Deftones opening for Slipknot in America

[slyartwork]

It's better to be around just Deftones fans at a show than being among a lot of Slipknot fans too...

[Deft11_17ones]

Even if I still were a slipknot fan I think is not fair.

[Timmy666]

The good thing is that it'll get them some notoriety with younger metal fans.

[lungdamage]

not a big slipknot fan at all, but i see this as a realistic tour, i mean they can pretty much tour with anyone from cyprus hill to meshuggah and get away with it. (or you name two extremes.... you know what i mean). they have never really 'fit' into a pigeon hole.... and got away from nu-metal unscaved-ish. the numbers would be massive regarding potential punters. how many people are there that love the deftones...... + also love slipknot> i would think the majority of tones fans wouldn't double dip on that one...but maybe the majority of slipknot fans would?  so really,  you make most $$$$ of tours/merch and this would pull different groups of heads, within reason of course. completely believable. (ps - i would endure any support act to see the deftones, even if i got rick rolled with the act before or after) i just plainly wouldnt care and would pay up and go smoke up when whoever else was playing i wasnt that much of a fan of i guess... but that's just me.

[slyartwork]

they can pretty much tour with anyone from cyprus hill to meshuggah and get away with it.

true!

[neutron liar]

reminds me of when they put together Manson and Slayer on tour.  ppl flipped out.....and still payed to make the tour successfull.

[pixElsblUr]

I think it's better then playing with 50 cent at bamboozle, as soon as deftones finished their set we bailed, but I would stay and enjoy the slipknot show for sure, just like i will at the Cypress Hill Smoke Out

[mr.sinister]

Catching them on the 24th.

[nineteenpeoplesnames]

Who gives a shite.

Good on 'em. Slipknot are really just a band on their own now. They have surpassed all of the scene stuff and are now their own deal.

[jesusinabowlofdirt]

this is embarrassing.not only because slipknot sucks,but especially since chino called slipknot "mickey mouse club". bashing them as a band and now they open for them? my god.

chino should let stephen write all deftones songs and focus on the metal side of their music and they could draw a metal crowd themselves.with their team sleep approach with cherry waves, xerces etc and poppy style like hole in the earth and mein they try to attract pop rock audiences.problem is,their softer songs isnt that good so nooone cares.
focus on what yr good at,practice and develop your skillz insted

[nineteenpeoplesnames]

Deftones aint a metal band anyway. They are Deftones.

I get tired of alot of people trying to put them into some kind of Genre. They are one of those bands that rise above all of that like Radiohead or Muse.

[Martin]

Sounds cool. Sounds new. Wish I could attend. Always wanted to see Slipknot sometime.

[There Will Be Blood]

the people at these shows are going to be complete asshole metal heads.

[Hidalgo]

like family values, that place was a zoo. i love korn, but their fans look like freakin clowns, it was a freak show. the crowds are much more normal when deftones headline

hanging out with 'the maggots' will be brutal

[buddyboy101]

this is embarrassing.not only because slipknot sucks,but especially since chino called slipknot "mickey mouse club". bashing them as a band and now they open for them? my god.

chino should let stephen write all deftones songs and focus on the metal side of their music and they could draw a metal crowd themselves.with their team sleep approach with cherry waves, xerces etc and poppy style like hole in the earth and mein they try to attract pop rock audiences.problem is,their softer songs isnt that good so nooone cares.
focus on what yr good at,practice and develop your skillz insted

I disagree. The songwriting in the Deftones is a collective effort.  It's never been a one-man show.  And what truly hurts your argument is White Pony, the album that brought the Deftones to the masses, and also the album that Chino started playing guitar and writing songs in a significant way.  I'm not saying Chino should write all the songs, and I agree Xerces and Cherry Waves are weak sauce.  But handing the reigns over to one band member won't fix things.  Many bands, and creative folk at large, experience a lull in their creativity as their careers progress.  Sometimes it takes a huge event or an overdue break to recharge the juices.  I think we're at that pivotal moment where the deftones are a band born anew.  I think you'll agree.

[deftonesfan192]

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True there like the biggest underground act/the least known mainstream act although I reckon there doing these dates with fuking clitsnot because of the record company thats my guess anyways...

[cEvin Key]

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True there like the biggest underground act/the least known mainstream act although I reckon there doing these dates with fuking clitsnot because of the record company thats my guess anyways...

lol...in my way of seeing things...maybe slipknot just invited the deftones to join them and I dont see one reason for the guys not to acept it...they can sit their asses until the album gets released or they can do some show's...so why not do it ?

ps: at least it's not linkin park

[Urantia23]

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True there like the biggest underground act/the least known mainstream act although I reckon there doing these dates with fuking clitsnot because of the record company thats my guess anyways...

lol...in my way of seeing things...maybe slipknot just invited the deftones to join them and I dont see one reason for the guys not to acept it...they can sit their asses until the album gets released or they can do some show's...so why not do it ?

ps: at least it's not linkin park

or limp bizkit

[Hidalgo]

they opened for linkin park and LB in 03, Chino was pissed about it too. he just knows they should be bigger than those bands, and they were MAJOR influences on them. frustration. kinda how dave mustaine could never enjoy megadeth's success, cause metallica did much better

[TheWatcher]

no chicago date?