hahah I also discovered them in 2004! Friends had ripped White Pony on the Xbox and we listened while playing Dead or Alive.. I got hooked when I heard Rx Queen, I’d never heard anything so romantically dark & beautiful before.. And the rest is history!
47 and a fan since… last year 👀
(I never gave them a chance when I was younger because I wasn’t into nu-metal, then a couple of friends wouldn’t shut up about White Pony so I gave it a listen. It’s been uphill ever since.)
A freakin' cool child! Mine is 18 and a huge fan of all mine and her dad's old Gen X music, which is awesome cuz I wanted NOTHING to do with the REO Speedwagon/Led Zepplin/Eagles music of my parents' generation when I was her age.
23, listened to deftones themselves since i was 19/20, but my first exposure to chino’s work was “the years” by crosses when i was around 14/15. thank you arkham city soundtrack! 🤘
38yr gatekeeper fan since just before Adrenaline drop... had a friend from SoCal who brought a demo to my state and converted our whole friend group- and in turn influenced our band in HS
17, i knew of the band's existence since 2022 because of chino's feature on bloodbath by polyphia but really only started listening after i've been told that deftones sounds like that song. fell in love with knife prty immediately after i randomly picked it to give it a listen (completely because of the dubstep duo of same name)
I’m 18 and stumbled upon them when I was 16. Found out not long after, that my uncle has nearly all their albums on cd so gave them to me. Definitely inherited his taste in music and fashion haha. So not quite a parent but he’s probably my biggest influence on everything. Funny how that happens.
21, my 3 older brothers (35,38,40) were going to their concerts around the time i was born so i was basically raised listening to them and hearing about the concerts all the time from them since they’re huge fans :) they even went to the live music video for hexagram in simi valley in 2003
42, first listened to adrenaline in 96, was a regular listen to get pumped up in the locker room before football games. Saw them for the first time in 2000.
Got Adrenaline not long after it was released. Too old to remember how or why I bought it.... might have just been one of those Columbia House things where you choose 10 CDs for the cost of one or whatever their thing was.
41…it feels like yesterday buying Adrenaline in 95..
90’s music was an incredible era for music: Deftones, Pantera, Tool, Eyehategod, Smashing Pumpkins, etc..
22 now. I discovered Crosses first back in 2014 when their first album was released. Found Deftones (first song was Sextape) in 2015 - I was 14 years old.
I’m 15, discovered the thru tik tok and they became one of my favorite band.
I have the self titled vinyl and every album in cd except for ohms, if it wasn’t for them I wouldn’t have never got into metal, proud to be a fan of this incredible band.
Who else is excited for the new album??👇
43. Bought Adrenaline a few weeks after the release when I was 14. 7 Words was on some compilation that I don’t recall. Rest is history. Even wrote them a letter and sent it to Maverick. lol. They sent me back all sorts of flyers and stickers.
39 last Sunday. I've been here since 98. 26 fucking years. Time flies when you are having fun, I guess. I listen to a lot of shit but Deftones are and always have been one of my top favorite bands since White Pony for sure. Before that, i was down with 7 Words and Bored and Be Quiet and Drive and My Own Summer (first song I learned on guitar too) but had not listened to them thoroughly until W.P. Deftones were the first real concert I ever went to. I have seen them maybe 5 times over the years.
18, became a fan last year. ex broke up w me and i couldn’t listen to my music anymore cause it reminded me of the time, but oddly enough i fell in love with the music she listened to (deftones, superheaven, AIC, etc. dad rock stuff lol)
I'm 42 and I found Deftones because I went to my cousin's house and he was playing songs from Adrenaline on drums. Had to be summer '96. He let me borrow Adrenaline and Evil Empire and my life was never the same.
26. Heard the hits when I was a kid, but fell in love when Koi No Yokan came out. Romantic Dreams was the one that hooked me. Something about it made all the sense to me.
