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There are multiple artists with this name:
1) A stoner metal band from California. After an overlooked debut, Sleep released a well-received follow-up, Sleep’s Holy Mountain, in 1992 on Earache. The record had obvious Black Sabbath influences, and has been described as ‘the best Black Sabbath never wrote.’
The success of Sleep’s Holy Mountain landed Sleep a contract with a larger record company (London), who paid up front for Sleep’s next record. As the story goes, Sleep went out and spent all the money on Orange amplifiers and marijuana (although this is denied by the band), then went on to record what is easily one of both stoner rock and doom metal’s defining moments; the 1 hour long Dopesmoker.
London refused to publish the record, and Sleep privately released a somewhat shortened version of the song (as a bootleg) in 1998 as Jerusalem before splitting up. Jerusalem was properly released in 1999, however it took until 2003 for Dopesmoker to be released in all its glory on teepee records.
Sleep’s guitarist, Matt Pike, went on to form High on Fire.
Cisneros returned to public music in 2003 with former band mate Chris Hakius as OM, a bass and drum duo. The band’s first three albums feature Cisneros on vocals and bass and Hakius on drums. On January 31, 2008 Hakius left OM and was replaced by drummer Emil Amos. OM have since completed a new full length studio album, recorded by Steve Albini, scheduled for release September 8th 2009 on Drag City.
1) A stoner metal band from California. After an overlooked debut, Sleep released a well-received follow-up, Sleep’s Holy Mountain, in 1992 on Earache. The record had obvious Black Sabbath influences, and has been described as ‘the best Black Sabbath never wrote.’
The success of Sleep’s Holy Mountain landed Sleep a contract with a larger record company (London), who paid up front for Sleep’s next record. As the story goes, Sleep went out and spent all the money on Orange amplifiers and marijuana (although this is denied by the band), then went on to record what is easily one of both stoner rock and doom metal’s defining moments; the 1 hour long Dopesmoker.
London refused to publish the record, and Sleep privately released a somewhat shortened version of the song (as a bootleg) in 1998 as Jerusalem before splitting up. Jerusalem was properly released in 1999, however it took until 2003 for Dopesmoker to be released in all its glory on teepee records.
Sleep’s guitarist, Matt Pike, went on to form High on Fire.
Cisneros returned to public music in 2003 with former band mate Chris Hakius as OM, a bass and drum duo. The band’s first three albums feature Cisneros on vocals and bass and Hakius on drums. On January 31, 2008 Hakius left OM and was replaced by drummer Emil Amos. OM have since completed a new full length studio album, recorded by Steve Albini, scheduled for release September 8th 2009 on Drag City.
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Sleep's Holy Mountain
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Jerusalem
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Stillborn
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Numb
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Shoutbox
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homestar90 wrote:
no lol
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psalmofegoism wrote:
Are they christians??
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nicoinfurs wrote:
CAUSE SLEEP IS THE COUSIN OF DEATH
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Ton87 wrote:
dopesmoker, epic
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SagawaKemper wrote:
Its a dvd of lots of live performances spanning their career.
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SagawaKemper wrote:
Holy Mountain and Dopesmoker are incredible triumphs.
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scapino wrote:
Live DVDs tend to take time to come out, half a year maybe, hopefully less.
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agrobum wrote:
wow oO
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electricwizards wrote:
sleep are awesome
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Shellath wrote:
Yup. Very little info known about the DVD though, no release dates, no nothing.
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Roncsipar wrote:
Their 2009 reunion gig was filmed and supposed to come out on a DVD.
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BuurzuuM wrote:
@Mondo-generator what DVD do you mean? :>
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Jamesismynamo wrote:
Dragonaut = EASILY one of the best stoner tracks.
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ZtiputizKisuiz wrote:
what dvd??
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emc2691 wrote:
We need more Sleep music, maybe matt pike should do some songs with Om perhaps?
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Mondo-Generator wrote:
Waiting for this DVD is killing me.
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Grafmeester wrote:
the masters of the mighty yawn riff!
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SothO wrote:
any news on that FUCKING DVD!?
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veelentina wrote:
<3 u
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FuckReligion wrote:
As much as i love Chris and what he did with the band, even without him, this is AWESOME! I`d do horrible, unspeakable things to see Matt and Al tear shit up live on stage. Guess i`m going to the states next september!
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