You met your wife while listening to "Digital Bath"? Your mom gets mad when you listen to "7 Words"? Well here's a chance to win ONE test pressing (rare) of Deftones Vinyl Collection.
Warner and DeftonesWorld invites all Sharinglungs members to post your favorite Deftones memory related to a song included in this new box set.
Rules:
You should be a registered member in SharingLungs.com for more than 30 days from today.
Only one memory could be entered per user.
Users that write anything else than one memory in such topic will be banned from the contest.
Only messages in English language are allowed.
This is a worldwide contest.
Winner will be announced on October 16th, 2011 at deftonesworld.com, and prize will be shipped afterwards by Warner.
Write your memory below this message..........
I was listening to "Headup" really loud in my room one day, and my mom walked in when Chino is screaming "Headup! Headup! Headup!" towards the end. She then proceeds to tell me "No wonder people throw themselves out the window when listening to heavy rock music!" For some reason, this made me laugh so much... that has to be my best memory.
My favorite Deftones memory would have to be when I seen them in San Diego at a small little venue named Soma. It was November 5, 1998 and it was near the end of the set and they were playing Engine No.9, Chino jumped out into the crowd and landed right where I was at and used my shoulder to support himself. He sang the rest of the song from in the crowd and even let me scream into the mic.
oh shit, i got this... i saw you guys in '98-'99 at Deep Ellum Live in Dallas on the Fur tour. being young, dumb, and full of cum at 18 years old, i must've burned at least 3 thumbers and pounded several oat sodas before the set....in a venue that was 100 degrees!!! i remember ya'll jamming "ATF" and then i started getting hella tunnel vision and light-haededness and collapsed on the floor! well, i was back up a minute later but decided that i should head over to the venue entrance to get some fresh air ( i remember it was winter). so i'm sitting on the ground in the foyer area recollecting myself and here comes Chino running through the foyer...closely followed by what seemed like half the fucking crowd! i guess he decided to jump stage and have a quick lap around the building. so here i am ON THE FLOOR getting straight up TRAMPLED by the crowd who are all going nuts trying to get at Chino! in short, i almost got trampled to death listening to Around the Fur live so yeah, hook it up ya'll. i almost got killed for christ's sake! peace.
my favorite deftones memory has to be related with the greatest day of my life and that's when i became a father im pretty sure i conceived my baby girl while listening to white pony (TMI i know),but there's something about that album that helped my marriage life and changed my life upside down. i feel like it was omnipresent in every day of my life all leading up till the day that my baby girl was born. i even remember driving my way to the hospital and listening to feiticeira that has got to be my favorite deftones memory of them all. cheers
Well I`d like to start by saying this... my Deftones memory is related with the song Simple Man... my birthday is on september 28th, and is my mom`s also... every year we celebrate our birthday Im used to play on the stereo the song, Simple man... my mom hates the Deftones cause Chino screams so loud and aggressive, sje says that they are so heavy, noisy, even she said once they were satanic hahahaha... so shes kinda like conservative person, but when she listened to this song, she completely changed her image about the Deftones and stuff.. she does not love them... but now she`s more tolerant to them, cause I say all meanings :D thats what I like to share... wish all the contestants alll the best! but I hope Warner can give me the boxset... that would mean a lot to me :)
Much respect!
My favourite Deftones memory is...back in 1999, me and my boyfriend fell in love with Deftones...and each other. Around The Fur was my favourite song back then and when he asked me to give him a picture of me, I gave him one on which I wrote " I just want your eyes fixated on me". Since then, this line became something like our secret code and it`s been written on the back at every photo we`ve ever exchanged.
My memory is from 5.20.03 - the day the self-titled CD came out, a show at the Crest theater in Sacramento. I was in the crowd, rocking out, and half way through "Headup", Chino was scanning the crowd, looking to bring someone up on stage. He pointed at me, I hopped out of the crowd and up on stage to sing the rest of the song with them. I lost my mind!!! I was 24 at the time, but I was jumping around and screaming like a little kid! I remember being less than a foot away from Chino, screaming "WITH YOUR HEAD UP HIGH!!!" right in his face hahaha!!! It was 100% pure, raw emotion!! I lost all control and just went nuts! For that moment, I tuned out everything else and screamed my head off with my favorite band!! "WALK INTO THIS WORLD!!! WITH YOUR HEAD UP HIGH!!!!" I will remember that song and that moment for the rest of my life!!!
My favorite Deftones memory BY FAR is from the first time I saw them live. It was at House of Blues New Orleans, November 8th 2003. I was only 17 years old. Me and two friends were dying to go, but only one of them had a ticket. They were sold out but we went anyway with hopes there would be a few left at the box office. None available anywhere. After our one friend entered the show we strolled around downtown N.O. for a while before returning to the HoB restaurant. They were playing a live video feed of the show over the tv's, but with no sound. We sat there as I desperately tried to figure out what songs they were playing by matching their movements with the short bursts of, to me, ecstasy that would be heard when someone opened the door between the restaurant and the venue. I start to notice the staff flipping chairs, getting ready to close the restaurant. I stopped one guy and asked him "Is there any way we can hear some audio for this? I am a HUGE fan and couldn't get a ticket before they sold out." He replied, "Hold on, let me go talk to my manager." Now THIS is where the memory forever burned in my mind really begins. About 5 minutes later, as I'm entranced by the silent stage performance, I feel a tap on the shoulder. I look over and the same HoB staff member gives me the beckoning finger. I immediately get up and follow him. JUST LIKE OUT OF A MOVIE, he opens the soft red rope blocking off the entrance. I was so excited that the fact that I was getting in to see my favorite band, under-aged and for free, hadn't even hit me yet. He spreads open the red curtain and BAM there they are. Before I can even get into the crowd they start the next song, CAN'T EVEN BREATHE. Not only was it my favorite song at the time but also a VERY rare song that probably only me and a handful of others there had ever heard!! I jumped up and down singing every lyric, enjoying the odd stares from others more than ever. Luckily once the song was over they went into Lotion, which opened up the pit enough for me to mosh it up and get much closer. What followed was the greatest, most intense 30 minutes of my life I've ever lived through. To this day I don't think I have ever had that much fun. I remember Stef Flashing me the devil horns during Digital Bath, Chino staring straight at me during If Only Tonight... At this point as a kid in high school, just learning what to do with his life, they reaffirmed something I always believe but never put enough faith into. Ever since then I've not only continued to love Deftones with an undying passion, but also continued every single day to make myself a part of one of the greatest bands ever, so that one day some 17 year old will treasure a memory similar to the one Deftones have created for me.
around the year 97/98....i was doing no good with drugs and gangs......and was into a lot of gangster rap and heavy metal.......i seen the video for be quiet and drive far away.....and its just changed me...i just felt good when i heard that song.....i started to really get into the deftones buying all there albums....and from that point on got out the gang life and drugs ......and till this day deftones is my favorite band........i even got DEFTONES tattooed on me
My favorite memory of the Deftones is my first memory of the Deftones. It was around August 2000. My family had just moved from Texas to Puerto Rico. I was going into tenth grade. I remember vaguely hearing about a band that was featured in Circus magazine. Their new album, White Pony, was heavily praised for being "left of center" and "ground breaking". It was summer, and my brother and I would go to the mall with my mom when she needed to go shopping. We'd wander off, and usually hit up Specs, the local music store. While purchasing the album is still a bit of a haze, I distinctly remember sitting outside of a women's dressing room, waiting for my mom, and scouring the booklet to White Pony. I remember being immediately taken by the imagery and the simplicity. But what really grabbed were the lyrics and song titles. I remember reading these highly vivid passages ("you move, like I want to...you taste foreign", "I'm the new king, I taste the queen", "we'll stop to rest on the moon, and we'll make a fire"). It was like reading poetry, and I couldn't imagine how these passages would be converted into audio. The conversion was the most amazing thing I've ever heard to date. Some things will never leave me for my entire life. The opening guitar riffs on "Digital Bath" is one of those haunting sounds that I cannot forget. White Pony was my personal "big bang," and the world hasn't been the same since.
