Deftones - The Boy's Republic Album: White Pony [2000] (Limited Edition)
this song was a bonus track on the first 2000 pressings of "white pony" and the cover of this limited edition disc was black instead of the silver we've come to love. because it's arguably the best deftones album there is, it's hard to sit here and say it should've been on the album...but really, it should've been on the album. ultimately, deftones were one of the first groups to alternate heavy riffs and screamed vocals with more ethereal music and hushed singing - spawning a fair amount of imitators in their wake. the quartet's debut full-length, "adrenaline", was issued in 1995 and while the album wasn't an instant success, deftones built a dedicated fan base the old-fashioned way - by touring relentlessly. with sales of their debut topping 200,000 copies , expectations were high for their sophomore release, "around the fur". issued in october of 1997, it more than delivered, catapulting the band to the top of the alt-metal mountain on the strength of such mtv/radio faves as "my own summer" and "be quiet and drive". the tantalizing "white pony" came three years later. the band went softer, but in an impressive way. chino moreno's often intense and sour vocals throughout the record growl and stomp all over mainstream movements. the album is honest, stripped, and exposed with it's flowing guitar riffs and haunting orchestral back drops. in a time when limp bizkit and korn were outrageously dubbed as the measuring sticks in regards to heavy music, "white pony" helped the band forge ahead without any lackluster similarities to those bands, while proving their mettle by being unafraid to delve into the influences of the cure and the smiths.
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