Christopher Louis Hakius (born December 14, 1971) is an American retired rock drummer best known for his work in Om and

Sleep Sleep is a state of reduced mental and physical activity in which consciousness is altered and certain Sensory nervous system, sensory activity is inhibited. During sleep, there is a marked decrease in muscle activity and interactions with th ...

. Around 1990, Hakius was in Asbestosdeath along with

Al Cisneros Alberto R. Cisneros (; born September 23, 1973) is an American musician. He is the lead singer and bassist for stoner rock/doom metal bands Sleep (band), Sleep and Om (band), Om. He also was a member of Shrinebuilder and Asbestosdeath (the precur ...

and

Matt Pike Matthew Lance Pike (born June 3, 1972) is an American musician best known as the guitarist of stoner metal, stoner/doom metal band Sleep (band), Sleep and the vocalist and guitarist of High on Fire. With High on Fire, Pike won the 2019 Grammy Aw ...

. Asbestosdeath broke up and the three would form Sleep. Hakius was Sleep's drummer from 1990 to its split in 1998. After Sleep's break up, he played drums in The Sabians with former Sleep member

Justin Marler Justin Marler (born July 29, 1972) is an American musician. He is known for being a founding member of the stoner rock band Sleep and for leaving a burgeoning career in music to become a monk in an Eastern Orthodox monastery. In 1990, Marler j ...

. They recorded two albums in 2002 and 2003. Hakius played drums in Om from its beginning in 2003 until his departure on January 31, 2009. His final live performances were with Sleep in 2009 at the ATP reunion show. He has since retired from music to raise a family.

Discography

*1990 – ''Dejection'' (Asbestosdeath) *1990 – ''Unclean'' (Asbestosdeath) *1991 – '' Volume One'' (Sleep) *1992 – '' Volume Two'' (Sleep) *1993 – ''

Sleep's Holy Mountain ''Sleep's Holy Mountain'' (also known as ''Holy Mountain'') is the second studio album by the American stoner doom band Sleep. It was released in November 1992 in Europe and March 1993 in the US through Earache Records. Release and reception ...

'' (Sleep) *1999 – ''

Jerusalem Jerusalem is a city in the Southern Levant, on a plateau in the Judaean Mountains between the Mediterranean Sea, Mediterranean and the Dead Sea. It is one of the List of oldest continuously inhabited cities, oldest cities in the world, and ...

'' (Sleep) *2002 – ''Beauty for Ashes'' (The Sabians) *2003 – ''Shiver'' (The Sabians) *2003 – '' Dopesmoker'' (Sleep) *2005 – '' Variations on a Theme'' (Om) *2006 – '' Conference of the Birds'' (Om) *2006 – ''Bedouin's Vigil'' (Om) *2006 – ''Rays of the Sun / To the Shrinebuilder'' (Om) *2007 – ''

Pilgrimage A pilgrimage is a travel, journey to a holy place, which can lead to a personal transformation, after which the pilgrim returns to their daily life. A pilgrim (from the Latin ''peregrinus'') is a traveler (literally one who has come from afar) w ...

'' (Om) *2008 – ''Live at Jerusalem'' (Om)

References

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