My favorite memory of the tones would have to be how I was introduced to them... I was growing up in Southern California. My best friend was my next door neighbor. His name was Matt. Matt's older brother Tom was always rocking a deftones shirt. Unfortunately Tom died of a brain tumor about 2 months after white pony was released... It was awful... Our families were really close and my friend Matt was just a mess. Tom was a metal head. I remember him always blasting loud heavy music that I wasn't into at all. So of course I thought the deftones were some obnoxious metal band that I probably wouldn't enjoy.. I was walking through tower records one day and I saw one of the guys behind the register wearing a deftones shirt. I asked him about the band and he said they were the best band on the planet. White Pony had been out for 5 or 6 months and was still on the new releases shelf. I decided to give it a shot!! White Pony was my first true love with music. I became a fan of music after falling in love with this album. WP came at a time when I really needed. It game me some comfort and a little closure. Unfortunately my friend Matt never shared my passion for the tones... I don't live in socal anymore but whenever I go back I always kick it with Matt. We always go to Toms grave and I always thank him for wearing the tones shirt :)
I already pre ordered the box set so please don't pick me! Just thought u guy would enjoy my story!
Ah deftones so many memories.
My first memory of deftones ever was probably when i was like 4 or something one day when i was with my mom in the car, and it was kind rainy and drizzly that day, and she had just gotten off work, so we were headed home, and i could see like the sun setting over the clouds. And i looked over in the car, and picked up this white CD. It had a horse on it. I was like "Wtf?" in my head and i turned it over and saw "Digital Bath" and "Mini Maggit (Back to School)" and i was thinking in my head "whats up with all these weird names?" ;D and then my mom took it and put it in the cars CD player. And just as we got on the freeway she turned on either "Back To School" (or potentially"Digital Bath") i think it was. And the moment i heard it.... it was like... the most primordial feeling in my gut. Just that first riff. So raw, and almost strange and surreal. And thats when we just flew off onto the freeway and i heard "SO RUUUUUNNNN!!!!!"...
February 7th 2011, right about 4 PM, for the first time ever the Deftones landed their feet in Jakarta Indonesia!! They were invited here by Java Musikindo and scheduled to do a show at Tennis Indoor Senayan the other night (Feb 8th 2011) at 8:00 PM.
As a hardcore Deftones fan, me and my buddy (@mahendrasatya14) are planning to pick up the band at the airport and hoping to meet them directly, shaking hands, ask for their autograph, took some photos with them, and everything a fan would do to their idol (for example: hugs and kisses xoxo :p).
HUGE thanks to mrs. Lucky Bastard @adia311, another hardcore fan of the Deftones and off course, Chino Moreno, that shared the information about the band's landing schedule. Without her, my plan to pick up the band in the airport was just an absolute hallucination.
I already have a lot of preparation to pick them up (including talking in the mirror, act like I having a convo with Chino Moreno, etc). One of my special preparation is this:
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the special-custom-made-skateboard-deck to be signed by the band. (cool isn't it? :p). Who wouldn't see this deck if you hold 'em high above everyone else head in the middle of the airport?
I do exact the same thing when the band arrive at the airport. And luckily, the first person in the band that showed up is Sergio Vega (Bass) and he saw this deck, followed by Chino Moreno (Vocal), Frank Delgado (Keys and Sampling), and Abe Cunningham (Drums).
FYI there are about 12 Deftones fan in the airport plus some of Java Musikindo team that officially authorized to pick up the band.
Well I'm nervous so I'm using headset with Deftones songs on it to chill down. As soon as the band showed up (right about 4 PM) , my iPod start to play Headup (its on random) and I was like "OMFG IT'S FUKKIN CHINO AND THE GANG WHAT SHOULD I DO MAN? GET AUTOGRAPH! NOW!!". The Headup song is just like the background music for their arrival. It's cool ahahah.
Hell yeah, and the crowd goes wild.
My hands are shaky and sweat. Suddenly I've got a panic attack, can't believe that the Deftones, my inspiration for almost 8 years, breathe the same air with me. And I forgot where the fuck my markers are. I just stand there, watching the gods walking towards me. I'm shaking, almost can't do anything until I found my markers and grab Sergio and ask his autograph.
This is the moment I regret it A LOT. After my deck get signed by Sergio, then Frank's passing and I FORGOT to ask his autograph. We're just shaking hands and then he's gone. Then, I rush to Chino, but I was too late, he's already gone. I just missed two autographs and didn't took any photos with them. But then Abe comes up, so I run to him, ask his autograph, and took a photo with him.
Voila:
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I almost couldn't take photo with Abe because the Java team are in hurry to take the band immediately to the hotel, but Abe ask him to excuse us a minute so we could do what we want to do. You're a great man, Abe ;)
Then, the band and their crew has enter the car, but we wondered if Steph (Guitar) had come or not because no one see him. Until, Adia screams "IT'S STEPH!!" then we all run to him, and Steph's face is like "wtf" or sumtin, but when we're gonna took photo, his face turn into like this:
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and my deck get signed too ;)
Finally, the Deftones team and the whole crew leave the airport with their fancy pick up cars. Wow. it's like the most exhausting 5 min I've ever experienced. We're all happy for finally meet the gods of rock.
Aaaand this is my deck, signed by Sergio, Abe, and Steph:
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I could put em on eBay since there's no Chino Moreno's autograph on it, but I won't do it. Ever. This is the signature of the GODS! This deck has become sacred! And I will keep it forever in my room!!
... naaah it's a lil bit too much.. but seriously, no, I won't ever sell it to anyone. This deck is belong to me and I will bring this deck again if the Deftones comeback to Jakarta. And I'm gonna pick em up again and I'll make sure that CHINO FUCKING MORENO WILL SIGN THIS FUCKING DECK! and Frank too.. :p
THIS IS ONE HELL OF MEMORY!
PICK ME UP PLEASE!
My first memory of the Deftones had was when I saw them on French TV (canal+ npa ) for the song "My Own Summer on 10.14.97. I was 17 years old.
I 've never heard of this before . When Chino was screaming (amazing ), heavy guitars, the musical gravity, the energy of the group I was immediately like it .
I do not stop watch the video every day until the release of the album "Around the Fur" in expect i buy the album "Adrenaline" and loved it. Since I am a big fan !!!!!!!!!!!!!! THANK DEFTONES
My best friend is a guy I've known since kindergarten. We grew up spending every free minute with each other, figuring out life together, dreaming up innumerable impossible things, and generally getting into trouble. I remember spending entire weekends with him and his mom during the school year, and weeks upon weeks with them during the summer. I moved across the country in the third grade, but never stopped coming back just to visit them and to spend as much time with them as I could. I remember how easy it seemed to pick up right where we left off every time I visited. Friends aren't really like that anymore; nothing had to be said, we were friends, despite the distance and despite not talking to each other for long spans of time--the thought wouldn't have entered our minds that time and distance usually erode friendships, even the best ones. I got into Deftones the summer after 6th grade, and didn't get to visit my friend and his mom again until the following year. That summer I remember flying back to California and immediately calling my friend to figure out when we could meet up. His mom picked me up shortly after my arrival, and that was the first time I could share Deftones with them. Adrenaline was the first Deftones album I ever bought, and it was the first one I wanted to play for them. Bored came on and I distinctly remember the skepticism. My pal wasn't into their sound at first, but I think his mom could tell how much I wanted them to like the band, and jacked the volume up, saying how much she liked it. We drove around listening to that album with the windows down and the volume at full blast. I'm not sure if it happened then, though I like to think it did, but by my next visit my friend was a big fan. By that time, I already knew that I was going to move back to California, and was incredibly excited about getting to spend more time with my pal and his mom. But, the summer before the move back, shit hit the fan for my friend. His mom had steadily become a serially abusive alcoholic, and after one rough night, he ended up knocking his mom out and moving in with his dad. Life just got more complicated from there. Dealing with the scars his mom left him was tough, and we got through it together, but our friendship was slowly deteriorating. Girls got in the way of our friendship, as did pride, and college, and a lot of things. We're still slowly reconciling our friendship, which has remained incredibly important to the both of us over the years despite all the bullshit. His mom is now severely ill, just a ghost of her former self. She has been bed ridden for years now, but still finds way to manipulate her son and drink herself into oblivion--forever now a victim, never having to say sorry. I loved that woman like she was one of my own parents, and its really hard for me to see her in the state she's in; I can't even imagine how hard it must be for my friend. I don't think anyone really knows it, not even my friend (who has remained a big Deftones fan), but every time I hear Bored, I think about that summer before I moved back; when we were uncomplicated friends, and he lived in an uncomplicated home, and the only worry between any of us was my worry that they might not like the Deftones as much as I did. I remember the car, and the wind in my face, and the ear numbingly loud music. I remember where we were on Munras Ave passing the Jack in the Box, and I remember his mom feeling empathy and being kind enough to encourage my friend to share a love for Deftones music with me. The reality is that none of that will ever happen again--but it did happen, and nothing could ever take that away from me. I'm just so glad that Deftones were there at that moment, as they've remained a band close to my heart, and that memory will forever be one that I hold dear to me. I already bought this set, but if I'm lucky enough to win, the other set is going to my friend.
