Digital Bath Explained

Digital Bath
Cover:	deftones_digital_bath.png
Type:	promo
Artist:	Deftones
Released:	2000
Recorded:	1999
Genre:	Nu metal^[1]
Length:	4:15
Label:	Maverick
Producer:	Terry Date Deftones
Prev Title:	Back to School (Mini Maggit)
Prev Year:	2000
Next Title:	Minerva
Next Year:	2003

"Digital Bath" is a song by the American alternative metal band Deftones. The song was released as a promotional single from their third studio album, White Pony.^[2]

Sound and meaning

"Digital Bath" features a variety of effects and sampling.^[3] The verse is composed of echoed guitar chords and gentle vocals. The song also features a high vocal pitch from Chino Moreno virtually unheard in other Deftones material. Moreno stated that despite the "prettiness" of the song, it's actually about "electrocuting a girl in a bathtub".^[4] ^[5]

Music video

The music video for the song was directed by Andrew Bennett. The video features live footage of the band intercut with segments of a woman entering a bathtub and the band performing at a rehearsal space. "Digital Bath" was performed live on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno on February 9, 2001.

Cover versions

English mathcore band Rolo Tomassi did a cover version for the Kerrang! compilation album Kerrang! Ultimate Rock Heroes!, released in June 2015.^[6]

Brandon Smith of The Anix did a cover for his seventh studio album, Hologram.^[7]

Appearances in other media

On the 2001 horror movie Soul Survivors, played over the end credits.
On the compilation album WWF Tough Enough.

Notes and References

Web site: Holiday Kirk. September 2, 2021. The 100 Greatest Nu-Metal Songs of All Time. September 12, 2023. holidaykirk.com.
Web site: Deftones – Digitat Bath . October 27, 2023 . Discogs.
Web site: Deftones Saturday Night Wrist. Sputnikmusic. Greer. Nick. December 16, 2006. November 21, 2012. "Digital Bath," "Knife Party," and "Change" are all defined by the ghostly samples in the background that perfectly matched Chino's vocals and the wonderful harmonic phrasing on those songs..
Web site: The Class of 2000: Chino Moreno on Deftones' "White Pony". August 9, 2010. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20100817072749/http://www.altpress.com/features/entry/the_class_of_2000_chino_moreno_on_deftones_white_pony/. August 17, 2010.
Web site: 13 Unexpected Songs to Say I Love You On Valentine's Day. February 14, 2013. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20160502154244/http://jackontheweb.cbslocal.com/2013/02/14/13-unexpected-songs-to-say-i-love-you/. May 2, 2016.
Web site: Kerrang! Ultimate Rock Heroes! (2015, CD).
September 19, 2019. Hear Electronic Outfit the Anix's Reverent Cover of Deftones' "Digital Bath". July 22, 2020. Revolver.