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DOUG JOHNSON: The Deftones have been playing music since nineteen eighty-eight. The band just released its sixth studio album. “Diamond Eyes” opened at number six on Billboard magazine’s top two hundred albums chart. Mario Ritter has more on the band and music from the new record.
MARIO RITTER: In two thousand eight, tragedy struck the Deftones. Bass player Chi Cheng was involved in a serious car accident in Sacramento, California. His brain injuries are severe. He has never fully woken since the crash.
The Deftones were putting the finishing touches on their sixth album, “Eros,” when Cheng got hurt. They never felt right about returning to it.
Now the Deftones have completed a different sixth album, “Diamond Eyes.” Deftones’ friend Sergio Vega is playing bass in Cheng’s absence. But, drummer Abe Cunningham says Cheng’s influence can be felt throughout the whole album. “How could it not be?” Cunningham said.
Here the Deftones perform the title track from “Diamond Eyes.”
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The Deftones are from Sacramento. Cunningham, lead singer and guitarist Chino Moreno and guitarist Stephen Carpenter were all childhood friends. They started playing music together in high school. Chi Cheng joined them in nineteen eighty-eight. Keyboardist Frank Delgado came to the Deftones in two thousand.
Listen now to “Beauty School” from “Diamond Eyes.”
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