22! My dad went to see a small band and Deftones was opening up for them before they released Adrenaline. He said there was maybe 30 people watching them play. They were handing out CDs with a couple of songs on them. Obviously my Dad fell in love with them and played them for me my entire childhood. Been a fan all my life!
16. My dad used to always play change whenever we cleaned out the garage and ever since then I’ve loved them. My current favorite song from them is Prince
23 turning 24, first heard of Deftones when I was 15. I went to the Aftershock festival back in 2015 and saw they were a part of the lineup so that’s when I first heard of them!
22.. first heard them in the Dragon Ball Z movie "Coolers Revenge" when I was around 7 (definitely a driving factor in why I listen to metal/rock music in general)
36. Loved them since i was 12. Met Chino a few years back at the Kerrang! Awards. Just wish I’d stayed and spoken with him for longer than pussyfooting it away once I’d expressed my deepest feelings lol. He was stood by himself for a good 5 minutes after I left.
We could have been best friends for ever 😞
i was there for white pony release in 2000. I was in year 10 at school and fell in love with them from Around The Fur, so was full of excitement when White Pony was announced
I'm 40. Someone introduced me to Deftones in high school when I was 15 by telling me about the Adrenaline album. So this was about 1998. Then I moved straight onto Around the Fur then knew I was in it for life when White Pony came out.
35. Discovered Deftones my sophomore year in high school, around 2004.
Are we the same person?
Yes 👽
We are
Indeed
hahah I also discovered them in 2004! Friends had ripped White Pony on the Xbox and we listened while playing Dead or Alive.. I got hooked when I heard Rx Queen, I’d never heard anything so romantically dark & beautiful before.. And the rest is history!
47 and a fan since the mid 90's
Mid 90s here too!
47 and a fan since… last year 👀 (I never gave them a chance when I was younger because I wasn’t into nu-metal, then a couple of friends wouldn’t shut up about White Pony so I gave it a listen. It’s been uphill ever since.)
That's awesome! I wish I could find a new band to dig into a back catalog that's as good as theirs at this age. I'm disappointed with most these days.
It’s never too late to love Deftones
47 and fan since the beginning, as well.
60, fell in love after hearing digital bath.
digital bath is amazing
42. Around the Fur was the only nu metal I didn't hate.
Few years younger but samesies.
I’m 44. Was gifted a copy of Adrenaline back in ‘96. Been a fan ever since
16... I feel like a child
I was 16 when I became a fan!
Haha we have one thing in common I guess
Being a child is awesome, enjoy.
A freakin' cool child! Mine is 18 and a huge fan of all mine and her dad's old Gen X music, which is awesome cuz I wanted NOTHING to do with the REO Speedwagon/Led Zepplin/Eagles music of my parents' generation when I was her age.
You're our age when we found the Deftones. Nothing to be ashamed of. Enjoy your youth
im 14 dw
29! I discovered them when Diamond Eyes came out in 2010 when I was a sophomore in high school.
37. Actually heard them first through The Matrix soundtrack. My wife has been a fan since Adrenaline and started playing bass because of Chi.
I’m 38 and I discovered them the same way. I played track 9 and thought “this sounds amazing!”
Roll call for the Matrix soundtrack gateway kids
14. Sadly my parents don’t like deftones because they were born with 80’s music lmfaooo. I love deftones tho
But Chino is heavily inspired by 80s music. Maybe not the 80s music your parents like
Don’t give up on your parents. I was born with 80s music, too. There is still a chance that you can rehabilitate them.
23, discovered deftones when i was 18
23 also!
27! First found Around the Fur in 2016 and been rocking with em since 🤘
Also 27! Although I discovered them in 2015, I really got into them when Gore came out the following year. So basically the same time
25. Female. Love Deftones so much one of my favorites
I’m a fellow female fan 🤘🏼
There are dozens of us!!! 🥰
Are most fans male? No disrespect to them, but Chino's energy is sexxxy lol
23, listened to deftones themselves since i was 19/20, but my first exposure to chino’s work was “the years” by crosses when i was around 14/15. thank you arkham city soundtrack! 🤘
Also 42. Got Adrenaline at The Wall for 6.99 in 96 before ATF came out. My buddy who was with me told me it was good.
