Sleep rehearse "Dopesmoker" at Roadburn

A jet-lagged Sleep practice for the next night's headlining slot on the main stage at Roadburn.
Shot at 013 in Tilburg, Netherlands on Friday, April 13th, 2012, by tinnitus photography for prefixmag.com
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[@thathandleistakentrythisone]

Legend has it before Sleep rehearsed in that space, the walls were white.

[@chuckofalltrades]

Hahahahahahaha

[@JeniOnly]

Gnarly!

[@REDBEARDBLACKTEETH]

Awesome comment! Made my day.

[@russl9029]

So where the drums...

[@frozynsummer645]

😂😅

[@MrCrepozoid666]

Most Epiq setlist ever: 1.Dopesmoker

[@Lysergus420]

true facts

[@urmumsbaps]

It's taken 11 years but I think I can top this: 1.Dopesmoker 2.Dopesmoker

[@Space_pulse]

Got the 666th like on this comment! 🤘😈👍

[@jimbo30]

Ok now don't touch it@@Space_pulse

[@marijuanian]

trueeee

[@JohnStonebraker]

They rehearsing at Castle Wolfenstein?

[@theworstguitarever1470]

John Stonebraker It’d be nice to use those Amps as weapons lol

[@YouCanCallMeXoe]

Castle Reefenstein.

[@billyboyo2922]

"achtung!"

[@umuligpipe]

GUTEN TAG!

[@monkeyliver1986]

Fucking nerds

[@thestonedabbot9551]

plays three-note riffs at 20bpm for an hour still listens to Rush

[@mr.bluesky4130]

Billy Bloomer hey man, sometimes all you need is three notes and fuckload of overdubs and you produce one of the greatest doom metal albums of all time.

[@roy_for_real2674]

yeah, but a fucking complicated three notes

[@roy_for_real2674]

I mean the timings are complicated and there are these little steps out of the notes and come on, it's not just this

[@roy_for_real2674]

I know, I know, I just wanted to explain it's not simple

[@timturk1899]

You can learn much from Neil Peart and his lightning fast drumming/timing. Playing slower, gives more space, and power, to the sound, yet relies on the same techniques Peart used/uses. Same coin, different sides. Hard to play fast and tight! Incredibly hard to play slow, and tight!! I just heard of them.. Poor man's Melvins! IMHO!

[@Megamaniac610]

"A jet-lagged Sleep." So would you say Sleep was...sleepy?

[@unhoymatrimony3024]

"jet-lagged smokers." I would say they're probably... Dopesmokers

[@NocolasLive]

I think the difficulty lies in knowing where u are in the song. Especially an hour long song like dopesmoker.

[@mrgoat3774]

Nick de Aquino Harasz and especially when you’re stoned.

[@tyretear1263]

nah, each riff repeats 4 times and riffs have A/B variations so when you are at the second B variation you know next riff is coming, also bass does octave/blues scale fills before riff changes

[@chrishay744]

When your bass player has a bigger pedalboard than you

[@aniquinstark4347]

Matt basically uses physical shit instead of a bunch of different pedals. Stacking a ton of amps, ect. He also frequently uses a 12 string with the octave strings removed on the 3 low strings, and the high strings being doubled instead of octave pairs. Basically his high strings sound like a chorus without a chorus.

[@TheDemocrab]

@@aniquinstark4347 aiight that convinced me on a 12 string

[@commander591]

@@aniquinstark4347 didnt know i need one until now.

[@Viper505repiV1]

@@aniquinstark4347 sorry for the random bump but Matt Pike has a 9 string. Not a 12 string with the 3 extra strings removed from the bottom 3 strings. You are right about the top 3 being doubled up and giving it a chorus effect. First Act does make (made?) 6, 9, and 12 string versions of the guitar he has though. But they're very hard to come by and last one I saw for sale was about $4k.

[@homelessathome]

@@aniquinstark4347 only applies to the High on Fire stuff where he also doing vocal duties, his Sleep pedalboard is pretty long to say the least 🙃

[@heterosapiensapien]

I saw them live for Scion. I have never witnessed a heavier band in my life. Every bass note Al hit sent quakes through my body. I became a vibration during their set. It was amazing

[@shillian4770]

That was a legendary festival, all the heaviest bands played there.

