Artist description A unique, bizzare and heartfelt band from another world entierly

Music Style Underground psychedelic prog

Musical Influences Gong, Alex Harvey, Zappa, Cardiacs, Hawkwind, XTC, early Genesis, Jethro Tull, Yes

Similar Artists Gong, Ultrasound, Cardiacs, David Devant, Zappa, Clearlake,

Artist History Formed in Newcastle in the mid 90s, they built up a live reputation second to none, with shows involving ritual cream-cake sharing and the bassist dressed up as a tree. and put out 'Blunt Nails In A Sharp Wall' and other tape-only albums to sell at gigs. After a while legendary frontman Tiny left with bassist Richard Green and one of the drummers to form Pop-A-Cat-A-Petal and move to East London. When Pop-A-Cat split Tiny and Richard recruited another Sleepy People drummer to form Ultrasound. Sleepy People never stopped, they drew in more talent, released more albums and kept gigging. They currently reside under the name Blue Apple Boy

Group Members Tiny Wood - vocals Paul Hope - guitar Rachel Theresa - flute and vocals Richard Green - bass Andy Peace - drums (2,) Kerry Harrison - drums (1, Liz Wardby - keyboards (1, 2,) Jonny Abbott - violin and trombone (1)

Instruments Guitar, Flute, Drums, Keyboards, bass

Albums Blunt Nails In A Sharp Wall, Typhoid and Swans

Press Reviews Each track is diverse and unlike the one before or after it, except for that classic prog influence, as mentioned above.... ...Once you accept this an being a bit off kilter, you see past this to find that this is really very good prog, meeting almost all the needs of neo-prog fans. You'll hear the influences, though there are mixed together enough to become its own entity in and of itself. An interesting disc. from Progressiveworld.net

Additional Info Blunt Nails available via Plastic Head Dist and mail order from www.organart.com

Location Newcastle, brent - United Kingdom

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