Deftones

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Deftones is an American Rock/Alternative Metal band from Sacramento, California, formed in 1988, consisting of Chino Moreno (lead vocals and guitar), Stephen Carpenter (guitar), Sergio Vega (bass), Frank Delgado (keyboards and turntables), and Abe Cunningham (drums and percussion). Vega (formerly of Quicksand) took on bass duties in mid-2009 in substitution for Chi Cheng, who was seriously injured in an automobile accident in Santa Clara, California on November 4, 2008. Cheng remained in a coma until his death on April 13, 2013 due to cardiac arrest.

While they were mostly an alternative metal band in their early years, their sound changed into something more complex and experimental in 2000, as a result they are often coined today as an alternative rock band.

Genres

Alternative Metal Nu metal Alternative Rock Metal Shoegaze

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Deftones members

Current members: Abe Cunningham (drums (drum set), original), Stephen Carpenter (guitar, original), Chino Moreno (guitar, lead vocals, original), Frank Delgado (keyboard, sampler, turntable)