Chino Moreno
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| Chino Moreno
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| Background information
<tr><td>Birth name</td><td colspan="2">Camilo Wong Moreno</td></tr><tr><td>Born</td><td colspan="2">June 20, 1973 |
Chino Moreno (born Camillo Wong Moreno June 20, 1973) is a US musician. He is the lead singer and back-up guitarist in Deftones and Team Sleep.
Moreno was born in Sacramento, California to a Mexican father; his mother is part Irish, part Mexican, part Native American, and part Chinese; the latter being the origin of his Spanish nickname name Chino, which means "Chinese" in Spanish. He was the third of five children. He is married, and his wife's name is Celeste. They have two sons: Kristian and Jakobi.
In relation to his often ambiguous yet image-heavy poetic lyrics, Moreno quotes: "[Sometimes] my lyrics don't deal with specific topics. I write down on paper the feelings of the moment, it's not easy to explain the contents of the lyrics or give a logical sense to the words. What I write is also a reaction to the music we make, so the Deftones' sound is not pop, it doesn't communicate happy feelings. Paradoxically my favorite songs of the album talk about love, in a clearly different view."<ref>Yamaha profile</ref> Despite this, Chino has been known to write songs about social issues such as racism, prostitution, urban violence, and drugs. However, even these songs can be rather vague and cryptic.
During the making of Deftones' White Pony, Chino began work on a side project, Team Sleep. Chino's influences range from such bands as The Cure, The Smiths, Duran Duran, Depeche Mode, Faith No More, Bad Brains, and Weezer, and claims that Deftones' latest album (Saturday Night Wrist) is more of a compromise between all of the members' influences, ranging from their brutal and brooding heavy signature seen on Adrenaline, Around the Fur and Deftones to the more melodic sound heard on White Pony.
[edit] Collaborations
Moreno has contributed to the following songs:
- "First Commandment" - Soulfly, Soulfly
- "Will to Die" - Strife, In This Defiance
- "Wicked" - KoЯn, Life is Peachy
- "Bender" - Sevendust, Home (credited as "Pony One")
- "(Rock) Superstar" - Cypress Hill, Skull and Bones
- "Pain" - Soulfly, Primitive
- "Things!" - Hesher, Hesher
- "The Hours" - Handsome Boy Modeling School, White People
- "Zombie Eaters (Faith No More cover)" - Ill Nino, The Undercover Sessions
- "Paralytic" - Dead Poetic, Vices
Chino also featured in the low-budget video for the song "Carpe Diem" by fellow Sacramento hardcore act Will Haven.
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| Deftones |
| Chino Moreno | Stephen Carpenter | Abe Cunningham | Chi Cheng | Frank Delgado |
| Discography |
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| Albums: Adrenaline | Around the Fur | White Pony | Deftones | Saturday Night Wrist |
