There is a long and storied history of bands learning to hate some of their biggest songs: Kurt Cobain pulled Smells Like Teen Spirit from Nirvana’s setlist towards the end of their career; Radiohead play Creep sparingly and through gritted teeth; Blur’s Graham Coxon has blamed Country House on the breakup of one of his relationships.
But none of them are as unusual as the story of Deftones and their song Back to School (Mini Maggit). Created almost against their will and purely to prove a point to their record label about how easy it was to write a hit single in a genre they were looking to escape, it’s a song that the band have seemingly never liked or felt any connection to - and yet it remains one of their most iconic moments.
