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DECEMBER 2004
 
   
30 TEAM SLEEP: THE DEFINITIVE RELEASE DATE?!
30 MEXICO: PICTURES AND BOOTLEG!
14 MEXICO: CHINO ON STAGE WITH KoRn!
14 CHINO WITH HBMS: THE HOURS
13 TEAM SLEEP: RELEASE AND TOUR...
09 DIMEBAG R.I.P.: ABE'S TRIBUTE
   
   
OCTOBER 2004
 
   
15/16 Team Sleep pushed back again...
8 Chino collaborates with Flavor Flav
8 Abe's interview
1 Tour foto-blog
1 Team Sleep: release date changed
 
SEPTEMBER 2004
 
   
19 Sep 04 Cure's tribute: reports and pics
18 Sep 04 New Deftones' E-Team
17 Sep 04 No Death Angel in the fall tour
16 Sep 04 The new Teamsleep.com is online
14 Sep 04 The band at the Cure's tribute
14 Sep 04 Death Angel is the support band
10 Sep 04 Chino talks about tour, new album, Team Sleep
07 Sep 04 Abe's interview
   
AUGUST 2004
 
   
26 Aug 04 New songs in the fall tour
25 Aug 04 Chino confirmed with HBMS
25 Aug 04 Guitar's action for hurricane's victims
24 Aug 04 Team Sleep: release date
22 Aug 04 Fall tour dates announced
20 Aug 04 Team Sleep: album in november & tour
20 Aug 04 5th album: making some straight evil music...
13 Aug 04 Hot Autumn: tour & recordings
   
JULY 2004
 
   
17 July 04 Deftones in the "Resident Evil: Apocalypse" soundtrack
15 July 04 Team Sleep: new songs
   
JUNE 2004
 
   
22 June 04 Maverick sold
 
MAY 2004
 
   
31 May 04 Vote for "Minerva"
19 May 04 Team Sleep: only new songs in the album
13 May 04 Team Sleep: album soon
04 May 04 Moved into the Morning View house
   
APRIL 2004
 
   
21 Apr 04 Moblog from the band
20 Apr 04 Moving to Malibu
16 Apr 04 Looking for a producer
10 Apr 04 Nomination at the California Music Awards
08 Apr 04 Steph's ESP guitar on e-bay
06 Apr 04 New album recording in June!
   
MARCH 2004
 
 
23 Mar 04 "deftones - in studio/2004"...
19 Mar 04 Chino plays for Metallica
19 Mar 04 Team Sleep on the Ghostride's label
16 Mar 04 Collaborations: HBMS and Taproot
   
FEBRUARY 2004
 
 
17 Feb 04 Chi's relative died
05 Feb 04 New pics from the Sacto'show
05 Feb 04 Chi's new poems
03 Feb 04 5th album: hard work at The Spot
   
JANUARY 2004
 
 
31 Jan 04 Steph/Taproot
24 Jan 04 Steph in the list of the 100 greatest metal guitarists
23 Jan 04 Review: Back to Sacto!
21 Jan 04 Chi's interview: new album, Sacto show, concerts...
13 Jan 04 5TH ALBUM! - No 3rd single - Teamsleep song
08 Jan 04 Bootlegs
02 Jan 04 Deftones 2004...
   
NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2003
 
 
19 Dec 03 Deftonesworld in the IMA's top ten!
19 Dec 03 6th we are...
17 Dec 03 My Own Summer orchestral version!
17 Dec 03 New pics added on deftones.com
11 Dec 03 Interview with Abe + pics
11 Dec 03 Win a guitar signed by the Deftones
06 Dec 03 NHL 2004 soundtrack
03 Dec 03 Advanced Alternative vol.1
Nov 03 Third single
Nov 03 2004 projects
Nov 03 Minerva in True Crime
30 Nov 03 CLOUD COME is online
 
 


Team Sleep: the definitive release date?! 30.12.04 -> rightdeftones top
the website ihateyouricrophone.com, according to maverick, has comunicated the team sleep's album release date: march 29th. the never ending story!


Concerto in Mexico: foto e bootleg! 30.12.04 -> rightdeftones top
on the site CLASOS you can see some pics taken during the performance at the recent mexican concert. and thank to RIGHTDEFTONES you can download a "PRE-BOOTLEG" of the deftones performance!


