Sleep - San Diego 04/07/1992

Live at Che Cafe, San Diego, CA USA 04/07/1992
1:Dragoaut
2:Evil Gypsy/Solomon's Theme
3:Aquarian
4:Hot Lava Man
5:Scourge
1,2,3:from 2nd album "Sleep's Holy Mountain" ('92)
5:from 1st album "Volume One" ('91)
Chris Hakius:Drums
Matt Pike:Guitar
Al Cisneros:Bass/Vocals
*uploaded from bootleg video tape
(tag):Sleep, Chris Hakius, Matt Pike, Al Cisneros, Sleep's Holy Mountain, Volume One, Stoner Rock, Che Cafe, earache records, tupelo records, bootleg video tape, live video, music video

[@BSIII]

Chris is freaking insane on drums. Wow. Id give anything to see Sleep with Chris. It'd be like seeing Sabbath in 1971

[@Morbid.Angel710]

Definitely! Sucks he quit music 💔

[@aesifat168]

Id give anhthing to sleep with chris

[@thewizardofouz]

When I saw them in '92, he nailed his bass drum to the stage to keep it from sliding

[@PhantomMonolithStentorian]

No Sleep til Haikus

[@mattasaurus12]

I’ve said this so many times. Happily saw them without him but fuck I wished he was there

[@neosmith8933]

Dread Pike is secretly the best Pike.

[@iamjaviervillegas]

I got to see them twice when they were still a quartet & Volume 1 era when I was on tour playing in Born Against. Great memories!!

[@camjohnholtz3987]

Volume one is my favorite sleep album

[@Jakeman90210]

Matt looks like a guitar hero character

[@everettmillette2567]

cone idk how you can even see him. Gotta love the early 90s video quality tho

[@sebastianalejandroposadaca6571]

Jajajajaj 👌🏻

[@TheZappawizard]

watching this I think of how many great shows are just lost to the ether

[@BSIII]

The energy and passion from Al Cisneros.... they have the best stage presence. Massive band

[@EduardoBeltrocco]

when Matt used to use t-shirt! haha 1 - Dragonaut 00:00 2 - Evil Gypsy/Solomon's Theme 5:03 3 - Aquarian 11:02 4 - Hot Lava Man 16:58 5 - Scourge 24:37 R.I.P 32:02

[@FunkInTheTrunk]

Scourge is so surreal and awesome sounding, it’s like art. Cool to get to see them play it live when they’re YOUNG! That’s crazy

[@DJNurseAnnabella]

WOW the rarest footage of Sleep I've ever seen. They look so young lol literally just teenagers then.

[@gregb1037]

I got them hooked on drugs

[@fekdaleo]

@@gregb1037 salute

[@tunelowplayslow5623]

A lot has changed in the music scene since 1993 but remarkably The Che still remains open in the center of UCSD. So thank you to who ever filmed this set. I started going to shows here as a teenager in 2002 and it was a huge part of myself and my friends lives.

[@gangstalker9]

Fast forward to 16:10 you won't regret it!

[@dubsinthetubs]

Ash Legend Except if I do that I miss like half the video

[@jlopez47]

must've been high out of his mind.

[@jonmatteo9186]

I fall for this comment at least once every two days

[@yourrealdad9442]

jlopez47 It's a Sleep concert, of course he was

[@thewilbatron]

did not disappoint

[@SamLibman]

This is absolute GOLD! Or should I say... GREEN! Or should I say... ORANGE! I’m getting too carried away, I’m not funny. God Bless Sleep.

[@thetriumphofthethrill2457]

They were just as great live, and they were Godly in the studio. Great moment captured for posterity, one of my fave gigs.

[@TheJaden426]

I want Sleep to play at my house party...

[@jeroenverbeeck7925]

TheJaden426 Imagine like a room, only like 50 people max. Sleep in the middle of it, amps cranked to max, playing their full discography. Beer, weed and shrooms in abundance. This would be the best 5 hours of my life...

[@jeroenverbeeck7925]

Jeroen Verbeeck + High on fire before Sleep to get everyone excited and energetic. OM plays after Sleep to get everybody relaxed

[@jeroenverbeeck7925]

Jeroen Verbeeck FUCK, now that I imagined this, there is nothing more that I want in life...

[@eligill3640]

+Jeroen Verbeeck did you just reply to yourself 3 times in a row man

[@ThePlompkenator]

he is high as fuck xD

[@chadpez75]

I was at this show!