[@jakemoore2113]

Great comment brother 💜

[@doomlordz5570]

Didn't recognize matt with that shirt on

[@PawelSorinsky]

Matt has an amazing sixpack, but it's hidden under his bear like manifestation.

[@GeckoDeLimon]

You sure that's a six pack, and not a pony keg?

[@Lavabug]

it must've been REALLY cold

[@Koffling]

His t-shirts bend light around him like Predator.

[@docmonger2228]

Fucken boreing intro set the pace for the rest of the song👎🏻

[@czgibson3086]

How do they remember it? These long riffs take some serious memorisation, and you wouldn't have thought stoners could manage it!

[@SJRIX405]

It was sleeps biggest song

[@czgibson3086]

@@SJRIX405 Yes of course. Biggest in every sense. Matt Pike says memorising and recording it was one of the hardest things he's ever done in his life.

[@Walshyyy420]

Yeah especially with all the small nuances and slight variations in the riff.

[@gimmigimmigimmi]

they wrote it.

[@Alalu]

Riff charts used at the writing for each section throughout the song & then individual learned and put together. Google the riff chart and you’ll see the sections (Hotel Room/Cultivator/Morris) 🤘🏼

[@gimmigimmigimmi]

why did cameraman stop filming just a moment before the voice begins? i wanted to hear "DROOOOOOOOP OUT OF LIFEEEEEE WITH BOOOOONG IN HAAAAAND"

[@danielainsworth4092]

+gimmigimmigimmi fuck yeah, i did too

[@Therealbackslabbath]

gimmigimmigimmi Follow the 💨 to the riff filled land

[@herbsmanherbs]

*Ian Hand

[@Yungdoomydude]

HOLY SH*T IS MATT PIKE WEARING A SHIRT?!?!?

[@Swi55Milk]

+casvandalist lol that is the first thing I thought seeing this after having seen them live

[@marcokalle2452]

😂😂😂

[@antondillet466]

No, it's his new Tattoo...

[@NeilTheHippy]

🤣🤣🤣

[@coleydennis1824]

Matt’s like every member of Sabbath but in one guy.😂

[@JaredCaprio]

*Insert joke about Matt wearing a shirt*

[@topophil]

This song is a gift to mankind.

[@jakemoore2113]

💜

[@totomgs]

The amps must actually be as loud as the drums, but when you record with a simple camera in such a room, the drums get over everything.

[@thefitchemist2123]

My two all time favorite bands are Rush and Sleep. Here we have a video where Sleep is rehearsing Dopesmoker while the drummer is wearing a Rush shirt. I’ll let you the reader work on the physics of the epicness that exists in this video for me.

[@trentkraemer7109]

I love the drum beat so much and I can’t explain why

[@vrea77]

Everything works together

[@Noga36]

anybody else notice the picture of Max Cavalera behind Matt?

[@zirconencrustedtweezers]

Haha people always give me shit for wearing ear foams to metal shows... look at Roeder plugging them up before they start to jam.

[@heru-tehutire1329]

Austin Eddington-Howe You're doing the right thing! Roger Daltrey and Pete Townsend of the Who wish that they had.They've lost like 85% of their hearing during their career. The Who was in Guiness Book of World Records for a couple of consecutive years in 74' and 75' (I think) as loudest concert band.

[@zirconencrustedtweezers]

Yea. Whenever I play or go to a show, I'm stuck with ringing the rest of the next day. I just got sick of it.

[@zirconencrustedtweezers]

***** Yea, it is better to plug them up to keep your ears alive to hear another day.

[@ks-zc1jh]

WHAT?!? Huh?!?

[@skatterpro]

I've heard that many techs actually set up the sound specifically to sound good through plugs. Definitely the smartest choice.

[@robertherberg9595]

Chubby. Weed, success, beer, and pizza, and time. It's all good.

[@chuckofalltrades]

Simple things in life make me happy, like seeing the drummer of a band called Sleep wearing the tee of a band named Rush.

[@Jam-J-Rambo]

Why did this finish just as it was about to get even better.... DRRROOOOOOOOOOOPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPP.......... OOOOOOOOOOOOUUUUUUUUUUTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT........

