Chino Moreno
Chino Moreno
Chino Morenois an American musician. He is best known as the lead vocalist and contributing guitarist of Deftones. He is also a member of the side-project groups Team Sleep, Crosses, Saudade, and Palms...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMetal Singer
Date of Birth20 June 1973
CitySacramento, CA
CountryUnited States of America
band felt good oldest reminder weird younger
That was weird because we were the oldest band there. You see a lot of the younger bands, and it's just a reminder of how things are now. It was a good time, but we felt like grandparents out there sometimes.
certain enjoying feeling grew hard records worked
I have a feeling a lot of the records I grew up listening to and the records I still like, as hard as musicians worked making them, I feel like they were really enjoying what they were going through. They weren't just going through the process. You can tell that with certain things that you listen to.
five seconds
When you hear the first five seconds to a song and you've pretty much heard the whole song, that's kind of a bummer.
came care crazy following ourselves record relationship relationships stuff time
We've had a crazy relationship because we've always distanced ourselves from Korn so we could be our own band. Their first record came out before ours, so it was always like we were following in their footsteps. And I think we had to do that, and now it's time to just have fun. We don't care so much about that stuff anymore. We just want to play with friends.
religious thinking symbolism
I think a lot of bands are influenced by religious symbolism and not even necessarily Christianity or Catholicism.
mom mean long
As Korn go on, it's the same things - bad childhoods and mean moms. It gets too old after a while. How old is Jonathan? Thirty? How long has it been since he lived with his parents?
mind deja-vu happens
Deja vu is one of the weirdest things that happens to me. It boggles my mind.
blessed thinking priorities
Deftones is always my main focus. I’ve been doing it the longest and it’s definitely a priority. I think of these as projects. It’s not like I’m unfulfilled with a need to find another outlet. I look at it as making music with my friends, and I’m blessed that they’re great musicians.
fun people want
It's fun, working with different people, everybody works differently. When I have time off from music, I want to make other music. That's what I do, that's what's fun, that's what makes me happy.
When you're younger, you have a lot more aggression.
label music putting tried type
I've always tried to stay clear of being labeled, putting a label on what type of music that I make.
early electronic music
I've always had a deep passion for a lot of early electronic and sampled music.
I want to talk about my band, you know what I mean? I don't want to talk about other bands.
happened
I just happened to wind up in a metal band when I was 15.