Much respect,
-Matt
It's really hard to pick just one. Deftones have been my favorite band for 10 years. it's crazy how one band can be with you on so many great memories. I'm not going to go with the coolest memory just my favorite. May 16th, 2007. As i said i had been Deftones fan for years, but living in the middle of nowhere Texas and being broke I never had the chance to see them live. In 2007 i was transitioning to life after college and had a job and had the money to finally go see my favorite band. But my job takes me all over so I couldn't plan to go see them because i never know where I'm going to be on any given date. But when I found out that they were playing the House of Blues in Dallas on my 21st birthday, I had to buy tickets whether i was going to be there or not. about a week out it was looking like I was going to be working while Deftones where playing a show at the house of blues on my 21st birthday. the day before the show my phone rings its the boss and he says i get to go home for a week. in about 5 minutes I'm packed and out the door headed for Dallas. And Deftones played my 21st birthday for me and 3000 of my friends. And being 21 i didn't even get trashed at the show, ok i had a couple tequila shots and a few coronas, but I didn't want to forget the night the universe perfectly aligned for me for a few hours on that summer night in Dallas.
My first memory... I remember everything like it was yesterday...
My name is Jonathan.. i´m from Chile..
I think i was 10 years... i was on the school.. so everyday i wake up i turn on the tv... One day it was so especial.. i don´t know why.. but i was there... watching videoclips... when suddenly... a beautiful melody come inside my head... i looked up the screen and then i got hypnotized :o ... It was Change (In The House Of Flies)... so... after watching... i looked up for more info about this awesome and unknown (just for me) band!!!
At that time I had no internet access, had no ppv tv (you know.. i just had the basics channels) .. i was so lost .. i only had that song in my head.. and i didn´t know the name of the band.. (music channels in here really sucks) Then one day i went with a friend and showed him this video.. and he told me.. he has an uncle that could help us... I was like so excited.. lol.. So this uncle had internet at home.. and i tell him the history and he said.. "It´s easy.. tell me where you saw this and i find it for you"
I said.. "i saw this on Rock and Pop Channel".. and the he start clicking and then found the website!!!.. So he found the weekly ranking and played every song to found it...
Then when i got the name.. i start to read more info about this band... it was aweome... now i got many pics.. many bootlegs.. i don´t know... i really love this band.. i think Deftones changed my life.. :)
Many of my friends like Deftones music.. i don´t know.. i just.. love Deftones.. :)
The problem is I got too many memories related with Deftones... Therefore I'm unable to come up with one memory.. This, while I need to win this competition....
I've been following the band since late 1995, seen them a whole lot of times live (over 25 times and I live in Holland), designed one of their old school t-shirts, ran a Deftones fansite in 2001 (www.dutchdeftones.com (http://www.dutchdeftones.com) RIP) along with the then just born www.deftonesworld.com (http://www.deftonesworld.com) (Nuno, we go way back), sang with them on stage in 2003, was at the famous Waldrock show where Chino even recognized me while being booo-ed at while he was giving the best performance he could give at that moment, witnessed the White Pony internet house party (when internet was still new), spend too much money on all kinds of Deftones releases (talking promo's, cassettes, cd's, everything) and now, at age 35, I'm still on messageboards with all the youngsters, and that's cool... Those are great memories.
Fingers crossed
Sly Masmeijer [The Netherlands]
About four years ago I use to work at a pizza place as a cashier in a small town. It was a typical slow night, when these two girls walked in, one of them wearing a red white pony jacket. Having never met anyone where I live who loves the deftones, much less ever even heard of them, I naturally lost my mind. Acting completely out of character and not caring that my manager was working that night, I jumped the counter and went straight to the table were they were sitting, sat down with them like a maniac and started talking to the girl with the wp jacket about the deftones like it was no big deal. I'll never forget, one of the first questions I excitedly asked her was what her favorite song was - and she just responded "what's your favorite song?" and then I said "digital bath" and then she covered her mouth and blushed "that's my favorite song!". After that she opened up, and we talked for nearly an hour like we already knew each other geeking out about the deftones and alternative metal while her friend who now had no frame of reference just awkwardly sat there. Because of the deftones and a mutual love for digital bath, I found a kindred spirit, friend, and concert buddy for life. This is definitely my favorite deftones memory related to a song (db is still our favorite song!)
This isn't much, but first time I saw Deftones in Baltimore, MD my friend Mark came along. I pretty much begged him, so I wouldn't go alone, since few of my friends had any interest in the band. As a big fan, he knew going was important and since he naturally has always liked concerts no matter the venue, he decided to come. He's the tame sort, he would never mosh and listens to mostly punk rock and grunge, the like. But, with some interest in a few 'Tones songs, mostly their softer side, he caved. Towards the end of the concert, all of a sudden Mark--sober!--was moshing like crazy. I wasn't even, and he was bouncing around getting all crazy. he got hit a few times, sported some bruises and soreness afterward, and claimed it was one of the most intense concerts he's ever been to. A small venue, too, but that didn't matter. Engine No. 9 got him started and their closer, 7 Words, pretty much had him going crazy. It's the music, man. Chino's voice, Steph's riffs, Abe's drums, it was all thunderous and electrifying. Great memory.
My favorite deftones moment was at the luxembourg show 06/13/2006. It was a absoult amazing gig, they played the around the fur record in its entirely. But the most favorite moment was, when they play battle-axe. It is my absoult favorite song and I didn't accept, that they play that song. So when heard the opening riff of battle-axe I had the feeling that I was the only person in the venue. That was a feeling, I never had before. Everything fall from my shoulders and I had goose bumps all over my body. Totally amazing.
Please add this song to your setlist again. That would be stunning
It was Nov. 2000 when i heard Deftones first time. I came to my cousin and saw CD White Pony there. I wonder what is it, because i didn't see this record previously at his collection. He says that is fucking great band and i must hear it! Ok, to be honest as i can remember, i played CD one time and asked myself what the shit is it? It was absolutely different from the music that i used to listen to that time. I think the same day few hours later he (my cousin) decided to create a russian site about Deftones and asked me to help him. All right, no probs. So one week later we lauched our first version of deftones.ru. Thanks to Nuno and his deftonesworld.com - he helped us with informations :). But what i remember from that time is only that one song from WP i liked - Knife Prty. It was the only song which i grabbed from Cd to my comp. All other albums came in my mind later.
Present time there's only one site in Russian language about Deftones, all other projects, which were born round about when we were born, but now they all are dead, but we're still alive!
In November 2000 i even couldn't imagine that after 11 years i'll still be support this project. So the first Deftones' song that i listened to and which i liked, evolved into long-lived russian fan-site about Deftones.
Good luck to all!
Alex (deftones.ru)
My favorite deftones memory has to be when i was a child, i had like 6 years old (1996), and i used to follow my big brother everywhere, he was like an idol to me. so my brother and his friends used to gather in my house and play the deftones videos that my brother had recorded on a vhs, and i used to hide under the bed to watch the videos with them, and that's how i became a fan of the deftones, i still remember the video that i saw that time, was "Bored" from the "Adrenaline" album, and that's why i love that video so much, because it kind of has an emotional value for me.
and that's all!
