| "Minerva" | ||||||||||||||
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| Single by Deftones from the album Deftones | ||||||||||||||
| B-side | "Sinatra" "Sleep Walk" | |||||||||||||
| Released | May 2003 | |||||||||||||
| Format | CD single | |||||||||||||
| Recorded | 2002 | |||||||||||||
| Genre | Alternative Metal Experimental rock | |||||||||||||
| Length | 4:17 | |||||||||||||
| Label | Maverick Records | |||||||||||||
| Writer | Chino Moreno Abe Cunningham | |||||||||||||
| Producer | Terry Date Deftones | |||||||||||||
| Deftones singles chronology | ||||||||||||||
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"Minerva" is the first single from American rock band Deftones 4th studio album, Deftones, released in 2003. The song's meaning does not seem particularly clear to a number of listeners, and many meanings have been attributed to it. The two most popular are that the song is about the history of either Chino's family or that of the band.
Track Listing
- "Minerva" (4:17)
- "Sinatra" (4:34)
- "Sleep Walk" (2:30)
Video
The video for "Minerva" features the band playing the song on a desert like landscape backed by various amplifiers and other stage equipment. It was directed by Paul Fedor. It seems to be a direct tribute to the Pink Floyd: Live at Pompeii video released in 1972.
Deftones | |
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| Chino Moreno · Stephen Carpenter · Abe Cunningham · Chi Cheng · Frank Delgado | |
| Albums | Adrenaline · Around the Fur · White Pony · Deftones · Saturday Night Wrist |
| Singles | "7 Words" · "Bored" · "My Own Summer (Shove It)" · "Be Quiet and Drive (Far Away)" · "Change (In the House of Flies)" · "Elite" · "Back to School (Mini Maggit)" · "Digital Bath" · "Minerva" · "Hexagram" · "Hole in the Earth" · "Mein" |
| Other releases | (Like) Linus · Live · B-Sides & Rarities |
| Related articles | Discography · Team Sleep |
