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The Sleepers

 
Artist: The Sleepers
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Similar Artists:

Pere Ubu, Crime & the City Solution, Siouxsie and the Banshees, The Birthday Party, Bauhaus

Formal Connection With:

American Music Club, Flipper, Michael Belfer, Toiling Midgets, Ricky Williams
  • Formed: 1978
  • Genres: Rock
  • Representative Albums: "Less an Object

Biography

One of the earliest San Francisco punk bands, the Sleepers were also one of the first U.S. outfits to stretch the boundaries of the style into what is recognized today as "post-punk." Featuring the deep vocals and inscrutable lyrics of singer Ricky Williams (formerly a drummer with Crime), the Sleepers' material stressed ominous atmosphere, throbbing bass lines, and quirky instrumental shifts that challenged the rigid bash-'em-out structures of early punk. Particularly in their later days, their recordings looked forward to elements of goth rock, in both Williams' increasingly Bowie-esque vocal delivery and the sophisticated electric guitar textures. The Sleepers' obscurity is mostly attributable to their sparse output, which was limited to a 1978 EP, a single, and a 1981 LP, all on small labels with limited distribution. Williams, an instable character who was thrown out of an embryonic lineup of Flipper for being too weird, later sang with the Toiling Midgets, and died in 1992. Drummer Tim Mooney, also a member of Toiling Midgets, went on to work with American Music Club. ~ Richie Unterberger, All Music Guide
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The Sleepers
Origin Chicago, Illinois, Illinois, USA
Genre(s) Rock and roll, blues rock, southern rock
Years active 2002–present
Website Official website
Members
Tony Manno
Kevin Bannon
Chris Cormier
Johnny Action

The Sleepers are an American rock 'n' roll band from Chicago, Illinois.

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Biography

They have been together since 2002, where they performed their first concert at Brixie's Tap in Brookfield, Illinois. Since then they have played at venues throughout the Midwest and West Coast, performing their own music as well as occasional cover songs.

In the Summer of 2005, The Sleepers recorded their debut album, Push It Nationwide, with Jim Diamond at Ghetto Recorders in Detroit, Michigan. Jim Diamond is a veteran music producer, studio engineer, and bass player based in Detroit, Michigan. As proprietor and chief engineer at Ghetto Recorders, Diamond has worked with several well-known indie rock performers, including The Dirtbombs, The Fleshtones, Electric Six, The Witches, Bantam Rooster, The Come Ons, The Volebeats, The Gore Gore Girls, The Mooney Suzuki, The Compulsive Gamblers, The Dirtys, The Ponys, The Volebeats, The Go, Outrageous Cherry, Paik, The Clone Defects, They Come In Threes, The Sights, The White Stripes, and The Hentchmen.

The Sleepers signed a record deal with Pravda Records in Chicago and released their sophomore record Comeback Special on February 26, 2008.

In May 2009, the band announced that their lead singer, Tommy Richied, will be leaving the band. The Sleepers will continue on as a 4-piece and will release new music in the Summer of 2009.

Television

  • The show Reaper on The CW Television Network used the song Dirty Cop in the Season 1 finale episode Cancun.
  • The television sitcom Love Monkey on VH1 starring Jason Priestley used the song Don't Let Me In in an episode.
  • MTV has used the song Jet Set Trash (Push It Nationwide) for its show entitled Rob and Big, as well as the song Last Cowboy (Push It Nationwide) for the most recent season of The Real World.
  • The television sitcom The Bad Girls Club has used the songs Bad For Me and Jet Set Trash (Push It Nationwide) in recent episodes.

Discography

  • 2008 - Comeback Special (Worldwide: Pravda Records)
  • 2005 - Push It Nationwide (USA: Rocksauce Records)
  • 2004 - self-titled EP (Independent)

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