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10 Fun Facts About White Pony by Deftones
10 Things You Didn't Know About Deftones White Pony

Did you know that tensions developed between Deftones singer Chino Moreno and guitarist Stephen Carpenter while recording the band's third studio album? Or that a popular DJ confused them with the Mighty Mighty Bosstones? What about the unintended consequences of inviting Tool front-man Maynard James Keenan to mentor the band in the studio? Stick around as we answer these questions and more, on...

10 Fun Facts About White Pony By Deftones

1. Tension

Tensions developed between Deftones singer Chino Moreno and guitarist Stephen Carpenter while working on White Pony when Chino began playing guitar, encroaching on Stephen's creative territory. However, drummer Abe Cunningham states that Chino only did so out of necessity because Stephen moved miles away, preventing Abe and Chino from being able to collaborate with him in the early phase of the writing process.

As Abe explains:

“It was a bit of a tense time, looking back now it was a good time but at that particular point Stephen had moved down to LA – we were always based out of Sacramento – and that was the first time Chino had picked up a guitar, so he and I started working on a lot of material knowing we had to make a record. And later we all worked on it together...

We wanted to add some more electronic sounds and Frank’s textures were way more prominent on all the songs – he was more of a guest on the first two records... and the whole guitar thing with Chino, that was the start of a huge animosity and tension between him and Steph that’s been well publicised over the years. That stemmed from Chino picking up the guitar, but it’s also because Stephen kinda left, he moved out and so we did what we needed to do. I still think that record is our best attempt at trying to meld all the sounds we like into one. It turned out alright…

All being said, it was more brotherly bickering and it was very unified at the time. We had a common goal – I don’t think we thought about it too hard.”- Cunningham, How 'White Pony' Almost Killed Us, Ben Patashnik, RockSound.tv (Nov 15, 2010)

2. Album Art

While many people believe that the term "White Pony" is a reference to drug use, the band actually had a different concept in mind when Chino adapted the minimalist clip art that he found on the internet to use as the symbol for their next album cover.

"There's a lot of different references for White Pony... One of them is a cocaine reference... Have you ever heard stuff like in dream books that if you dream about a white pony then you're having a sexual dream? There's a lot of stuff that kinda goes around it. And then there's an old song (that goes) 'ride the white horse.' That's obviously a drug reference song." - Moreno, Deftones: The Complete Guide, Wikipedians, pg 49, (Unknown Year)(accessed through Google Books) -

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