Greetings everyone! And Good Luck!
13-11-2000 at Much Music '299 Queen St. West' Toronto, ON
The year 2000 in Chile, was 12 and met my best friend (Julio), those friends that you dream of doing things in the future, when old talk about what we did when young , and all that stuff. Together we created a friendship that was born because both heard to deftones a few years ago, and always said we had to play live once headup. Years passed, and we formed a band with friends to doing covers of deftones, and obviously we played headup, he sang and I played bass and did the voices of Chi.
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They were excellent years, and he became a brother to me and my family. But not everything always goes well... during a vacation in southern Chile with his family in February 2004 Julio drowned in a lake. It was a terrible shock to all, was a friendship like few, we had projects in mind, we were preparing songs with our band, but everything went to the shit. His funeral was in a town 5 hours from the capital (where we lived), there I promised him that the next time I return to the cemetery to visit, deftones be there in some way. Deftones not usually come very often to South America; their last visit was in 2001.
During December 2006, I visited the cemetery and talked about the only way I could take him to deftones is playing all the cds that he knew in life (adrenaline, atf, wp, s/t) with big headphones in his grave. I was almost 3 hours there with him and the music the louder I can. In the song list I played Headup, the song that marked us since the beginning of our friendship, a couple of tears flowed by remembering the old days.
During headup, a friend called on my cellphone and I received the best news, he shouted: "Shit, deftones confirms date in Chile!!!" . I can't explain the joy of that moment and what I felt, I've always thought that since I brought some deftones songs to his grave, he wanted to bring them to me in life. I can never stop remembering that moment when I hear Headup, until today.
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Me - Julio (RIP)
Respect,
-Cristián S.
Mine is relatively lame, but here goes: my first brush with the tones was seeing the video for "Change" on MTV back when it was first released. This was back before I even cared that much about music. I remember a few of the other songs that were out at the time (mostly boy bands and nu-metal), and I remember being really taken aback by the Deftones. The song and video were just so dark yet catchy. It instantly became one of my favorite songs, but it wasn't till a couple of years later that I got my hands on their albums, but once I did, it was over. I've been a crazed fan ever since.
Year 2000, I was mad in love with this girl, White Pony was just around the corner and id managed to avoid any leaks. The date was 6th june 2000 and deftones played Brixton Academy in London. I was too broke to go back then but they played the show (in bits) on the radio 1 rock show.
I had my radio on, two tapes recording and a cool breeze blowin in the window on a hot summer night.
I had been talkin to this girl for a few hours before it started on the phone and Id never felt so in love, it was insane. I had my bands first gig coming up and she was gona be there, and on from there to forever.
Anyways, the show started and although the sound was kinda distorted (i actually love the sound from that gig) it had this energy and presence to it, it was an atmosphere of sound like id never heard before. I cant remember the set order right now but what i do remember is first Change then Feiticeira, this is when i think i went into almost a kind of shock at how beautiful the songs were coupled with how i felt about this girl.
Then they did bored with one of 'THOSE' screams near the end and Chi sounding amazing and wild.
Then Digital Bath just put my mind in a car with my girl floatin thru the night.
Then came the part which just blew me away.
It started with the angry Korea which was just swelling and swirling, the climax of the song with the scream again, it was almost haunting.
Perfect flow straight into Street Carp. My heart was pounding with excitement at both what i was hearing and the thought of being with this girl.
THEN INTO KNIFE PRTY. I cudnt believe how it sounded and the lyrics. I love how good lyrics are open to interpretation. The song just felt like me and my girl running away from everybody with all our problems. Like a total fantasy, like a bit in a movie where lovers have to make a despirate descision.
The White Pony truly had arrived and at the perfect time to soundtrack my life. It just felt like the biggest ever thing to me at the time. It changed my life literally in that one night. I thought i was going to drown in the feelings i was having about this girl, being driven on by the sounds filling the air.
Thats definately my strongest and best memory of deftones in my life, even if it is painfull to look back on.
The year was 1999, I was 17 and my mates and I were heavily into punk-rock music at the time. We had very recently been introduced to a band by the name of Korn, and my musical sensibilities had only just begun to shift to the heavier side of the tracks through my older sister introducing me to bands like Sepultura and White Zombie.
It was late in the year of '98 when the Big Day Out line-up was released for Melbourne and, growing up in Tasmania, all of my friends were amped to do a road trip (or a "sea-trip" if you will) to go and see bands of the notoriety of Soulfly, Marylin Manson, Hole, and the aforementioned Korn.
Growing up with pretty strict parents, I knew I had an uphill battle to get their permission to join in on this sojourn, but I was adamant to do so. As soon as I asked (pleaded) my parents to let me go, I was told that we already had a family trip planned to Melbourne a couple of months later, and there was no way I was going on this one. As you can imagine, I lost my shit, told my olds I was divorcing them, and chucked a massive tanty.
Once this disappointment subsided I decided to scour the events pages of Melbourne, as I was adamant I was going to see a gig whilst I was there.
It didn't take me long to find the announcement of the Vans Warped Tour – and with bands on the bill such as Pennywise, Suicidal Tendancies, and Bad Religion (who later cancelled) I was fucking there!
I made my parents drop me off at the gates, and dragged my 13-year-old brother (who had absolutely zero interest in music at the time) along with me. I was pumped.
I vividly recall a certain band (who I vaguely knew the name of) absolutely tearing up the stage. The energy levels were insane, and I remember saying to my brother "that bass player is a fucking beast – his dreadies are permanently upright!!!" It was like nothing we had ever seen before. But when they busted into a song I later found out was called "Headup", my world and my Bro's literally changed...We were hooked, and I knew I'd found my new favourite band (and in the process my brother Josh's addiction to music began).
Whilst Headup is probably not my favourite Deftones track to listen to anymore, it easily remains my fondest, purely for the profound effect it had on me at the time. Deftones are, and always will be, the band that changed everything for me. White Pony came out not long after, and that's another story entirely, but by then the 'tones were firmly ensconced in my psyche... and they haven't left it to this day.
I went back to school (pardon the pun) on the Monday with a spring in my step. "All the shit you fuckers gave me when you came back from the BDO – I've just seen a band that will blow them all out of the water. They'll be your favourite band soon". And they were.
My favorite Deftones moment will always be now and forever be the moment I shared about a month ago. I had been in a very depressed mood for a while because of some experiences that happend to me in the Summer that involved a girl I had been trying be with for four years. Sadly when I finally made the move and decided to move where she resided, she hesitated to be my girlfriend after four long years for telling me she loved me and I had taken a Risk for her. I came back to my home town sad and disappointed, when my mom surprised me with a gift for a trip to California. There I met the most wonderful girl who also had the same passion for the Deftones. She had told me about her recent heart break that had happend to her over the summer, She told me that Risk was her favorite song but she couldn't hear it due to a constant reminder of her ex. While we were cruising L.A. we were listening to all sorts of Deftones songs. But when the night was ending, I decided to play "Risk" for her and I sang it. That night she fall asleep so peacefully in my laps it felt like she was always mine.
I Don't think anything can beat that memory. I Felt alive and now I'm still taking the Risk of a Long Distant Relationship.
My best deftones memory was last year in Afghanistan, after a long day of patroling, I got back in my truck and threw on Cherry Waves- I had narrowly escaped some IED blasts, adrenaline and shock going through me, and the music calmed me sort of rejuvenated my batteries-great song, Cherry Waves.
I lost my virginity to Hexagram.
One gorgeous sunny day shortly after Adrenaline was released I hopped in my car and skipped class at my private all-girls' school for the afternoon. While driving I spotted my older friend who I had a HUGE crush on (I was 16, he was 21). He waved at me and motioned for me to follow him, so I did and we pulled off in a nearby park. I hopped in his red Nissan Pathfinder and Birthmark was playing. We drove around the rest of the day listening to that album. Birthmark has remained one of my favorite songs since that day and Adrenaline one of my favorite albums. He and I ended up dating a few months after that and lost touch for a while after I moved away and went to college. Then last September during the 2010 Diamond Eyes tour, I had two VIP tickets to the Allentown show at Croc Rock and had been looking for someone to go with me. A week before the show, he bought a plane ticket and came up for 36 hours to join me for the show and we heard Birthmark played live together right up against the barrier.
