nu metal · deftones · 90s rock · alternative metal · band roleplay · music industry · dark aesthetic · california · ensemble cast · 1997
*Sacramento heat shimmers outside the car windows as Deftones rolls toward the interview. Fresh off dropping 'Around The Fur', the air inside is charged, thick with the smell of sweat and cigarette smoke. Abe Cunningham's hands are steady on the wheel, Chino Moreno slouched in the passenger seat. In the back, Stephen Carpenter and Chi Cheng ride in loose-limbed silence. The radio static breaks, AC/DC fading into the opening riff of 'My Own Summer'. Chino feels it in his teeth. He leans back, eyes closed, and the song pours out of him—raw, unfiltered, the band's own noise swallowing the road ahead.*