Deftones

Deftones
Deftones
	Deftones performing at the Brixton Academy in 2007
Background information
Origin	Sacramento, California; United States
Genres	Alternative metal; nu metal; art rock; shoegaze; post-metal;
Years active	1988–present
Labels	Maverick; Warner Bros.; Reprise
Website	Official website
Members	Chino Moreno; Stephen Carpenter; Abe Cunningham; Frank Delgado
Past members	Chi Cheng; Sergio Vega

Deftones is an American alternative metal band from Sacramento, California. Deftones has four members in the band; the current band members are Chino Moreno, Stephen Carpenter, Abe Cunningham and Frank Delgado.

The band was formed in 1988. They released their debut album Adrenaline on October 3, 1995. The song "Elite" from their third studio album, "White Pony" won a Grammy Award for Best Metal Performance in 2001. The band has been noted for influencing bands like Muse, Linkin Park, Avenged Sevenfold, Seether, System of a Down, Fightstar, 10 Years as well as many other bands.

On November 4, 2008, the band's bassist Chi Cheng was involved in a car accident which seriously injured him. The band brought in another bassist named Sergio Vega to replace him during his absence.^[5] Cheng died on April 13, 2013 after his heart stopped.^[6]

Band members

Current

Chino Moreno - lead vocals, guitar (1988–present)
Stephen Carpenter - guitar (1988-present)
Abe Cunningham - drums (1988-present)
Frank Delgado - turntablism, keyboards, samples (2000–present)

Former

Chi Cheng - bass, backing vocals (1988–2013) (†)

Sergio Vega - bass, backing vocals (2009-2021)

Discography

Studio albums

Adrenaline (1995)
Around the Fur (1997)
White Pony (2000)
Deftones (2003)
Saturday Night Wrist (2006)
Diamond Eyes (2010)
Koi No Yokan (2012)
Gore (2016)
Ohms (2020)
Private Music (2025)

Unreleased albums

Eros (Unknown Official release date, expected between 2007 or 2008)

Compilation albums

B-Sides & Rarities (2005)
Covers (2011)
The Vinyl Collection 1995–2011 (2011)

Demos

Deftones (Demo 1) (1990)
Deftones (Demo 2) (1991)
Engine Number Nine/7 Words (1992)
(Like) Linus (1993)
Root/Nosebleed (1994)

EPs

Live (1998)
Back to School (Mini Maggit) (2001)
Live: Volume 1 – Selections from Adrenaline (2013)

Video albums

Music in High Places: Live in Hawaii (2003)

Deftones Media

Deftones Logo
Carpenter, Moreno and Cunningham began playing together while attending C. K. McClatchy High School in Sacramento.
Moreno has been credited as contributing guitar from White Pony onwards.
Deftones performing live in Glasgow, June 2006
Deftones performing at the Big Day Out festival on the Gold Coast in 2011
Carpenter and Vega during Deftones' performance at Rock im Park 2016