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 New York post-hardcore greats Quicksand, had originally filled in for an injured Cheng on a 1999 tour. He has been a Deftones member since their 2010 album Diamond Eyes, but he’s out now.