---
title: "Sleepytime Gorilla Museum"
type: "MusicGroup"
url: "https://themetalnet.com/band/sleepytime-gorilla-museum"
genre: "Avant-Garde Metal"
country: "United States"
formed: 1999
disbanded: 2011
---

# Sleepytime Gorilla Museum

**Sleepytime Gorilla Museum** is a avant-garde metal band, from United States, active 1999 to 2011.

Sleepytime Gorilla Museum is an American experimental rock band, formed in 1999 in Oakland, California. The band fuses classical, industrial, and art-rock themes throughout their music. They are known to perform elaborate routines on stage and discuss possibly fictitious stories of dada artists and mathematicians.

Biography source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sleepytime_Gorilla_Museum

## Facts

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Name | Sleepytime Gorilla Museum |
| Genre | Avant-Garde Metal |
| Parent genre | Metal |
| Origin | United States |
| Formed | 1999 |
| Disbanded | 2011 |
| Releases in catalog | 4 |

## Genres

[Avant-Garde Metal](https://themetalnet.com/genre/avant-garde-metal) · [Progressive Metal](https://themetalnet.com/genre/progressive-metal)

## Line-up

| Musician | Instruments | Years | Status |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Carla Kihlstedt](https://themetalnet.com/musician/carla-kihlstedt) | Lead vocals, Violin, Organ, Guitar, Nyckelharpa, Autoharp, Bass harmonica | 1999 to 2011 | Former |
| [Dan Rathbun](https://themetalnet.com/musician/dan-rathbun) | Background vocals, Trombone, Electric bass guitar, Lute, Autoharp | 1999 to 2011 | Former |
| [David Shamrock](https://themetalnet.com/musician/david-shamrock) | Drums (drum set), Piano | 1999 to 2001 | Former |
| [Frank Grau](https://themetalnet.com/musician/frank-grau) | Drums (drum set) | 2001 to 2004 | Former |
| [Matthias Bossi](https://themetalnet.com/musician/matthias-bossi) | Background vocals, Melodica, Drums (drum set), Piano, Glockenspiel, Xylophone | 2004 to 2011 | Former |
| [Michael Mellender](https://themetalnet.com/musician/michael-mellender) | Trumpet, Accordion, Percussion, Euphonium, Xylophone, Guitar, Toy piano | 2004 to 2011 | Former |
| [Moe! Staiano](https://themetalnet.com/musician/moe-staiano) | Percussion, Glockenspiel, Marimba, Timpani, Guitar | 1999 to 2004 | Former |
| [Nils Frykdahl](https://themetalnet.com/musician/nils-frykdahl) | Lead vocals, Flute, Guitar | 1999 to 2011 | Former |

## Discography

| Year | Release | Type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2001 | [Grand Opening and Closing!](https://themetalnet.com/album/a29b76c1-2ca0-3e96-b08d-0e1a6bb6681e) | Album |
| 2004 | [Of Natural History](https://themetalnet.com/album/2c3eb312-bf9a-3927-90aa-02826a5152e1) | Album |
| 2007 | [In Glorious Times](https://themetalnet.com/album/9a0c771d-ce53-3255-9c80-b6e34be39d56) | Album |
| 2024 | [of the Last Human Being](https://themetalnet.com/album/38475386-e49f-4110-8ade-8ac95b99b68a) | Album |

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- [Fantômas](https://themetalnet.com/band/fantomas) (listened together)
- [Tomahawk](https://themetalnet.com/band/tomahawk) (listened together)
- [Opeth](https://themetalnet.com/band/opeth) (listened together)
- [Faith No More](https://themetalnet.com/band/faith-no-more) (listened together)
- [Melvins](https://themetalnet.com/band/melvins) (listened together)
- [Diablo Swing Orchestra](https://themetalnet.com/band/diablo-swing-orchestra) (listened together)
- [Nine Inch Nails](https://themetalnet.com/band/nine-inch-nails) (listened together)
- [Meshuggah](https://themetalnet.com/band/meshuggah) (listened together)
- [Primus](https://themetalnet.com/band/primus) (listened together)
- [Unexpect](https://themetalnet.com/band/unexpect) (listened together)
- [Stolen Babies](https://themetalnet.com/band/stolen-babies) (listened together)

## Official and external links

- facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sleepytimegorillamuseum
- spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/74KPeP60dRLSAAk7sFtWTC
- deezer: https://www.deezer.com/artist/5498
- bandcamp: https://sleepytimegorillamuseum1.bandcamp.com/
- youtube: https://music.youtube.com/channel/UCyCaQthaCGN3aaiP95Tmjcg
- apple music: https://music.apple.com/us/artist/19081752
- instagram: https://www.instagram.com/johnkanesociety/

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Source: [TheMetalNet https://themetalnet.com/band/sleepytime-gorilla-museum](https://themetalnet.com/band/sleepytime-gorilla-museum). Catalog data from MusicBrainz and Metal Archives. Full site index: https://themetalnet.com/llms.txt