Deftones Band • Page 128

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Covered a lot of bases there apart from the glaring omission of Around The Fur.

 

yeah could swap that out with Risk maybe

 

Favorite Abe performances off the top of my head and in chronological order after the first two:

Digital Bath
Passenger
Cherry Waves
Mein
Rats! Rats! Rats!
You’ve Seen The Butcher
Beauty School
Sextape
Rosemary
Gore

 

Fist
My Own Summer
Rickets
Digital Bath
Needles & Pins
Lovers
Cherry Waves
Combat
Beauty School
Acid Hologram

 

The opening two notes Abe plays on My Own Summer is legendary

 

I can’t break it down to 10 and you’ll never make me, so I’m doing my top 3 Abe performances from each record :)

Nosebleed
7 Words
Birthmark

Rickets
Lhabia
My Own Summer

Digital Bath
Knife Prty
Passenger

Good Morning Beautiful
Needles & Pins
Bloody Cape

Rapture
Cherry Waves
Combat

Beauty School
You’ve Seen The Butcher
Rocket Skates

Rosemary
Graphic Nature
Tempest

Prayers/Triangles
Phantom Bride
Rubicon

 

Root
Lhabia
Around The Fur
Digital Bath
RX Queen
Knife Party
Needles and Pins
Rats!Rats!Rats!
What Happened To You?
Gore

 

His feel on Phantom Bride is nice, especially in the chorus when he does that triplet groove on the hi hat

 

Mascara
Acid Hologram
Royal
Feiticeira
Lhabia
Korea
Prince
RX Queen
Hexagram
Street Carp

 

I see people include What Happened To You, but I’m pretty sure those notes that sound like a cross-stick on the rim of the snare are actually from Frank not Abe. I’ll have to watch a live video to be sure, but I’m pretty sure I saw one where Abe didn’t play well those notes in the verses and just rode the hi hat until the chorus

 

Yeah, that’s what gets me with that song. I love the chorus beat so damn much.

 

I was just listing my ten favorite songs

 

Honestly a lot of my absolute favs didn’t even make the cut here

 

Yeah, Mein is nowhere near my list of favorite Deftones songs, but Abe absolutely slays on that track

 

are y'all doing top ten abe songs?

that would require some thought

 

It’s not easy, that’s for sure. I left out some great mentions

 

It's definitely Abe, I saw them play it live.

 

Abe or no Abe this is a solid list.

 

My Own Summer
Feiticeira
Acid Hologram
Hexagram
Rivière
Minerva
Korea
Around the Fur
When Girls Telephone Boys
Battle-Axe


might change tomorrow

 

thank you

 

Oh fuck yeah. Pardon my incorrect take then and place that song in my top ten immediately

 

I need the new album, as much for Terry Date-produced Abe beats as anything else.

 

As a drummer, I’ve always admired how Abe can write such creative and impactful parts in metal music without using a double bass pedal. I’m pretty sure the only song he uses one on is When Girls Telephone Boys.

I’ve had friends over the years asking or even telling me to get a double bass pedal and I’ve personally always shied away from one because it’s not my style. Listening to Deftones, and specifically Abe, always challenges me to be a better drummer.

 

He uses it occasionally but usually only for a quick double kick or flam.

Abe's ability to create tension and then release it is so great. Little change-ups, displacements, but keeping it powerful and dynamic at the same time.

 

Right, but you can do those quick double kicks with a single pedal. It's just a simple roll with the heel and ball/toe of your foot.