#245 - SLEEP - Inside The Metal

Before OM and High On Fire, there was the marijuana infused, Sabbath worshipping, stoner metal power trio hailing from San Jose, California known as SLEEP. Just saying the name transports you to a land filled with THC infused riffs, the sweet aroma of sinsemilla, and enough smoke to indicate that the pyramid sized bong is fully loaded and ready to transport you to another dimension of audio stonerdom.

Imagine Black Sabbath (circa Master of Reality) time traveling to SLEEP’s jam room in the early 90’s and bestowing upon them the knowledge of “the riff filled land” over a freshly ignited bowl of greens. Now add some retro sounding equipment boosted with the power of modern-day technology, tune the guitars and bass down even further, add way more fuzz and balls with a generous portion of freshly harvested relaxers and you’ve got the modern-day equivalent of Black Sabbath in their prime. SLEEP is such a powerful force that they are one of the few bands in the history of stoner metal to have sonically recreated what being supernaturally high actually sounds like.

Prepare for the Weedian pilgrimage across the endless desert of time toward “the riff filled land” with the cannabis caravan, complete with “all the shag carpet”, “all the wood paneling” and a jam room that likely resembles a “rumpus room” and “smells like 1976”. Find out what happens “when you’re expecting bubbles and you don’t get bubbles”, get ready to “go bumpski before the show”, and discover why getting “frontloaded” on “the most safe ‘less safe’ drug” is the only way to properly prepare when you JOIN US for a green tinted, smoke-filled trip INSIDE THE METAL with San Jose’s pioneers of stoner metal, SLEEP.

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Show Notes:

(00:01): “Watching him destroy people makes me smile…” / #femalecomics / “That’s one of my favorite bits…”/ ***WARNING: #listenerdiscretionisadvised *** / “It’s like coffee infused rum…”/ ***WELCOME BACK TO THE METAL NERDERY PODCAST!!!*** / #thisepisodescideroftheepisode (“He’s already had 4 of ‘em…”) / “It’s 4/20, bro…”/ #BlakesHardCider #CherryLimeade / “It’s kinda like a soda…” / Ciders vs Sours / #sixpercentABV / #greatradio / “It’s gluten free…”/ ***You can skip to #TheDocket if you wanna skip all the fun and get #straighttothemeat …*** / “It’s just 20 inch meat…”/ “We’re recording 2 weeks in a row…” / #pregamingASMR / “You’d better tell the person what you bought them…”/ “It came out of my nose…”/ “I need to know what I’m doin’…”/ “When you’re expecting bubbles…and you don’t get bubbles…”

(07:53): “Let’s talk about your balls…” / “In a nutshell…today my balls feel loved…thanks to #Manscaped …” / #balldeodorant and #boxerbriefs / “I don’t know if this is what’s in there, but it’s got the perfect blend of…”/ “It’s tingly…and manly.”/ ***Go to manscaped.com and enter promo code METAL for 20% off your entire order PLUS free shipping!!!*** / #promocode #metal / #ManscapedTestimonial / #Lawnmower / “I think it’s multipurpose…it’s Manscaped it’s not #ballscaped …”/ “Don’t forget the #Weedwhacker …”/ “It could be like an off label thing…” / #uhhhkay

(12:58): “It’s 4/20…”/ #legalweed #deltaninegummies / “It’s too much of a commitment…”/ Looks like we got some #shittah …/ We got an email from Mike (#EmberingEffigy) #SEVERD #nusludgecore (“Are these boys playing at the #YonderwaysMetalFest?”) / “And it’s kind of a fun game, too…”/ #matchgame / #Yatesville / “I’ve been there, it’s very nice…”/ #HocusPocus FOCUS (“They only had 5 minutes to play a 7-minute song on TV…”) / “His faces get better every time…”/ “I think he’s had some extracurriculars…” / “Dude, let’s go #bumpski before the show…”

(20:45): “I heard a weird story…It’s gonna sound like a joke but it’s not…” / #chickenproblems / #freshkilledchicken / “There’s something in OUR chicken…”/ “The joke there…”/ “That’s not a joke and don’t fucking do it…you didn’t have to go there…”/ #blacksheep (“If you shave them all away, they’re black underneath…”) / “I’m trying to say it without saying it and now I can’t say it…”/ #extrabigleague #PuertoRican

(23:50): #TheDocket METAL NERDERY PODCAST PRESENTS: SLEEP – INSIDE THE METAL / “You say the name and you hear the sound of bongs and you can smell weed…”/ “They do drive slower…”/ “And by these people, I mean stoners…”/ “This episode brought to you by #SealAMeal …”/ #lesssafedrugs (“How are they testing it?”) / #theyreguessing / “They’re judging your eyes…”/ “Less safe drugs!?” / “I don’t know about addictive…maybe withdrawals…”/ “Just legalize it and be done with it…and we’ll still be the last state to do it.”/ “The devil loves the alcohol…”/ “Wouldn’t it be weird…?” / “Every time I see that it makes me smile AND gets me hard a little bit…”/ #selfimmolation #conspiracytheorist #ponzischeme / “Have you seen #AmericanConspiracies on #Netflix?”