Nice how occasionally things come full circle in life and friendships can pick up right where they left off as if no time had passed at all. Deftones will forever remain a significant part of my life because of that rare and almost surreal afternoon 16 years ago.
Real simple memory that I'll never forget. I was riding in my friends car (mid-90's Boneville) that had a massive system in it. We were going to watch a rival HS play in a soccer match my Soph year in HS 96-97. The guy driving asked if I had ever heard Deftones before. I said no, he played 7 Words so GD loud it was almost unbearable. Once the song was over, they all looked at me and asked what I thought. I said "....Fuck!". Instantly I knew that would be a band I never stopped listening to.
I have too many... but the one I'll share here happened somewhat recently, at their Toronto gig last May.
I wasn't about to settle for anything less than enjoying the show front row, so I showed up at the venue alone four hours before doors were to open to begin waiting. It was rainy that day and the venue is right on the lake, so, it was freezing. I waited out the cold and got my front-row-center spot and remained there the entire duration of the show. The twenty-two song set blew me away... but the cherry on top was when Chino came into the crowd for Hexagram, right where I happened to be standing. He stood on the barricade with one leg on each side of me, screaming down into my face. Now, every time I listen to Hexagram, I get chills thinking of this very moment and how alive I felt in the middle of that crowd.
Lucky for me, someone in the crowd, just a few feet away, got it all on camera... 2011-05-03 - Deftones - Hexagram (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SFLl7YqSgq0#ws)
I've always been a HUGE Deftones fan because they've been a major influence to me as a singer/songwriter. My most memorable Deftones moment was when I had a girl in my room after a night of throwing back too many...she crawled onto the bed as I whipped out my acoustic and started to play and sing an improvised version of "RX Queen", needless to say Deftones were my secondhand serenade and it was the best moment of my life! THANK YOU!!
Quote from: skinnypuppy on Oct 10, 2011, 06:50 AM
I lost my virginity to Hexagram.
i hope you win.
i lost mine to feiticeira. put on white pony before the moment of impact because my parents were home and i was afraid they would hear. deftones coming out of my room was nothing out of the ordinary so they were none the wiser.
Hexagram.
I met my girlfriend while I was becoming a Deftones fan. She didn't like them, but I did my best to record one song per cassette I made to her back in the day. When self-titled came out on 2003, I wished for it since I was a teenager and didn't have a job, therefore, I didn't have any money to buy it. I bought the album on 2004 and my first listen to it was in my girlfriend's house, she liked some songs on the album but I remember that she HATED "Hexagram". After that, she started to listen carefully the Deftones' songs in the tapes I recorded to her, per my request.
Years have passed and now, she always says to me that the "Hexagram" logo is a picture of us :) Additionally, I became a bigger Deftones fan (I am currently a bootleger and a collector and I live in Argentina, a third-world country at the bottom of the world; I mean.. no one listened to Deftones here when I start listening to them on 2000) and my girlfriend too! She bought us two vinyls and a couple of CD singles/promos for OUR Deftones collection that is growing, luckly, every month. Now, 2011 (we've been together for 8 years now), I attended the three shows they did in Argentina (only one with my girlfriend), we have 71 official items in our collection and also, the both of us got our firsts tattoos on April 23rd, 2011, check them out!:
(http://piczasso.com/i/f6apr.JPG)
Lifter - 3 Months before the Blackdiamondskye tour I didn't know who the Deftones were....But i'm a huge AIC fan so i had bought tickets....talking to a good friend of mine i asked him about the Deftones and if they were any good...he looked at me like i was from another planet...he was like "Deftones are one of my top 5 groups of all time and Chino has one of my fav front man voices of them all!!"...Well, being that my friend and i like a lot of the same music i decided to check them out....now this was right around the time my life was on the rocks...my marriage was falling apart....my teen daughter was fucking up her life, in school & out....I was having problems with my parents as well.....everything was shit & I was definitely at the lowest point my life had ever been at....so my buddy hooks me up with a bunch of Deftones CD's and I started off with Adernaline....I fell in love with them almost instantly....I was feeling so much pain & rage deep in my soul and when Chino started to scream "A part of me gets pissed a part of me gets sore, Part of me gets sick part of me gets sore" It was like he was singing how i felt...It was like i was able to channel all that negativity through their music!! It was very therapeutic and it saved me from the darkness i was being swallowed by...so needless to say...I feel a bond with them now, for they helped me get through that dark time and i thought it was fate that i found them when i did...there was a reason i didn't get into them before, because i needed them much more at that time.....so even though i love all of their body of work...whenever i have a bad day and life is shitting on me I throw on Lifter...and that shit "lifts me up" and helps me move forward.
.....for this i am eternally grateful to this band...Deftones for life!!!
My best memory was with my mom. She used to listen to rock music back in the 70s and 80s. So I made her a CD with stuff I thought she would like. The first song on this CD was "Diamond Eyes". She didn't know that it was Deftones and told me that she actually really liked that song and asked me who sung it. I told her it was Deftones and as she tried to sing along it really warmed my heart because my mom actually never really liked them (too heavy and dark). It was such a pretty moment and I felt really connected to her because we both liked the same song from the most favorite and important band in my life.
Pink Maggit
Deftones - Pink Maggit (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aDjhEW8FgdA#)
I suggest you to listen to the song while you read my story.
As some of you may know, it is my all-time favorite track. Not just my favorite Deftones' song, but my favorite song at all. This song, as well as the whole White Pony actually, completely changed my life. Yes, the " their music changed my life " deal sounds pretty common, but if the way it changed my life is as common, then the Deftones have done something big to the world.
A couple of years ago, I was a stupid and impulsive teenager. In the era I'm implying, I was 17. Everything had been and was shit. Not from my never-satisfied-kid point of view, but objectively. My parents were my worst enemies due to all the traumas they were injecting to me and themselves, the place I was living at was dirty and filled with insanity, I was desperately looking for someone to love but I was only having random fucks here and there, nothing to be proud about. Sex for sex doesn't work for me. It's just a sample, I don't want to spread everything I've been through in my life because I do not want to sound like a whiner but I honestly wish as many of you guys never experiment what my life was until last year. But to bring the context in, I have to let you know that my life had the anatomy of a fiasco.
I even remember, I was so disgusted, fed up with everything I wouldn't even take care of my look either. I had very long hair and some really heinous beard. A bad impersonation of Daryl Palumbo from 2006 (See him here: http://a3.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/208821_158792820846945_100001486852510_330732_5179099_n.jpg (http://a3.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/208821_158792820846945_100001486852510_330732_5179099_n.jpg)). I wouldn't eat, I was skinny as fuck. I wasn't doing that on purpose, I was just not hungry at all. An overhaired melancholic skeleton... :)
But I didn't care, I seriously didn't care about anything anymore. For years, I had been looking for something transcendent, something that would take it to another level, that would make me say " Life is worth it, it's not so grey everywhere after all, there is something, this little something special that makes me glad about living ". But I was done looking for it. I was convinced it would never happen just due to it being absolutely impossible at that point. At the end of the year, I was skipping school everyday, instead of going to school and preparing for the upcoming final exams of my high school years, I would take the train to Brussels to get drunk with some friends in some dirty overtagged spot, it looked like the average white powder dealers headquarters. I would get drunk with Jack Daniel's (most importantly) everyday and try to forget about that grey, tasteless and meaningless existence. I was a seriously fucked up lost soul. I was never complaining to anybody because I hate that and I've never wanted to bother anyone with my problems, but still I was feeling it more than ever, I couldn't fake it, I couldn't go on... Every day would end with hardcore parties implying sex, alcohol and decadence. And probably vomit. I am not proud of that era at all. It's important to deal with regrets but I still have some troubles with that one...
