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===Music videos===
===Music videos===
* "[[Seven Years (Saosin song)|Seven Years]]" (2003) from ''[[Translating the Name|Translating the Name EP]]''
* "[[Seven Years (Saosin song)|Seven Years]]" (2003) from ''[[Translating the Name|Translating the Name]]''
* "[[3rd Measurement in C]]" (2003) from ''[[Translating the Name|Translating the Name EP]]''
* "[[3rd Measurement in C]]" (2003) from ''[[Translating the Name|Translating the Name]]''
* "[[Bury Your Head]]" (2005) from ''[[Saosin EP]]''
* "[[Bury Your Head]]" (2005) from ''[[Saosin EP]]''
* "[[Voices (Saosin song)|Voices]]" (Live Montage) (2006) from ''[[Saosin (album)|Saosin]]''
* "[[Voices (Saosin song)|Voices]]" (Live Montage) (2006) from ''[[Saosin (album)|Saosin]]''

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Saosin

Saosin is a rock band from Newport Beach, California. They originally formed during the summer of 2003 and partly consist of former members of the band Open Hand.

History

Saosin started off as the brainchild of two musicians, Justin Shekoski, a former guitarist in As Hope Dies and Beau Burchell. They planned to be called "The Gift", but there was another band already named that. They recorded an instrumental demo, with Justin and Beau, and MIDI drums. The first song on this demo was called You're No Angel and had Beau Burchell on vocals. They were trying to find a vocalist and they asked Keith Goodwin from the band Days Away. He said, "I know this guy Anthony". They sent him 2 instrumentals and he recorded vocals over them. The two songs became known as Seven Years and Translating the Name, the first two tracks on the Translating the Name EP. Anthony flew in from Philadelphia and stayed for five days, and recorded the vocals to the EP in about 4 nights.

Translating the Name, was an instant success, especially through online sources. The band was actually approached by numerous record companies before playing their first show due to the soaring popularity of the EP. However, the band's vocalist Anthony Green left after the release of their first EP and later formed the band Circa Survive. Anthony was very homesick and said he was missing his family. He says he felt bad for leaving his friends in a tough situation without a singer, but he "would have gone crazy had he stayed any longer". A public, nationwide audition then took place. Beau Burchell has stated in interviews that, "The main things that we are looking for now, is someone that does not do drugs, someone who can actually sing live, and someone who is good looking and fun to get along with. Oh, and they have to have a really dry sense of humor, because the rest of us do."[1] After the public audition process and several guest vocalists on demos, Cove Reber, previously the vocalist of the band Mormon In The Middle and Stamp Out Detroit, was announced as their new permanent lead singer.

When Cove sent in his demo tape, which was an acoustic demo with "Mookie's Last Christmas" (this demo has leaked to the internet) and is widely speculated to have included a few songs from Translating the Name, which also includes Seven Years and 3rd Measurement in C. When Beau first heard the demo, he thought it was Anthony being a dick. He said he wanted someone like Anthony but "not to bring in someone that sounded like Creed.". According to Beau "Gabe from Midtown tried to sing a couple songs. Jason Gleason was asked to come out and do it, but he had his own thing going on." Beau said "I would put them in the studio and pull up the ProTools session of Translating the Name, and would mute all of Anthony’s vocals and just let the guys sing. And dudes would come in and sound like total Spinal Tap, just so bad. So then I would have to spend about two hours trying to find a nice way to get the guy to just leave, so you would basically sit there and waste your night.". Even through all of this Saosin said they would have went on with Beau, Justin and Chris all doing vocals because they were not going to give up.

Bassist Zach Kennedy also parted from the band early on, leaving over personal issues and to focus on his art career. He went on to play bass in Ashlee Simpson's band, but left her band in 2005. He was replaced with Chris Sorenson.

Drummer Pat McGrath was brought in to do drumming for the Translating the Name EP. Saosin had been trying hard to get Alex to join the band, but he was in Open Hand, and was touring with them. They picked up McGrath who was a studio drummer. According to Burchell, the Translating the Name EP was 3/4 of McGrath's ability. "There were certain passages where we were like, Dude, play something else no one is going to be able to play. And he would do it, and we were shitting ourselves. He was there doing the most insane rolls, all while doing stick twirls, all like it was nothing, and we were shitting our pants." When Beau met Pat, they handed him the Open Hand CD, and told him that was the drummer they wanted to have in the band. So Beau asked Pat if he could to stylize the drumming to make it sound like Alex’s sort of style. Even though McGrath never played a single show with the band, they had some fun times together and get along well. McGrath also still enjoys Saosin's music.

