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Bassist Sergio Vega has shared a video message announcing his departure from Deftones

After more than a decade, bassist Sergio Vega has parted ways with Deftones, the band he joined in tragic circumstances. Vega was originally supposed to fill in for original bassist Chi Cheng after Cheng went into a comatose state after a 2008 car crash. But Cheng never fully regained consciousness, and he died in 2013. Vega, who was a member of...

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