DEFTONES Frontman: 'Every Record That We Make, It Gets Harder And Harder For Us'

DEFTONES frontman Chino Moreno recently spoke to MTV.com about the group's long-awaited fifth studio album, "Saturday Night Wrist", due on October 31.

According to Moreno, the DEFTONES didn't intend to take their time with "Wrist", "but it just so happened it took that long. And it's a relief to have it done. It was a hard record to make. Every record that we make, it gets harder and harder for us, because we try not to repeat what we've done before or stick to certain formulas. And in order to do that, we have to go through a lot of trial-and-error stuff, which can be time-consuming."

Moreno said the band's fans have come to expect a certain quality from his band, so the DEFTONES wanted to make sure "Wrist" would live up to the hype.

"Our fans are very critical, which is the way we all are," he said. "We feel like, in anything in life, what we put into it is what we get out of it."

Moreno also commented on the death of Andy Richardson, a 30-year-old man who was beaten in the mosh pit at the August 1 stop of Family Values in Atlanta. Police have charged 24-year-old Michael Scott Axley with Richardson's murder.

"It was meaningless and sad and stupid that there are people who're that retarded and do senseless things," he said. "It was saddening to hear that someone would die at our performance. We're there to have fun and for everyone else to have fun. It's depressing. I don't think you can blame it on the music, because there are always some people who don't think before they act, and they have to bring it down for a lot of people."

Read more at MTV.com.

DEFTONES / DEADSY tour dates:

Oct. 26 - Oklahoma City, OK @ The Diamond Ballroom
Oct. 29 - Tempe, AZ @ Marquee Theatre
Nov. 02 - Seattle, WA @ The Fenix
Nov. 03 - Portland, OR @ Roseland Theater
Nov. 04 - Chico, CA @ Senator Theater
Nov. 07 - Ventura, CA @ Majestic Ventura Theatre
Nov. 08 - San Francisco, CA @ The Fillmore
Nov. 09 - Hollywood, CA @ The Avalon
Nov. 12 - San Diego, CA @ Soma
Nov. 13 - Tucson, AZ @ The Rialto
Nov. 14 - Albuquerque, NM @ Sunshine Theatre
Nov. 16 - Houston, TX @ Warehouse Live
Nov. 17 - Austin, TX @ Austin Music Hall
Nov. 19 - New Orleans, LA @ House of Blues
Nov. 21 - St. Petersburg, FL @ Jannus Landing
Nov. 22 - Fort Lauderdale, FL @ Revolution
Nov. 24 - Lake Buena Vista, FL @ House of Blues
Nov. 25 - Atlanta, GA @ Tabernacle
Nov. 26 - Myrtle Beach, SC @ House of Blues
Nov. 29 - Norfolk, VA @ The NorVa
Dec. 02 - Philadelphia, PA @ Electric Factory