Sleep Tickets
“Sleep” is a stoner-doom band from California. During its active work in the 90s of the last century, “Sleep” has received a lot of positive feedback. In particular, critics called the group as “perhaps the best stoner rock band” and noted its tremendous contribution to heavy metal music of the time. However, the relations with the record studios in the late '90s led to the disintegration of the group. “Sleep” was formed in the early 90s from the group “AsbestosDeath” which consisted of Al Cisneros, Chris Hakius, and Tom Choi. Then with the arrival of the guitarist Matt Pike, “AsbestosDeath” expanded to a quartet.
About Sleep
First Releases
The band recorded two albums: EP “Dejection” on the label Profane Existence and self-issued EP “Unclean”. Then Choi left the band and Justin Marler took his place. The group changed its name to “Sleep”. Their debut disc, titled “Volume One”, was released in 1991. Very quickly, the group has collected a good number of fans on the undeveloped metal scene at that time. After recording the first album, the guitarist Justin Marler left the group and became a monk, and “Sleep” recorded a mini-album titled “Volume Two”, which was informally issued on the label Off the Disk.Problems with Labels
The next disc, recorded on the Razors Edge Studios, was sent to the independent record label Earache as a demo. The label immediately signed the band and issued the demo in the form of “Sleep's Holy Mountain”. In this album, the group showed their love for the music of the 70s, Black Sabbath and Orange’s amplifiers. After the edition of the album, the group attracted the interest of the label London Records, and “Sleep” signed on it. At this time, Earache released the first tribute to “Black Sabbath” with “Snowblind” song by “Sleep”.Last Releases
In 1999, “Jerusalem” disc was at last issued as an official album on the label The Music Cartel in Europe and Rise Above Records label in America. Finally, in 2003, the official version of the album “Dopesmoker” went out on Tee Pee Records.Sleep tour dates
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