Chino with HBMS: The Hours 14.12.04 -> hbms.com top
On November 9th the Handsome Boy Modeling School released their new album "White People". Among the guests (Mike Patton, Mike Shinoda, Kid Koala,...) there is Chino Moreno (voice and guitar) in the song "The Hours". Listen to it HERE.


Mexico: Chino on stage with KoRn! 14.12.04 -> rightdeftones top
The Deftones played in Mexico City on December, 12th with Korn, Ill Nino and other bands. The band played 11 songs: Bloody Cape - Shove it - Engine #9 - Root - Around the fur - Nosebleed - Change - Head Up - Hexagram - Feiticeira - Korea. A great surprise in the middle of the Korn show: Jon called Chino on stage to sing "Wicked"!!! After the concert Jon said: "For the first time in 7 years, we played 'Wicked' with Chino from the Deftones in Mexico City. It fuckin' ruled to play a show with them after all these years. Hopefully we’ll do a tour someday."
Chino&Jon - Foro Sol


Team Sleep: release and tour... 13.12.04 -> teamsleep.com top
The band has left a note on the official website: "So the record is finished and a final mix and master is in motion as we speak. An early '05 release is planned along with a 5 wk US 5 wk European tour. We are also in the process of getting a video done this month...". Read the full note HERE.


Dimebag R.I.P.: Abe's tribute 09.12.04 -> blabbermouth top
This is what Abe said about Dimebag:

"We had the pleasure of touring three times with Pantera. They treated us so well on the road. We had some great times hanging out with them. They treated us with open arms, especially the brothers (Dimebag and Vinnie Paul). Darrell lived the music. We feel terrible, and our hearts go out to his family, brother and father. He was a legend in this business, and an unbelievable musician. He will be missed by all."

Your legendary riffs will live with us forever. Rest in Peace, Dime.


Team Sleep: pushed back again... 15/16 oct 04 top
Chino sayd that the Maverick managemente is very impressed with his side project Team Sleep's record that he expects the label to push the release of the cd back until next year. Chino sayd that after hearing the finished product, "they really want to promote it," and will most likely wait until next year to release it so they'll be able to give it more attention.
"I guess they didn't expect it to be as good as it is," says Moreno, adding that he's not sure whether he should be happy the record executives are impressed, or upset that they originally didn't expect much from him.
Team Sleep will tour Europe and the U.S. early next year, after the Deftones finish in the studio.
 
(noize italia/blabbermouth)



Chino collaborates with Flavor Flav 08 oct 04 top
Chino Moreno has been working on some beats for rap pioneer Flavor Flav. He hung out with the Public Enemy member recently and agreed to put some sounds together for him, although there's no word yet on whether anything will come of the collaboration.
 
(blabbermouth)



Abe's interview 08 oct 04 top
HERE you can read an interview to the Deftones' drummer Abe Cunningham from the Review Journal of Las Vegas.
 
(deftonesworld)



Tour foto-blog 01 oct 04 top
Streetwise is doing a great job to promote the band. HERE you can check the new blog with the pics and the reviews of the concert of the Club Tour. During the 2nd L.A. date Shavo from SOAD joined the band and played the guitar in Engine#9 and Root! And promoting the E-CARD you can win a lot of prizes: signed ESP guitar, signed drum head, signed poster, T-shirts and CD's.
 
(streetwise nl)


Team Sleep: release date changed 01 oct 04 top
The new release date for the long awaited Team Sleep's debut album is the 9th of November 2004. Hey, someone say that Jon Davis is one of the guests...
 
(freopen rules!)



Cure's tribute: reports and pics 19/25 sep 04 top

Deftones played the song "If only tonight we could sleep". These are some comments on the band performance: "...a really excellent powerful version...", "...they played very well and it came across really well too", "...amazing. Slow and very heavy...".
HERE you can see the Deftones playing "If only tonight we could sleep".
These are some pics (thanks to gettyimage):

 
(deftonesworld)


New Deftones' e-team 18 sep 04 top
The new Deftones' e-team has been opened on the Streetwise web site. Here's what the management wrote in the newsletter: "We invite you to join the Deftones eTeam. Everyone can join this online team and keep in touch with the band and receive the latest news and teasers. You will also be provided with online tools such as buddy icons, desktops and a gnarly eCard with some sick new images, tour dates and evil Deftones audio to prepare you for their new album...".
 
