Today I read that Deftones, one of my fav bands from the new era of alternative metal, is gonna perform 2 gigs in benefit of their bassist Chi Cheng, who was involved in a serious car accident on November 2nd 2008 as you may already know, he remains in a semi concious state produced by the long time he was in a coma.

This week, they are performing at Avalon Hollywood as a fundraiser for the Chi Ling Cheng’s Special Needs Trust, which was created to pay for the big medical costs of the recovery of  Chi. If you wanna help Chi, you may by going to www.deftones.com.

On my behalf, the best of the luck for Chi and his family, hope you get well soon cause we can’t wait to see you back with Deftones and keep the awesome tunes coming! It sometimes seems that the worst things happen only to the good people, the prepared, and the worthy… it’s really sad.

Special! The songs that got me really into Deftones, inf category:

Strenght man!

Stephen Carpenter, American musician (Deftones)

O baterista TEAM SLEEP se junta ao SOL INVICTO – May 31, 2008 Zach Hill do HELLA / TEAM SLEEP se juntou oficialmente ao  SOL INVICTO , o drum ‘n’ bass-conhece-metal projeto paralelo do Stephen Carpenter.

myspace SOL INVICTO:
http://www.myspace.com/solinvicto 

SOL INVICTO, o “drum ‘n’ bass-meets-metal” projeto paraelo de Stephen Carpenter, Eric Bobo do CYPRESS HILL na percurssão e bateria, Richie Londres do C.L.P. (CULTURA LONDRES PROYECTO) na produção/guitarra e AJ Cookson (UK Produtor), lançará sua primeira gravação, um EP de quatro músicas chamado ”Unidose”, em 12 de May pela Altered Beats Music e iTunes. Haverá dois downloads grátis de remixes disponibilizados no myspace.

Pra quem ainda nunca ouviu, Sol Invicto, é descrito como um “mix de estilos do Deftones”.

Pra mais informações, visite: www.myspace.com/solinvicto.

Fonte (blabbermouth.net)

So we decided to dip our toes into the world of podcasts with this trial one, during which you can find out more about the music featured in our concerts with Robin Ticciati next week (20 May at London’s Queen Elizabeth Hall and 23 May in St George’s Bristol). Let us know what you think!

OAE Podcast No.1

If you are so moved as to book tickets for the concerts you can do so here for London and here for Bristol.