[@shaunhowie4391]

Did you catch crossed out’s set?

[@bodiwartenberg7814]

Lucky you I wish bro

[@BSIII]

That is some serious drum work.

[@Kaesewicht]

Funny how everyone is mad today at concert goers, when they get out their phones and record. We wouldn't have this footage if no one decided to record back then.

[@behindwallsofsound5006]

because it's one guy in the whole crowd not half of it, and because most concert goers who film multiple bits of the show rarely watch them again or share them. Also this guy isn't in the middle of the crowd obstructing everybody's view

[@soggiest_august]

Behind Walls Of Sound this is a very good point

[@xpldngmn6192]

I'm sure this was recorded with a heavy and expensive piece of equipment. The sound is also really good. Nice vantage point too. Making this video took dedication and is to be respected. Someone taking out their phone and recording a shitty 30 second bit just obstructs other's view.

[@dmbackflow]

Apologies if it has been said already, but the date of the show is 07/04/1992. It was billed as a "Flag BBQ"

[@BSIII]

I was only 2 years old, inhaling endless firework smoke, and shooting roman candles at my brother and his friend... (it was the 90s. They let me light fireworks and hold roman candles lolol).

[@monkeyfloatsupreme5586]

Fast fowarded dragonaut actually sounds sick

[@Eralen00]

this is already fast forwarded compared to how they play it on the album. maybe the audience just wasnt ready for the slow chug of sleep

[@trooper1818]

Killer footage

[@TheZappawizard]

there is a guy taking pro pics... anyone seen those pics?

[@felipejamaica7]

Drum is sick!

[@dyr234]

Looks like matt pike learned how to do the jimi hendrix/ritchie blackmore guitar distruction nice!

[@jamessavarino5851]

12:41 lol @ the kid behind Al coughing on the joint.

[@Alifesalife]

Lmao

[@larry8297]

I wish this was filmed on a better potato.

[@11bravo47]

I wonder if somebody got to grab the burnt guitar afterwards?!?! Damn near being the same gem as having the burnt strat from Hendrix now..

[@xyling]

That's Chris Haikus? What power!

[@JennyBombo1]

xyling that's him!

[@nastylittlecritter]

xyling dude was a monster in the early 90s

[@moyai7594]

@@nastylittlecritter he was a menace.

[@albertosamaniego2476]

Is Chris Hakius the lost son of Bill Ward?

[@sambriddon3271]

Yes

[@CharlieGale100]

bill ward in disguise

[@DragonTVSJC]

unbelievable this video captures a lot of whats great about this band.

[@KB-vv8gr]

This is awesome!! I've never heard the song at around 17:45 before!!

[@hiddenhand7686]

"This song is called HOT LAVA MAN... think of this smoke fucking pot!!" There is another version on youtube but that one is really low volume.

[@nick5839]

It’s released now lol

[@KB-vv8gr]

@@nick5839 Hey thanks for telling me, just checked it out, loved it. Another perfect Sleep Song.

[@loksormr8161]

Gods, this is so raw and I love it. Holy Mountain and Volume 1 are my two top favorite albums but damn, they sound so fucking good in this atmosphere.

[@robertgoyette5863]

matt pike playing a fender head now ive seen everything

[@howardphilips3165]

a rua inteira devia tá "de tabela" thx for almost a time travel through vhs

[@aypurl3097]

I'm pretty sure the camera guy started tripping at 4:43.

[@Root1966]

0.75x is the proper speed for this.

[@Barbaricgoat56]

Holy Shit! They played Aquarian perfectly!

[@ellisvives]

16:12 the best part of the whole concert

[@fireside22]

So good at drums, during Solomon's drops his stick and it sounds like a well timed break.

[@CHASRIZM]

When the flag drops on aquarian it was nothing iv ever seen herd felt before some feeling rising out of me somthing like love for my generation and my generantions america

[@gabriele_s.]

Al is another level

[@o0UHF0o]

Legends!

[@mostevokish]

setting a standard few bands ever matched... real deal. this is post-doom long before anyone was saying so... no fluff. SUBSTANCE and CONTENT. Great music. Wish I was there!

[@fuckcensorship69]

post doom?

