Limp Bizkit guitarist Wes Borland has admitted that the Deftones made the right decision in renouncing nu metal.Speaking on Dean Delray’s Let There Be Talk podcast, Borland was asked about his band’s success in the late 90s/early 2000s during the rise of nu metal.“A lot of it sort of all developed at once – Korn, and the Deftones…The Deftones really tried to separate themselves from everything, which was the right move, for sure.
Because they were able to maintain longevity,” he explained.Deftones consciously made the decision to not tour with bands like Limp Bizkit and Korn during this period despite their third album, 2000’s ‘White Pony’ being labelled as ‘nu metal’.Lauren Mayberry, singer of Scottish synth-pop trio Chvrches, previously.
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