Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "Deftones" in English language version.
...it's trying to be a relevant and consistent record blending old and new sounds of their varying era for Deftones at this point into their lengthy career. To say it accomplishes those goals is an understatement, meeting all of my shoegaze, groovy, alt-metal and sensual expectations of their music.
A lot of it has to do with the music I listened to growing up, from listening to Duran Duran and stuff like that. I don't know if anybody really looks back and listens to that stuff these days, but lyrically Simon [Le Bon] was a genius as far as I'm concerned. I love the way he wrote. The same with Robert Smith of the Cure. He was another big influence on the way I write.
They've outlasted nu metal, emo, metalcore and screamo (and they've been labelled in just about all of them) without ever altering their core sound.
From the trip-hop nuances of its self-titled album in 2003 to the bleak math metal tendencies of 2006's Saturday Night Wrist to the goth-rock tinged shoegaze of 2010's Diamond Eyes to the prog-rock flirting of 2012's Koi No Yokan, Deftones' catalogue reads like a case study in how a band can translate influences into a sound that's definitively their own.
I listen to this now and it's stood the test of time, and Deftones were definitely influenced by it.
I think that, being so close to the Bay Area, that when we started out, Faith No More and Primus were a lot bigger influences. And the Bad Brains were a huge influence on us.
I think that, being so close to the Bay Area, that when we started out, Faith No More and Primus were a lot bigger influences. And the Bad Brains were a huge influence on us.
A lot of it has to do with the music I listened to growing up, from listening to Duran Duran and stuff like that. I don't know if anybody really looks back and listens to that stuff these days, but lyrically Simon [Le Bon] was a genius as far as I'm concerned. I love the way he wrote. The same with Robert Smith of the Cure. He was another big influence on the way I write.
