A review of Adrenaline praised the album's musical control, precision, overall groove and Cunningham's "surprisingly sophisticated drumming". We'd been playing most of those songs for quite a while, and we were just so happy to be making a record that we didn't really think a whole lot about making the songs better." Moreno felt that Adrenaline was recorded "really fast" and performed all his vocals live with the band in the room using a hand-held Shure SM58 microphone. Regarding the recording of the album, Abe Cunningham said, "At the time we did the first record – which I really like and think is good – you can tell the band was really young. We've been together for almost eight years, on the road for two and we do it with honesty and integrity – and the kids can tell." The album was RIAA certified gold on Jin recognition of 500,000 units sold. When asked what he attributed the album's success to, Cheng responded, "One word: perseverance. The album spent 21 weeks on the Billboard Heatseekers chart reaching a peak position of 23. 9" has since been covered by Korn and Suicide Silence, and appeared in the film Law Abiding Citizen. The band contributed the non-album track "Teething" to the soundtrack for the 1996 film The Crow: City of Angels and are also seen performing the song live during one of the film's scenes. Initially unsuccessful, extensive touring, word-of-mouth and Internet promotion built the band a dedicated fanbase, as well as helping Adrenaline to sell over 220,000 copies without the singles "7 Words" and "Bored" (as well as their music videos) receiving any airplay. It was produced by Deftones and Terry Date, who would go on to produce the band's next three albums. The band's debut album, Adrenaline, was recorded at Bad Animals Studio in Seattle, Washington and released on October 3, 1995. Carpenter said the name is intentionally vague to reflect the band's tendency to not focus on just one style of music. Dick Dale and the Deltones The Quin-Tones, The Monotones, The Cleftones and The Harptones). The name "Deftones" was created by Carpenter who wanted to pick "something that would just stand out but you know, not be all cheese-ball at the same time." Carpenter combined the hip hop slang term "def", which was used by artists he listened to such as LL Cool J and Public Enemy, with the suffix "-tones", which was a popular suffix among 50s bands whose music he also enjoyed (e.g. They were soon after signed to the label after showcasing three of their songs for Freddy DeMann and Guy Oseary. While closing for another band in L.A., after the majority of the audience had left, the band impressed a Maverick Records representative. Within two years the band began playing club shows and later expanded their playing territory to San Francisco and Los Angeles where they played shows alongside bands such as Korn. After playing with several bassists, the band settled on Chi Cheng and recorded a four track demo soon after. When Moreno found out Carpenter played guitar, he set up a jam session with Cunningham and the three began playing regularly in Carpenter's garage circa 1988. They were childhood friends and remained friends through the skateboarding scene in Sacramento.
It has been reported that the driver paid Carpenter a cash settlement that allowed the band to purchase equipment, but drummer Abe Cunningham commented in an interview that this was "a myth about how our band was started."Ĭarpenter, Moreno and Cunningham went to the same high school. It was at this point that he began teaching himself guitar by playing along to bands such as Anthrax, Stormtroopers of Death and Metallica. This left him confined to a wheelchair for several months. When Carpenter was 15 years old he was hit by a car while skateboarding. They have released six albums to date, with their most recent Diamond Eyes in spring of 2010.
Deftones is an American rock band from Sacramento, California, formed in 1988 consisting of Chino Moreno (lead vocals and guitar), Stephen Carpenter (guitar), Chi Cheng (bass), Frank Delgado (keyboards and turntables), and Abe Cunningham (drums and percussion).