The Sleepers (Band)
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| The Sleepers | ||
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| Background information | ||
| Origin | Chicago, Illinois, Illinois, USA | |
| Genre(s) | Rock N' Roll Blues Rock Southern Rock |
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| Years active | 2002–present | |
| Label(s) | Rocksause Records | |
| Website | Official website | |
| Members | ||
| Tommy Richeid Tony Manno Kevin Bannon Chris Cormier Johnny Action |
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The Sleepers are an American rock 'n' roll band from Chicago, Illinois.
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[edit] Biography
They have been together since 2002, where they performed their first concert at Brixie's Tap in Brookfield, Illinois. Since then they regularly play the Double Door & Metro in Chicago, as well as venues throughout the Midwest, 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 are currenly recording their next album in Chicago, to be released in the Summer of 2007.
[edit] Television
- 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 it's 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.
[edit] Discography
- 2005 - Push It Nationwide (USA: Rocksauce Records)
- 2004 - self-titled EP (Independent)
