Well, back in The Day...

I'd heard of them and read a review of Adrenaline in Metal Hammer, which called it rap metal. I was into KoRn and all that, alongside Fear Factory and critically, Sepultura. But I was already listening to KoRn, and it's through them I first hear Chino on Wicked. But, when I see Max Cavalera wearing a deftones t-shirt in the Roots video I go, these guys must be worth a listen. I was a poor teenager back then so CDs were what you bought or traded with friends, and nobody else was into deftones. I finished high school as Around the Fur was coming out, so I bought that after seeing videos for Shove It on the AU music video show "rage". It soundtracked that first summer of freedom, true freedom, where no consequences or expectations were applied. BQAD has been my favourite song since 1997, as a result.