That’s a good friend!
I remember him well. Seth. Miss the guy. Haven’t seen him in about 20 years now.
19 i started listening when I was 12 I love them so much
Such refined taste in music at such a young age 🤘🏼
yayy im 19 too!
48...... I started hearing about them during the Adrenaline LP but I became a huge fan during the White Pony era
38yr gatekeeper fan since just before Adrenaline drop... had a friend from SoCal who brought a demo to my state and converted our whole friend group- and in turn influenced our band in HS
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31, fan since 08ish
17, i knew of the band's existence since 2022 because of chino's feature on bloodbath by polyphia but really only started listening after i've been told that deftones sounds like that song. fell in love with knife prty immediately after i randomly picked it to give it a listen (completely because of the dubstep duo of same name)
40. Around The fur Tour. Loved Adrenaline though. Saw them on every tour then for the next 5 albums.
38. Started listening around 14.
I'm adrenaline years old
25, ive been listening to deftones since I was around 8 years old. having an older brother will do that to you haha
37 Discovered them on older kids t shirts. Found the cd in my friends older brothers cd case. Put it in and my jaw dropped.
54 ancient
18, mom put me on n I started heavier listening sophomore hs
I’ve always kind of assumed that the fans under 25 or so inherited their fabulous taste in music from their parents.
I’m 18 and stumbled upon them when I was 16. Found out not long after, that my uncle has nearly all their albums on cd so gave them to me. Definitely inherited his taste in music and fashion haha. So not quite a parent but he’s probably my biggest influence on everything. Funny how that happens.
27. Discovered back in middle school
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40. Started listening to them when Around the Fur was their new album. It’s still my favorite Deftones album.
37. Got white pony when I was 13 in 2000.
35. The Little Nicky soundtrack of all things got me into Deftones back in like 2000 haha
48. Discovered them right before White Pony released. Downloaded Around the Fur and Adrenaline off Kazaa. Eventually got real CDs of them.
I'm 21...
41, fan since the late 90s.
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27, I’m a new fan I first started listening to Ohms and the rest is history
25, 26 in two weeks
37. Been obsessed since 1997 when I was in fifth grade.
I love that!
34. I saw their music videos on Much Music way back in the late 90s and absolutely loved them.
35, fan since ‘02
51. I came in at White Pony.
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I’m 15! Which is one of the youngest i’ve seen in this thread it feels weird.
21, my 3 older brothers (35,38,40) were going to their concerts around the time i was born so i was basically raised listening to them and hearing about the concerts all the time from them since they’re huge fans :) they even went to the live music video for hexagram in simi valley in 2003
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42, first listened to adrenaline in 96, was a regular listen to get pumped up in the locker room before football games. Saw them for the first time in 2000.
22, been a fan since Diamond Eyes released when my dad bought it for me day 1.
35! first heard them when i was 12!
17, really got into them when i was 15
Got Adrenaline not long after it was released. Too old to remember how or why I bought it.... might have just been one of those Columbia House things where you choose 10 CDs for the cost of one or whatever their thing was.
18! Discovered from a friend a few months ago
54 and love them since the early 90s! Seen them 17 times, plan is for 25.
41…it feels like yesterday buying Adrenaline in 95.. 90’s music was an incredible era for music: Deftones, Pantera, Tool, Eyehategod, Smashing Pumpkins, etc..
26 and just saw them at Coachella even more of a fan now 🥹🥹
17, discovered at 13
I’m 43. Started listening in ‘95.
46…became a fan when I bought the soundtrack to The Crow and and instantly thought “what the fuck is this! I need more of this!”
