10 Times Fans Saved Imperfect Albums

Deftones are one of the few anomalies in heavy metal music. For as much as their sound comes from the heavier side of the spectrum, the band owes many of their influences to everything from hip hop to new wave to even showgaze elements.

That thought already sounds like a mouthful, but one listen to White Pony will make you understand the allure of this band.

The record is filled to the brim with bangers, from "Change (In The House of Flies)" to the Maynard James Keenan-assisted "Passenger," but most fans would love to skip past the opening cut nowadays. Originally intended as a joke, "Back to School" was Chino Moreno mocking his record company by showing them how little effort it took to make a hit.

Though the song was basically a revamped version of closing cut "Pink Maggit," it ended up garnering a lot of favor with the nu metal crowd, increasing the band's fanbase and frustrating the band's members.

It's hard to come by a version of this album that doesn't feature "Back To School," but as the years have gone on, Deftones' hardcore fans have been creating their own version of the album with "Back to School" left off the proper track listing. White Pony will always be considered classic, but this one song should've been a one-off single rather than a full-blown album cut.