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As of 2007, Team Sleep is comprised of Moreno, guitarist Todd Wilkinson, turntablist DJ Crook, drummer Zach Hill and bass guitarist/keyboardist Rick Verrett. Team Sleep is a rock music group led by singer/guitarist Chino Moreno, better known for fronting Deftones. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...

History

Early years

The origins of Team Sleep can be traced to 1994, when Moreno and his friend Todd Wilkinson bought a cassette tape Portastudio-type four-track recorder, taking turns recording songs and trading tapes with one another. They continued this collaboration through the first two Deftones albums, though on a rather casual basis. Wilkinson said, For the meaning of cassette in genetics, see cassette (genetics). ... The TASCAM Portastudio was the worlds first 4 track recorder based on a standard compact audio cassette tape. ...

We were never going to make a record, or start a band ... 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 good friends.

DJ Crook, a long-time friend and roommate of Deftones turntablist/keyboardist Frank Delgado, added beats and turntables to "Teenager", a glitchy, trip hop-shaded song. Originally intended as a Team Sleep song, "Teenager" was ultimately included on White Pony (2000), the third Deftones album. Frank Delgado Frank Delgado (born 1970 in Los Angeles, California) is an American musician. ... Glitch (also known as Clicks and Cuts from a representative compilation series by the German record label Mille Plateaux) (See Clicks & Cuts Series) is a genre of electronic music that became popular in the late 1990s with the increasing use of digital signal processing, particularly on computers. ... Trip hop (also known as the Bristol sound) is a term coined by United Kingdom dance magazine Mixmag, to describe a musical trend in the mid-1990s; trip hop is downtempo electronic music that grew out of Englands hip hop and house scenes. ... White Pony is Deftones third album, released in 2000. ...

Team Sleep forms

Team Sleep performed a number of live shows on the United States' west coast in late 2001 and early 2002, with Moreno, Wilkinson, Dan Elkan (Pocket For Corduroy), Sonny Mayugba (Phallucy), Zach Hill (Hella), Rick Verrett (Tinfed),Joel Tidwell, and DJ Crook handling instrumentation. Their early live set included a loose cover of The Smashing Pumpkins' "The Aeroplane Flies High (Turns Left, Looks Right)" among others. This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Hella is a musical duo from Sacramento, California. ... Tinfed was an electronic rock band from California that consisted of Rey Osburn (vocals, guitar), Eric Stenman (guitar), Matt McCord (percussion), and Rick Verrett (bass). ... The Smashing Pumpkins are an American alternative rock band that formed in Chicago in 1988. ... The Aeroplane Flies High (Turns Left, Looks Right) is a b-side off the Thirty-Three CD single by The Smashing Pumpkins, recorded in 1994 at Gravity Studios and March 1996 at Charing Cross Studios. ...

The only early Team Sleep recording to have been officially released was "The Passportal," an instrumental featured on the Matrix Reloaded album. A version of "The Passportal" with lyrics and vocals by Moreno has circulated on the internet under the title "Apollonia." Instrumental rock & roll is a type of rock and roll music which emphasises musical instruments, and which features no or very little singing. ...

Recording debut album

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 members of 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 officially released. In 2002 there was also a Team Sleep world premiere on POWER 106 FM in Los Angeles, when "Mercedes" was played once.

Singers Mike Patton (Fantomas, ex-Faith No More) and Melissa Auf Der Maur (ex-Hole, ex-Smashing Pumpkins) were involved in recording sessions, but their contributions were not included on the final album ("Kool-Aid Party", featuring Patton, has circulated on the internet). Singers Rob Crow (of San Diego based band Pinback) and Mary Timony (of the band Helium) were the only vocalists other than Moreno on the debut album. Michael Allan Patton (born January 27, 1968, in Eureka, California) is a Grammy nominated musician, best known as the lead singer of the band Faith No More from 1988 to 1998. ... Fantômas is an Alternative Metal (dubbed dada-metal by one [1]) band formed by singer Mike Patton, guitarist King Buzzo, bass guitarist Trevor Dunn and drummer Dave Lombardo. ... Faith No More was an experimental alternative rock group that formed in San Francisco, California in 1982 and disbanded in 1998. ... Melissa Gaboriau Auf der Maur (born March 17, 1972) is a Canadian rock musician of Franco-Swiss ancestry, who currently resides in Montreal, Quebec. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... The Smashing Pumpkins (circa 1995) left to right: James Iha, DArcy, Billy Corgan and Jimmy Chamberlin. ... Rob Crow (born February 21, 1971) is a prolific singer and multi-instrumentalist from San Diego, California known for the long list of bands and projects he is associated with, mostly in the genres of indie rock and math rock. ... Pinback is an indie rock band from San Diego, California currently signed to Touch and Go Records[1] . The band was formed in 1998 by singers, songwriters and multi-instrumentalists Armistead Burwell Smith IV (also known as Zach Smith) and Rob Crow. ... Mary Timony (born in Washington, D.C., 1970) is an American indie rock singer, guitarist, keyboardist, and violist. ... Helium was formed in 1992 by former Autoclave member Mary Timony with Shawn Devlin on drums and Brian Dunton on bass. ...

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." Maverick Recording Company, is an American record label owned and operated by Warner Music Group, and distributed through Warner Bros. ...

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.

The debut album has done away with almost all of the previous tracks, only carrying over five of the originals, three of those heavily revamped.

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's title was later changed to "Ever."

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

Team Sleep was finally released on May 10, 2005, to mostly positive reviews. "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)

"Ever (Foreign Flag)", co-written with producer Greg Wells, 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". The demo "Cambodia" was revamped and appeared on the album in the form of "Ever (Foreign Flag)" and "Natalie Portman" was revised into "Live From The Stage". Greg Wells (born September 21, 1968) is a Canadian musician, record producer and songwriter. ... Team Sleep is the highly anticipated debut album by Team Sleep, which was released on May 9, 2005 internationally and a day later in the United States. ... Natalie Portman (Hebrew: נטלי פורטמן; born June 9, 1981) is a Golden Globe-winning, Academy Award-nominated Israeli-American actress. ...

Following Team Sleep's first release, the band toured and began posting various demos on their MySpace page. MySpace is a social networking website offering an interactive, user-submitted network of friends, personal profiles, blogs, groups, photos, music, and videos. ...

The second album

On July 13, 2007 the band sent out a Myspace bulletin saying that they are currently working on a new album. They said that "Formant" would, in fact, be on the new album; this is referring to the (instrumental) song "am formant" that they have previously put on their Myspace page. No information on the current band line-up was given other than the fact that Zach Hill would be playing drums. Three other songs were then posted on the band's Myspace, each instrumental, called "Headhunter", "Seablock", and "Tennisface".

Discography

• Team Sleep (May 10, 2005)

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External links

• Official Site
• Team Sleep on MySpace
• Team-sleep.com