White Pony

by Deftones

Overview

Hard rockers, the Deftones take their heavy post-grunge ways to another level on third album White Pony. Sensing painful frustrations and personal rediscovery with its allusive microcosm of an album title, the Californian alternative rock five-piece were periodically stifled while making White Pony. Their 1997 sophomore effort Around the Fur was hailed to blast out commercially, but such pressure crippled the band musically and personally. The band struggled with its direction, trudging through weighed emotion, but White Pony was the tantalizing outcome. The Deftones went soft, but in an impressive way, twisting around its signature punk thrash sound. Frontman Chino Moreno is still intense, and his sour vocals throughout the entire record growl and stomp all over mainstream movements. He is bored with it all. "Feiticeira" calls out against authority with textured guitars and gnarling percussive throws. "Elite" is sonically industrial and embryonic; Moreno's beer-soaked vocals scream like Ministry's Al Jourgensen and Skinny Puppy's Nivek Ogre. Lyrically, Moreno is exquisitely mind-blowing, but his fear is also evident. Check out the fierce ballad-esque "Teenager" -- thinking back to the innocent days when life seemed easy can only be dreams now. Moreno's duet with Tool's Maynard James Keenan on "Passenger" is as equally tender. The first single "Change (In the House of Flies)" is hardening in the way that punk can be sultry and not just pogo-skanking nonsense. It is honest, stripped, and exposed with it's flowing guitar riffs and haunting orchestral back drops. There aren't any lackluster similarities to Limp Bizkit and KORN. The Deftones have forged ahead, unafraid to delve into the influences of the Smiths and the Cure. They have gotten mysterious, and it's sexy. White Pony was released June 2000. Four months later, the band re-released the album with an added track "Back to School (Mini Maggit) as the second single. The new enhanced CD of White Pony contains a link to the website where the new track can be downloaded free of charge. ~ MacKenzie Wilson

Product Details

Release Date:	10/03/2000
Label:	Maverick
UPC:	0093624793021

Tracks

1. Back to School (Mini Maggit)
2. Feiticeira
3. Digital Bath
4. Elite
5. Rx Queen
6. Street Carp
7. Teenager
8. Knife Prty
9. Korea
10. Passenger
11. Change (In the House of Flies)
12. Pink Maggit

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Deftones   Primary Artist
Robert Smith   Synthesizer,Bells,Piano,Synthesizer,Bells,Piano
Chi Cheng   Bass,Guitar (Bass)
Frank Delgado   Turntables
Sarah Barthel   Vocals
Maynard James Keenan   Vocals
Rodleen Getsic   Vocals
Stephen Carpenter   Strings
Chino Moreno   Guitar,Vocals,Voices
Abe Cunningham   Drums

Technical Credits

Robert Smith   Mixing,Remixing,Remixing,Remix Engineer
Frank Maddocks   Design,Art Direction,Creative Design
Ted Reiger   Assistant Engineer
Bunny Lake   Mixing Assistant,Assistant,Mixing Assistant
Phantogram   Remixing
Count   Mixing,Mixing Engineer
Josh Carter   Mixing,Producer,Remix Engineer,Mixing Engineer
Salva   Remixing,Composer
Clams Casino   Remixing,Remix Engineer
Purity Ring   Remixing,Remix Engineer
Terry Date   Mixing,Producer,Mixing Engineer
DJ Crook   Programming
Chi Cheng   Composer,Group Member
Squarepusher   Remixing,Remix Engineer
Frank Delgado   DJ,Composer,Group Member
Ulrich Wild   Mixing,Engineer,Producer,Mixing Engineer,Assistant Engineer
David Wrench   Mixing,Mixing Engineer
Scott Olson   Engineer,Pro-Tools
Maynard James Keenan   Composer
Mike Shinoda   Mixing,Producer,Remixing,Remix Engineer
Blanck Mass   Remixing,Remix Engineer
Scott Knapper   Remix Engineer,Mixing Engineer
Ted Regier   Mixing Engineer,Assistant Engineer
Paul Salva   Mixing,Composer,Remix Engineer,Remix Producer,Additional Music
Tourist   Remixing,Remix Engineer
Michelle Forbes   Second Engineer,Assistant Engineer
Will Borza   Mastering
Trevor Jackson   Mixing,Producer,Remixing,Reproduction,Remix Engineer
Stephen Carpenter   Composer,Group Member
Chino Moreno   Composer,Group Member
Deftones   Composer,Lyricist,Producer
Howie Weinberg   Mastering,Mastering Engineer
Abe Cunningham   Composer,Group Member
DJ Shadow   Beats,Mixing,Producer,Remixing,Programming,Remix Engineer,Remix Producer
James Minchin III   Photography
Kim Biggs   Creative Director
James Minchin   Photography
Guy Oseary   A&R
Jason Schweitzer   Assistant Engineer
Robert Daniels   Assistant Engineer