Deftones Rock Stubb's Tonight! [Show Preview]
"I watched a change in you/
it's like you never had wings/
you feel so alive."
The lyrics from the Deftones song "Change (In the House of Flies)", off the third album White Pony (released in 2000) encapsulate the journey the band has gone through over more than a decade together. From their breakout second album Around the Fur in 1997 to their latest record Diamond Eyes that dropped in May of this year, Deftones have evolved their sound and outlasted many lesser bands with which they may have been lumped in similar categories (Lincoln Linkin Park and Staind in the "nu-metal" category, to name just a few duds).
Deftones has received critical acclaim throughout their career due to varied styles of rock, metal, and electronic, and deeper lyrics than most other bands in hard genres. Tough times came with success after White Pony went Platinum, with group bickering and issues in the studio. However, after bassist Chi Cheng sustained major brain trauma in a car accident in 2008, the remaining members pulled back together, and now seem tighter than ever - both musically and as friends.
Fresh off a tour alongside Alice in Chains and Mastodon entitled Blackdiamondskye, Deftones brings their unique rock/metal/electronic sound to Austin at Stubb's outdoor stage tonight. Eightfourseven opens. Tickets are going fast, so be quick.
Deftones: [official] [live in Dallas videos]
Eightfourseven: [official]
