Sacramento�s Deftones recently played an awesome show at the Limelight. Lando Loinwheel was there to ask guitarist Stephen some questions, starting with...
Lando:Donkey or ass?
Stephen:Donkey or ass? Ass.
L:What do you think of Korn?
S:Uhh... I don�t... I don�t think of them.
L: Coal Chamber?
S: I don�t think of them either, I thought they were Spinal Tap.
Cheers from surrounding crowd.
L: Jeff Buckley?
S: He�s dead, but he was great.
L: Radiohead?
S: I love them. Radiohead rules. That�s one of my favourite bands.
L:NIN?
S: They�re great too.
L: How did it feel to be in the Crow movie.
S : It�s all good, it was just a movie.
L : Did you think it was shite?
S : It was all right, it was probably more fun to make than to watch it. It wanted to be like the first one but that�s the way the comic book is, when the next one comes out it will be the same thing only Rob Zombie�s going to be doing it so it will be like a White Zombie video basically. Some White Zombie stuff I really like, some of it I don�t.
L: What is it like being on the same label as the Prodigy working under Madonna?
S: I only know Madonna and she�s really nice, I don�t know the Prodigy.
L: Are there any particular songs which are your favourites?
S: I love every one of them, I wish we�d played all our songs but if we did, someone would die, they�d just pass out.
L:Do you get pissed off when people go away during the slow songs?
S: No, people can do whatever they want, just look out for each other, don�t beat each other up, it doesn�t make any sense.
L: I read somewhere that The Smiths are a big influence on the Deftones.
S: Not so much me as Chino, but I like the Smiths. I grew up with metal, all that old Van Halen stuff, and Iron Maiden.
L: What was it like working with Max Cavelara? Is he a dick?
S : Not at all, he�s the furthest thing from it.
L: What did you think of the split in Sepultura?
S: It sucks because I love Sepultura but whatever reason they split up for is their reason.
L: What did you think of Belfast�s reception to the Deftones? When will you be back?
S: I love it, we�ll be back as soon as we can.
Thanks very much to Stephen and the Deftones. Lando Loinwheel is miraculously still alive.
From Jan 1998.
They are now- only one of the biggest bands in the world and one of the few nu-metal bands not to completely suck ass.