"Back to School (Mini Maggit)" is a song by American

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Deftones Deftones is an American alternative metal band formed in Sacramento, California in 1988. They were formed by Chino Moreno (vocals, guitar), Stephen Carpenter (guitar), Abe Cunningham (drums), and Dominic Garcia (bass). During their first f ...

. It is an altered version of the song "Pink Maggit" from the band's 2000 album ''

White Pony ''White Pony'' is the third studio album by American alternative metal band Deftones, released on June 20, 2000, through Maverick Records. It was produced by Terry Date, who produced the band's first two albums, ''Adrenaline'' (1995) and '' Aro ...

''. Shortly after the album's initial release, in a contentious move by the band's label

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, it was re-released with "Back to School (Mini Maggit)" added on. The song's style has been described as as well as rap rock. "Back to School (Mini Maggit)" was released as both a single and as an EP package; the single was released shortly before the EP.

Background

Vocalist

Chino Moreno Chino Moreno (born Camillo Wong Moreno, June 20, 1973) is an American musician who is best known as the lead vocalist, primary lyricist and contributing guitarist of the metal band Deftones. He is also a member of the side-project groups Team S ...

has said, "This album right here he ''White Pony'' re-releaseis not the album that we turned in to the label. As far as we're concerned, the first edition was the record. Done. Then, they talked us into re-releasing it with another song on it, and it's not like I'm against the song or whatever, but I liked the sequence we had when we first turned it in. When this version came out, a little part inside all of us felt like: 'Fuck! We just totally compromised.' And I know that a lot of our fans felt bad about it too." The band also specifically regretted the presence of "Back to School" on the re-release of the album, as Moreno stated in an interview with German rock magazine ''Visions'': "'Back to School' was a mistake. A calculated song, that had been built up with only one aim in mind: It should be a single. ... 'Back to School' was released because I was an idiot. I wanted to prove something o the record company Months later, after ''White Pony'' was released, they wanted us to do a new version of "Pink Maggit". They said we lost our heaviness, and there were no more singles on the album. First, I wanted to stick this idea up my ass, but then I thought: 'I'm gonna show those fuckers how easy it is to create a hit-single.' And so I rapped a hip hop part on that song, we shortened it and half an hour later, the hit-single was ready to roll on."DEFTONESWORLD.com - It's all about the deftones
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Track listing

Charts

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Back To School (Mini Maggit) Deftones songs Music videos directed by Paul Hunter (director) 2000 songs Maverick Records singles Song recordings produced by Terry Date Songs written by Stephen Carpenter Songs written by Chi Cheng (musician) Songs written by Abe Cunningham Songs written by Chino Moreno Rap rock songs 2000 singles