Episode 690 is DEFTONES. I make a habit of launching an episode when I visit an artist’s city or country. And so I started Deftones while in Sacramento (our mutual hometown). I was disappointed. They are rooted in metal, as their first groove/nu-ish album showed. But the emo-vocal alt-metal style they settled into is not to my taste. It’s like Coldplay with distorted guitars. I saw someone describe them as “the Radiohead of metal.” Well, invoking the old Simpsons gag – I like nuts and I like gum, but I do not like them together.
Favorite album: Adrenaline
Favorite song: Minus Blindfold
Compared to expectations: ↓
Recommendation: Mmm, not much of one. Maybe the first album.
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