I think out stuff is always dark, whether it's the lyrical content or just the mood. How did the band come up with these songs in such a short time?įrank: I've been hearing people say that about 'Eros'. It's supposed to be a dark album while this one has a totally different vibe. It was flowing and we were able to capture that.Īndrew: The 'Eros' album was put on hold. The writing process for this record and being able to play it from beginning to end saved a lot of headaches, a lot of time, specially considering what happened with Chi and the accident.
That was probably the big difference for us, not using it as a writing tool. I think that's probably where people are getting that statement wrong.
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Once we wrote the record and were able to play it front to back, we laid it down and then yes we used Pro Tools. This record is different in the sense that we were able to play the whole record front to back in the studio. For the previous albums we went in with may be six songs and the rest of it we wrote in the studio using pro tools as far as layering and ideas and stuff like that. We obviously use Pro Tools, like everyone does, as far as the tracking goes, but I think what was meant by that statement was that we didn't use Pro Tools as a writing tool. Do you think that was a positive step?įrank: I think that's just a little misconstrued.
So I think we're going to try and mix all of our records but you can expect a lot of new songs too, you know.Īndrew: For this album the band did not use Pro Tools. We were playing 7 or 8 new songs and that's an indicative of how much fun we're having playing the new songs. We just got back from Europe and did a bunch of festivals and stuff. How many new songs do you think you'd be able to play, specially in your headline shows?įrank: We'll be playing anywhere from an hour to more. It'll be a really good time to go out and put on a good show.Īndrew: I believe you'd be promoting the 'Diamond Eyes' album on this tour. So I've been fortunate to have become friends with those guys over the years, so it's going to be a fun tour for us, specially with the Mastodon guys who are also good friends. Out of the whole Seattle scene, I think many people gravitated to Nirvana or Pearl Jam but I gravitated to Alice In Chains. How stoked are you for that!įrank: Yeah, you know, I grew up listening to Alice In Chains. So, it's always going to be fun to be playing with new bands you've never met, so it's going to be a good time.Īndrew: Black Diamond Skye is going to be a huge tour. We actually tried to get them for the whole run but it didn't work out so then we got a couple of other bands breaking it up. How much do you know about them?įrank: I know Baroness pretty well. So I'm ready to hit the road!Īndrew: You'll be doing some of these shows with Baroness. It goes all the way into the fall tour with Alice In Chains and Mastodon and so forth, so we're really looking forward to it.Īndrew: What did you do in these two weeks at home?įrank: A lot of stuff that needs catching up as far as home stuff, and a lot of relaxing. Are you all prepared for that?įrank: Yeah! We've been home for a couple of weeks and we start up gearing for this run in a week. Read the chat below.Īndrew: You have a tour coming up in ten days time. Then we talked about his keyboard samples and his early years as primarily being a DJ, in addition to topics like influences and the Chi Cheng benefit gigs. I caught up with Frank Delgado of Deftones to talk about their upcoming tours, the Diamond Eyes album and things like the band's lack of Pro Tools usage and the Eros album. Phone interview with Frank Delgado of Deftonesīy Aniruddh Andrew Bansal July 29th 2010, Los Angeles CA