Deftones, the American alternative metal band, has wrapped the North American leg of their Ohms tour, delivering a show that fans felt was worth waiting… Read More »Claypaky Xtylos and ReflectXion Help Lighting Designer Jon Eddy Give a Standout Look to Deftones North American Tour
Deftones’ lighting and production designer, Jon Eddy, relied on GLP JDC1 hybrid strobes and Scenex LED Pixel Tape for the band’s trek through North America earlier this year, with Christie Lites serving as the lighting vendor. The band is now performing in Europe with GLP and Scenex gear from Entec Live.
Jon Eddy, production designer and LD for some of the biggest metal bands around, has designed for Deftones since 2014. For the band’s 2022 tour, Eddy created a completely different theatrical look and feel with an overhead truss design creating an exploding diamond shape effect. While the design is a turn from his previous work, it still incorporates Eddy’s style.
CHICAGO – With ever-increasing fuel costs, the mandate from alt-metal band Deftones for this fall’s North and South American “Koi No Yokan” tour was for a stand-alone lighting package that could play a wide variety of venues while maintaining an 18-ft truck footprint. LD Robb Jibson chose the Martin Professional MAC 101 from Windy City Lighting, he said, for its “small size and big output.”