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Sleep: Marijuanaut’s Return US 2010 Tour Update

Posted on Thursday, August 12th, 2010

Legendary stoner metallers Sleep, who recently announced their long-anticipated reunion tour, have added several new stops to the impending trek including additional shows in Brooklyn and San Francisco.

Dubbed the Marijuanaut’s Return US Tour 2010, the journey will commence on September 3 at the prestigious All Tomorrow’s Parties Music Fest in Monticello, New York and draw to a close on the second of two dates at the Regency Ballroom in San Francisco, California.

Support will be provided by a revolving roster of bands throughout the tour including: Doomriders, Unearthly Trance, A Storm Of Light, Lichens, Sub Oslo, Scott Kelly, YOB and Thrones.

Sleep split in 1997 after two hugely influential albums. Members went on to form underground heroes OM and High On Fire, and more recently metal supergroup Shrinebuilder. On the Marijuanaut’s Return Tour, original members Al Cisneros and Matt Pike will be joined by drummer Jason Roeder of Neurosis to perform the seminal Holy Mountain album as well as selections from Dopesmoker and more.

Sleep: Marijuanaut’s Return US Tour 2010
9/03/2010 All Tomorrow’s Parties – Monticello, NY
9/04/2010 FYE Fest – Los Angeles, CA
9/05/2010 Gothic Theatre – Englewood, CO
9/06/2010 Brooklyn Masonic Temple – New York, NY w/ Doomriders, Unearthly Trance
9/07/2010 Starlight Ballroom – Philadelphia, PA w/ A Storm Of Light
9/08/2010 Brooklyn Masonic Temple – New York, NY w/ A Storm Of Light, Lichens
9/09/2010 Logan Square Auditorium – Chicago, IL w/ Lichens
9/10/2010 Mohawk – Austin, TX w/ Sub Oslo w/ Sub Oslo
9/11/2010 Roseland Theater/Music Fest NW – Portland, OR w/ Scott Kelly, YOB
9/12/2010 Regency Ballroom – San Francisco, CA w/ Thrones
9/13/2010 Regency Ballroom – San Francisco, CA

Sleep debuted with 1991’s Volume One album, recorded for San Francisco label Tupelo. Earache Records received the band’s next recordings in the mail as a demo. The label — impressed by Sleep’s single-mindedness and unique vision — immediately signed the band and released the tape exactly as it was received. Record stores worldwide stocked Sleep’s Holy Mountain from November 1992 to this day.

The band then signed to London Records. Their debut album for the major took the form of one mammoth 63-minute leviathan of a track entitled “Jerusalem.” The band resisted the label’s attempts at radio edits and bringing in their own engineer to remix the album in view of “marketability.” London baulked at the prospect of promoting what probably still is the most extreme music ever recorded for a major label, so shelved the recording and dropped the band.

Sleep’s music has been featured in films by Harmony Korine and Jim Jarmusch.

Tags: al cisneros, dopesmoker, High on Fire, Holy Mountain, Jason Roeder, matt pike, Neurosis, om, sleep
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Shrinebuilder: European Tour Dates Announced

Posted on Wednesday, July 21st, 2010

Shrinebuilder— the project that features in its ranks Scott “Wino” Weinrich (St. Vitus, The Hidden Hand), Scott Kelly (Neurosis), Al Cisneros (OM, Sleep) and Dale Crover (Melvins) — has scheduled the following European tour dates: Nov. 09 – Tivoli – Utrecht, Netherlands Nov. 10 – De Kreun – Kortrijk, Belgium ...read more

Legendary Stoner Rock Icons Sleep Announce Fall Tour

Posted on Monday, June 21st, 2010

Legendary stoner rock band Sleep split in 1997 after two hugely influential albums. Members went on to form underground heroes OM and High on Fire, and more recently metal supergroup Shrinebuilder. This fall, original members Al Cisneros and Matt Pike will be joined by drummer Jason Roeder of Neurosis to ...read more

The Obelisk Interviews Matt Pike of High on Fire

Posted on Tuesday, March 30th, 2010

JJ Koczan of The Obelisk recently recently conducted an interview with Matt Pike of High on Fire. A few excerpts from the chat follow below: The Obelisk: On the record, the first thing you notice that’s different is your vocals. How important is it for you to be trying new ...read more

Roadburn’s Album of the Decade: Electric Wizard – Dopethrone

Posted on Tuesday, January 5th, 2010

The votes are in, the points have been awarded and the math has been done. More than 150 of you have taken the time to forward your Top 10 list for the Roadburn Album of the Decade. Here then is your list (and a stunning list it is). It seems ...read more

OM’s Al Cisneros on: Shrinebuilder, OM and Sleep.

Posted on Monday, November 23rd, 2009

JJ Kozcan of The Obelisk recently conducted an interview with OM ‘s Al Cisneros. Cisneros, fresh back in California from a few days spent in Austin, TX, following the last of the five shows on Shrinebuilder’s run, confirmed that writing has already begun for a fifth Om record and a ...read more

OM: new track available for download

Posted on Thursday, September 10th, 2009

A new OM song, ‘Cremation Ghat II’ is now available for download at this location (courtesy of Stereogum) According to Stereogum, “Judging from the instrumental lead track ‘Cremation Ghat II’,  Amos isn’t the only new element mixed into the psychedelic bass-and-drum duo’s arsenal. The collection crystallizes a Middle Eastern-vibe detected amid ...read more

Hello! Goodnight! – After 15 years, Sleep come out slugging for 48 hours only

Posted on Tuesday, July 21st, 2009

Jack Steel of Vice recently conducted an interview with Sleep. An excerpt from the article follows below. Earlier this year I was talking with a pal about dream musical reformations. The more we talked about the turds who’d recently reformed for cash, the more we realised how little we cared ...read more

HANK III Jammin Stoner Doom

Posted on Saturday, June 20th, 2009

Lovingly pinched from HankIII’s offical YouTube channel: HANK III  Jammin Stoner Doom: “on my My bad ass Electric amp / And Matt Pike’s Ole green Cab’s used on the Sleep Jerusalem record…  And no tellin how many High on Fire gig’s they’ve done also! Thanks Joel & Pike — III”

Album of the Day: Sleep – Jerusalem (Rise Above Records 1999)

Posted on Friday, May 15th, 2009

US doom legends Sleep played two EPIC reunion shows at All Tomorrow’s Parties  last weekend. Roadburn’s Keith Ingersoll recalls his Sleep related stories when he reviewed  the band’s legendary Jerusalem for Roadburn in 1999: Seeing as how I have this album droning in the background as I write this, I’m ...read more