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Deftones
"Back to School (Mini-Maggit)" Maxi-Single
(Mav. Germany)


Deftones get a pretty bad rap (no pun intended). It sucks that they get lumped in the same categories as disposable 90s nu-metal shit like Korn, Limp Bizkit, Linkin Park or whatever other crappy bands experienced even a little bit of airplay on M2 or The Box. Unlike those other bands, the Deftones were really great at a) crafting amazing songs and b) thinking outside the genre.


Their "B-sides and Rarities" collection featured a bevy of unpredictable covers like Sade's "No Ordinary Love" and The Smiths' "Please Please Please Let Me Get What I Want." Live, they've been known to do a medley of Ice Cube's "Wicked" along with Weezer's "Undone." This is years before the concept of "mashup" permeated popular thought.


This post is of their maxi-single of "Back To School," a song that originally appeared as "Pink Maggit" on "White Pony." The story behind the song is pretty funny, but I'll let this Wikipedia entry say the rest. In any case, this single is pretty cool if only for the live versions of the songs, as well as a really haunting acoustic version of "Change."

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Labels: Deftones, metal, nu-metal

posted by ryan @ 2:02 PM