I’ve been taking a trip down memory lane and have been listening to a lot of Deftones lately. Deftones for me were the band that got my foot into the world of Metal. They are the reason I started listening to bands like Slayer, Sepultura, Meshuggah, Sabbath, etc. They also got me to branch out and listen to bands like Depeche Mode, Bad Brains, Glassjaw and early Weezer. Waaaaay back in high school I tried styling my hair just like Chino’s lmfao. I had a huge man crush on this guy. The walls of my room were completely covered in Deftones posters and swag. Abe Cunningham was the reason why I bought my first drum kit. Yeah they don’t play 9000 BPM’s and they don’t growl like Cookie Monster, I’m sure some of you in here can’t stand them but I fucking love this band. Always have and always will. RIP Chi <3
Any way that’s my pathetic Deftones story. After all these years this riff still gets me hard