(streetwise)



No Death Angel in the fall tour 17 sep 04 top
Death Angel, announced as support band for the fall tour, will not open the Deftones' shows. The new support band will be announced within a few days due the beginning of the club tour at the end of the month.
 
(rashrock.com)



The new Teamsleep.com is online 16 sep 04 top
The new Team Sleep site is online. It has been made by Donk (webmaster of Deftones and DecibelDevils' site) in flash graphic. You can see the video preview of "Death By Plane", join the mailing list, buy the merchandise and read the news written by the band.
 
(deftonesworld)


The band at the Cure's tribute 14 sep 04 top
The Deftones should be in the line up for the Cure's tribute on Mtv Icon on September 17. Marilyn Manson will host the event and play a Cure's cover as well as Blink 182, AFI and Good Charlotte. The event will be held at the Old Billingsgate Market in London and should be screened in October. Click HERE for more information.
 
(deftonesworld)


Death Angel is the support band 14 sep 04 top
Deftones have chosen the cult Bay Area Thrash metal masters Death Angel to support them in their upcoming fall tour from September to October.
 
(rashrock.com)



Chino talks about tour, new album, Team Sleep 10 sep 04 top
From a recent interview on mtv: "We're just going to get used to playing as a live band again," Chino said. "For me, the best part of being in a band is playing shows, all the raw energy. So we want to get some of these new songs worked out live. It'll be interesting." The tour starts September 27 in San Francisco and finishes October 30 in Hartford, Connecticut. The band plans to head right from the road into producer Bob Ezrin's Connecticut studio.
"The tour is routed so it ends in Connecticut, and the we load our equipment into Bob's studio," Moreno said. "He produced The Wall, so he's known for building songs. And we've been FTPing songs back and forth all along, so we're slowly constructing a record. We're building an album as opposed to just making a bunch of songs and putting them on a record."
The band has written 18 songs for the new album, Moreno said, describing them as "more White Pony than our last one," 2003's Deftones."The songs are kind of brainy. They're more Rush than Tool in a way. On our last record, we got kind of lazy by writing as few riffs as possible. This one we're writing way more riffs. We have formats where we have to write the songs down and go over them and over them again."In addition to gearing up for a new Deftones album, Moreno just finished the mastering on his long-awaited, even-longer-delayed Team Sleep side project.
Team Sleep:"We turn it in on Friday and it'll be out November 2. It came out really good. It's all pretty mellow and very un-rock," Moreno said. "It's very moody. Very beat-driven. We have an avant-garde drummer and a programmer who uses only an old sampler. And then there are all these melancholy, romantic guitar lines through it all."

HERE you can read the full interview.
 
 
(deftonesworld/mtv.com)



Abe's interview 07 sep 04 top
In a recent interview Abe said that the band has decided to test the new songs on stage in the upcoming fall tour before they enter the studio in November with Bob Ezrin: "It's gonna be cool... try some new songs, smile, feel good. After all we are a touring band", he said.
According to Deftones' management, the fifth album will be released in Spring 2005.
 
(deftonesworld)



New songs in the fall tour 26 aug 04 top
Chino recently told Launch Radio Networks that the band will have a full album's worth of new material ready by the time their upcoming club tour starts on September. "We're just gonna go out and play a bunch of new stuff. We're just trying to just be a little bit ahead of ourselves now, and just getting in shape, and just trying to be at top of our game."
The new album will be recorded in Connecticut with the producer Bob Ezrin.
 
(blabbermouth)



Chino confirmed with HBMS 25 aug 04 top
Chino , RZA, Mike Shinoda and Mike Patton, among others, are confirmed as guests in Handsome Boy Modeling School's (a.k.a. Dan the Automator and Prince Paul) new album that wil be released on November 9th.
 
