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1. A popular British alternative band active from 1993 to 1998
2. A dubstep producer from Coventry, England
3. An experimental hip-hop musician
4. A garage rock band from Oklahoma formed in 2008.
[1] Sleeper was a britpop group which formed in 1993 in Manchester, England. The band consisted of Louise Wener (vocals, guitar), Jon Stewart (guitar), Diid Osman (bass) and Andy Maclure (drums). The band released three albums - Smart, The It Girl and Pleased To Meet You - and split in 1998.
Their breakthrough song,Inbetweener, featured a memorable video with Dale Winton, who was a popular icon among students at the time. Sleeper also recorded a cover version of the Blondie song Atomic, which was used as a track in the film trainspotting. Their version was quite well-received and the only criticism is that it was too similar to the original.
The It Girl was arguably their finest moment withLie Detector, Sale Of The Century and Statuesque as the defining tracks. It was produced by Stephen Street then famous for his contributions to The Smiths, Morrissey and Blur. It captured the imagination of the Britpop era. Wener admits that they were basically hanging onto the coattails of the bigger bands including the likes of Blur and Oasis.
The original band name for the band was Surrender Dorothy. They took that name from the smoke trail telling Dorothy to surrender in the Wizard of Oz movie.
1. A popular British alternative band active from 1993 to 1998
2. A dubstep producer from Coventry, England
3. An experimental hip-hop musician
4. A garage rock band from Oklahoma formed in 2008.
[1] Sleeper was a britpop group which formed in 1993 in Manchester, England. The band consisted of Louise Wener (vocals, guitar), Jon Stewart (guitar), Diid Osman (bass) and Andy Maclure (drums). The band released three albums - Smart, The It Girl and Pleased To Meet You - and split in 1998.
Their breakthrough song,
Inbetweener, featured a memorable video with Dale Winton, who was a popular icon among students at the time. Sleeper also recorded a cover version of the Blondie song Atomic, which was used as a track in the film trainspotting. Their version was quite well-received and the only criticism is that it was too similar to the original.The It Girl was arguably their finest moment with
Lie Detector, Sale Of The Century and Statuesque as the defining tracks. It was produced by Stephen Street then famous for his contributions to The Smiths, Morrissey and Blur. It captured the imagination of the Britpop era. Wener admits that they were basically hanging onto the coattails of the bigger bands including the likes of Blur and Oasis.The original band name for the band was Surrender Dorothy. They took that name from the smoke trail telling Dorothy to surrender in the Wizard of Oz movie.
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anagain wrote:
Regarding the pics: the band was 3 blokes and a girl; not some bird with nipples...however nice they are! :)
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Krmgtsm7 wrote:
Louise was very hot!
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david5970 wrote:
I still have it bad for Louise. [3]
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KaiBraun wrote:
I still have it bad for Louise. [2]
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jackmanfred wrote:
I still have it bad for Louise.
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HartC0F wrote:
Кавер на Atomic шикарен.
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MatthieuBelAmi wrote:
Louise body and voice scream sensuality
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revolution_II wrote:
Sale Of The Century im hearing rte now ...
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puppyhand wrote:
You're rich and your heart is dicky.
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Cristobal91 wrote:
V I didn't know they were getting a re-release :O that's interesting!
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Trotters wrote:
With the 2CD deluxe editions of 'Smart' and 'The It Girl' appearing next week, it was time to put my detailed review of 'Smart' online: http://realgonerocks.blogspot.com/2010/11/sleeper-smart.html.
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steve__ wrote:
Amuse.
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CCSandman wrote:
Just uploaded a lot of picutres in the gallery, sorry about the quality of some of them, thought they'd be appreciated anyway.
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mvldk666 wrote:
love, love, love etc ... ... ... and much more love
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sebreflex wrote:
Wow, just Wow!!!
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bynnda wrote:
Just finished Louise's autobiography. It's... okay. Worth a read.
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lolpunx666 wrote:
^*`~~Garage Rock~~`~~*^
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PUCIKKO wrote:
Trainspotting
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ankitkg wrote:
i like the sleeper version of atomic for trainspotting better than the Blondie's version...still original is original
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shallow_dave wrote:
"can't understand for the life of me why their mediocre cover of Atomic is their most played track on here..." It was on the Trainspotting soundtrack; that's why. I agree that their original work is far superior. They were one of many great bands in the Summer of Britpop; 1995.
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