{"id":349387,"date":"2026-01-03T05:08:07","date_gmt":"2026-01-03T05:08:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/349387\/"},"modified":"2026-01-03T05:08:07","modified_gmt":"2026-01-03T05:08:07","slug":"deftones-chino-moreno-reacts-to-fans-finding-pics-of-him-at-the-first-live-show-he-ever-saw-praises-depeche-mode-duran-duran","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/349387\/","title":{"rendered":"Deftones’ Chino Moreno Reacts To Fans Finding Pics Of Him At The First Live Show He Ever Saw, Praises Depeche Mode & Duran Duran"},"content":{"rendered":"

Chino Moreno, vocalist\/guitarist for alternative metal vanguard Deftones, is the featured guest on a newly released episode of World Cafe<\/a>. That conversation found the acclaimed frontman discussing his band\u2019s tenth studio album, \u201cprivate music\u201c, as well as various formative experiences in his personal musical upbringing and more.<\/p>\n

Perhaps one of the most life-changing moments for Moreno was addressed in this chat: his first-ever live concert. That show found him front row for new wave icons Depeche Mode at the age of 16. He said of that experience [transcribed by theprp.com]:<\/p>\n

\u201cI just remember it was the coolest thing I\u2019ve ever I\u2019d ever seen. I mean, I\u2019d already loved Depeche Mode. I think I was in sixth grade when I got my first Depeche Mode cassette, and it was the album \u2018Speak & Spell\u2018, which is still probably one of my favorite Depeche Mode records. But that was the \u2018Violator\u2018 tour. So that was when \u2018Violator\u2018 had came out, and that was when they were considered like, pop music. I mean, they were on the radio, You know? They started getting played. Because before that, Depeche Mode wasn\u2019t played so much on the radio.<\/p>\n

I only knew it because I had an older sister, and, like I said, she gave me that cassette, and I felt very privileged to be listening to music that nobody at school was listening to. I felt like\u2026 you know, they\u2019re band from from England and it\u2019s so far away \u2014 especially when you\u2019re at that age, that seems like a world away\u2026<\/p>\n

So when the \u2018Violator\u2018 record came out, they came to Sacramento and the funniest thing about this is that that was my first concert, and that I was there, and I made my way up to the front row, you know? [I] was blown away by it. And somebody recently \u2014 I don\u2019t know how they did it \u2014 but they got, they found footage from that show, and they posted a picture of me in the crowd, in the front row, like 16, in the front row. I don\u2019t know how. I don\u2019t know how they found it. They got a still from a video, or something from me being at that concert. That\u2019s hilarious.\u201d<\/p>\n

As you can see for yourself, Moreno wasn\u2019t lying, as Deftones fans did indeed track down footage of a teenage Moreno standing along the barrier at that show, which took place July 22nd, 1990 at the Cal Expo Amphitheatre in Sacramento, CA as part of Depeche Mode\u2018s \u2018World Violation Tour\u2018. Deftones of course would also later go on to cover Depeche Mode\u2018s \u201cTo Have And To Hold\u201d for the 1998 Depeche Mode tribute album, \u201cFor The Masses\u201c.<\/p>\n

Moreno\u2018s admiration for new wave royalty wasn\u2019t limited to Depeche Mode in this latest conversation. He also once again spoke highly of fellow 80s new wave stars Duran Duran \u2014 another pivotal band for him in his musical journey. <\/p>\n

By now, his admiration for that group is well-documented, with the band having in the past covered both \u201cThe Chauffeur\u201d and \u201cNight Boat\u201c. Speaking of the group, and in particular the influence Duran Duran vocalist Simon Le Bon has had on him, Moreno offered:<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was as a kid, I remember, because I would read [Simon\u2018s] lyrics and and they were so abstract, but there was a lot of imagery in them. And I love that. I just always thought that was very creative. And I didn\u2019t need to know what he was singing about. I mean, obviously I was probably too young to really understand it anyways, but I just thought it was awesome how he painted these pictures.<\/p>\n

And then along with their videos, which were super elaborate and weird too. Like, they\u2019d be in Sri Lanka in a jungle or something\u2026 I just thought it was bigger than anything. It was like, \u2018wow, this is the hugest band in the world.\u2019 They\u2019re standing on this mountain somewhere, singing the song. And it\u2019s just, I don\u2019t know, I\u2019ve always just loved that band.<\/p>\n

