DEFTONES Bassist Explains CHINO MORENO's Groin Injury

August 20, 2003

DEFTONES bassist Chi Cheng recently spoke to MTV.com about the injury suffered by the band's vocalist Chino Moreno forced the DEFTONES to cancel a handful of Summer Sanitarium dates before the tour ended August 10. Although it was reported as a "groin injury," Cheng has a much more cringe-worthy description of his singer's diagnosis.

"It actually was a very serious thing," Cheng said. "He had somehow hit himself, probably onstage, and blood was collecting behind one of his [testicles]. So it was swollen up. ... His specialists told him that he could either pee it out or have it drained. He couldn't really stand for a few days."

DEFTONES, who recently shot a video for the new single "Hexagram" with director Darren Doane (AFI, BLINK-182),are gearing up for a European tour with A PERFECT CIRCLE beginning next month. After that they'll embark on a headlining tour of North America in mid-October.

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