[@MurryFBM]

OF LIFEEEE WITH BOONNNNNNNNNNGGG IIIIIIIIIINNN HAAAAAAAAANNNDD

[@Kotsowotso]

Who's that guy in the black shirt? He a back up guitarist or something?

[@johnnynbk]

Played the entire album straight when i was DJ at whpk chicago 2010 or so. That was fun.

[@zampanoelegy7946]

You got away with it!?

[@johnnynbk]

completely, late show.@@zampanoelegy7946

[@m_r2215]

We used to play this on 420 on our doom and sludge specialty show at my college Station, wsou.

[@jakemoore2113]

Hahahhaa unreal

[@ludus1135]

Did that a few months ago on my local college radio station lol. Had a dude call in after the first half and ask if it was the same song

[@C0nnie]

almost sounds like a different song on Marshall amps wtf

[@naoexistimos777]

C0nnie i think is more about the quality of the recording.

[@18JR78]

lotusflowerdeathstar That’s part of it but the real difference is the Marshall amp, they always sound so thin for this style.

[@notryan1502]

I was thinking the exact same thing Those green amps don’t fuck around

[@juanvaldez5422]

a literal wizard matamp greens and orange amps

[@akastonefaceddog]

I like Marshall's but your so right, not enough balls for this kind of stuff, Orange and Green all the way. Sounds more laid back. Still great though. Also, Mapex, get in, I'm in Mapex Mafia 👍

[@warrrmayhem]

dude, seriously, go see them live. it is fucking mind blowing, really. nevermind this rehearsal, like jason (the drummer) has already said in the comments, they were not in the best shape at that moment:) and he is an amazing drummer, he fits perfectly, the guy really knows how Sleep needs to sound.

[@natg3361]

I'm not sure if it's the same drummer but when I saw sleep they were playing with the drummer for neurosis and they sounded really great together. With all of the amps and the theatre sound, Matt pikes guitar was so loud

[@GONZOM1]

they need their green amps back from hank III

[@s2khawk]

this song always makes me wish for the return of the Druids to Earth

[@phantomlord91]

Wow... Matt with a shirt?

[@-Project-bp4kd]

Cold guitar Riff

[@Beelzebud]

Man just when it's getting ready to take off it ends...

[@VitorDuzarte]

Matt is using Marshall's and Soldanos right now. Love those amps, but the Matamp Green is amazing.

[@earthamps]

holy shit! matt is playing guitar with a shirt on!!

[@Geofly93]

drummers confusion for the first 25 seconds....priceless

[@PeteyC_AZ]

This is how the universe was formed.

[@jaypendock2434]

Wish the guitar was A lot louder …

[@YannickTMessiah]

That moment you realize just how great Chris Hakius really is :o

[@chucknorris843]

That's not chris

[@YannickTMessiah]

@@chucknorris843 It's Jason Roeder, from Neurosis, right? It's been a while since I made that comment, but I think that what I meant was either that Hakius is a genius for coming up with the drum part for this song, or that he is just too good at what he does and couldn't be easily replicated, even by a good drummer. I'm pretty sure I've meant both of these.

[@chucknorris843]

@@YannickTMessiah yessir!

[@chucknorris843]

I wonder what Chris is up to nowadays. I know after Sleep he became a monk or some shit

[@BIGBADNEWS]

@@chucknorris843that was Justin marler and he left in the asbestosdeath/volume 1 days

[@rileycox993]

the Rush shirt makes me happy.

[@matthewhanimov676]

me too

[@lazylion420]

tfw a Marshall stack is just your little practice amp... before you step out from behind the Great Wall of Orange

[@Rootdown45941]

I love how small his drum set is

[@LeoValen9]

This sounds like they are jamming in my garage, but why only 8 minutes of it???

[@robertsmithers9059]

They need to rehearse this? I would think it's indelibly ingrained in their beings.

[@thomascarmichael6659]

+Robert Smith Always need to rehearse. Always.

[@jakeherington7237]

Thomas Carmichael unless you’re Lars

[@naoexistimos777]

@@jakeherington7237 well, he still needs, he just doesn't. That's why it sound like he didn't

[@godhandvoid9795]

Can you imagine sitting in that room taking dabs

[@sanjuro787]

the bassist have a pedalboard and the guitarrist havent,epic

[@barano9729]

Sounds like they’ve been smoking more than dope.

