DEFTONES Officially Recruit Former MARILYN MANSON Bassist FRED SABLAN

DEFTONES have recruited Fred Sablan as their new touring bassist following the latest departure of Sergio Vega.

Sablan made his reside debut with the DEFTONES Thursday night time (April 14) on the opening live performance of the band’s spring 2022 U.S. tour on the Moda Heart on the Rose Quarter in Portland, Oregon.

Sablan is finest often called the previous bassist for MARILYN MANSON, having toured and recorded with the shock rocker between 2010 and 2014. He has additionally performed bass for CHELSEA WOLFE and PETER HOOK AND THE LIGHT, and is a member of the punk-rock supergroup HEAVENS BLADE alongside YOUTH CODE singer Sara Taylor, ROB ZOMBIE bassist Piggy D. (on guitar) and SUICIDE SILENCE drummer Alex Lopez.

Vega, who formally joined DEFTONES in 2009, confirmed his exit final month, simply days after a brand new picture of the band with out him emerged on-line on varied digital service suppliers. On the time, the 51-year-old musician claimed that he had been led to imagine he would ultimately be introduced in as a full-time member, however, in 12 years’ time, that by no means occurred. “It was clear there was no alternative for progress for me,” he mentioned. Vega additionally thanked his former DEFTONES bandmates, including that he wished he may have spoken to them in individual. “I would like you to know that I recognize all of the years we spent collectively: writing, performing, being taken into your worlds,” he mentioned. “I discovered so much from every one in all you, if you introduced me in, you created a brand new sense of ardour for music that I’ll all the time cherish and carry with me. You really modified my life.”

Vega reduce his enamel within the New York Metropolis hardcore scene within the late Eighties earlier than happening to play within the influential post-hardcore trio QUICKSAND. QUICKSAND launched two major-label albums (“Manic Compression” and “Slip”) earlier than calling it a day. Quickly after, Vega discovered himself filling in with the DEFTONES and ultimately joined the band because the full-time alternative for Chi Cheng.

QUICKSAND reformed in 2012 and launched a comeback album, “Interiors”, in 2017, ending the band’s 22-year interval between LPs. A follow-up effort, “Distant Populations”, arrived final August.

Chi died in April 2013 on the age of 42. He had been in a semi-comatose state for greater than 4 years after being significantly injured in a automotive accident in November 2008. Along with not recovering full consciousness, Cheng had been out and in of hospitals for varied infections as his household has struggled with the mounting prices of care since he had misplaced his medical insurance just a few months after the accident.

Cheng required surgical procedure after the automotive accident to take away a part of his mind, however his restoration was robust sufficient that he was taken off life assist seven months later.

Over the course of the final couple of years of his life, Cheng emerged from his coma for transient intervals. He was in a position to open his eyes and apparently may see and listen to issues happening round him however couldn’t reply verbally.