Formed by high school friends in Sacramento, CA in the late eighties, Deftones crafted their unique sound by incorporating the sonic hallmarks of the music they love: metal, punk, hardcore, hip-hop, ambient, and scores of other disparate genres. Your host Red sat down with the band to talk about and play their favorite songs: influences like the Cure and Bad Brains, contemporaries like Nine Inch Nails and Tool, their own side projects Team Sleep and Palms, and of course, tons of Deftones.