They subsequently chose the name "Sleeper" after the Woody Allen film Sleeper, and also because the word has a number of different meanings (a spy, an unexpected hit, etc.). Wener solicited interest from record label representatives by sending out a fake NME review, a move she called "pure cheek and cut-and-paste fakery." Īt one point, the band called themselves Surrender Dorothy, after the smoke trail in the sky from the Wizard of Oz movie, but abandoned this idea after discovering that several other bands had done the same thing. Influences The Pixies and The Partridge Family") and recruited Diid Osman and Andy Maclure. They advertised for new band members in Melody Maker ("Bass player and drummer wanted. Wener later wrote that "we sounded not unlike the Sundays, but as time went on our music became increasingly influenced by US bands such as Hole, Nirvana and, most especially, the Pixies". They played in a number of bands at university, including jazz outfit the Lime Street Blues Band, then after graduating in 1988, moved to London to seek gigs. Jon Stewart met Louise Wener at Manchester University in 1987 in a political philosophy class.
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