Chi Cheng

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Works

3

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Film & TV

Stockton, California, USA

Chi Ling Dai Cheng (July 15, 1970 – April 13, 2013) was an American musician and poet, best known as the bassist and backing vocalist for the American alternative metal band Deftones. He joined the band in 1990, and stayed with them until his career ended in 2008, when he was involved in a serious automobile crash in Santa Clara, California. After the crash, he remained in a semi-comatose state…

Known for

• Deftones - B-Sides & Rarities DVD — Self - Bass2005
• Deftones: Live in Hawaii — Self2003
• Entertain Me: A Film About the Deftones — Self2002
• Music in High Places — Self2000
• Deftones Live at The Palladium — Self1998
• Deftones: Live at Bizzare Fest ‘98 — Self1998
• The Crow: City of Angels — Self / Deftones1996

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Listeners

549

Total plays

14,848

Chi Cheng, (born July 15, 1970) was a US musician, playing bass in the rock band Deftones. Cheng held a BA in English Literature from UC Davis and was the only member of the band with such an accomplishment. He was the author of a collection of poetry entitled the Bamboo Parachute, released in 2000 as a spoken word album. He was a practicing Buddhist, and maintained an interest in Taoism and Shamanism. After being put in a coma following a car accident on November 4th, 2008, Cheng passed away

via Last.fm · Chi Cheng

Music

Wikidata facts

Instance of

human

Family name

Cheng

Gender

male

Citizenship

United States

Place of birth

Stockton

Place of death

Sacramento

Occupation

bass guitarist

Genre

alternative rock

Instrument

bass guitar

Image

Chi Cheng.jpg

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