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Deftones announce first post-crash gig
By CMU Editorial | Published on Tuesday 10 February 2009
Deftones have announced their first live show since bassist Chi Cheng was left in a coma after he was involved in a car crash in California in November last year.
While Cheng remains in a coma and “has not made significant progress”, the band will be joined by former Quicksand bassist Sergio Vega to play Bamboozle Left at the Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre in California on 5 Apr.
Writing on their blog, the band said: “Our fallen comrade has not made significant progress as of late, but continues to fight on from his accident. Doctors are working feverishly to return our brother to us, and we continue to hold out hope and faith that Chi returns to the life he has waiting for him and can join us on stage once again”.
“Everyone that knows Chi, knows that he never wanted down time. Chi always wanted to keep working and never slow down, which is why we feel confident in returning to the stage at Bamboozle in April. Chi would want it, and we want to make sure we’re keeping his legacy alive”.
Revealing Vega as the replacement bass player, they said: “Back in 1999, Chi had to leave the band for a brief moment and our close friend Sergio Vega filled in to keep the train moving. 10 years later, Sergio is going to step in once again while Chi is down. Sergio is family to us, and had received Chi’s blessing before, so without a doubt we know that if Chi could tell us now, he would give us his blessing again”.
