and, beyond an occasional similarity in vocal technique, these singers' sweeping sense of drama is often evident in Moreno's vocals.

Pre-production on the Deftones' first proper album began in the fall of 1994. The producer chosen to helm the sessions was Terry Date, who at the time was most known for producing albums for Pantera, White Zombie, and Soundgarden. Date brought several ideas to the table for improving the structure of the music. Deftones took to his style, and had him produce their next three albums.

Adrenaline was released on October 3, 1995. The album sold well, and earned mostly positive reviews. Bored, Root and 7 Words were minor hits. Delgado was not yet an official member, but he contributed on several songs.

One review of Adrenaline noted Cunningham's "surprisingly sophisticated drumming" and wrote that "Unlike many of their contemporaries, the Deftones are very controlled even in the midst of chaos."

Around the Fur was produced by Terry Date and recorded at Seattle's Studio X. Released on October 26, 1997, the album included a collaboration with singer Max Cavalera (founder and frontman of Sepultura) on "Headup," a tribute to Max's late step-son Dana Wells. The song inspired Cavalera to create Soulfly, a band dedicated to Wells. Also appearing on the album was Cunningham's wife, Annalynn, who provided the female vocals on "MX." "My Own Summer (Shove It)" and "Be Quiet and Drive (Far Away)" were hits in the alternative circle, with both songs' music videos receiving play. "My Own Summer (Shove It)" was even featured on the soundtrack to The Matrix.

An acoustic remix of "Be Quiet and Drive (Far Away)" was performed with a friend of the band, DJ Crook, and lead singer Jonah Matranga of Far.[3] This mellow version with a new trip-hop-esque beat by Delgado inspired vocalist Chino Moreno to explore softer music, which eventually lead to the inception of his side project, Team Sleep.

On June 20, 2000, the band released their third album, White Pony. It was produced by Terry Date in the Deftones' own recording studio in Sausalito, California. It debuted at No. 3 in the US Billboard chart with sales of 177,000 copies. It is generally considered by fans to be Deftones' most mature recording. Hits included "Change (In the House of Flies)" and "Digital Bath."

Of White Pony, one reviewer wrote, "Moreno is exquisitely mind-blowing" and that "Deftones went soft, but in an impressive way, to twist around its signature punk sound."

Delgado was now a full-time band member, and he added greatly to the atmospheric album. Reviews were overwhelmingly positive, noting Moreno's increasing sophistication as a lyricist and the group's experimentalism: the fragile "Teenager," for example, incorporates elements of glitch and trip hop, with programming duties carried out by Moreno's friend and Team Sleep bandmate DJ Crook ("Teenager" was originally a Team Sleep song). A collaboration with singer Maynard James Keenan of Tool is present on "Passenger," and the refrain in "Knife Prty" features vocals by Rodleen Getsic.

A limited edition print of 50,000 black and red jewel case versions of White Pony were released with a bonus 12th track titled "The Boy's Republic." The band re-record "Back To School (Mini Maggit)," a rap-influenced interpretation of the album's closer, "Pink Maggit," after their record label said they had run out of marketable singles. The song was placed as the new opening track (with "Pink Maggit" still the closer), and, under altered cover art, re-released White Pony on October 3, 2000. The band notably expressed their resentment towards Maverick's lack of faith in their art and immediately regretted recording "Back To School." Moreno has stated that he hates that song, and said that he reluctantly agreed to record it to show his label how mindlessly easy it was to write a hit. Deftones played "Back to School" on tours in support of White Pony but rarely thereafter. It was only until their South American and European tour in early 2007 that the song began appearing on their setlists.

White Pony eventually achieved platinum status as well as a Grammy award for Best Metal Performance for the song "Elite".

In interviews, Moreno has stated that some of the lyrics are intentionally misprinted to cover up vulgarity. For example, at the beginning of "Feiticeira", the liner notes read "Stop I'm drunk" when Chino quite audibly sings "Fuck I'm drunk." In the song "Street Carp," the lyric booklet states a line of lyric as "Now take it home and have fun with it", when what he actually sings is "Now take it home and fuck with it." Similarly, on "Change (In the House of Flies)," the booklet reads "Give you the lung, blow me away," when he actually sings "Give you the gun, blow me away".

Deftones was released on May 20, 2003. It sold 167,000 copies in the first week and remained in the Billboard top 100 for nine weeks, supported by the first single, "Minerva." The track was featured in the video game NHL 2004 as well as True Crime: Streets of L.A.

Later, the band shot a video for their second single, "Hexagram," with fans watching the band play the song in an indoor skatepark in Simi Valley, California. Deftones made a video for the track "Bloody Cape," but it was never released for play on television. The video was only made available on Deftones's official website for one day. It was later released on their B-Sides and Rarities DVD.

Much of the material on the album was written by guitarist Carpenter, which accounts for the album's heavier feel. Delgado plays synthesizer, keyboards or sampler rather than his previous turntables.

The recording sessions were helmed by producers Terry Date and Greg Wells for the first four months in Sacramento and then Seattle. Wells had to return to Los Angeles due to the birth of his second child, and Date continued on the record for months. Wells later produced much of Team Sleep's debut record.

In reviewing Deftones Stephen Thomas Erlewine writes that "Hexagram," the album's opener, "hits hard — harder than they ever have, revealing how mushy Staind is, or how toothless Linkin Park is."

Erlewine notes that on the album "Deftones feel compelled to strengthen their metal roots" and at the same time maintain "the very things that make them better and more interesting than the rest — namely, their love of art rock, whether it's via The Cure or My Bloody Valentine." He closes by writing, "When they do play by the rules, they're good, but they're great when they don't follow a map."

Another review, by Rolling Stone's Greg Kot states, "Singer Chino Moreno sounds like he's conversing with a choir of voices inside his troubled skull. He's the most Dada of the metal screamers: sobbing, stoned and strangely sensual, when he isn't shredding his tonsils. The band brings the requisite brutality, but this album delivers chills when it creeps past the margins of modern post-Korn heavy music: the spooky spaghetti-western drones that hover like vultures over 'Deathblow,' the space-is-the-place liftoff of 'Minerva' and the ambient doomscape 'Lucky You,' which might be worth an approving smirk from the Aphex Twin."

An odds-and-ends album titled B-Sides & Rarities was released on October 4, 2005.

The CD includes various 'B-Side' songs and covers, while the DVD contains behind-the-scenes footage and every music video the band has made. This compilation includes a semi-rough cover of "Savory" originally done by Jawbox, a cover of "Simple Man" by Lynyrd Skynyrd, and "Black Moon" featuring "B-Real" from Cypress Hill, among others.

Most noticeably absent from the album was "Lovers," a B-side from Deftones. Moreno had stated in interviews that the name of the album was going to be "Lovers." Also sorely missed was "To Have and To Hold" a Depeche Mode cover that was used heavily during the White Pony era.

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