During 2005, the band toured the United States and became part of the Warped Tour. A video to the song "Bury Your Head" recorded during their tours has also been shown on Fuse. The band is currently signed to Capitol Records, and released their full-length debut on September 26,2006 which sold over 35,000 copies in its first week. The record saw a change to a softer tone as the band tried to distance themselves from other artists of the same genre.[2] They were formerly on their own indie record label Death Do Us Part where they released their first EP.

Recently Saosin toured on international Taste of Chaos tour, and toured the US with Bleeding Through and Senses Fail. They also participated on the North American 2007 Taste of Chaos tour, headlined by The Used featuring bands such as 30 Seconds to Mars and Vaeda.

Early May Saosin headed down-under to Australia to perform in Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide and Perth. The band was supported by A Static Lullaby and featured other Australian local bands.

In the summer of 2007, they will be part of the Projekt Revolution tour, which will be headlined by Linkin Park.

In a recent interview posted on their website, bassist Chris and vocalist Cove said that they have begun writing their new record while touring with the taste of chaos.

In a recent article on ultimate-guitar.com, it is mentioned that their next single will be "You're Not Alone" and they will be filming the video clip after The Taste Of Chaos tour.


Origin of name

File:Saopromo-2003-withdanny.jpg
Saosin in 2003 with former vocalist Anthony Green (far left) and drummer Danny King (far right)

The way to pronounce Saosin has been a topic of intense debate among fans. Despite Anthony Green's explanation that it came from the Chinese proverb meaning "small heart" and that he, the one responsible for the name choice, pronounced it "say-ocean"[1], the current members of the band primarily pronounce it "Say-Oh-Sin",[3] meaning either pronunciation is widely considered acceptable.

The pronunciation, although an improper one, of SAY-OH-SIN is in the Chinese dialect Mandarin and not Cantonese as many may believe. The Pinyin for "Saosin" is "xiao xin", and translates literally into "small heart" in Mandarin. It simply means "watch out", "caution", or "be careful". The pronunciation phonetically is "shyao sheen". If "xiao xin" were to be pronounced in Cantonese it would be phonetically pronounced "see-yu sum". Though it may be pronounced "SAY-OH-SIN", many who understand Mandarin or Cantonese would not understand it.

In an interview with AbsolutePunk.net, Saosin bassist Chris stated that the term meant "love with caution" or "be careful". Anthony says. "Saosin. .. it was our singer's idea. Saosin, it's this Chinese proverb, which means. .. like. .. keep your heart small, because nothing is forever. You know. Don't let yourself get attached to something, because that thing's gonna be gone eventually."

Saosin is a Chinese proverb that grandparents used to tell their grandsons. The boys were forced to marry girls they didn't know, sometime they would have to perform a martial arts ceremony with the girls, this was known as Yao-Fung-Sha. Also during the Ming Dynasty Saosin meant beheading enemy soldiers. The proverb explained that you should not give your whole heart to the girl you marry, because she isn't the right one and if you do give her your heart, and she passes away, you will be left with nothing.

Members

Former and temporary members

Equipment

Beau Burchell

  • Gibson Les Paul Standard
  • Gibson SG Standard
    • GCX controller
    • Hughes and Kettner Triamp Mk.II through a Marshall 1960BV
    • Ernie Ball .012-.054 strings

Justin Shekoski

  • Gibson Les Paul Customs
  • Gibson SG Standards
  • Schecter 006 Elites
  • Fender Telecasters
  • Ibanez PGM 301
    • Seymour Duncan Hot Rails
    • Korg DT tuner
    • TC Electronic G Major
    • GCX midi controller
    • Hughes & Kettner Triamp Mk.II through a Mesa/Boogie Traditional Straight 4x12
    • Ernie Ball .011-.052 strings
    • Dunlop Turtex .73mm guitar picks

Chris Sorenson

  • Fender Jazz
  • Fender Precision
  • Schecter Model Ts
    • Sunn 1200S through a Fender 8x10 cab
    • Fender Bassman 1200 Pro

Alex Rodriguez

  • Kit 1: Gun Gray Gloss Lacquer

All Black Chrome tube lugs, 50% Offset lugs on toms, inline lugs on kick drum. Toms are 6-ply and kick is 8-ply 12" x 8" 16" x 16" 22" x 20"

  • Kit 2: 60's Oyster Black Wrap: (Kit From "Voices" video)

