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Saosin

Saosin

Who is Saosin?
Cove Reber—Vocals
Beau Burchell—Guitar, Vocals
Justin Shekoski—Guitar, Vocals
Chris Sorenson—Bass
Alex Rodriguez—Drums

Where are they from?
Chris is from “Crowntown aka Corona, CA.” Beau, Justin, and Alex are from Orange County, CA. Cove is from Vista, CA.

When did they form?
The most commonly-seen live line up didn’t come together until about July 2003. The EP was recorded with a different lineup back in March 2003, with Anthony Green on vocals, Zach Kennedy on bass and Pat McGrath on drums. For their first show (June 19th at the Showcase Theater in Corona, CA) Chris was on bass, and Danny was on drums. Alex debuted on drums at the July 17th show, also at the Showcase in Corona.

Who sang on the EP? Who wrote the lyrics?
Anthony Green performed the vocals and wrote the lyrics for the songs on the EP. He is no longer the band’s singer, however.

Who played drums on the EP? Was it really Slayer’s drummer?
Pat McGrath played drums on the EP. At one time he served as a drum tech for Slayer. He was also trained by such famous drummers as Carmine Appice, Dave Weckl, Dom Famularo, David Garibaldi, Kenny Aronoff, and Rod Morgenstein. He is not with the band any longer, however. The current drummer is Alex Rodriguez.

Why did Zach and Pat ‘leave the band’ after the recording of the EP? What are they doing now?
According to this post, Pat never ‘left.’ He was hired by Beau to fill in as a drummer for the recording of the EP, but other than some practices before recording, that was where his stint with the band ended. As for Zach, he and Beau left Open:Hand to start Saosin. After Justin and Anthony joined the band, they had a little bit of trouble getting along with Zach due to issues with his girlfriend, so Zach left to persue his art career. Recently, Pat has been running Unchained Studios in San Dimas, CA. He has also been playing drums in a Metallica tribute band (currently on hiatus) called Creeping Death as well as a punk band called Amerikan Made. Zach has been playing bass for Ashlee Simpson’s band.

What record label released the EP?
Death Do Us Part, the label owned by Beau and Drew Sung (the band’s manager).

What record label is the band on now?
Capitol Records.

What does their name mean, and how is it pronouced?
Thanks to nailed shut, here is a quote from former singer Anthony:
“It’s pronounced SAY-OCEAN. And it’s a Chinese proverb from the 15th and 16th centuries. It means “small heart”. Fathers used to marry off their youngest son’s for money and used to tell them that they weren’t marrying for love, that their wife doesn’t matter. She could die at anytime so don’t get attached. They had to love with caution and raise their sons to be cold and unfeeling as well. I found it in the 8th grade and loved it, I used to name all my old bands that and write songs about it.”

What genre of music does saosin fall under?
Saocore™.

Are they a religious/christian band?
According to Anthony in an absolutepunk.net interview, “No. I was raised Roman-Catholic so there was a lot of that symbolism around my house, I just used that symbolically really, I consider myself a spiritual person, but I have nothing to do with Christianity or Catholicism, or anything religious. I haven’t been alive long enough to really pin down something that I believe in yet.”

Where can I buy the EP?
The EP will be back in stock soon at Smartpunk.

Where can I find other songs, or samples of the EP songs?
The band has some songs up at MySpace. If you are looking for the acoustic demo of 3rd Measurement in C or Seven Years, here and here are the locations at which you can find them.

What are the guys working on next?
Touring, recording, and more touring. After their tour with Anberlin, the dudes will be on the east coast dates of Warped Tour (starting 7/21/05), and will release an EP complete with video footage then. After that, they’ll start working on the new full length, slated to be released in March 2006.

What other bands have the guys been in?

  • Beau was also in Kosmos Express, which he described as “brit pop as in the whole brittish invasion that was going on around 1999. bands like blur, ocean colour scene, oasis, stuff like that.”
  • Chris was in Portrait in Blue and “used to be in this other band called Fun Loving Pedophiles with a certain Antonio Greenandez …. it was him on vocals, me on the bassoon , and the llama played pretty much everything else”
  • Cove was in Stamp Out Detroit and Mormon in the Middle.

Where can I get merch?
The best place would be at a show, but if that’s not an option then Search Smartpunk or check out their EStore.

Where can I find live videos?
Stronghold Films has the best quality, but others can be found on punkrockvids and on mirc.

Why did Anthony leave the band?
Anthony was apparently unhappy being in the band. He “wasn’t feeling it anymore.” He left to go home and pursue other projects.

What artists has Beau recorded with/who does he have credits with?
According to allmusic.com and other sources…

  • Kosmos Express—Now (1997) (Guitar/Vocals)
  • Kosmos Express—Simulcast (1998) (Guitar, Arranger)
  • As Hope Dies—Birth Place and Burial Site (2002) (Keyboards, Engineer, Mixing)
  • The Bronx—Bronx (2003) (Engineer, Mixing)
  • Scars of Tomorrow—Design Your Fate (2003) (Engineer)
  • Various Artists—Different Shade of Green: A Tribute to Green Day (2003) (Producer, Mixing)
  • Various Artists—Jawbreaker Tribute: Bad Scene, Everyone’s Fault (2003) (Producer, Engineer, Mixing)
  • As Hope Dies—Legions Bow to a Faceless God (2003) (Keyboards, Producer, Engineer, Mixing)
  • Salem—Love it or Leave Me (2003) (Producer, Engineer)
  • Saosin—Translating the Name (2003) (Guitar, Producer, Engineer, Mixing)
  • The Bled—Pass the Flask (2003) (Producer, Engineer, Mixing)
  • Various Artists—Santa Cause: It’s a Punk Rock Christmas (Guitar [Saosin], Producer)
  • Death on Wednesday—Songs to __ To (2003) (Engineer)
  • Bayside/Name Taken—Split EP (2003) (Producer, Engineer, Mixing)
  • The Higher—Star is Dead (2003) (Producer, Engineer, Mixing)
  • Taken—Between Two Unseens (2004) (Producer, Engineer)
  • Name Taken—Hold On (2004) (Producer, Engineer, Mixing)
  • From First to Last—Dear Diary, My Teen Angst Has A Bodycount (2004) (Mixing)

What is the name of the new CD going to be?!
As of yet, there is no title for the new CD. If anybody tells you otherwise, they are lying.