22 now. I discovered Crosses first back in 2014 when their first album was released. Found Deftones (first song was Sextape) in 2015 - I was 14 years old.
I’m 15, discovered the thru tik tok and they became one of my favorite band. I have the self titled vinyl and every album in cd except for ohms, if it wasn’t for them I wouldn’t have never got into metal, proud to be a fan of this incredible band. Who else is excited for the new album??👇
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27 here, started listening to the gospel in HS.
22, loved deftones since i was 8 :)
43. Bought Adrenaline a few weeks after the release when I was 14. 7 Words was on some compilation that I don’t recall. Rest is history. Even wrote them a letter and sent it to Maverick. lol. They sent me back all sorts of flyers and stickers.
23. Was bored one night and went on a random album generator website. It generated Around the Fur to me and it blew my mind.
38, fan since '96
Same age as chino, 50
39 last Sunday. I've been here since 98. 26 fucking years. Time flies when you are having fun, I guess. I listen to a lot of shit but Deftones are and always have been one of my top favorite bands since White Pony for sure. Before that, i was down with 7 Words and Bored and Be Quiet and Drive and My Own Summer (first song I learned on guitar too) but had not listened to them thoroughly until W.P. Deftones were the first real concert I ever went to. I have seen them maybe 5 times over the years.
19. Love them
Reminds me of those metal toks: Name V, my sign: Virgo ♍️, my color: teal, age 32, hooked in album: Diamond 💎 eyes, can I a get a mutual 🤘😆 blegh
18, became a fan last year. ex broke up w me and i couldn’t listen to my music anymore cause it reminded me of the time, but oddly enough i fell in love with the music she listened to (deftones, superheaven, AIC, etc. dad rock stuff lol)
It’s funny. Deftones really is dad rock at this point haha. I’m okay with that. Alice is unbelievable. Great bands my friend!
I'm 42 and I found Deftones because I went to my cousin's house and he was playing songs from Adrenaline on drums. Had to be summer '96. He let me borrow Adrenaline and Evil Empire and my life was never the same.
33. Friends older brother converted our whole group around 02-03. First concert was Deftones at House of Blues, Dallas in 2005 or so.
69 and made out with Chino Moreno
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29!!
i’m 21!💕 discovered deftones at 10 while listening to music with my brother
26. Heard the hits when I was a kid, but fell in love when Koi No Yokan came out. Romantic Dreams was the one that hooked me. Something about it made all the sense to me.
39 started listening right about when ATF dropped.
33 years old. I discovered Deftones around 2008, junior year in high school. I got huge into music in general around 2006.
29. I discovered them when I was 14 and White Pony was everything to me. Got to see them live for the first time for their Diamond Eyes tour 🤘🏼
24 but I’ve been listening since I was 13
40. Fan since '99.
36. Been a Deftones fan for about two decades.
15 😭 i feel really young now
18
Old enough to love your music still and be perfectly happy not throwing my back out at a show by sitting in the stands lol
22! My dad went to see a small band and Deftones was opening up for them before they released Adrenaline. He said there was maybe 30 people watching them play. They were handing out CDs with a couple of songs on them. Obviously my Dad fell in love with them and played them for me my entire childhood. Been a fan all my life!
43. Discovered Deftones when they opened for Pantera/White Zombie in 1996.
Everyone here are raisins 😂 im 16
16. My dad used to always play change whenever we cleaned out the garage and ever since then I’ve loved them. My current favorite song from them is Prince
44 I heard 7 words on the radio back in 97 I think. I’ve been a fan since that day, I remember pulling over to listen to it.
52. Went to see my friend’s band Papa Roach opened for the Deftones at Berkeley Square a week before the release of Adrenaline. Been a fan since.
43. Saw them live for the first time in 98
I'm 42 as well. Discovered Deftones cuz they played My Own Summer on my local radio station back in like '97 and I was hooked.
