No Sleep 'till Bedtime

No Sleep 'till Bedtime
No Sleep 'till Bedtime
Live album by Strapping Young Lad
Released	June 2, 1998
Recorded	October 12, 1997
Genre	Extreme metal, industrial metal
Length	42:32
Label	Century Media
Producer	Devin Townsend
Strapping Young Lad chronology
Devin Townsend chronology

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Chronicles of Chaos	9.5/10^[1]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal	8/10^[2]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music	^[3]

No Sleep 'till Bedtime is a live album by Canadian extreme metal band Strapping Young Lad. It was recorded live in Melbourne Australia, on October 12, 1997; however, the live tracks presented here are the only ones recorded before the tape ran out. "Japan" and "Centipede" are new studio tracks that were added by the label as a bonus material. The title is a homage to and parody of Motörhead's No Sleep 'til Hammersmith live album.

"Japan" and "Centipede" are studio recordings, each a Japanese bonus track for Heavy as a Really Heavy Thing and City respectively. The latter samples a percussion loop from "Happiness in Slavery" by Nine Inch Nails.

The Japanese release of this record came in a limited edition box set. It includes four bonus tracks that are demos recorded at one of vocalist/guitarist Devin Townsend's friend's living rooms in LA,^[4] which were later added to the 2007 reissue of City.

Track listing[edit]

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Velvet Kevorkian"	2:42
2.	"All Hail the New Flesh"	5:24
3.	"Home Nucleonics"	2:24
4.	"Oh My Fucking God"	3:40
5.	"S.Y.L."	4:53
6.	"In the Rainy Season"	5:29
7.	"Far Beyond Metal"	4:46
8.	"Japan"	5:17
9.	"Centipede"	7:55
10.	"Home Nucleonics" ('96 demo) (Japanese bonus track)	3:02
11.	"Hedrhoid" (Gunt demo) (Japanese bonus track)	1:38
12.	"Detox" ('96 demo) (Japanese bonus track)	5:48
13.	"AAA" ('96 demo) (Japanese bonus track)	5:22

Personnel[edit]

Devin Townsend – vocals, guitar
Jed Simon – guitar, backing vocals
Byron Stroud – bass, backing vocals
John Morgan – keyboards
Gene Hoglan – drums

References[edit]

^ Bromley, Adrian (August 7, 1998). "CoC : Strapping Young Lad - No Sleep Till Bedtime : Review". Chronicles of Chaos. Retrieved 2024-03-01.
^ Popoff, Martin (2007). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 3: The Nineties. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. p. 425. ISBN 978-1-894959-62-9.
^ Larkin, Colin, ed. (2006). "Strapping Young Lad". Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 7 (4th ed.). MUZE. p. 791. ISBN 978-0-19-531373-4.
^ "Hevydevy Records FAQ". Archived from the original on June 20, 2006. Retrieved January 7, 2012.

[1] Bromley, Adrian (August 7, 1998). "CoC : Strapping Young Lad - No Sleep Till Bedtime : Review". Chronicles of Chaos. Retrieved 2024-03-01.

[2] Popoff, Martin (2007). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 3: The Nineties. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. p. 425. ISBN 978-1-894959-62-9.

[EOPM-3] Larkin, Colin, ed. (2006). "Strapping Young Lad". Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 7 (4th ed.). MUZE. p. 791. ISBN 978-0-19-531373-4.

[4] "Hevydevy Records FAQ". Archived from the original on June 20, 2006. Retrieved January 7, 2012.

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v t e Strapping Young Lad
Devin Townsend Jed Simon Byron Stroud Gene Hoglan Adrian White Ashley Scribner Mike Sudar
Studio albums	Heavy as a Really Heavy Thing City Strapping Young Lad Alien The New Black
Live albums	No Sleep 'till Bedtime
Compilations	1994–2006 Chaos Years
DVDs	For Those Aboot to Rock: Live at the Commodore
Related articles	Devin Townsend discography Punky Brüster Steve Vai Zimmers Hole Fear Factory Dark Angel Death Dethklok Front Line Assembly