Amoeba Music

By Brad Austin

           As Sacramento hard rock band Deftones perfected their craft at the turn of the century, it seemed that they stood relatively alone; a new class of hardcore bands were threatening to oust them from relevance, and their peers were already headed that way of their own accord. Fred Durst and Limp Bizkit answered the mega-hit status of “Nookie” with an embarrassingly bad third album. Korn, once the leaders of the pack, were unable to top the success of tracks like “Freak on a Leash” and “Got the Life.” Deftones were the only “nu-metal” band of the nineties who were still on the rise in 2000. With the release of their... Read More

Genre:

Rock, Heavy Metal, Alternative/Indie

City Of Origin:

Sacramento , ,California United States

Formed Date:

1988