Editing Deftones (section)

===''White Pony'' (2000–2002)===
{{Main article|White Pony}}
[[File:Chino Moreno live.jpg|thumb|left|Moreno has been credited as contributing guitar from ''White Pony'' onwards.]]

On June 20, 2000, the band released their third album, ''[[White Pony]]'', again produced by Date and Deftones. It was recorded at [[Record Plant|the Record Plant]] studio in [[Sausalito, California]], and at Larrabee Sound Studios, [[West Hollywood, California]].<ref name="RevolverWhitePony">{{cite web|url=https://www.revolvermag.com/music/white-pony-inside-deftones-game-changing-alt-metal-masterpiece|title=Inside Deftones' Game-Changing 'White Pony' Album|first=Steve|last=Appleford|website=[[Revolver (magazine)|Revolver]]|date=November 23, 2020|access-date=April 24, 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230719222328/https://www.revolvermag.com/music/white-pony-inside-deftones-game-changing-alt-metal-masterpiece|archive-date=July 19, 2023|url-status=live}}</ref> Delgado, now a full-time band member, added new elements to the band's music. The melancholy "Teenager", for example, was a departure in style and mood, a "[[love song]]", according to Moreno.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.deftonesworld.com/gallery-of-sound-july-2000-chino-and-chi-interviewed/ |title=Pony Express: Sacramento's Deftones balance angst and ambience with White Pony |author=David Simutis |publisher=Gallery of Sound |access-date=November 20, 2012 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120821212455/http://www.deftonesworld.com/gallery-of-sound-july-2000-chino-and-chi-interviewed/ |archive-date=August 21, 2012 |df=mdy-all |date=October 13, 2011 }}</ref> Programming duties were carried out by DJ Crook, a friend of Moreno (and bandmate in his side project [[Team Sleep]]). "Passenger" was a collaboration with singer [[Maynard James Keenan]] of [[Tool (band)|Tool]], and the refrain in "Knife Prty" featured vocals by Rodleen Getsic. Moreno also started contributing additional guitar work.<ref name="bookletPony">{{cite book|title=White Pony ''liner notes''|year=2000|publisher=[[Maverick Records]]}}</ref>

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An interview with the band in ''[[Alternative Press (music magazine)|Alternative Press]]'' described the recording process of ''White Pony''. After a break from touring, the band spent four months in the studio writing and recording it, the longest amount of time they had dedicated to an album thus far. Moreno said that the majority of this time was spent trying to write songs, and that the writing of "[[Change (In the House of Flies)]]" was the turning point where the band began working as a unit. Despite being pressured to release the album sooner, the band decided to take their time. Cheng explained, "We didn't feel like we had anything to lose, so we made the record we wanted to make." Moreno did not have an overall lyrical theme in mind, but made a conscious decision to bring an element of fantasy into his lyrics: "I basically didn't sing about myself on this record. I made up a lot of story lines and some dialogue, even. I took myself completely out of it and wrote about other things".<ref name="AP">Deftones&nbsp;– Ride On [interview]. ''[[Alternative Press (music magazine)|Alternative Press]]'', August 2000.</ref>

The album was originally released as an 11-track edition beginning with "Feiticeira" and ending with "Pink Maggit", and featuring gray cover art. A limited-edition print of 50,000 black-and-red jewel case versions of ''White Pony'' was released at the same time with a bonus twelfth track titled "The Boy's Republic".<ref>{{cite magazine|last1=Garrity|first1=Brian|date=June 10, 2000|title=Deftones have high hopes for ambitious third Maverick album|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mg8EAAAAMBAJ&q=white+pony+cover+art+releases&pg=PA14|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|volume=112|issue=24|pages=14|access-date=September 2, 2016}}</ref> Later, the band released "[[Back to School (Mini Maggit)]]", a rap-influenced interpretation of "Pink Maggit". The song was released as a single and included as the new opening track of a re-released ''White Pony'' on October 3, 2000. The new release still had "Pink Maggit" as the final track and featured altered white cover art. Not entirely happy with re-releasing the album, the band negotiated to have "Back to School" made available as a free download for anyone who had already bought the original album. Moreno noted that "Everybody's already downloaded our record before it came out anyway, otherwise I'd be kind of feelin' like, 'Man, why [are] we putting [out] all these different versions of the record?' [...] that's the best way we can actually get this song out to the people who already purchased this record, for free basically. And if they wanna buy the record again, it's cool".<ref>{{cite magazine|author=Lash, Jolie |date=September 16, 2000 |title=The Deftones Add New Single to "White Pony" |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/artists/deftones/articles/story/5925471/the_deftones_add_new_single_to_white_pony |magazine=Rolling Stone |access-date=December 23, 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090510070709/http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/deftones/articles/story/5925471/the_deftones_add_new_single_to_white_pony |archive-date=May 10, 2009 |df=mdy }}</ref>

''White Pony'' debuted at No. 3 on the U.S. ''Billboard'' chart with sales of 178,000 copies.<ref name="billboard"/> Reviews were generally positive, commenting on Moreno's increasing sophistication as a lyricist and the group's experimentalism.<ref name="MCpony">{{cite web |title= ''White Pony'' at Metacritic |website= [[Metacritic]] |url= https://www.metacritic.com/music/artists/deftones/whitepony |access-date= December 12, 2007 |url-status= live |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080113030410/http://www.metacritic.com/music/artists/deftones/whitepony |archive-date= January 13, 2008 |df= mdy-all }}</ref> Allmusic's review said that "Deftones went soft, but in an impressive way, to twist around its signature [[punk rock|punk]] [[Crossover thrash|thrash]] sound".<ref name="allmusic_whitepony">{{cite web | url = {{AllMusic|class=album|id=r486283|pure_url=yes}} | title = Review of ''White Pony'' | access-date = April 29, 2007 | author = Wilson, MacKenzie | website = Allmusic }}</ref> The album achieved platinum status on July 17, 2002,<ref name="RIAA"/> selling over 1.3 million copies in the US,<ref name="billboard"/> and earning the band a 2001 [[Grammy Award for Best Metal Performance]] for the song "[[Elite (song)|Elite]]".<ref name="Elite Grammy">{{cite web|title=Grammy Award Winners |url=http://www.grammy.com/GRAMMY_Awards/Winners/Results.aspx?title=&winner=deftones&year=0&genreID=0&hp=1 |access-date=December 12, 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071209103831/http://www.grammy.com/GRAMMY_Awards/Winners/Results.aspx?title=&winner=deftones&year=0&genreID=0&hp=1 |archive-date=December 9, 2007 |df=mdy }}</ref>