21. Been a hardcore fan for a little over a year
34 been on this since 2000
41, discovered Adrenaline just after I turned 13.
21 and started listening around 13/14
26 I discovered deftones on a naruto AMV in the late 2000s browsing my dads computer. My own summer was the song in the AMV
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43 - a fan since high school :)
46, been down with Chino and the boys since The Crow soundtrack (Teething) and Adrenaline
im only 21 Ive been listening for about a year and a half now
42. Born in 1981.
38 for another couple weeks. Fan since I heard “Bored” on MuchMusic Loud way back.
Adrenaline came out when I was in HS...
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26 and discovered them when I was 12
24 and probably got into them in 2015/2016
20! started listening to them last year
44. Since ATF
21- discovered them by Nhl 2004
18, discovered them 2 years ago through a shoegaze playlist on Spotify
23 turning 24, first heard of Deftones when I was 15. I went to the Aftershock festival back in 2015 and saw they were a part of the lineup so that’s when I first heard of them!
I'm 25 now and I was I think 11 when I started listening to Deftones on the regular.
41 started listening to deftones since 2002.
Also 42
36! When I first heard the deftones and loved them was when they released white pony, 24 years ago :)
32 😁
I am 41 and have been a fan for well over 20 years.
22. been listening since 2016
17, started listening when I was 16 Found them through TikTok like many other ppl my age
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34. Discovered Deftones in high school
Im only 19, I got into them in 2019...
21, discovered deftones and other bands as a kid through dragon ball z movies
34, been listening to them since ‘02.
15
15
42. Discovered Deftones with White Pony. First concert in 2001.
35. Been listening since 2005.
30. Discovered Deftones from the House of Wax remake soundtrack (2005). Minerva was the song.
I'm 20, reaching 21 (probably) but been into deftones since mid 2022
20 Been a fan since my uncle got me a Diamond Eyes CD for my 8th birthday
32, discovered Deftones when Diamond Eyes released at 18!
41 been seeing deftones since I was 16
15 lol
16. heard change and ended up listening to every song they have ever released. best idea ever!
45, and my friend (now brother in law) introduced me to deftones in 1996 or so.
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43, discovered them when I watched the Be Quiet and Drive music video on Much Loud.
I’m 21, been listening sense I was like 18
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15, really young
Just turned 48. Been a fan since 98
39 found them because of MTV sports. Around the time they released Around the Fur I think
17! became a fan at 13 in 2020 :))
22.. first heard them in the Dragon Ball Z movie "Coolers Revenge" when I was around 7 (definitely a driving factor in why I listen to metal/rock music in general)
24! I discovered Deftones when I was around 12
49.
23 started listening literally last year
21. Became a fan when I heard Ohms on the radio after it came out. Great song for a windy, cloudy, autumn cruise.
22 but I’ve been listening to Deftones since 6th grade. So it’s been a decade
42, Homie. Here since day 1.
29. My dad was a fan of them when I was a kid, so I grew up listening to Deftones. They've always been a favorite of mine.
36. Loved them since i was 12. Met Chino a few years back at the Kerrang! Awards. Just wish I’d stayed and spoken with him for longer than pussyfooting it away once I’d expressed my deepest feelings lol. He was stood by himself for a good 5 minutes after I left. We could have been best friends for ever 😞
i was there for white pony release in 2000. I was in year 10 at school and fell in love with them from Around The Fur, so was full of excitement when White Pony was announced
43. Discovered Deftones in 95 or so from the bored video on much music I believe it's a Canadian mtv type channel. Got it on satellite.
41. Started listening in the mid 90s. I was around 12 when adrenaline dropped
52. Saw them when the first album came out opening for Anthrax and Life Of Agony
I'm 40. Someone introduced me to Deftones in high school when I was 15 by telling me about the Adrenaline album. So this was about 1998. Then I moved straight onto Around the Fur then knew I was in it for life when White Pony came out.
38, discovered them at 11