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The Head Up Project comes out in January 2021. Eros as it was to be called, was set to be the Deftones sixth studio record until its recordings were put on the shelf with a plan for them to see the light of day sometime in the future. They eventually returned in 2010 with Diamond Eyes, featuring Cheng’s replacement, Quicksand bassist Sergio Vega. Following the vehicle collision and Cheng’s subsequent coma, however, the band shelved the sessions. When Cheng was involved in the 2008 car accident, Deftones were in the middle of working on what was planned to be their sixth studio album, Eros. Deftones ’ 2006 album Saturday Night Wrist was made in tumultuous circumstances. Eros was set to be Deftones’ sixth album until bassist Chi Cheng was involved in a horrific accident that would ultimately cost him his life and see the album shelved. We continue to honor those ideas, Chi’s legacy, and thank you all for being apart of the Buckle Up for Chi community.” The tragic story of Eros the great lost Deftones album. We hold close and keep to the tenets that Chi stood for: caring, kindness and empathy. “Through this initiative and our loyal community, we will continue to support each other, spread peace, music, love, and as always: fly high. “Buckle Up For Chi has always been blessed to keep Chi’s legacy alive and we strive to continue to do so with the launch of the Head Up Project,” the organization says in a statement. The Head Up Project is also part of a broader effort of the same name by the memorial organization.
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Its 24 tracks were remastered by Qumran Records, a partner on the project. See The Head Up Project‘s cover art and tracklisting down toward the bottom of this post.Īccording to Buckle Up for Chi, the new album was recorded in January 2001 during a performance in Sacramento, Calif. It was sold at select Deftones’ concerts that year, around the same time that the Chino Moreno-fronted act was touring in promotion of White Pony. His first, the self-released The Bamboo Parachute, was issued in 2000. The posthumous disc is Cheng’s second spoken word album. Titled The Head Up Project, it’s being released in conjunction with Buckle Up for Chi, an organization founded to honor the musician’s memory and promote vehicle safety. A new spoken word album from Chi Cheng, the Deftones bassist who died in 2013 after five years in a semi-comatose state following a 2008 car accident, arrives in early 2021.