History
Pike moved to California after spending time in Military School while living with his mother in Golden, Colorado. A self-proclaimed juvenile delinquent, he stole car stereos to feed a developing drug habit. Arriving in the Silicon Valley, he realized the hardcore punk and heavy metal scene more active than the one in Denver. He made friends, attended shows, and eventually joined the sludge metal band Asbestosdeath. When playing around the Bay Area they developed a much heavier and slower sound. Dubbed doom metal by the press, the quartet soon gained a following and changed their name to Sleep.
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