And musically. I mean, I think a lot of people, I think Duran, Duran got a bad rap in the 80s, because they were [considered] a boy band, because they were all these good looking dudes. And they were kind of like considered a boy band, but musically they were, and they still are, very talented. And Simon is a very, I mean, he\u2019s got a awesome voice, but his melodies he chooses, and again, his lyrics were always captivating to me.\u201d<\/p>\n

As for choosing to cover \u201cThe Chauffeur\u201d for the 1997 Duran Duran tribute album, \u201cThe Duran Duran Tribute Album\u201c, Moreno offered:<\/p>\n

\u201cI just always loved that song. And again, the video, I remember, I saw it when I was a kid, and it\u2019s a little risque\u2026 they had a few risque videos, whatever. So I kind of felt bad watching\u2026 I mean, [I felt] like I was doing something bad watching it. I think there\u2019s some boobs in it, or something like that.<\/p>\n

So as a kid\u2026 It made an impression. But I just always loved this song. It\u2019s a beautiful song. I love the instrumentation of it, the words, everything. So it was one of those things where also, it was on our second record I think, It was at the end of the recording session when we did \u2018Around The Fur\u2018 album. <\/p>\n

And especially during that time, it was probably so odd for us to choose a song like that to cover. You know, why weren\u2019t we covering a Slayer song? Or, I don\u2019t know, whatever. It was just weird to me. I thought no one would expect this, so let\u2019s try it. We pulled it off, yeah we did it like in a couple hours.\u201d<\/p>\n

In more modern concerns, Moreno also addressed the origins of the title for the \u201cprivate music\u201d song \u201cEcdysis\u201c. While the term itself refers to the process of shedding old skin, for Moreno its usage was more metaphorical. He explained:<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was an afterthought actually. It was the last kind of title that was given. The song was already there. The lyrics were there. And the song is sort of about the environment itself\u2026 The lyrics were written during the L.A. fires. And there was floods and stuff around the world. And not that I was celebrating it, obviously, it was definitely a harsh thing. But, you know, the planet itself, and just kind of like reflecting on how the planet and how I\u2019ve always heard tales how the planet sort of\u2026 people refer to the planet repairing itself in a way, you know?<\/p>\n

And so it was kind of a metaphor for that, for the planet, sort of just\u2026 that\u2019s what it does? Sort of maybe the people are the plague of the planet\u2026 And it\u2019s, I never really get too, I try not to, at least get political or anything about what I\u2019m saying. It\u2019s not like it is a political thing really; people make the environment political. But it\u2019s more or less just observing what I see in the world.\u201d<\/p>\n

Also discussed was the band\u2019s continued ascent in reaching new fans. 2025 officially cemented Deftones as an arena headlining band, and recent years have found the group newly being embraced by audiences of all ages, allowing them to experience a career-high in popularity<\/a>.<\/p>\n

When asked why he felt that Deftones have been able to transcend generations, he pointed towards the group\u2019s concerted efforts to continually expand their sonic palette and purposely avoid n\u00fc-metal trappings<\/a> back in the day:<\/p>\n

\u201cI think the conscious effort that we made to just not do the same thing that our contemporaries were doing, or just, or to even tour with our contemporaries as much as it was expected. So we always try to do things a little left of center, from the types of records that we started making \u2014 especially around the 2000s when we did \u2018White Pony\u2018, I think that was when we really started our kind of departure of just being fit into a box.<\/p>\n

I never wanted it to seem like we were like, \u2018Oh, we\u2019re better than them\u2019, or anything like that. I just felt like I just don\u2019t want to be\u2026 if someone else does something, I don\u2019t want that to affect us, right? I always felt like I just want to stand on our own two feet in some way, the most we can, right?<\/p>\n

So the best way of doing that is to try to just continue to have our own identity apart from what was then n\u00fc-metal, and I guess still is now to this day, right? And although we\u2026 I think we will forever be associated with it. Which is fine. I think because we\u2019ve made those conscious decisions back then, I think it allowed us to always just expand, you know from that.\u201d<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Chino Moreno, vocalist\/guitarist for alternative metal vanguard Deftones, is the featured guest on a newly released episode of…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":349388,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[6491,44069,42261,27942,78453,96,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-349387","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-celebrities","8":"tag-celebrities","9":"tag-chino-moreno","10":"tag-deftones","11":"tag-depeche-mode","12":"tag-duran-duran","13":"tag-entertainment","14":"tag-uk","15":"tag-united-kingdom","16":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/349387","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=349387"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/349387\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/349388"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=349387"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=349387"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=349387"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}