So I was talking to my childhood friend and kickball teammate, Ryan, a few weeks ago. He was saying that he hasn't really listened to deftones since around 1996, and my little heart just sank. What could explain this tragic oversight of some of the best metal from the last ten years? Lack of exposure? Immersion in another genre? The totally false assumption that, just because a band takes off, they suddenly suck?
I had to step in and do something.
Since Ryan burns CDs and makes mixes for me all the time, I decided to create a solid deftones mix CD for him. It's not quite ready yet--I still have to rearrange the tracks for optimum listening pleasure--but here's the playlist for Ryan's Def Mix:
nosebleed
engine no. 9
lhabia
around the fur
lotion
digital bath
street carp
knife prty
change (in the house of flies)
hexagram
needles and pins
deathblow
battle-axe
savory [Jawbox cover, feat. Far]
no ordinary love [Sade cover]
Making mix CDs stresses me out (I don't know how guys like Steve pull those playlists together all the time), but I spent the evening on this one, and I think it's a gem.
I really like that song Words... honestly. I remember hearing it at work, and thinking "I love this song! What is it... suck x 13?"
my .02
Posted by: shogunmoon | September 04, 2006 at 11:32 PM
Metal? You're a funny one, Alexa.
Posted by: Bexley | September 05, 2006 at 12:24 AM
Bexley, your favorite band credits costumes over music for their success. I'm not listening to a thing you have to say about metal.
Posted by: Alexis | September 05, 2006 at 12:40 AM
To play the role of devil's advocate, GWAR is listed as "thrash metal" on that Wikipedia article...
Posted by: Jeremy | September 05, 2006 at 01:12 AM
Whatever. Scumdogs was a glorious masterpiece of metal.
But taking out costumed silliness- Slayer would eat those little nu-metal jerks for breakfast, and then crap out more metal than the Deftones could ever hope to create on their own.
Posted by: Bexley | September 05, 2006 at 03:00 AM
I retract my previous nu-metal comment, having listened to more of them. At best, I'd say some sort of emo-hard-rock.
Posted by: Bexley | September 05, 2006 at 03:39 AM
Deftones rock! New album coming out October 31. Stream the new single, "Hole in the Earth" here: REAL, WIN
Posted by: Perfect Porridge | September 05, 2006 at 05:11 PM
Yeah, you know what's up.
7 Words is a great song, too. You get to hear 4 of Chino's many vocal stylings in that one (singing, screaming, rapping, and SCREAMING).
Other Chino sounds include, but I doubt are limited to panting, whispering, growling, and crooning.
Posted by: Alexis | September 05, 2006 at 07:25 PM
They always seemed more punk than metal to me, but maybe I'm crazy.
Posted by: Molly | September 06, 2006 at 01:06 AM