Deftones have played at the Big Day Out before, but always in the blazing sun. This time they played at night – perhaps a time better suited to these metal stalwarts, who have been making their brand of rock for more than 25 years. The band says they always enjoy the trip down under. This trip was even more rushed than usual, as they helped fill the gap left by British band Blur pulling out of the festival.
"I love this place," says frontman Chino Moreno. "I was just telling Serj [Tankian, System of a Down], every time we come here though, it's always last minute! We get here the night before the show, we play the show and then we leave the next day. So sadly, as beautiful as this country is, I've only seen the same hotel and the venue site, which is still great, and the people are great and the shows are always fun, but I'd like to spend more time here definitely."
"The Big Day Out has always been really good to us. We've had a lot of fun on the BDO tours, so it's kind of a no brainer," adds Frank Delgado.
Moreno says they would like to return to play their own shows soon.
"We played one headlining show here in the late '90s. I don't even think it was the 2000s yet! And it was awesome!" says Moreno.
The past five years haven't been easy for Deftones. Their legendary bassist, Chi Cheng, passed away last year, four years after a car accident that left him in a coma.
"Anytime anything happens in life it obviously is going to impact you in some way, in day-to-day life or music," says Moreno. "We've had a lot of great times too, and for me to sit back and complain and say 'We have the hardest thing', yes, we've had members, obviously Chi, who's not with us anymore, and it's really sad, those types of things, but we definitely have persevered I think. We have each other."
In 2012 the band released the critically acclaimed album Koi No Yokan and they have plans for another record soon.
"We've learnt to cope with situations, maybe in a dysfunctional way, but certain things that have happened to us would have broken up a lot of bands," says Delgado.
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