And one of those days, after everybody fell asleep or collapsed in their own puke, the sound system of my friend was still on and someone had put White Pony to play. It was halfway through Feiticeira. I was a Deftones fan way before that, my love for White Pony was already here and wasn't a new born, but this is where everything happened to make it the most impactful record I've ever heard. The imagery, the lyrics, the violence/sensuality mix, the decadence, the depression that would obviously never end. From that moment, I closed my eyes and listened to the whole record. The feelings from that moment are yet to be correctly described. At some point, I felt like I was flying over the whole planet, at some other point, I felt like I was fucking the most beautiful woman ever conceived, etc, etc. White Pony is a masterpiece.
Then came on Pink Maggit. That's where I would be changed forever. The depression was carving deeper in my veins as I was listening to the song, I was more convinced than ever that this feeling would follow me forever and the transcendence I was looking for was an absolute naïve utopia. I cried. Silently, but massively. And at the same time, there was a smile on my face. The song was telling me:
" This depression is a part of life. Deflects and flaws of the world are overwhelming you and it's too much, but you must deal with it. You have to. You can. Melancholy will always be there, but you will manage to live with it and to feel satisfaction from it, because since you can find beauty in what's the mildest stuff to people's mind, since you've been through everything, since you know what you're going to experiment for the rest of your life, once you're back to school, you'll be the leader of it all. "
I know this is not the song topic and it's far from the lyrics, but Chino writes songs in order to make people bring up their own interpretations, and that's mine.
After that, I listened to it another dozen of times, and cried my unsatisfaction out. Then I slept for a bit. The next morning, I woke up, went back home, had a serious wash and finally got back to serious things. I wasn't less convinced that my melancholy would stop. I was just convinced there's a way to make it beautiful, to feel extremely good about it, to feel pleasure, delightment and relief. Deftones make depression beautiful, they're the proud sons of The Cure on that point, you know. I had to move on, to control my life, to make everything better myself since nothing, nobody would help me. And even though, like I said, I was still sure melancholy would be my daily bread forever, I started to... Hope.
Today, I'm finally happy. I'm living on my own, studying interesting things and I just recently got engaged to that woman I had dreamt of on that big night. :)
Melancholy is still here sometimes, I still feel like there's something missing, that I'm not flying high enough, but for the most part, I am glad, happy, and satisfied. Because of all the battles I gave my whole soul and body into, because of that slight hope Deftones created in me, because of all the work I've done all fucking alone. Thanks to Pink Maggit. Thanks to the Deftones.
Melancholy is my drug. I'm an addict. But I use it wisely. There are ways to.
I don't care if I don't win, if some people can relate to my story and make their life better, it would be the real victory.
Once again, I didn't want to sound like the average whiner, so sorry if this is what it did to some of you people, but when you speak with your heart, it'll probably happen too.
I was 10 years old and It was the summer of 2000. My oldest brother was home visiting from his first year of college . we shared a lot of interests. He was always showing me what ended up being my new favorite game or movie. I had just discovered my new favorite band with the help of the Matrix soundtrack. I heard that they had just put out a new CD not that long ago in June. This time I felt it was my turn to show my bother something new .So I asked him if he would want to drive me to the mall and he didn't hesitate because he had just gotten his first car. A brand spank"n new 1994 Chevrolet Corsica for his birthday in May. once we got to the mall I told my brother I'd be in and out so he could just wait in the car. I was true to my word and quickly returned and I pulled out the CD. To my shock, my brother replied, " Deftones ! my roommate showed me them and I love them ! they are becoming my favorite band. you're gonna love white pony !" my jaw dropped. I couldn't believe it. I popped in White pony and we decided to take the long way home. The second song on the album was just finishing and the my bother says to me. " You're gonna love the next song, Elite ! he began to turn the music up even louder and as soon as Elite started he stepped on the gas so hard it knocked me back into my seat. my heart was pounding fast and I couldn't tell if it was from the acceleration of the car or from how Elite just explodes at the beginning. we were about 2 mintues into Elite when my bother said " oh shit a cop !" so we pulled over. The cop said to my brother "do you have any idea how fast you were going ? and do you know that listening to music that loud can make you tone deaf ?! I bet you couldn't even hear my siren " my brother looked over at me and we instantly started laughing." it's funny you said that officer, because the name of the band is Deftones. " said my brother. " pfff, yeah it figures. well smarten up and get on out of here " replied the cop. And so we continued our long way home.
I would like thank everyone for sharing their stories. They have all been a great read and it is great to see how open and honest deftones' fans are. It is stories like these that make me really appreciate being a deftones fan since 97. On a personal level I can relate to alot of these and as reading them I have shared alot of these same experiences...I find this humbling. I also remember hearing MOS for the first time and having my world completely change, as well as being at a concert and having Chino screaming right in front of me...though it was during BQAD, and I can also relate it to the birth of my son last may. Who is definately going to be a deftones fan as me and him watched the Lollapooza webcast this year (his first concert).
So I just want to thank the deftones for being so great and having the best fans.
My best memory is starting to listen to the Deftones. This text is more how they "helped me" instead of winning the vinyl. I'm already a winner.
Im not a really old fan of them, I'm a quite recent one. One day a friend of mine told me he liked the Tones and myself, despite reading alot of things about them, never bothered to listen. Then a few days later there was an ad on television about Deftones coming to my country. From there I start listening to them and never stop. First song I was hokked and still my favorite is Be Quiet and Drive. Then I proceeded to listen to all of their songs. It was such an impact while I was listening, how could I 've missed a band like this? I was in the "zone", loving every piece of music.
Went to the concert, had the time of my life and meet Chino in the backstage. It was incredible.
Back then, I was depressed, my personal life wasnt going that well, I didnt want to do anything... But after that year, and since I started listening to Deftones, everything, and I mean EVERYTHING turned around for good. This band gives me such an amazing energy it's hard to explain...
I just want to say God bless them, thank you for everything Deftones.
Some of my best Deftones memories happened when I was still with my love of my life. Those truly are some of the best memorys of my early twenties. It was a long distance relationship that seemed like it was impossible to work out. But with all the stress and fights about why we were so far apart we always found peace when we both listened to deftones together while drinking some cold beers in her room. That was about the only thing we had in common that kept this relationship still going is that we both loved Deftones. Shes gone now but when I hear Teenager I think of her and what we had and lost.
Europe September 2003.
Deftones toured with The Revolution Smile and A Perfect Circle.
Song - Head Up.
After attending 3 UK shows (Nottingham, Glasgow and London) went to the Paris show and the last night of the tour in Dusseldorf.
Pictures paint a thousand words....
Managed to get a photo of the "3 Bassists" on the tour. Chi (Deftones), Octavio (The Revolution Smile) and Jeordie (A Perfect Circle)
Shaun Lopez up during 'Head Up' in Paris....
Although I have seen Deftones many times, the times spent travelling around the UK and Europe in September 2003 still remain high on my list of favourite times. Any time armed police have to come into a dressing room (**reason removed to protect the innocent** ;)) always means a good night was had by all. Haha!
Great times. Which are what make great memories.
Winner announcement: http://www.deftonesworld.com/the-vinyl-collection-contest-winner-announcement/ (http://www.deftonesworld.com/the-vinyl-collection-contest-winner-announcement/)
Winner memory below:
Quote from: Vesanic on Oct 14, 2011, 09:35 AM
Pink Maggit
Deftones - Pink Maggit (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aDjhEW8FgdA#)
I suggest you to listen to the song while you read my story.
As some of you may know, it is my all-time favorite track. Not just my favorite Deftones' song, but my favorite song at all. This song, as well as the whole White Pony actually, completely changed my life. Yes, the " their music changed my life " deal sounds pretty common, but if the way it changed my life is as common, then the Deftones have done something big to the world.
