New Deftones

Here is the new video for Deftones' "Beauty School" one of my favorite, favorite songs off their amazing album Diamond Eyes. Sure this is the obligatory tour footage video but Chino's in it, so that automatically makes it amazing. Oh and if you don't know I had the pleasure of seeing Deftones last september. Read about it here!

Deftones!

So if you don't know Deftones is one of my favorite bands of all time. Last year I did a post on when I first heard the Deftones and I have been hooked ever since. They were never as 'popular' as the bands they were lumped together with during the late 90's early 00's "nu-metal" era (i.e. Korn, Limp Bizkit, Incubus etc). But I believe they are the most respected and consistent bands. Their latest album Diamond Eyes is phenomenal, definitely their best effort since White Pony. Last night I had the honor and pleasure to attend their show at the Norva (thanks to some comp tickets from my job, although I was put on a 'list' that my name wasn't on, which i assume was VIP so I had to be lumped with the peons and doshbags of the pit) And despite the sucky opening band by the name of Barroness and my feet and body aching, and this stupid b!tch who was in front of me, as my concert patna and BFF since the 9th grade Shelaine (whom gave me the white pony CD in 10th grade) told me "It'll be all worth it in the end" and man it was. They played a 2 hour set that included songs from all Deftones albums. Some of my faves of the night being "Ihabia" from Around the Fur and "Beauty School" from Diamond Eyes. Oh and Chino is adorable and amazing for he did not have in-ears and could not hear himself the whole show and still put on the performance of a lifetime...and he touched my hand! EEeeek. I really feel like I have lived out my teenage fantasies this summer. I saw Korn last month and now seeing Deftones, I kind of feel complete hmm. Oh and shout out to my cousin Rachahd whom is also a Deftones fan and told me an awesome story about when she got injured ribs from a Deftones show at the Roseland in NYC. And of course Shelainey for coming to the show with me. Alright I will now leave you with a video of "Change (In the House of Flies).

Song of the Day

Usually I do posts like these on my twitter but I wanted to 'splain this in further detail. Today's song is Deftones' "Back to School". You know at certain points in your life when you see something or hear a song and at the time you dont know just how much it impacts your life. Well this song did that for me. I did not even realize this till this morning whilst driving to work and having the iPood on shuffle and thinking about when I first heard this song. It was 10th grade so...2000 and I was really 'accepting' myself. That meaning I was a black kid from the 'hood' who was into rock music, and different than a lot of her peers. So I constantly constantly listened to 96X (which is an alternative rock station, a station I admired as a teen, ironically enough I work at the company that owns the station and it sucks now, definitely what it used to be, a sad affair really.)This song came on and I think my head exploded. Now this is not the Deftones' best song, but it is a good song off of their best album White Pony. A little while after that my girl Shelainey gave me a copy of the album, she bought another cause the copy she had did not have "Back to School" on it, go figure. But yeah I just wanted to share that. Your Welcome.
PS CHI update. As you may or may not know the bassist Chi was in a car crash and fell into a coma in November, on the website One Love for Chi it is said that is in a semi-concious state, not exactly out of the coma but out of the coma at the same time, make sure you go over to the site for updates.

Chi Update.

For those that dont know the bassist of the Deftones Chi Cheng has been in a coma from a car accident since november of last year. Obviously he is still in this coma but is stabalized. The family of Chi have created a site to help with the medical costs Chi has incurred since being in this condition check it out One Love For Chi. Keep praying for Chi yall.

Chi from Deftones health update

I just seen this in a myspace bulletin:
Hello Friends,

My apologies for the delay in updates. Chi's condition remains the same - serious, but stable. He still lies in a coma, however his vitals (heart, lungs, and blood pressure) all exhibit very stable functions and doctors have begun removing much of the excess monitoring equipment. Chi remains strong in his fight to recover.


Man I really hope he pulls through, he's been in a coma for weeks now, lets all pray for him

Oh no!

Chi from one of my fav bands Deftones was injured in a car crash. My prayers and thoughts are with him, I hope he recovers well.

Chi Cheng, bass player with US rock band the Deftones, has been seriously injured in a car accident.

Lead singer Chino Moreno wrote on the band's website that Cheng, 38, was in a "serious but stable" condition following the crash in California.

"I'm praying that his strength will get him through this," said the musician, who added the band were at his bedside.

The Deftones were formed 20 years ago and won a Grammy Award in 2000 for the song Elite from their White Pony album.

The band released their debut album, Adrenaline, on Madonna's Maverick Records label in 1995.
Story source:http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/7710177.stm