Deftones Megathread, All Things Deftones

[Doug N]

Simple riffs and repetitions are part of the charm of Deftones

Exactly, it's not like we're talking about BTBAM here.

 

[wankerness]

Exactly, it's not like we're talking about BTBAM here.

That guy's complaint was that it was literally copy-pasted ala St. Anger (famously assembled in pro tools by pasting a bunch of already-recorded random riffs together into song-sized chunks as opposed to writing and recording songs with something resembling organic flow to them), not that it simply had repetitive riffs. Complaining a song is made up of a riff that was played once and then copy/pasted 63 times to fill out the rest of the verses is a somewhat different complaint than "they play this riff too much." I haven't listened to Diamond Eyes enough to know if he's right or not.

It's true that some deftones songs, especially on the S/T, legitimately only have a couple riffs that never change throughout the song. There's nothing wrong with simple riffs or verse/chorus structures, but if you're going to do that you'd better at least have dynamic changes or some substituted notes in the vocal line or you become the rock equivalent of easy listening.

 

[Poltergeist]

The Observatory,2015-05-08 - Santa Ana, California, USA

Setlist

Cherry Waves
Diamond Eyes
Rocket Skates
Knife Party
Elite
My Own Summer (Shove It)
lhabia
Tempest
Swerve City
Sextape
You've Seen the Butcher
Rosemary
Hexagram
Digital Bath
Change (In the house of flies)
Passenger
---
Be Quiet and Drive (Far Away)
Lotion
Head Up
---
Bored
Engine #9

Stoked they're opening with Cherry Waves. Didn't expect that at all. Here's the full show..

 

[Poltergeist]

Chino was inspired by Morrissey's vocals and solo work for the new album and this one is suppose to be "out of the box".. We're suppose to expect a lot of keyboards/synths in the new songs, and I guess October is going to be the release date instead of September for the new record. It was an interesting read, check it out.

Deftones' Chino Moreno On Their Spacey, Morrissey-Inspired New Album | NME.COM

 

[Poltergeist]

Kerrang magazine interview,more on the new record...

 

[Poltergeist]

Snippet of the new Deftones track featuring Jerry Cantrell. Sounds pretty good!

https://instagram.com/p/24-pWNvWHi/

 

[Poltergeist]

And another snippet of possible new material... surprised to hear another one so soon.
https://instagram.com/p/3AVm2IvWMC/

 

[Triple7]

I know they're short clips, but they sound awesome!

 

[ThePhilosopher]

More coverage just to get this back to page one - I had to go with a terrible B&W conversion to compensate for the bad lighting tonight.

 

[crystallake]

Does anyone know if the One Love For Chi site is still active? I picked up a shirt from them last month, and it's yet to arrive. I tried emailing Ming, but no response. I was hoping to get it before this weekends Deftones show in Cincy.

 

[park0496]

That site looks old as ....... hope you get your shirt or money back though

 

[ThePhilosopher]

I'll be redoing this one as I flubbed the ending on this take.

 

[crystallake]

That site looks old as ....... hope you get your shirt or money back though

Yea, I tried emailing them before I placed my order, but their contact form just gives you a 403 error. I figured since it didn't say "sold out," that it was still active.

I had to email Ming through the PayPal email on my receipt. I'll give him through the week to respond, then I'll file a PP dispute.


EDIT: Shirt came in yesterdays mail! Guess if anyones still interested, they are still selling tees.

 

[Poltergeist]

Posted from Fishman's Facebook today (from a recent show in Mansfield, MA)

Looks like Stephen is getting comfy with his Fishman's now...

Gold plated Fishman pickups AND floyd rose... this is awesome (pic from extended range guitar nerds facebook)

 

[ChubbyEwok]

^Love the gold Fishman pickups in that guitar.

I'm very interested to hear how they sound on the new album. I guess if he's happy with the Fishman pickups his sig models might include them instead of the EMGs next year.

 

[Ben.Last]

I'm really hoping they release the 8 string version soon: I'd like to swap the Blackouts in my Schecter for them.

 

[RevelGTR]

Hmmm... Stef and Devin were two of my favorite EMG users tone wise. The Fishmans are definitely on my want to try list.

 

[Hallic]

wow, fresh purple colour. is that see through?

 

[MrSleepwalker]

Stephen talks about BIAS

 

[ChubbyEwok]

Man that video reminded me how much I wish ESP would make an eight string version of his tele, I would buy one in a heartbeat.