Out of the Sacramento garage
The yin and yang of heavy and soft
The masterpiece of the white pony
Tragedy, resilience, and global legacy
mankai At C. K. McClatchy High, Chino Moreno, Stephen Carpenter, and Abe Cunningham bonded over skateboarding before jamming in a garage in 1988.
mankai Guitarist Stephen Carpenter taught himself to play while recovering from the collision.
mankai Mix heavy metal and ambient textures to learn how Deftones fused brutal and ethereal sounds.
Deftones name origin: Guitarist Stephen Carpenter created the name 'Deftones' by combining the hip-hop slang word 'def' with the popular 1950s surf-rock band suffix 'tones'.
A building or indoor space used for housing or repairing motor vehicles. In 1988, the founding members of Deftones began practicing inside Stephen Carpenter's California garage.
In which California city did the founding members of Deftones first meet and form the band in 1988?
Which high school did the founding members of Deftones attend together in California?
Which instrument did Deftones guitarist Stephen Carpenter teach himself to play while recovering from a serious accident?
How did Deftones guitarist Stephen Carpenter first get the money to purchase the band's early musical equipment?
Who was the Maverick Records executive who signed Deftones on the spot after seeing them perform in Los Angeles?
Which pop superstar co-founded Maverick Records, the label that signed Deftones in the early 1990s?
Which legendary rock producer worked with Deftones on their debut album, Adrenaline, and their next three records?