[.ca] Saigon Kick

the debut that rocked...:
I write this years after the demise of the Kick...a band i loved since my brother "stole" the in-store cassette of this album 2 weeks before it hit the stores...so let's just say that I loved the Kick before anyone ever knew who they were. And now...after having seen them live 5 times, having met Jason...I still love the almighty tribe...and recommend to anyone hard rock fan that they buy all the Kick discs, starting here and work their way to even buying the "SuperTransatlantic" disc. Why? simple...Jason is an incredible song writer...and his poetic, yet unique voice (of course after Matt's departure) is one that you'll remember. The tracks on this disc are of the edgier sort, they're almost angry in tone, but somber. I've always been partial to the Kick's more slower tracks I guess, so I'm a little biased when I say "Take Me Now" is the finest track on this disc...but get them all...These boys from Florida rocked us all through the 90's...and I hope that Jason turns up again soon with more music for us...

The most underrated band in the universe?:
Awesome harmonies, heavy guitar, deep lyrics, and a dose of humor keeps me hooked. Never taking themselves too seriously, these four guys from Florida know how to turn someone on their ear. Ranging from Metal, Pop, hard rock, and somewhere in between it all, you really cant put a label on them...and most likely its why they cant get as much recognition as they deserve...still going strong today though! Do yourself a favor...if youre looking for something other than the same old stuff being put out most of the time nowadays, get this CD...youll instantly fall in love with it.

The most original band ever that never got credit:
I am the owner of over 1,600 CD's, and this debut is one of the jewels of my collection. I've been into metal/hard rock for 21 years now, and I have yet to be more awe-struck than the first time I heard this album. From the hypnotic tribal intro of "New World", to the Kings' X like harmonies in "Colors" and "Love of God", to the absolute gut busting riffs in my personal favorite "I.C.U." there is just non stop magic. They are one of my favorite bands even now that they have split up. Jason Bieler is the most gifted songwriter in the buisness and it's obvious here. It's a shame they never broke big onto the scene. Check out the rest of thier albums too, they are all worth it. Trust me.

MultiTasking and Emotions:
When Saigon Kick was originally introduced to me, I mistakenly placed them in the ranks of other acts that thrived within the 80s/90s rock scene. This was because I heard a small sampling, tasting only "Month of Sundays" before buying it, and forget about the release for a few weeks before falling into a listening habit that I haven't been able to kick for years. The reason for that is because of the versatility - a word that should be incorporated into more than power drills and kitchen appliances as a descriptive tool - of the band and the talent of the two singers involved. Within the ranks of their works is a little bit of everything, from the angst and rage felt by legions of walking through their mundane lives to the heartfelt adoration that seeing someone close to you so often brings about. It is these lilies of the field they've planted throughout albums I would highly recommend (The Lizard, Water, Devil in the details) that keep me listening, something they showcase in even this, their earliest work. As I said before, I was introduced to the more driven sounds of "Ugly" and "Month of Sundays" and mistakenly thought that this self-titled release would be something along the heavier vein of music traversing the times. Still, after buying the release and inspecting it as a whole, I found that this was far from the case and that my first impressions of the album had been a bit too hasty. The variety of flavors, ranging from motions on the emotive factors of love and devotion to the stellar clashes within one's self on the ideology of hatred and revenge, all circle through this releases on many levels, letting its listener know the joys of kazoo solos that mingle hand-in-hand with the hardest hitting tempos of guitars. This births an album that holds many interesting notions that defied the musical atmosphere of the time, from the mockingly bitter "What do you Do?" to the notions of love professed in "Colors." For people wanting a variety that encompasses the word rock and still manages to go beyond that as well, Saigon Kick is a good album to pick up and the band itself is a giant step in an interesting direction. They have an interesting take on many a subject, professing their interests in the darker sides of the exotic rainbow as well as the deeper sides of love and devotion, leaving many to wonder exactly what, if anything, their all-encompassing hands don't touch on. Its a highly recommended dose of musical savvy for whatever ails you!

Great!:
Saigon Kick's debut album is in my opinion a classic. A debut this good should have put the band at the top. Other reviews have said the same-why didn't Saigon Kick go on to be big? Other's seem to miss the obvious, they never made another great album. The Lizard was half a great album, Water was 2 songs a great album and so on.... I loved this album when I first heard it, it just rocks, still listen to it all these years later. I bought the following albums hoping that it might be as good as... but always came away disappointed. I recently bought Matt Kramer's (original vocalist) debut solo, while not as good as this, it is better that any Saigon Kick album after. Check out Matt's album, you may be very suprised!

• New World
• What You Say
• What Do You Do?
• Suzy
• Colors
• Coming Home
• Love of God
• Down by the Ocean
• Acid Rain
• My Life
• Month of Sundays
• Ugly
• Come Take Me Now
• I.C.U.