In 1998, during their nascent phase post the debut Adrenaline and breakthrough Around the Fur, Deftones—Sacramento nu-metal pioneers blending aggression with ambiance—made their entrance at Pinkpop, Europe's oldest annual festival in Landgraaf. Their 40-minute set, charged with Chino Moreno's raw vigor and Stephen Carpenter's guitar walls, featured the riff-laden opener "My Own Summer (Shove It)," fierce "Root" and "Teething" from The Crow soundtrack, plus "Around the Fur" and "MX," wrapping amid crowd cheers. The freshly HD-released footage stirs nostalgia among fans who dub the show's "wild" vibe a harbinger of their festival supremacy, though detractors cite the roughness of early sonics versus later polish; this gig marked the band's leap from underground to worldwide alt-metal sway.