A couple of years ago, I was a stupid and impulsive teenager. In the era I'm implying, I was 17. Everything had been and was shit. Not from my never-satisfied-kid point of view, but objectively. My parents were my worst enemies due to all the traumas they were injecting to me and themselves, the place I was living at was dirty and filled with insanity, I was desperately looking for someone to love but I was only having random fucks here and there, nothing to be proud about. Sex for sex doesn't work for me. It's just a sample, I don't want to spread everything I've been through in my life because I do not want to sound like a whiner but I honestly wish as many of you guys never experiment what my life was until last year. But to bring the context in, I have to let you know that my life had the anatomy of a fiasco.
I even remember, I was so disgusted, fed up with everything I wouldn't even take care of my look either. I had very long hair and some really heinous beard. A bad impersonation of Daryl Palumbo from 2006 (See him here: http://a3.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/208821_158792820846945_100001486852510_330732_5179099_n.jpg (http://a3.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/208821_158792820846945_100001486852510_330732_5179099_n.jpg)). I wouldn't eat, I was skinny as fuck. I wasn't doing that on purpose, I was just not hungry at all. An overhaired melancholic skeleton... :)
But I didn't care, I seriously didn't care about anything anymore. For years, I had been looking for something transcendent, something that would take it to another level, that would make me say " Life is worth it, it's not so grey everywhere after all, there is something, this little something special that makes me glad about living ". But I was done looking for it. I was convinced it would never happen just due to it being absolutely impossible at that point. At the end of the year, I was skipping school everyday, instead of going to school and preparing for the upcoming final exams of my high school years, I would take the train to Brussels to get drunk with some friends in some dirty overtagged spot, it looked like the average white powder dealers headquarters. I would get drunk with Jack Daniel's (most importantly) everyday and try to forget about that grey, tasteless and meaningless existence. I was a seriously fucked up lost soul. I was never complaining to anybody because I hate that and I've never wanted to bother anyone with my problems, but still I was feeling it more than ever, I couldn't fake it, I couldn't go on... Every day would end with hardcore parties implying sex, alcohol and decadence. And probably vomit. I am not proud of that era at all. It's important to deal with regrets but I still have some troubles with that one...
And one of those days, after everybody fell asleep or collapsed in their own puke, the sound system of my friend was still on and someone had put White Pony to play. It was halfway through Feiticeira. I was a Deftones fan way before that, my love for White Pony was already here and wasn't a new born, but this is where everything happened to make it the most impactful record I've ever heard. The imagery, the lyrics, the violence/sensuality mix, the decadence, the depression that would obviously never end. From that moment, I closed my eyes and listened to the whole record. The feelings from that moment are yet to be correctly described. At some point, I felt like I was flying over the whole planet, at some other point, I felt like I was fucking the most beautiful woman ever conceived, etc, etc. White Pony is a masterpiece.
Then came on Pink Maggit. That's where I would be changed forever. The depression was carving deeper in my veins as I was listening to the song, I was more convinced than ever that this feeling would follow me forever and the transcendence I was looking for was an absolute naïve utopia. I cried. Silently, but massively. And at the same time, there was a smile on my face. The song was telling me:
" This depression is a part of life. Deflects and flaws of the world are overwhelming you and it's too much, but you must deal with it. You have to. You can. Melancholy will always be there, but you will manage to live with it and to feel satisfaction from it, because since you can find beauty in what's the mildest stuff to people's mind, since you've been through everything, since you know what you're going to experiment for the rest of your life, once you're back to school, you'll be the leader of it all. "
I know this is not the song topic and it's far from the lyrics, but Chino writes songs in order to make people bring up their own interpretations, and that's mine.
After that, I listened to it another dozen of times, and cried my unsatisfaction out. Then I slept for a bit. The next morning, I woke up, went back home, had a serious wash and finally got back to serious things. I wasn't less convinced that my melancholy would stop. I was just convinced there's a way to make it beautiful, to feel extremely good about it, to feel pleasure, delightment and relief. Deftones make depression beautiful, they're the proud sons of The Cure on that point, you know. I had to move on, to control my life, to make everything better myself since nothing, nobody would help me. And even though, like I said, I was still sure melancholy would be my daily bread forever, I started to... Hope.
Today, I'm finally happy. I'm living on my own, studying interesting things and I just recently got engaged to that woman I had dreamt of on that big night. :)
Melancholy is still here sometimes, I still feel like there's something missing, that I'm not flying high enough, but for the most part, I am glad, happy, and satisfied. Because of all the battles I gave my whole soul and body into, because of that slight hope Deftones created in me, because of all the work I've done all fucking alone. Thanks to Pink Maggit. Thanks to the Deftones.
Melancholy is my drug. I'm an addict. But I use it wisely. There are ways to.
I don't care if I don't win, if some people can relate to my story and make their life better, it would be the real victory.
Once again, I didn't want to sound like the average whiner, so sorry if this is what it did to some of you people, but when you speak with your heart, it'll probably happen too.
Congrats Vesanic, you deserve it buddy.
:'((((( congrats Ves! :'(
fixed.
im just bitter! ;)
Congratulations V! If not for the story, you definitely deserve this for everything you've done for the Deftones community. Enjoy it man!
Much respect,
-Matt
Congrats Vesanic, thought you'd win wen I read the story, and definitely well-deserved.
:) Congratulations Vesanic! U definately deserve this man, based on your story alone. I say that in that way because I actually thought it would be proper for u to win anyways because of all the good things u do for Deftones fans who belong to or just visit this forum. U bring a lot to the table that we wouldn't have without u and it's actually the least that could happen for u. Liked a lot of the stories from many people but u really nailed it. And good luck on this lighter side of the world u r now in.... I know what it's like to be there. I am there now working to get out. Truely inspiring my friend. Congrats again.
Quote from: Danny Keyes on Oct 17, 2011, 01:03 AM
fixed.
im just bitter! ;)
damn, i wanted to read what you wrote first. you snooze you lose i guess ^
Congrats, man. Got a little teary eyed with your story.
Thank you all, guys, I'm honored.
I've got thank some of you too for sharing some really meaningful stories, definitely inspiring stuff.
Congrats dude! such a sweet prize! enjoy! I know you will! ;D
congrats man you deserve it.
Yea he really does! Whoop whoop!
I liked reading every single story in this thread. Some of them relate to mine and its cool to see that, my brothers.
Anyway congrats man!
pictures when u get it??? 8)
Sure.
Quote from: HXGRMWORLD on Oct 06, 2011, 10:05 PM
Well I`d like to start by saying this... my Deftones memory is related with the song Simple Man... my birthday is on september 28th, and is my mom`s also... every year we celebrate our birthday Im used to play on the stereo the song, Simple man... my mom hates the Deftones cause Chino screams so loud and aggressive, sje says that they are so heavy, noisy, even she said once they were satanic hahahaha... so shes kinda like conservative person, but when she listened to this song, she completely changed her image about the Deftones and stuff.. she does not love them... but now she`s more tolerant to them, cause I say all meanings :D thats what I like to share... wish all the contestants alll the best! but I hope Warner can give me the boxset... that would mean a lot to me :)
Much respect!
Looking At shit like this Im glad you did not fucking win.Next time tell us about your dad being tolerant at you still using diapers.
Quote from: Vesanic on Oct 14, 2011, 09:35 AM
Pink Maggit
Deftones - Pink Maggit (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aDjhEW8FgdA#)
I suggest you to listen to the song while you read my story.
As some of you may know, it is my all-time favorite track. Not just my favorite Deftones' song, but my favorite song at all. This song, as well as the whole White Pony actually, completely changed my life. Yes, the " their music changed my life " deal sounds pretty common, but if the way it changed my life is as common, then the Deftones have done something big to the world.
A couple of years ago, I was a stupid and impulsive teenager. In the era I'm implying, I was 17. Everything had been and was shit. Not from my never-satisfied-kid point of view, but objectively. My parents were my worst enemies due to all the traumas they were injecting to me and themselves, the place I was living at was dirty and filled with insanity, I was desperately looking for someone to love but I was only having random fucks here and there, nothing to be proud about. Sex for sex doesn't work for me. It's just a sample, I don't want to spread everything I've been through in my life because I do not want to sound like a whiner but I honestly wish as many of you guys never experiment what my life was until last year. But to bring the context in, I have to let you know that my life had the anatomy of a fiasco.
