Artist
Sleeper
Sleeper is a pop artist from Manchester, England, UK formed in 1993. 14 releases are catalogued on Riffiter.
Pop · Manchester, England, UK · Best pop albums
- 14
- Releases
- 1995–2023
- Active years
- 1993
- Formed
Discography
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Artist
Sleeper is a pop artist from Manchester, England, UK formed in 1993. 14 releases are catalogued on Riffiter.
Pop · Manchester, England, UK · Best pop albums
Most popular
The It Girl
1996
Sleeper were a British Britpop band in the 1990s fronted by Louise Wener. The band had eight UK Top 40 hit singles and three UK Top 10 albums. Their music was also featured in the soundtrack of Trainspotting. Jon Stewart met Louise Wener at Manchester University in 1987 in a political philosophy class. They played in a number of bands at university, then after graduating they moved to London and advertised for new band members in the Melody Maker ("Bass player and drummer wanted. Influences The Pixies and The Partridge Family") which is how they met Diid Osman and Andy Maclure. At one point, the band called themselves Surrender Dorothy, after the smoke trail in the sky from the Wizard of Oz movie, but they had to ditch this idea after discovering that several other bands had done the same thing. They subsequently chose the name 'Sleeper' after the Woody Allen movie, and because it has a number of different meanings (a spy, an unexpected hit, etc.). After moving to Camden and receiving interest from record labels, Sleeper signed to BMG/RCA offshoot Indolent Records in 1993 and released three EPs and singles before their breakthrough release, "Inbetweener". Certain parts of the prom…
