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band from

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Biography

This is a completely different band from the San Francisco punk band (1977-1982), and has none of the same members in common. This band formed in 2002, where they performed their first concert at Brixie's in

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. Since then they have played at venues throughout the

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, performing their own music as well as occasional

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. In the Summer of 2005, The Sleepers recorded their debut album, ''Push It Nationwide'', with Jim Diamond at Ghetto Recorders in

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. 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

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, The Witches,

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, The Come Ons, The Volebeats, The Gore Gore Girls,

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, The Compulsive Gamblers, The Dirtys,

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, The Volebeats,

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, Outrageous Cherry,

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, 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. The band played their last show in September 2015. Kevin Bannon, Johnny Action and Tony Manno have formed a new band called Budokan77.

Television and film

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'' on VH1 starring

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used the song "Don't Let Me In" in an episode. *

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has used the song "Jet Set Trash" (''Push It Nationwide'') for its show entitled "

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", as well as the song "Last Cowboy" (''Push It Nationwide'') for the most recent season of ''

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'' has used the songs "Bad For Me" and "Jet Set Trash" (''Push It Nationwide'') in recent episodes. *The song "Loaded" is featured on the

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to a

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fan film sequel entitled "JC's Halloween II" (not the

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film).

Discography

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

External links

Official website

Myspace page

On sonicbids.com
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