Team Sleep - Album

Team Sleep Originated As Chino Moreno's Idea To Create A Softer Moody Side Project From His Mainstay Deftones. Originally The Song "Teenager" Released In 2000 On The Deftones Record "White Pony" Was Meant To Be A Team Sleep Song. DJ Crook A Long-Time Friend And Roommate Of Frank Delgado Had Done The Beats On Teenager. Chino Moreno Decided To Start Team Sleep With DJ Crook And Chino's Childhood Friend Todd Wilkinson. To Date Zach Hill And Rick Verrett Have Been Added To The Permanent Roster As Drummer And Bassist. 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 Pocket For Corduroy Sonny Mayugba Phallucy Zach Hill Hella Rick Verrett Tinfed And DJ Crook Handling Instrumentation. “We Were Never Going To Make A Record Or Start A Band ” Adds Wilkinson “I Was Just Sitting At Home Playing Guitar And I Started Recording Some Stuff. It Was Never About Trying To Play Shows Record In A Studio Or Anything Of That Sort. It Was Just Bumming Around. I Had Never Been In A Band And I Never Wanted To Be—we Were Just Friends.” It Was Rumored That Mike Patton Fantômas Faith No More And Melissa Auf Der Maur Ex-Hole Ex-Smashing Pumpkins Would Be Involved In Recording Sessions. While Mike Patton Did Indeed Contribute Vocals To The Track "Kool-Aid Party" This Song Did Not Make It To The Album. 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 Wild Flag Ex-Helium Ex-Autoclave 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 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 Mostly By The Deftones Own Official Message Board. This Coupled With The Release And Supporting Tour For Deftones' Fourth Album 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 Commented That " I Didn't Know Whether To Be Happy That They Were Impressed Or Pissed That They Didn't Expect Much From Team Sleep 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 Would 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." More So Than The Deftones Many Themes And Lyrics On The Album Are Fantastical And Imaginative In Nature Drawing From Such Literary Sources As Poe And Historical Events Like The Jonestown Massacre. The Completed Album Is Less Electronic In Sound And Much More 'alt' Or 'indie' Rock Than When The Project Began. 'Ever' Is Considered To Be The First Single From Team Sleep. Notably Absent From The Completed Album Are 'Mercedes ' 'Apollonia ' 'Iceache ' 'Death By Plane ' 'Solid Gold ' 'Acoustic One ' And 'Kool-Aid Party'. However A Newer Version Of 'Kool-Aid Party' Was Released On The 'Ever Foreign Flag ' Single. read less