Chi Cheng, (born July 15, 1970) is a US musician, the bassist in the rock band Deftones. July 15 is the 196th day (197th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 169 days remaining. ... 1970 was a common year starting on Thursday. ... ... A musician is a person who plays or composes music. ... Fender Precision Bass For other uses of the term see Bass (disambiguation). ... Rock and roll (also spelled Rock n Roll, especially in its first decade), also called rock, is a form of popular music, usually featuring vocals (often with vocal harmony), electric guitars and a strong back beat; other instruments, such as the saxophone, are common in some styles. ... In music, a band is a group of musicians, or musical ensemble, usually popular or folk, playing parts of a musical arrangement. ... Deftones Deftones are a multi-platinum selling, Grammy award winning rock band from Sacramento, California. ...

Cheng holds a BA in English Literature from UC Davis and is the only member of the band with such an accomplishment. He is the author of a collection of poetry entitled Bamboo Parachute released in 2000 as a spoken word album. The University of California, Davis, commonly abbreviated to UC Davis or UCD is one of the ten University of California campuses. ... Bust of Homer, one of the earliest European poets, in the British Museum Poetry (ancient Greek: ποιεω (poieo) = I create) is an art form in which human language is used for its aesthetic qualities in addition to, or instead of, its notional and semantic content. ... This article is about the year 2000. ... Spoken word is a form of music or artistic performance in which lyrics, poetry, or stories are spoken rather than sung. ... Look up Album in Wiktionary, the free dictionary An album (from Latin albus white, blank, relating to a blank book in which something can be inserted) is a packaged collection of related things. ...

Cheng also sponsers a community service group based out of the band's hometown of Sacramento, California. The group aids homeless citizens in developing their musical talents, among other things. City nickname: The Big Tomato Location Location of Sacramento in California Political Charateristics County Sacramento Mayor Heather Fargo Physical Characteristics Area      Land      Water 99. ...