Chino Moreno

Chino was born in 1973. His dad is Hispanic and his mom is Chinese/Irish/Native American/Hispanic. He was the 2nd of 5 kids. He is married, and his wife's name is Celeste. They have 2 sons: Kristian and Jakobi. I think Kristian appears in the 7 Words video; I'm not sure. Click here for an in-depth story of Chino's whole life.

"My lyrics don't deal with specific topics, I write down on paper the feelings of the moment, it's no easy to explain the contents of the lyrics or give a logical sense to the words. What I write is also a reaction to the music we make, so the deftones' sound is not pop, it doesn't communicate happy feelings. Paradoxically my favorite songs of the album talk about love, in a clearly different view."

"The new wave influence to me, bands like the Cure and Depeche Mode, stuff that blew my mind when I was young, stuck in me and those were the people who taught me how to sing. I think all the covers we've been doing lately... we've done a Smiths cover, we've done a Duran Duran cover, a Depeche Mode cover. Luckily, it's cool because that was me growing up and everybody just went with it, you know what I'm saying, which is cool." - Chino