Sleepers

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San Francisco post-punk band centered on singer Ricky Williams; noted for the Seventh World Ep (1978) and collected on the 1996 compilation The Less an Object. Ricky Williams, the band's singer, died in 1992.

From reviews and public sources: The Sleepers are a San Francisco post-punk group. Seventh World Ep was pressed in 1978 and appears on the compilation The Less an Object (1996). Ricky Williams was the band's singer; the review notes he had previously been drummer of Crime until 1977 and briefly singer in Flipper. Williams died in 1992.

The Sleepers are a San Francisco post-punk group celebrated for the raw, visceral Seventh World Ep (1978). Reviewer fiquata highlights Ricky Williams' singular voice and the band's uncompromising post-punk sound. The EP and the 1996 compilation The Less an Object are presented as essential listening.

For:Fans of late-1970s post-punk, collectors of obscure punk records, listeners of raw San Francisco rock.

Ricky Williams - drummer until 1977 of Crime; singer, for a brief period, of Flipper - was the symbol, the voice, the aesthetic of The Sleepers, an obscure yet great band from San Francisco that didn’t take Rock far, nor did it venture to new shores.

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