[@mostevokish]

@@fuckcensorship69 after the term was coined and regularly used to describe this sound... not a genre that I just invented lol

[@fuckcensorship69]

@@mostevokish i mean, what the hell is post doom? Sleep is more of a stoner band than doom anyway

[@candraramdani6574]

Drum 🔥

[@brandon17128]

So weird hearing these songs in C# Standard

[@inudre]

amazing

[@d3tl_achmaddavairgifahrens284]

😮

[@doctorrockter]

this is so much better and heavier when its played way slower..

[@11bravo47]

That's kinda what happens playin live. Being nervous, drunk or high most of time drives the adrenaline up. Never played a show before im taken it??

[@doctorrockter]

+David Lo pan not sure what my show history has to do with it, but yes, I play drums in a doom band. We play out a lot. We focus on keeping the songs slow tempo. Yes it's easy to Speed up when playing live, but not if the drummer keeps the tempo slow. My point was I like this song with a slower tempo.. But thank you ..

[@11bravo47]

I get it totally the drummer controls the tempo 100%. I hate playin with dudes that keep getting faster and faster towards the end of the songs. I jam with a dude right now that does it and it drives me crazy.

[@somenothing7914]

+doctorrockter of course its better slow. good job as a doom drummer though keeping your eye on the ball, i've seen so many slower songs messed up by jumpy drummers.

[@somenothing7914]

+David Lo pan that totally makes sense, I asked a giant group of doom artists if they play high, i think like more than half said yeah sometimes, i hope if I ever work with drummers we can keep it slow

[@dobrepytanie828]

11:11 - Aquarian

[@bruno2000.]

5:47 mindblowing beat

[@MANOFSOUTHPARK1]

dude at 2:40 Is totally tripping balls haha

[@BSIII]

I noticed that, too. That spaced look in his eyes. He seemed entranced by the power of the drum.

[@elbuzzard4287]

13:07 lol American flag drops...

[@realdist]

13:45 then someone throws it out the scenario...

[@EduardoBeltrocco]

♥

[@fuzzallen32]

a life was changed at @2:44. dude smirks lol

[@ShoggothLord88]

fuck yeah

[@dischargedarrowgetback4322]

At the time, Sleep wasn't a doom metal band, so it was thought to be a band similar to the grunge boom Nirvana and Soundgarden, but its roots were actually proto-punk and black sabbath such as the MC5. It had nothing to do with the grunge movement.

[@Malegys]

Sleep came from Crusty-Melvins doom worship ASBESTOSDEATH & were involved in the San Jose & SF hardcore Punk scene.

[@doomedthrasher7772]

So Matt pike dosen't like b.c rich guitars haha....great ending...loved matta pike in dread hair and belly buttons pants..

[@joaquinodriozola4963]

That was a peavey

[@jamesbruinsma2742]

Joaquin Odriozola nah it's B.C. Rich, you can tell by the headstock

[@joaquinodriozola4963]

James Bruinsma many guitars of that era had similar pointy headstocks. and BC rich guitars from that period were nothing cheap.

[@BSIII]

@@jacobwalker8565 at the very end of the video, he changed guitars. It has a pointy headstock

[@riffwizardsupreme]

16:18

[@Meddled]

Didn't expect Matt to burn a guitar like that.

[@SpeedDemon908]

Am I trippin or did teenage Al Cisneros have a bald spot? Hm, that’s seems young but it hasn’t changed much since

[@FunkInTheTrunk]

Yeah lol that’s def a spot. he was like 17 I think 😳 that’s pretty young to start balding

[@Morbid.Angel710]

@@FunkInTheTrunk he was 18

[@DaisyHead666]

@@FunkInTheTrunkYeah. He has a massive bald spot now. It is of course compensated for by his HUGE wizard beard.

[@andreaju91]

It's Brad Wilk on 9:19??

[@insensate999]

André Luiz Yoo i was wondering that same thing

[@lordjuliano702]

Kids listening will be 50yo now

[@spyridonkaprinis]

24:38+

[@cvmaddog13]

Is this on the patio at the Che?

[@somenothing7914]

yes

[@chatboxchatbox4394]

seems good.

[@somenothing7914]

Al ain't gonna fuck up hia Rick, those shits are expensive

[@Poqanics]

THE INTENSITY IN DUDES EYES AT 00:02:30

[@spicylegato6024]

Kids in the crowd are lame this is heavy af and they just clap like Tiger Woods just sunk a par 4 birdie.