(deftonesworld)



Guitar's auction for hurricane's victims 25 aug 04 top
Deftones, KoRn, Chevelle, Linkin Park, Incubus and Stone Sour are among the artists that have autographed guitars to be auctioned online to raise money for victims of Hurricane Charley, which caused widespread damage in Florida earlier this month. Bids can be placed until September 20 via the StormAid.com web site. Proceeds from the auction will go directly to The Red Cross as well as displaced families
 
(blabbermouth)


Team Sleep: release date 24 aug 04 top
The Team Sleep's debut album finally has a release date: November, 2nd.
The leaked tracks will be remixed and there will be some new songs.
 
(deftonesworld/sacticket)



Fall tour dates announced 22 aug 04 top
Deftones have announced the first dates as part of their upcoming fall club tour.

Sep. 28 - House of Blues - Los Angeles, CA
Sep. 29 - House of Blues - Los Angeles, CA
Sep. 30 - House Of Blues - Anaheim, CA
Oct. 01 - Somas - San Diego, CA
Oct. 03 - House Of Blues - Las Vegas, NV
Oct. 09 - Stubbs – Austin, TX
Oct. 10 - House Of Blues - New Orleans, LA
Oct. 11 - House Of Blues - New Orleans, LA
 
(blabbermouth)


Team Sleep: album in november & tour 20 aug 04 top
Chino is finishing work on the first album by his side project. A November release is expected, with a tour to follow in December.
 
(blabbermouth)



5th album: making some straight evil music... 20 aug 04 top
Launch Radio Networks is reporting that Chino Moreno recently said that he expects it to be one of Deftones' heaviest albums yet: "It's far more aggressive than, you know, our last few records, I'd say. I think we kinda just went in this time and just started writing, and obviously, all the stuff that came out was just way aggressive. That's what kind of made it fun. It was weird being out in Malibu, which is like a sunny place, a happy place, and we just started making some straight evil music."
 
(blabbermouth)


Hot Autumn: tour & recordings 13 aug 04 top
The Deftones have left Malibu a couple of weeks ago. They have almost finished writing the songs for the fifth album and the band is expected to enter the studio on November 1st with the produrcer Bob Ezrin (30 Seconds to Mars, Kiss, Jane's Addiction) and a special guest... The album should be released in the first half of 2005.The band has announced a 5 weeks north american tour through September and October (confirmed on the updated official site).
 
(blabbermouth)


Deftones in the "Resident Evil: Apocalypse" soundtrack 17 july 04 top

The Deftones will appear in the upcoming "Resident Evil: Apocalypse" (out in september) with the DuranDuran's cover "The Chaffeur". The album should be released on august 31.

This is the tracklist (*=unreleased or rare songs):

01. SLIPKNOT - Vermilion 02. KILLSWITCH ENGAGE - The End Of Heartache 03. LACUNA COIL - Swamped 04. A PERFECT CIRCLE - The Outsider (Renholder Mix)* 05. RAMMSTEIN - Mein Teil* 06. DEVILDRIVER - Digging Up The Corpses* 07. CRADLE OF FILTH - Nymphetamine* 08. CKY - Escape From Hellview 09. DEFTONES - The Chauffeur 10. THE CURE - alt.end 11. H.I.M. - Join Me In Death 12. DEMON HUNTER - My Heartstrings Come Undone 13. THE USED - Just A Little 14. THRICE - Under A Killing Moon 15. 36 CRAZYFISTS - Bloodwork 16. COLD - End Of The World (acoustic)* 17. ROB ZOMBIE - Girl On Fire (Resident Renholder Mix)* 18. MASSIVE ATTACK - Future Proof  
  (blabbermouth)



Team Sleep: new songs 15 july 04 top

HERE you can find 2 new TS' song clips and you can listen to it.
From the info box:"The first album should have been released in 2002, but somebody else decided to release it on the internet first. A new album has been recorded, but no release date has been set"....

  (deftonesworld/thanx to freopen)



Maverick sold 22 june 04 top
Pop star Madonna is to sell her record label Maverick (Deftones' label) to its parent company Warner Music Group. Warner is to buy Madonna's stake and that of her business partner Ronnie Dashev. Warner already owned 40%.
 