[@doomon2160]

Max Cavalera photo behind Matt,cool

[@FarfilicusStarship]

So bizarre that the drums cut through the guitars THAT much

[@SJRIX405]

0:19 Seems like roder is being told shut up by Matt, Like a “be quiet young one” by the elders.

[@Minotauro_di_Chieti]

That ride, that damned ride!!!

[@ElFimpo]

Mike is king at the riffs....

[@Antdevamp]

When I turn it on, I turn on the trees, and rip it for 29 minutes. Cops drive up and just listen in shock, like, "What is it?"

[@riothood]

I wonder that's that black pedal that Al is using, and grey one too

[@jerry71ify]

I think he should keep practicing that intro....and it might not be long enough

[@zlickDude]

jerry71ify hahaa oh my god yes.

[@pl33]

wow..catchy and i can dance to it..

[@QCCTL]

Can barely hear Al.

[@SenshiOngaku]

Matt Pike with shirt? Confuse.

[@space_andyy]

That Marshall is like my dog, it has no balls.

[@noahb498]

Of course it doesn’t; it’s recorded from a phone/camera lmao. If you’ve heard Matt use a Marshall on occasion live (miced), you’d know he makes any of his amps sound incredible.

[@space_andyy]

@@noahb498 Cool story brah LmAo. Not doubting Riffmaster Pike's ability to achieve amazing tone because I HAVE seen him live on multiple occasions, I'm just saying he sounds way better with a wall of Oranges behind him.

[@noahb498]

@@space_andyy 100%. I was just saying that recording quality can make a lot of amps sound like garbage. But I agree, Orange is Matt’s peak of tone.

[@gevurgeldi5423]

i think green in pike’s peak tone not orange

[@Clawforbycicle]

anyone know what kind of cymbals are those? Paiste Giant Beat?

[@BulletmanDoom]

Are the walls green from all the weed?

[@naoexistimos777]

Ians surname Yes. This is actually their third take on Dopesmoker that day. When they arrived walls were white

[@rrbh]

And this year's Bill Ward Award for Total Kick Drum Armageddon goes to.....................

[@rajnag86]

This is #Jerussalem...not #Dopesmoker 😅😅😅

[@joaquinodriozola1819]

Cant beleave nobody noticed that super awesome RUSH tshirt. Whats wrong with you guys!!!

[@Jam-J-Rambo]

I saw it :)

[@stoogesmetal]

+Joaquin Odriozola I never learned to read!

[@keaganoconnor5277]

NICE RUSH SHIRT LIL BOY!

[@JonKankpaceKendrick]

All the youtube people who dont understand Sleep, or the mighty dopesmoker, make me love this so much more :)

[@narlus]

Nipple, unfortunately there was no board mix or anything like that for audio, just the simple mono on-board mic of my camera. so consider this a drum-heavy mix.

[@WEEDIAN]

420k views!!! 🌿🌿🌿🌿

[@lockyp204]

Hold that riff, just going to put my washing on...I'll meet you at the intro in 10 mins

[@JesseJB-1990]

no green amp ?

[@drewbeasley6453]

Jesse Baart most of those amps were sold to Wayne 3. You can find some videos of him playing holy mountain and other sleep songs playing with those green amps used on dopesmoker.

[@Vicentezam]

Drew Beasley where are those videos??

[@drewbeasley6453]

vi cente No idea why I said Wayne 3. I meant Hank 3. Search for hank 3 exit in, there's a 4 hour set with all the amps as the backdrop. About a third of the way through he starts playing heavier stuff. There's also some videos of him playing sleep online.

[@Malegys]

Just doesn't have the same effect without Chris Hakius's hypnotic precision & reality-transcending groove.

[@M43STR0_dnb]

IMO their current drummer does a really good job emulating Hakius

[@MethSloth]

Jason rules. I've never understood people like you that need to shit on someone just to praise someone else.

[@Malegys]

@@MethSloth that's hardly "shitting" on someone, when merely expressing a preference for a former member. are you one of those utopian snowflakes by any chance?

