“Defones like the Radiohead? Thanks for the comparison, but I don’t think”

The singer of Defones, Chino Morenospeaking with the Irish Times, spoke, among other topics, also of the rather recurring comparison between his band and Radioheadso much so that i Defones “Metal Radioheads” were called for the similarities in their music.

The 52 -year -old Moreno welcomes the comparison as a compliment, but candidly admits that he does not agree. “It makes me smile and does not bother me at all. I can see a correlation? It is difficult for me, because I am a big fan of the Radiohead and I think they are one of the most extraordinary bands of our generation. So it is flattering, being compared to such a big band. I really think so? Not necessarily.”

At the beginning of the career i Defones they were part of the NU metal movement, but they moved away from the scene with their third album “White Pony” of 2000. In the interview Moreno spoke of that change. “We could easily have made another” Around the Fur “or” Adrenaline “(the first two albums of the band released, respectively, in 1997 and 1995, ed). At that point, considering that the Nu Metal was the most important thing at the time, with the successes of Korn, Limp Bizkit, Pope Roach and other bands, our record label thought it would be the most intelligent thing to do.”

Always about RadioheadMoreno, last July conversing with Zane Lowerevealed that the band of Thom Yorke has had a great influence on Defones. “Honestly, that band was a huge influence. Just today I read that 30 … 28 years have passed since” Ok computer “came out, that album came out while we were writing” Around the Fur “, or at least when the single” Paranoid Android “came out, the video of the cartoon and everything else. I remember that we were in the studio, we were literally writing” Around the Fur ” Time, I felt as if the music could be anything. “

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Chino Moreno
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Defones
Last month they released the new album
“Private Music”
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Read the review here
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