Deftones

Deftones are a multi-platinum selling, Grammy award winning hard rock band from Sacramento, California. Personnel are Chino Moreno (vocals, guitar), Stephen Carpenter (guitar), Abe Cunningham (drums), Chi Cheng (bass) and turntablist/keyboardist/sampler player Frank Delgado. (Incidentally, Carpenter is generally credited with "strings", though if he actually plays anything other than electric guitar it's not immediately apparent.)

Around The Fur

Around The Fur was released in 1997. The album included a collaboration with frontman Max Cavalera of Sepultura and Soulfly on "Headup," a tribute to Max's late step-son Dana Wells. "My Own Summer" and "Be Quiet and Drive" were hits, the latter's music video earned significant play on MTV.

Related Topics:
Around The Fur - 1997 - Max Cavalera - Sepultura - Soulfly - Dana Wells - Music video - MTV

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Delgado again appeared on several songs, and demonstrated his deft, inventive touch at a time when turntable scratching was in danger of becoming a nu metal cliche.

Related Topics:
Scratching - Nu metal

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"Be Quiet And Drive" was performed acoustic with Incubus frontman Brandon Boyd and Adam Sandler for the "Little Nicky" soundtrack. This mellow version with a new trip-hop-esque beat by Delgado inspired vocalist Chino Moreno to expand on softer music, which eventually lead to his side project Team Sleep.

Related Topics:
Incubus - Adam Sandler - Team Sleep

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Chino commented in July of 2000 "Its one of my favorite records of all time. The time and place we were in when we made it was fluent as hell. It took two months to write it and two months to record it. You're just in this one frame of mind. No matter what you were feeling that record just captures it."

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In 1999 It was certified Gold in recognition of 500,000 sales in the US. As of September 2004 it had sold 872,006 copies. http://www.thedeftones.com

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