Team Sleep

Team Sleep is a rock music group led by singer/guitarist Chino Moreno, better known for fronting Deftones. Team Sleep performed a number of live shows on the United States' west coast in late 2001 and early 2002 with Todd Wilkinson, Dan Elkan, Zach Hill, Rick Verlaine and DJ Crook handling instrumentation.

It was rumored that Mike Patton (Fantomas, ex-Faith No More) and Melissa Auf Der Maur (ex-Hole, ex-Smashing Pumpkins) would be involved in recording sessions. Due to contractual obligations, any material Team Sleep releases will be through Maverick Records. Now that the album is released, it is known that only Rob Crow of San Diego based band Pinback and Mary Timony of the band Helium lend their vocals to the project along with Chino.

The only early Team Sleep recording to have been officially released was "The Passportal," an instrumental featured on the Matrix Reloaded soundtrack. A version of "The Passportal" with lyrics and vocals by Chino Moreno has circulated on the internet under the title "Apollonia."

A full album's worth of material was finished between 2002-2003, but Moreno was reportedly angered after Team Sleep songs were circulated on the internet. This, coupled with the release and supporting tour for Deftones' fourth album, has kept Team Sleep's recordings from being released. In 2002 there was also a Team Sleep world premiere on POWER 106 FM in Los Angeles: "Mercedes" was played once. The new album has done away with almost all of the previous tracks, only carrying over four of the originals... three of those heavily revamped.

Team Sleep's record was originally scheduled for a November, 2004 release, but Maverick Records were reportedly so impressed by the album they postponed the release until mid-2005 to allow for promotion. Chino supposedly made the comment that "(he) didn't know whether to be happy that they were impressed, or pissed that they didn't expect much (from them) in the first place."

A DJ named 'C-Minus' opening at a Deftones concert at the House of Blues in West Hollywood in October, 2004 premiered the newest version of the Team Sleep song 'Cambodia' to the crowd. This song was later changed to 'Ever.'

The official Team Sleep website surfaced and included an audio/video clip of the song 'Death By Plane.'

Rumors began to circulate in January 2005 that Team Sleep had broken up due to a falling out between Chino Moreno and DJ Crook. Many fans were distraught at the fact that the long-awaited project might never surface, but the rumors were later proved false.

May 10 was finally pinned down as the date that Team Sleep's self-titled debut album will be released. "The best part about it is having completion of something you've been working on, and having it done right," Moreno said in a statement. "It's fun, working with different people, everybody works differently. When I have time off from music, I want to make other music. That's what I do, that's what's fun, that's what makes me happy." ...(mtv.com)

Team Sleep has been described as "moody" and "beat-driven." Less so than the Deftones, many themes and lyrics here are fantastical and imaginative in nature... drawing from literary sources like Poe and historical events like the Jonestown Massacre. The completed album is less electronica in sound and much more 'alt' or 'indie' rock than the project began so long ago.

Contents

1 Track Listing 2 Members 2.1 Studio Albums 3 External link

Track Listing

The following is a complete tracklist of the self-titled debut Team Sleep album:

1. Ataraxia
2. Ever
3. Your Skull Is Red
4. Princeton Review
5. Blvd. Knights
6. Delorian
7. Our Ride to the Rectory
8. Tomb of Liegia
9. Elizabeth
10. Staring at the Queen
11. Ever Since WWI
12. King Diamond
13. Live From the Stage
14. Paris Arm
15. 11-11

'Ever' is considered to be the first single from Team Sleep. It is a reworked version of 'Cambodia' aka 'Foreign Flag.' 'Live From the Stage' is a reworked version of the previous song, 'Natalie Portman.' It has been speculated by fans that the song title was a reference to Natalie Portman's lolita-esque role in the film Leon: The Professional.

Notably absent from the completed album are 'Mercedes,' 'Apollonia,' 'Iceache,' 'Death by Plane,' 'Solid Gold,' and 'Kool-Aid Party.'

Members

• Chino Moreno - Vocals
• Todd Wilkinson - Guitar
• Rick Verret - Bass Guitar
• Zach Hill - Drums
• DJ Crook - Turntables

Studio Albums

• Team Sleep - (10 May 2005)

External link

• Team Sleep official website (http://www.teamsleep.com)
• Team-sleep.com (http://www.team-sleep.com)
• TSleep mini-site (French) (http://digitalbath.free.fr/teamsleep)

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