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  Watch Deftones' Wild West-Inspired 'Swerve City' Video

  May 8, 2013 – When reviewing Deftones' seventh album, 2012's Koi No Yokan, SPIN's Theon Weber wrote that there's something welcoming in "the band's understanding of how little they need." That proves true for the Sacramento unit's latest video, a Western-inspired short set to Koi No Yokan opener "Swerve City." Directed by Gus Black, the clip draws the viewer in with its vast desert landscapes, horseback-riding heroine, and crisp l …
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  Watch Deftones 'Jump' to Honor Chris Kelly With Thrashing Kris Kross Cover Live

  May 2, 2013 – Deftones and Kris Kross might be an unlikely combination, but neither are strangers to tragedy. The alt-metal band's founding bassist Chi Cheng died earlier this year at age 42, after a car accident in November 2008 left him paralyzed and partially conscious. …
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  Founding Deftones Bassist Chi Cheng, 42, Passes Away

  April 14, 2013 – Chi Cheng, a founding member of beloved alterna-metal romantics Deftones, has passed away at age 42. Paralyzed and partially conscious, Cheng had been recovering since a car accident in November of 2008.For years, the metal community has banded together to raise money for his family's astronomical medical costs through benefit shows and the family-run foundation oneloveforchi.com. …
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  This Deftones Video From 1998 Hasn't Been Seen Till Now

  April 4, 2013 – The Deftones are planning to release a career-spanning live vinyl set sometime in the future, but another relic from the Sacramento metal unit's past has just surfaced online. As Antiquiet points out, a music video for the acoustic rendition of 1998 single "Be Quiet and Drive (Far Away)" was recently discovered by fan site Deftones Latino. …
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  Saturday Night Risk: Deftones Crowd-Surf All Over New York's Terminal 5

  March 11, 2013 –  …
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  Metallica Recruit Deftones, Red Hot Chili Peppers for 2013 Orion Music + More Lineup

  February 25, 2013 – Metallica have tapped Red Hot Chili Peppers, Deftones, and Rise Against to co-headline the 2013 edition of the Orion Music + More festival. …
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  Deftones Planning Career-Spanning Vinyl Live Set

  February 11, 2013 – The Deftones' seventh album, Koi No Yokan, fared well here at SPIN. We included the Sacramento alt-metal outfit's latest full-length in our 50 Best Albums of 2012 list and placed it at No. 5 on our 20 Best Metal Albums of 2012 feature. …
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  Rock Music of the Year: Metal's Poptimist Streak

  December 20, 2012 – The last time the Deftones, whose alternately downy and hair-raising Koi No Yokan is our No. 44 Album of 2012, appeared on a SPIN year-end list was in 2000, when the Sacto aggromantics' slithering "Change (In the House of Flies)" snagged No. 7 on our Top 20 Singles roundup. That was, you may recall, the same year we deemed "Your Hard Drive" the No. 1 album. …
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  Deftones, 'Koi No Yokan' (Reprise)

  November 16, 2012 – The respect denied so many '90s rock perennials persists for Deftones for two reasons. First, despite being an alleged nü-metal band, they could be really sexy. (We'll come back to that.) Second, they've typically decorated their slightly grungy and very slightly punky aesthetic with tasteful bells and whistles: a synth here, some programmed drums there, a song called "Digital Bath" with a lot of empty space in it. …
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  Renewed Metal: Chino Moreno on How Deftones Thrive

  November 9, 2012 – Deftones have turned tragedy into triumph. In the four years since their beloved former bassist, Chi Cheng, was severely injured in a car accident (he's still in recovery), the veteran Sacramento alt-metal outfit has released arguably its strongest music — 2010's Diamond Eyes and this year's Koi No Yokan (Reprise), out November 13. …
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