The Sleepy Jackson are an Australian alternative rock band formed in Perth, Western Australia. The band's name was inspired by a former drummer who was narcoleptic. The band revolves around the distinctive vocal style of multi-instrumentalist and songwriter Luke Steele. Stemming from a musical family, Luke's father Rick Steele is a local blues musician, and two of Luke's siblings are also musicians, with brother Jesse a former member of The Sleepy Jackson (and currently performing with father Rick in The Hot Biscuit Band), and sister Katy, who fronts another Perth rock band, Little Birdy. While a series of acclaimed EPs brought The Sleepy Jackson to a broader musical attention of Australia, it was the release of their 2003 album Lovers and 2006 second album Personality - One Was a Spider, One Was a Bird that directed significant international focus upon the band.
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Links
- Official homepage at thesleepyjackson.com
- Fanpage at columnsofsmoke.net
- Wikipedia article on The Sleepy Jackson
- Last.fm page on The Sleepy Jackson
- Discogs at discogs.com/artist/Sleepy Jackson, The
- MusicBrainz entry on The Sleepy Jackson
Members
- Rod Aravena (-2003),
- Justin Burford (-2003),
- Malcolm Clark,
- Ben Nightingale,
- J Cortez,
- Luke Steele
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