It has been reported that the driver paid Carpenter a cash settlement that allowed the band to purchase equipment, but drummer Abe Cunningham commented in an interview that this was "a myth about how our band was started."Ĭarpenter, Moreno and Cunningham went to the same high school. It was at this point that he began teaching himself guitar by playing along to bands such as Anthrax, Stormtroopers of Death and Metallica. This left him confined to a wheelchair for several months. When Carpenter was 15 years old he was hit by a car while skateboarding. They have released six albums to date, with their most recent Diamond Eyes in spring of 2010. Deftones is an American rock band from Sacramento, California, formed in 1988 consisting of Chino Moreno (lead vocals and guitar), Stephen Carpenter (guitar), Chi Cheng (bass), Frank Delgado (keyboards and turntables), and Abe Cunningham (drums and percussion).
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