I even remember, I was so disgusted, fed up with everything I wouldn't even take care of my look either. I had very long hair and some really heinous beard. A bad impersonation of Daryl Palumbo from 2006 (See him here: http://a3.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/208821_158792820846945_100001486852510_330732_5179099_n.jpg (http://a3.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/208821_158792820846945_100001486852510_330732_5179099_n.jpg)). I wouldn't eat, I was skinny as fuck. I wasn't doing that on purpose, I was just not hungry at all. An overhaired melancholic skeleton... :)
But I didn't care, I seriously didn't care about anything anymore. For years, I had been looking for something transcendent, something that would take it to another level, that would make me say " Life is worth it, it's not so grey everywhere after all, there is something, this little something special that makes me glad about living ". But I was done looking for it. I was convinced it would never happen just due to it being absolutely impossible at that point. At the end of the year, I was skipping school everyday, instead of going to school and preparing for the upcoming final exams of my high school years, I would take the train to Brussels to get drunk with some friends in some dirty overtagged spot, it looked like the average white powder dealers headquarters. I would get drunk with Jack Daniel's (most importantly) everyday and try to forget about that grey, tasteless and meaningless existence. I was a seriously fucked up lost soul. I was never complaining to anybody because I hate that and I've never wanted to bother anyone with my problems, but still I was feeling it more than ever, I couldn't fake it, I couldn't go on... Every day would end with hardcore parties implying sex, alcohol and decadence. And probably vomit. I am not proud of that era at all. It's important to deal with regrets but I still have some troubles with that one...
And one of those days, after everybody fell asleep or collapsed in their own puke, the sound system of my friend was still on and someone had put White Pony to play. It was halfway through Feiticeira. I was a Deftones fan way before that, my love for White Pony was already here and wasn't a new born, but this is where everything happened to make it the most impactful record I've ever heard. The imagery, the lyrics, the violence/sensuality mix, the decadence, the depression that would obviously never end. From that moment, I closed my eyes and listened to the whole record. The feelings from that moment are yet to be correctly described. At some point, I felt like I was flying over the whole planet, at some other point, I felt like I was fucking the most beautiful woman ever conceived, etc, etc. White Pony is a masterpiece.
Then came on Pink Maggit. That's where I would be changed forever. The depression was carving deeper in my veins as I was listening to the song, I was more convinced than ever that this feeling would follow me forever and the transcendence I was looking for was an absolute naïve utopia. I cried. Silently, but massively. And at the same time, there was a smile on my face. The song was telling me:
" This depression is a part of life. Deflects and flaws of the world are overwhelming you and it's too much, but you must deal with it. You have to. You can. Melancholy will always be there, but you will manage to live with it and to feel satisfaction from it, because since you can find beauty in what's the mildest stuff to people's mind, since you've been through everything, since you know what you're going to experiment for the rest of your life, once you're back to school, you'll be the leader of it all. "
I know this is not the song topic and it's far from the lyrics, but Chino writes songs in order to make people bring up their own interpretations, and that's mine.
After that, I listened to it another dozen of times, and cried my unsatisfaction out. Then I slept for a bit. The next morning, I woke up, went back home, had a serious wash and finally got back to serious things. I wasn't less convinced that my melancholy would stop. I was just convinced there's a way to make it beautiful, to feel extremely good about it, to feel pleasure, delightment and relief. Deftones make depression beautiful, they're the proud sons of The Cure on that point, you know. I had to move on, to control my life, to make everything better myself since nothing, nobody would help me. And even though, like I said, I was still sure melancholy would be my daily bread forever, I started to... Hope.
Today, I'm finally happy. I'm living on my own, studying interesting things and I just recently got engaged to that woman I had dreamt of on that big night. :)
Melancholy is still here sometimes, I still feel like there's something missing, that I'm not flying high enough, but for the most part, I am glad, happy, and satisfied. Because of all the battles I gave my whole soul and body into, because of that slight hope Deftones created in me, because of all the work I've done all fucking alone. Thanks to Pink Maggit. Thanks to the Deftones.
Melancholy is my drug. I'm an addict. But I use it wisely. There are ways to.
I don't care if I don't win, if some people can relate to my story and make their life better, it would be the real victory.
Once again, I didn't want to sound like the average whiner, so sorry if this is what it did to some of you people, but when you speak with your heart, it'll probably happen too.
Im so glad my homie Romain won ! =D That is some deep stuff my man and Im very glad to have known you since 2009 and also very glad you pick yourself up and be the real cool person that you are ! Congrats man =D !!
Congratulation Vesanic :-*
so i read through it since it won,and i think it was on another level when i compare it to the others i've read - very emotional. i really can't get the "i don't care if i win" thing together with the writing though, because i really feel you're aiming high and trying really hard to make it big and grand. but it's ok since the outcome was good.
however,if you step back and look what it really says it's: i've felt bad for a while (goes for a lot of teenagers) so i drank a lot alcohol,fucked women and puked (goes for a lot of teenagers - even happy ones) and yes, the record changed my life is common. but since you did it well i totally see how it won. my favourite after the penik's one that got deleted :)
Quote from: from_musings on Oct 19, 2011, 12:32 PM
i really can't get the "i don't care if i win" thing together with the writing though, because i really feel you're aiming high and trying really hard to make it big and grand.
I really wasn't. It was an opportunity to share a Deftones-related story from my heart. If I won in addition, well yeah, it's awesome. But the aim was to share a story to which some people would relate to, hopefully. Trust me, the fact that some people appreciated it, related to it etc. gave me a better feeling than winning the box. It's hard to believe, but I really didn't care about winning. I said many times I didn't care about vinyls, so it makes sense, doesn't it ?
Besides, I said the jist of my story was pretty common, but how the song affected me was the main thing, really, that's what I wanted to express. My " bad mood " of those days, etc, it's the context, it's necessary to show precisely how important that song became, to me.
it was a nice story, no doubt, it's just when I read it, I think that it feels like it is written as a contribution to win a contest, more than it's you who tell a bit about your view on pink maggit and what it means to you. if you hadn't bothered with winning at all, you could've stepped aside and write it after the competition to make room for those who wanted to win badly. which would've been extremly silly to me, but just saying.just trying to say that you probably wanted to win more than you admit. it is ok to say it! :)
it's cool to click like that with an album altough you heard it many times before. with my favourite records it has always been extreme love at first listen
Quote from: from_musings on Oct 19, 2011, 03:19 PM
just trying to say that you probably wanted to win more than you admit. it is ok to say it! :)
It would be okay it were correct, but it's not. I really don't care.
Quote from: Vesanic on Oct 19, 2011, 03:45 PM
It would be okay it were correct, but it's not. I really don't care.
Feel free to send it to me then. I will even pay for postage! Haha ;)
Such a gentleman.
congrats V. i too am cool with you winning it based on all the content and uploads you bring to the site. that said, i did find it very funny that you poured your all into that story after playing down the contest and basically ragging on some of the other contestants for trying so hard in the "bullshit thread". plus...those are TEST PRESSES man! i wouldn't expect someone that's not too into vinyl to appreciate that for what it is but it is a very cool thing none the less. peace.
Quote from: benzo on Oct 20, 2011, 09:04 PM
that said, i did find it very funny that you poured your all into that story after playing down the contest and basically ragging on some of the other contestants for trying so hard in the "bullshit thread".
I respect the honesty. Thing I was mostly " ragging on " is that most of them (not everyone) never post any stuff, any message at all, and here, out of nowhere, KABOOM, surprise, WILD POSTERS APPEAR. It's only that.
Ah man, lets not end this whole thing like this. Vesanic won, he deserved to win, and he doesn't have to justify himself for winning. This thread was all about sharing Deftones memories with each other, and that's what it was. Whether or not people who don't post often posted in this thread shouldn't matter, as long as they shared a fond memory; and whether or not Vesanic felt winning the vinyls was important shouldn't matter either. It's totally not worth it to spoil such a cool thread--so we should all just pour ourselves a glass of whisky and shake each others hands.
Much respect,
-Matt
Thanks, Matt.