Deftones’ culture is revered as one of the most fervent that exists—a GRAMMY® Award-winning multi-platinum sonic outlier whose originality and culture prove peerless. Formed by hometown friends out of Northern California in 1988, the Sacramento band have delivered a succession of seminal releases, sold over 10 million records globally, gathered 10 billion-plus streams, and inspired generations. Their catalog encompasses 2000’s RIAA certified 2X-Platinum “White Pony”—which earned the group’s first GRAMMY®—as well as the RIAA Platinum-certified “Diamond Eyes” (2010), “Koi No Yokan” (2012), and “Ohms” (2020). The latter marked their fourth Top 5 debut on the Billboard 200. Their world also notably includes the annual Dia De Los Deftones, an immersive full-day festival experience of music and culture curated and headlined by the band at San Diego’s Petco Park for six iterations so far. In 2025, they released their 10th full-length LP, “private music” (Warner Records). It signals yet another artistic peak and once more affirms Deftones are forever.
Deftones are Chino Moreno, Stephen Carpenter, Abe Cunningham and Frank Delgado.