[@ThatAnnoyingStepdad]

Absolute masterpiece of a track this

[@MojoCisneros]

Say hi to THC

[@Hardvolume007]

I almost didn’t notice Matt…what is that he’s wearing? The black cloth thing😂

[@shaffera17]

man Matt and Al are puttin on some pounds! Now their even HEAVIER!

[@indeedken]

420K views? Sounds about right

[@WEEDIAN]

🌿🌿🌿🌿

[@WEEDIAN]

hellyeah

[@WEEDIAN]

hellyeah

[@tomarik]

This was fucking awesome. Please do more of these.

[@RudeDudeVooDoo]

Just looked at your channel and whats a girl like you doing in a place like this? seriously. Though, it is fucking awesome that you enjoy sleep. Check out Tuber. Not like stoner or doom but something pretty awesome.

[@fbwqmyxd6j]

at least this guys intro give the other guys time to chop up and change the bong water.

[@ricosamson8622]

Damn dude, I will always have such hatred for their old record company, if they had just fucked off with their greed and close-mindedness and just expressed this masterpiece, I think the whole World would've changed...

[@cranklabexplosion-labcentr8245]

Fake. The guitar player has a shirt on

[@narlus]

mr neuroeder, i need to see if i can fix the sync of the vid + audio...your tempo sounded fine to me. thanks for melting thousands of faces off @ Roadburn.

[@dischargedarrowgetback4322]

The picture on Dopesmoker's jacket resembled that of Roger Dean, who was in charge of the art side of Yes.

[@isaiahrivera6546]

As of now the video has 420k views 😂

[@WEEDIAN]

🌿🌿🌿🌿

[@skipsmith743]

this makes rap sound better... damn

[@NightShade1218]

Pike does for the guitar what Lemmy did for the bass.

[@jmanitowabi]

That Marshall may sound good in its own way but man you can really tell the difference between the Marshall and the Green amp.

[@Paddyboy]

Yeah it sounds like Lemmy is playing Dopesmoker 🤣

[@R1GAMBLER]

needs more cowbell.

[@Charlyfromthenuclearcity]

So, the real question is : do they rehearse with the volume high as hell just like on stage, or was it still endurable (on a human basis I mean, since Sleep seems to have acquired some superhuman holy gift thanks to their cosmic explorations, but, I digress) ?

[@janarnold5569]

I think not. If you have a good look at their gear you can clearly see that these guys run a wee on a handicap. Matt's playin' a Marshall and Al's playin' an Ampeg solid state. Even in that tiny room you notice damn well that they ain't got the sound which they usually have

[@fuzzfiend]

this was recorded 10 years ago, and I'm barely questioning why Matt Pike is using a marshall lmao

[@kaosumaru]

1. Begin song. 2. Sleep. 3. Make sandwich. 4. Have a shit. 5. Drums begin.

[@marceloignacio6373]

Ripping off Lysol until the end of times

[@SeanRetta-rc9pq]

The only song where you can skip ahead a week and the drums haven't kicked in yet. Fucking love sleep!

[@captainoblivious1]

are the walls green because they smoked so much weed before playing this?

[@zirconencrustedtweezers]

Can someone tell me the model cymbals Jason uses?

[@walteraguiar1819]

paiste 2002

[@babyjesuslovesme1219]

awesome rush shirt

[@dvvelldoom5239]

Both guitars are criminally quit.

[@samdubrule513]

420k views!

[@puro52]

he drummer has no pressure. none wat so ever. holy fuck replaising Haikus and sitting between Al ad Mat. i would fucking shit my balls from the thought of it, even to i thing id have an okey chance of doing the drums

[@homelessathome]

Jason is a founding member of Neurosis, so he doesn’t need to hide 😂

[@jovan9989]

Jason is very experienced, and a great drummer from one of the heaviest and most intense bands, Neurosis. So of course he is a professional.

[@dariocamara5813]

Nooooo podí cortar la mejor parte: "...Diiiiiiooooooowwww...Aaaaouuuoww looooooouuu raaaiiiiiiiii......"

[@jr2299]

🤮

[@rediskewl1]

Unfortunately, that drumset RUINS EVERY FUCKING THING.

[@GothicXlightning]

is cool to see that Matt owns a Black shirt aside of a real cool black Lespaul Guitar