[@jiesus2596]

Al didn't give a fuck about the G string hahahaha

[@purpled4864]

Sleep is for when your stash is depleted. Or when it's not. Actually no, Sleep is for whenever you want Slepp. AND ABOVe ALL it's a substitute for getting sleep. Sleep

[@Jakeman90210]

This is sped up a bit

[@christianmendoza8107]

Dayum my boy skinny

[@nightchemist]

ooffft @27:45

[@jasonwood8023]

Guy at 2:50 😆

[@riffwizardsupreme]

why’s it so fucking fast?

[@evansellars8728]

Because they're playing live and it feels good.

[@ataiskandar]

I truly miss chris hakius

[@Pzeud0name]

16:58

[@spyridonkaprinis]

24:36+

[@gdpacnw5126]

I remember seeing these guys around Tower Records in Mountain View. Not playing, just hanging out.

[@TheMainelogger]

Is that Matt Pike with the dreadlocks? If so he was a wirey look'n feller back then, But Big All wasn't so big here in this time frame either.. But good to jam to the early SLEEP! Thanks for sharing..

[@odens.enjoyer]

I was just watching this video and then I noticed something. MATT IS WEARING A SHIRT.

[@somenothing7914]

oh shit lol, must have been like 20°f

[@petahawk]

back then before climate change

[@neelesh.shankar]

is other universe

[@Hit6lunt]

Omfg u're right

[@nastylittlecritter]

juuso early 90s Matt Pike is almost unrecognizable

[@BSIII]

I keep coming back to watch Chris pound those drums. Insane

[@somenothing7914]

why was Hot Lava Man never recorded studio? Fuck

[@evansellars8728]

hey I'm from the future I scooped a copy of it on vinyl today.

[@evansellars8728]

but it sounds better here.

[@somenothing7914]

@@evansellars8728 what!?!

[@Janisdooms]

@@somenothing7914 its on the Dopesmoker reissue!!!!!

[@somenothing7914]

dudes! no way! but im still stuck in too thousand nineteeeeeeeėęæeeeæn🌀🌀🌀 ❗️

[@zombiekilla177]

Playback speed at 0.75 for true sleep experience

[@jokohomo9591]

I saw these guys live around this time at a festival called Indian Summer in my hometown of Moses Lake Washington. Neurosis, Tree People and a whole bunch of great bands played at the fairgrounds. It upset the local hayseeds pretty badly. Best show ever!

[@mostevokish]

wish I was there...

[@atiostefony3760]

@@mostevokish Me too

[@chainsawdeathlust]

They played hot lava man!!!

[@tagomagotagomago]

18:10 Doom face

[@TheTurtleneck64]

"those edibles aint shit" 4:40 later

[@samwelltayrlor]

That face at 2:40. I know that face ive been there. Its when you know your seeing something other worldly

[@BSIII]

That's how I would've been, had I been there. Tripping dripping...

[@Kylev2]

17:00 HOT LAVA MAN!!!

[@hiddenhand7686]

Much better volume than the other version found on youtube.

[@lisarich9034]

Warms my heart to see a pics only or120 in play :)

[@rediskewl1]

13:07 where'd this come from? XD?

[@clydeg4274]

such a sick drum beat though

[@Morbid.Angel710]

Chris Hakius behind the set!

[@GothicXlightning]

before a man with his glorious Black beauty Les paul became a very Proud Beer Gut man

[@jakewilcken6602]

My god .... I may have figured something out . Dready Matt always wears a shirt but dread free Matt don't...!

[@xXmortitionXx]

I like 1.5x speed dragonaut its actually really dope lol

[@mutterfutter]

This is gold.

[@afarwiththedawning4495]

0:56 Time bends all strings \m/

[@Ccfatfat8427]

Chris is a powerful drummer

[@mcharrison23]

So young and fresh...sounds like 45 speeeed.

[@sonictitan433]

Not quite my tempo

[@xEVL426x]

Is the Che still open? The Soul Kitchen (El Cajon) was also a great place to see shows that was the first place I had to the fortune to see Will Haven. Still the best place was the original SOMA in downtown, Carcass, Napalm Death, Brutal Truth, & Cathedral. I_FUCKIN'_LOVE_SAN_DIEGO, Forever in My heart. The Che Ruled

[@jimadol1988]

EVL HAVOK closed last year

[@dylanfluker]

It's reopened