This week, the guys finally dive into Deftones, the band that blurred the lines between metal, emo, shoegaze, and whatever the hell “nu metal” was supposed to mean.Adam and Mike unpack:How Adrenaline lit a fire in 7th grade band kids everywhereWhy Around the Fur is having a TikTok-fueled renaissanceThe shoegaze-y brilliance of White Pony and its legacyWhy Deftones have their own sonic lane—and no one’s really caught up🧠 Chino Moreno: The Weird GeniusThey go deep on:Chino’s dreamy, unnerving vocal style—why it shouldn’t work but totally doesHis new wave influences like Duran Duran and Depeche ModeThe internal creative tension that shaped the band’s directionHow the band evolved from skate-rap-metal to genre-breaking innovators🎧 Selling Deftones: Your First Hit’s FreeFrom “Bored” to “Change (In the House of Flies)” to 2025’s “Milk of the Madonna,” we walk through the songs that hooked us and the albums that kept us around.Adam calls it:“There’s no other way to sing those songs. He invented his own way.”Also discussed:Why the lack of guitar solos was a feature, not a bugThe strange crossover between Deftones and emo kidsWhy Limp Bizkit was never quite heavy enoughHow this band still pulls in 16 million monthly listeners on Spotify alone🤘 Playlist Includes:“Bored” (Adrenaline)“My Own Summer (Shove It)”“Digital Bath”“Change (In the House of Flies)”“Minerva”“My Mind is a Mountain” (2025)“Milk of the Madonna” (2025)📦 White Pony = UntouchableMike’s favorite. Adam’s first real entry point. 25 years later, still sounds like the future.🎁 Bonus Moments:A Metallica tangent (of course)Mike reclaims a riff that Deftones might have stolen from his hard driveA sales pitch: “Here’s how to sell someone on Deftones in under 30 seconds”📲 Follow us on Instagram & YouTube: @howitsrelatedpod📧 Email us: howitsrelatedpod@gmail.com🔗 Watch full episodes & clips: YouTube.com/@howitsrelatedpod#Deftones #WhitePony #ChinoMoreno #NuMetal #AltRock #TikTokSongs #LimpBizkit #Metallica #MusicPodcast #HowItsRelated #Cousins #SpotifyWrapped