Today, Deftones have unveiled a previously unreleased track called “Smile” from the archived Eros sessions. The release of the track is in honor of founding bassist Chi Cheng, who passed away a year ago today. In 2007, the band began recording material for their then-upcoming album that was titled Eros. During the recording process in November 2008, Cheng was involved in a serious...
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Deftones founding bassist Chi Cheng passes away
Today, the music world mourns the loss of bassist Chi Cheng of Deftones. Chi was taken to the emergency room this morning, and passed away at approximately 3:00am with his mother, Jeanne Marie Cheng, by his side. On the One Love for Chi website, Jeanne wrote, “His heart just suddenly stopped. He left this world with me singing songs he liked...