(musicgel.com)



Vote for "Minerva" 19 may 04 top
MTV2’s Headbanger’s Ball and Revolver magazine are teaming up to bring you the Best Metal Videos of the New Millennium picked by you. "Minerva" is in the list. You can vote for your favorite video HERE.
"Minerva"
 
(mtv.com)


Team Sleep: only new songs in the album 19 may 04 top
We’ve been waiting a few years for the debut disc of Team Sleep, the much-talked about side-project of Deftones frontman Chino Moreno. After somebody put most of the tracks up on the Web, the future of the project was in limbo.Chino & co. have been given the go-ahead to enter the studio to make another record and the old songs won't appear in the album.
  (noizeitalia/altpress)



Team Sleep: album soon 13 may 04 top
All the fans registered to the TS newsletter received this image... So, the album should be released very soon... click to enlarge
 
(TS newsletter)



Moved into the Morning View house 04 may 04 top
Deftones has officially moved into the Morning View house (made famous by Incubus) to continue writing for the new record. The music they are kicking out so far is incredible. The guys are away from home and focused on nothing but writing. Be sure to check out the Deftones moblog at deftones.com. New transition sites coming soon, so check the site every week.
 
(streetwise)



Moblog from the band 21 apr 04 top
The band has posted some pictures and videos taken with their phones: studio, landscapes, tatoos, alcohol, objects... You can reach the page by clicking on "deftones - in studio/2004" on the official site or by clicking here. 3 pics from the moblog
 
(deftones.com)



Moving to Malibu 20 apr 04 top
The band will be leaving Sacramento soon and relocating to Malibu for about three months. They will record their fifth album there.
The studio is nestled in a home that overlooks the Pacific Ocean and was used by Incubus on its "Morning View" album. The Deftones will arrive in Malibu with song ideas that the band's been scraping together since January in its West Sacramento rehearsal spot. If we're lucky, a new Deftones album may be out by year's end.
 
(deftonesworld/sacbee))



Looking for a producer 16 apr 04 top
Deftones are still writing at "The Spot" in Sacramento. This past week has been dedicated to demoing material in hopes of landing a specific producer to work on the record.
 
(streetwise)



Nomination at the California Music Awards 10 apr 04 top
Deftones have been nominated for the California Musica Awards 2004 in the category Outstanding Hard Rock Album. The other bands challenging for this award are: Anthrax, We have Come for You - Linkin Park, Meteora - Metallica, St Anger - Orgy, Punk Statik Paranoia - Blink 182, Blink 182.
The winners will be chosen by the public. The celebration will be presented in Ogawa Plaza in Oakland on June 6 at 6 pm. And the tickets are free!
This is the official site.
 
(rightdeftones)



Steph's ESP guitar on e-bay 08 apr 04 top
ESP Guitars has donated a signature model guitar Steph for auction to benefit the St. Jude’s Children’s Cancer Research Hospital. The guitar is also autographed by Stephen and was given to the Guitars4Kids organization that uses the instruments to raise money and donate all proceeds to St. Jude.

You can buy it HERE.
 
(deftonesworld)



New album recording in June! 06 apr 04 top
As everyone knows, the Deftones are in their Spot in Sacramento since January. Streetwise, their management, reports that the band has been working feverishly with the intention of beginning recording their fifth record in June. So, it's almost sure that we will listen to new great music within 2004.
 
(streetwise)



"deftones - in studio/2004"... 23 mar 04 top
 
The Deftones' official web site is closed. It doesn't mean that the release of the 5th album is imminent but for sure we won't have to wait 3 years for it! I hope for a late summer release... And I hope they'll still put online some little movie of the band in studio as for the last album.
So this is the 2004 dedicated to relax and side projects? 5th album is better...
Guido||WebMaster
screenshot di deftones.com




Chino plays for Metallica 19 mar 04 top
 
Last wednesday, in San Francisco, Metallica received the "Governors Award for Creative Excellence and Outstanding Achievement" and the Grammy that they won for "St.Anger". A local allstar-band including Chino Moreno played a song of the four horsemen.

Here
you can read the full article.
(blabbermouth/metallica.com)



Team Sleep on the Ghostride's label 19 mar 04 top
 
Jeff from Ghostride announced on the forum of their official site that they've just started their indipendent label, Distruktor Records. A Ghostride's album will be the first release but Jeff also wrote that they're in contact with many bands (Team Sleep, Death Valley High, Tinfed, Oddman and SOCK) to release their works.

Here you can read the full post.
( deftonesworld/ghostrideband.com)




Collaborations: HBMS and Taproot 16 mar 04 top