(31:00): “They don’t have a lot of albums…” / The modern-day equivalent of Sabbath / #educationalepisode / A quick rundown of the #Sleep catalog / “Click THIS link…”/ #wesaveballs / “Why speed it up if it’s gonna happen anyway?” / “Is it fair to say…?”/ (1991 - Volume One) STILLBORN (“That’s scary…”) / “It’s an Australian wallaby caller…”/ #awwwwmannnn / #doommetal / “All the shag carpet…all the wood paneling…it smells like 1976…it sounds like a jam room…” / “This does remind me a little bit of #TypeONegative …”/ THE WALL OF YAWN #slowitdown (“That’s a weird mix…”) / “Maybe that’s when the weed kicked in…”/ “It’s like a dark green room…” / NUMB (“That sounds like old school Sabbath…”) / “That’s not possible…”/ #harmonicaASMR / “This sounds way more doomy than Holy Mountain…” / “What do you think would be hotter?” / #tattoos vs #notattoos / “It kills my boner a little bit…it doesn’t help my boner.”/ “I’m not talking about that with you…”/ “For me, tattoos are not a #bonerenhancement …”/ “Technically that’s what Popeye is…” / #veganseaman / “It’s like the tan line…”

(48:29): 1992 – Sleep’s Holy Mountain / More about #tattooedfemales / “When you’re as perfect as we are…”/ “It’s such a rarity…” / “She’s light skinned (down there)…” / #asseenonTV #bonergarage (“That was on the other leg…”) / “The neck stuff is almost too much…”/ “Is she a post dude?”/ “Why are we doing this?” / “Look at that #albumcover …”/ “That’s because they had the hair…I didn’t have hair, I had ‘sense of humor’…”/ “That happens when you get older…”/ #LMAO / “This is gonna be one of the best episodes ever…” / #killeropener DRAGONAUT #SabbathWorship / “You can hit play and immediately smell weed…” / #Pavlovian / THE DRUID #IommiTone #hardcorestonermetal #busybass / “It sounds like #stonerbluegrass …” / SOME GRASS / “I was getting some Bron-Y-Aur vibes…” / HOLY MOUNTAIN / Custom bass inlays / “It probably smells like weed…” / “Why do you have to shut up though?” / #Listenerville / SNOWBLIND

(1:05:05): 1999 – Jerusalem / Dopesmoker / “If you wanna know what weed sounds like…”/ #usethoseheadphonesASMR / “Proceeds the Weedian…Nazareth…”/ “I think they all owe royalties to #BlackSabbath …”/ “Shot some steroids full of weed into it…”

(1:13:10): 2018 – The Sciences / “In stoner terms, it DID just come out…”/ THE SCIENCES (instrumental) / “Delay and distortion…and toggle switch…”/ “Green or orange shag carpeting?” / “It’s like the #rumpusroom carpet…”/ MARIJUANAUT’S THEME / “I think that’s pronounced ‘geetha’…” / “Apparently they’ve got blue tongues…”/ “I wonder if skinks are the skanks of the lizard kingdom?” / #skinksandskanks / GIZA BUTLER (“That is a really odd bass sound…it’s so far back.”) / “There’s no way you record this sober…”/ “Almost sounds like #Tool …” / #spacey / “Great news, guys…”/ “He’s helping to fight it by adding to it…”/ “Here’s the analogy…” / “If you can just print money, why pay taxes AT ALL?” / “Pretty soon the dollar is gonna become the peso…”/ #expensiveMcDonalds / #thebigfour / “The stock market is way up…so is inflation…”/ #doge / “I did the #GameStop thing a few years ago…”/ “Here’s the really, really, super sad part about this story…”/ #cryptocurrencyASMR / “What does that do, does it spend itself?” / #MorganSpurlock and #BitCoin / “How do you mine something that doesn’t exist?” / “I don’t understand it, but it exists…”/ #PatreonShoutOut / “Too hard to find?” / #synchronicity / ***THANK YOU FOR JOINING US AND DON’T FORGET TO GO TO manscaped.com AND USE PROMO CODE ‘METAL’ FOR 20% OFF AND FREE SHIPPING!!!*** / #untilthenext ***Go grab you some #MetalNerderyPodcast merch at metalnerdery.com/merch *** / #outroreel