DJ Crook in London, June 2005
DJ Crook, also known as
Crookone, is a
disk jockey based out of
Sacramento,
California. He was born
John Molina in
Los Angeles,
California. He is a member of
Deftones frontman Chino Moreno's
side project called
Team Sleep. He is also featured on several
Deftones tracks
including "Lucky You", "Teenager", "Black Moon" and the remix of
"Be Quiet and Drive" featured on their b-sides record. He regularly
performs at various nightclubs around the Sacramento area, with his
dj collective,
Decibel Devils, which also features
DJ and keyboardist
Frank "NIT"
Delgado, of
Deftones. His earlier work with
New York-native MC, DocDaWhoo?, aka
'Rufhead' and 'Da Lyrix' can also be found on the web. Crook's
trademark mixes are eclectic, often featuring songs by bands from
disparate genres including everything from
Radiohead to
Johnny Cash. He is currently demoing tracks for
the new Team Sleep record, to be completed after Deftones tour in
support of their album "Saturday Night Wrist". He is also rumored
to be starting up a project with
Rob Crow of
Pinback and
Zach
Hill of
Team
Sleep,
Hella. However, details on this are
minimal.
See also
Team Sleep DeftonesExternal links
Decibel Devils Official Site
Decibel Devils
MySpace Team Sleep Official
Website Team Sleep
Semi-Official Website Team-sleep.com (Fansite) Crook /
DocDaWhoo?
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