Sleepytime Gorilla Museum – Band

Sleepytime Gorilla Museum

Well now, Ms Yayanos is a quite the fan and friend of the music group Sleepytime Gorilla Museum, and wrote to inform me that they’re on tour at the moment. The above image, as well as this one here, are apparently stills from their recent music video shoot, and they’ve got quite a lovely Victorian visual style working for them in these! However, they seem to do a little of quite a few things, and the review that Ms Yayanos sent me said that they were “equal parts punk, prog rock and opera” – but the few track snippets I listened to on their official site came across to my inexperienced ears as quite unusually tempo’ed industrial.

Not my thing (yes, I’m still looking) but again – music being so subjective, I’m sure some people here will find them quite enchanting!  Thank you, Ms Yayanos – your affection for this distinctive group of musicians is very heartwarming.  *grins*

  • If you enjoy Sleepytime Gorilla Museum—or even if you thought they are a little too out-there—you might also consider The Book of Knots http://www.thebookofknots.com/ as it is partially comprised of members of SGM. There latest album Traineater is superb and consider it's "industrial america in decline" theme I suspect many steampunk enthusiast will enjoy it.
  • Mer
    Hooray! Thanks so much for giving them a shout out here. Visually, with all of those homemade instruments and Victorian undergarments, SGM is definitely worth a second (or third, or fourth) look.

    I'll be sure to let you know when the video (that photo above was taken on location) is out. Cheers!

    ~Mer
  • Former members of Charming Hostess and Idiot Flesh! Great bands all.
  • Music itself aside, that's just about the best name for a band ever...
  • Tinkergirl
    Actually, this image hasn't been tinkered with (no pun intended) other than to resize it somewhat. I have been known to change images somewhat (occasional sepia-toning) in the past, but this was so pretty I wouldn't dare.
    The original (as I know it) is here:
    http://www.flickr.com/photos/theremina/40764905...
  • Anon
    Sleepytime Gorilla Museum is pretty weird music. It's been a while since I've listened to them, but it's good.
  • cool photo... Just out of curiousity, the original is colored... did brass goggles enhance it to black and white?
    JOHN
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