Deftones Facts for Kids

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Deftones performing at the Brixton Academy in 2007
Background information
Origin	Sacramento, California United States
Genres	Alternative metal, experimental rock
Years active	1988–present
Labels	Maverick Warner Bros. Reprise

Members	Chino Moreno Stephen Carpenter Abe Cunningham Frank Delgado Sergio Vega

Past members	Chi Cheng

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

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. Cheng died on April 13, 2013 after his heart stopped.

Band members
Discography
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Band members

Current

Chino Moreno - lead vocals, guitar (1988–present)
Stephen Carpenter - guitar (1988-present)
Abe Cunningham - drums (1988-present)
Frank Delgado - turntables, keyboards, samples (2000–present)
Sergio Vega - bass guitar, backing vocals (1999, 2009–present)

Former

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

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)

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)

Images for kids

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

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