Deftones
The Sacremento quartet are back in England for one of many shows this year - yet they still manage to fill Wembley Arena. Wembley is a venue where many bands sound can be completely lost. In recent years Chino and his legendary trousers have conquored the London Arena and this year's Download Festival. How will Wembley treat them?
The Deftones have a sound unlike other bands. You can immediatley identify a Deftones song. This is not a bad thing and certainly helps wake those people up who have fallen asleep in the wait for Deftones. Chino walks on stage brandishing a guitar and the set is underway. At the end of the first song in sweeps a Deftones banner and the seating crowd decide the set will be better viewed standing.
There is no doubt that deftones have stage presence - and after almost fifteen years you would expect it. All of the proceedings are musically well performed, Wembley is full of sound and the crowd seem to be having a good time. The only problem is that the atmosphere generated just does not seem to be sufficient. There are people standing around wondering about their washing and which tube to catch home.
For a band of this calibre, the performance is just not sufficient. The music is not amazing, the interaction is limited chiefly to one of Chino's standard "let's stop playing to pick people up" talks. It just feels as if the 'tones have overdone England for the year and a rest may be in order. If this were many other bands, it would have been a highly impressive set. Sadly, it seems like Chino has not only big trousers, but also big boots to fill.