Why Sleep are a dream band for stoners

With songs so steeped in THC that pot smoke seems to emanate from the speakers, Sleep were perhaps the ultimate stoner-rock band. It's high time they were given their dueHow do you know when an album has truly made it into the canon? It used to involve endless retrospectives in classic-rock magazines, but now the litmus test is the Don't Look Back shows organised by All Tomorrow's Parties. In May, ATP booked Sleep to play their outrageously good 1992 album Holy Mountain, the kind of record that ...

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