History Music / Deftones

* YouMakeMeSic - The back cover of ''White Pony'' and the credits spell it as "Knife P''a''rty", but the lyrics sheet calls it "Knife P''r''ty". The latter is the actual name for the song.

* ''Koi No Yokan'', 2012 (to be released November 12, 2012)

** The Lancer: Stephen

Deftones is a rock band formed in 1988 in Sacramento, California. Deftones has released 6 studio albums to date. In 2008, bassist Chi Cheng was seriously injured in a car accident in Santa Clara, California, and has remained in a minimally conscious state since that time. With a temporary replacement bassist (Sergio Vega), the band managed to complete and release their sixth studio album, ''Diamond Eyes''; the album they were preparing as their sixth before Cheng's accident, ''Eros'', may be released in the future.

* HiddenTrack- "Damone" off of Around the Fur.

* Upcoming seventh studio album, 2012

* OneOfUs - the instrumental track on ''Saturday Night Wrist'' takes its title from the Konami Code. "976-EVIL" is named after [[Film/NineSevenSixEvil a Robert Englund film]].

* LyricalDissonance - {{Inverted}} with "Needles And Pins", which appears to be an extremely heavy and dark... [[WhatDoYouMeanItsNotAwesome love song]].

+TheCure, Bad Brains, TheSmiths, Music/MyBloodyValentine, CocteauTwins, DuranDuran, Music/TheSmashingPumpkins, DepecheMode, Helmet, {{Jawbox}}, Music/FaithNoMore, Mr. Bungle, Music/{{Hum}}, {{Radiohead}}, KoolKeith, Music/{{Tool}}, JanesAddiction, Music/{{Weezer}}, Music/{{Meshuggah}}, Music/FearFactory, Music/{{Metallica}}, Music/{{Slayer}}, Music/{{Anthrax}}, Music/LedZeppelin, Music/{{Nirvana}}

* CoverVersion - They've covered: "Savory" by Jawbox, "Wax and Wane" by the CocteauTwins, "Simple Man" by LynyrdSkynyrd, "Sinatra" by {{Helmet}}, "No Ordinary Love" by {{Sade}}, "If Only Tonight We Could Sleep" by TheCure, "Please Please Please Let Me Get What I Want" by TheSmiths, "The Chauffeur" and Nightboat by DuranDuran, and "Drive" by Music/TheCars, among others.

* EpicRiff - [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=woR6ohiFeYE Where]] [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XOzs1FehYOA do]] [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vYDYpiVTJqU we]] [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FYgtCNaICUg begin]]?

* MagnumOpus - ''White Pony'' and ''Diamond Eyes'' are frequently cited as the band's best albums.

* OneOfUs - the instrumental track on ''Saturday Night Wrist'' takes its title from the Konami Code. "976-EVIL" is named after a Robert Englund film.

The band's magnum opus is generally considered to be either ''White Pony'' or ''Diamond Eyes''. The band is generally considered an influence on NuMetal, even with the debate over whether or not they ''belong'' to the genre, and many bands in the genre have cited Deftones as an influence, including TropeMaker Music/{{Korn}} and TropeCodifier LimpBizkit, although YourMileageMayVary as to whether Deftones' influencing NuMetal was a good thing.

* TextlessAlbumCover - The re-release of ''White Pony''.

* RecordOfLoudnessWar - Funnily enough considering their appeal lies in their incorporation of experimental, softer elements to AlternativeMetal, their albums are completely fucked mastering-wise (even if they don't clip too egregiously).
** Though their latest album doesn't seem as loud, and is all the better for it.

+TheCure, Bad Brains, TheSmiths, Music/MyBloodyValentine, CocteauTwins, DuranDuran, Music/TheSmashingPumpkins, DepecheMode, Helmet, {{Jawbox}}, Music/FaithNoMore, Mr. Bungle, Hum, {{Radiohead}}, KoolKeith, Music/{{Tool}}, JanesAddiction, Music/{{Weezer}}, Music/{{Meshuggah}}, Music/FearFactory, Music/{{Metallica}}, Music/{{Slayer}}, Music/{{Anthrax}}, Music/LedZeppelin, Music/{{Nirvana}}

The band's distinctive musical style is often disputed by the band's fans, and trying to categorize them will result in a lot of InternetBacklash. Specifically, a lot of the band's music has a lot in common with NuMetal, including the vocalization (a mix of [[MetalScream screams]], [[PerishingAltRockVoice whispers]], [[SpokenWordInMusic spoken word]], melodic singing and occasional rapping), the use of turntables for additional instrumentation and sound development and syncopated, riff-based instrumentation (although there is a lot of experimentation and complexity in many of their songs). However, fans argue that Deftones ''isn't really NuMetal'', because of the lack of [[TrueArtIsAngsty angst]], or claim that they're "[[RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap too good]]" to be a NuMetal band. Adding to the dispute is the band's diverse influences and [[NeoclassicalPunkZydecoRockabilly mix]] of an abundance of styles, including AlternativeMetal, AlternativeRock, DreamPop, {{Shoegazing}}, {{Grunge}}, HardcorePunk, HipHop, NewWave, ProgressiveRock and RapMetal. Their music could fall into any number of categorizations as a result.

* VaporWare - Kush, Steve Carpenter's side project with [[Music/CypressHill B-Real[[ and a couple of the dudes from Music/FearFactory. We haven't heard anything on it since 2002, although they were supposedly working on an album.

* TheCameo - [[{{Sepultura}} Max Cavalera]] on "Headup", [[{{Tool}} Maynard James Keenan]] on "Passenger", [[Music/StoneTemplePilots Scott Weiland]] on "RX Queen", Rodleen Getsic on "Knife Prty", [[SystemOfADown Serj Tankian]] on "Mein", Annalynn Cunningham on "MX", B-Real of CypressHill on "Black Moon", Michael Harris (Idiot Pilot) on "Teenager (Idiot version)", Annie Hardy on "Pink Cellphone".

* VaporWare - Kush, Steve Carpenter's side project with B-Real and a couple of the dudes from FearFactory. We haven't heard anything on it since 2002, although they were supposedly working on an album.

* BigFun / FatBastard - Chino used to be a pretty skinny guy; [[http://userserve-ak.last.fm/serve/500/360725/Chino+Moreno.jpg this is what he looked like.]] But around the time the band's self-titled album released, [[http://tlakuilokalli.blog.com/files/2010/10/deftones-chino-moreno-small1.jpg he looked like this.]] He as since lost weight, however, [[ http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-G88vsUAS73M/TbR0CxLXqyI/AAAAAAAAAX8/fClsN2GJ7L4/s1600/revolver-golden-gods-awards-2011_chino+moreno.jpg as seen in this recent photo.]]

* AlternativeMetal / AlternativeRock - Hard to tell.

The band's magnum opus is generally considered to be either ''White Pony'' or ''Diamond Eyes''. The band is generally considered an influence on NuMetal, even with the debate over whether or not they ''belong'' to the genre, and many bands in the genre have cited Deftones as an influence, including TropeMaker {{Korn}} and TropeCodifier LimpBizkit, although YourMileageMayVary as to whether Deftones' influencing NuMetal was a good thing.