All Black Chrome tube lugs, 50% Offset lugs on toms, inline lugs on kick drum. Toms are 6-ply and kick is 8-ply 14" x 10" 18" x 16" 24" x 18"

  • Before he played Shine, he used the following Truth kits:

Brown Gloss Maple: 22"x20" bass, 12"x8" and 14"x12" toms, Chrome hardware Smoke Black Acrylic: 24"x20" bass, 12"x8" and 14"x12" toms, Black Chrome hardware Snares: 14"x7 10 ply maple w/ diecast hoops, Black Glass wrap, Chrome hardware 14x7 clear acrylic w/ diecast hoops, Chrome hardware 14x6.5 black brass w/ triple flange hoops, all Black Chrome hardware. Zildjian cymbals.

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Discography

Albums

Album Cover Date of Release Title Label US Billboard Peak
File:Saosin - Translating The Name EP - 00 - Cover.jpg
 		June 17, 2003 Translating the Name EP Death Do Us Part
File:Saosin - Saosin EP - 00 - Cover.jpg
 		September 6, 2005 Saosin EP Capitol
File:Saosin 00 Cover.jpg
 		September 26, 2006 Saosin Capitol #22

Singles

Single Cover Year Title Chart Positions Album
US Hot 100 US Modern Rock US Mainstream Rock
2003 "Seven Years" Translating the Name EP
2003 "3rd Measurement in C" Translating the Name EP
File:Saobury.jpg 2005 "Bury Your Head" Saosin EP
File:Saosinvoices(itunes-cds).gif 2006 "Voices" #25 Saosin
2007 "You're Not Alone" Saosin

Demos

Saosin has released many instrumental and individual demos, but no official demo tapes. A detailed list can be found here.

Compilation tracks

Unreleased tracks

  • "I Can Tell There Was An Accident Here (Demo)" with Anthony Green on Vocals
  • "I've Become What I've Always Hated" with Anthony Green on Vocals
  • "Uphill Battle" with Cove Reber on Vocals

Music videos

Trivia

  • Beau Burchell, Zach Kennedy and Alex Rodriguez are all former members of the band Open Hand.
  • Pat McGrath, the drummer on Translating the Name was a former drum tech for Slayer
  • "Mookie's Last Christmas" is a fan favorite written by Anthony Green about Justin Shekoski's father, even though Mookie is the name of Anthony's dog.
  • While on tour with Story of the Year, Saosin was playing two shows in one night and Justin's father came to both of them. On the way back to the airport, Justin's half brother and his father had a car crash. Justin's (who lives in Maryland) half brother survived, but his father died at the scene. Justin ended up finishing the tour which lasted two more weeks.
  • Many songs on the first full length album are remastered, rewritten or changed musically from leaked demos, compilations and the Saosin EP.
  • Before Anthony Green auditioned for Saosin, Jamison Covington of JamisonParker auditioned for the lead singer role in Saosin.
  • "Show Me Your Bootyhole", "Rap Party", "Crap Rap" are all B2C songs, not Saosin songs. Members of the band, (Beau Burchell, Chris Sorenson) and some of the members of Take The Crown contributed to the songs, hence the name B2C (two Beaus and one Chris).
  • Their song "Collapse" appeared in the video game, Burnout Dominator.
  • The song "Plays Pretty for Baby", which is commonly thought to be a Saosin song, is actually by the band Zolof the Rock & Roll Destroyer, which Anthony Green used to do lead vocals for. It can be found on Zolof's self-titled CD.
  • When performing on Sessions@AOL Saosin covered Cyndi Lauper's Time After Time.[5]
  • Set to be on this year's Projekt: Revolution tour with Linkin Park on the Revolution stage according to www.projektrevolution.com.

References

  1. ^ Gwathney, Jeff (2004-06-22). "Saosin: Beau Burchell Interview (April '04)". Breaking Custom. Retrieved 2006-08-16. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  2. ^ Diplock, Simon (2007-01-19). "Saosin sauce (Cover Reber interview) (January '07)". New Noise. Retrieved 2007-01-22. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  3. ^ Henderson, Steve (2006-08-13). "Interview: Saosin". Absolutepunk.net. Retrieved 2006-12-07. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  4. ^ "Saosin Gear". http://www.saosin.forumsunlimited.com. 2006-5-31. Retrieved 2006-05-31. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help); External link in |publisher= (help)
  5. ^ "Saosin Covers "Time After Time" on AOL Sessions". music.aol.com. 2006-10-31. Retrieved 2006-10-12. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
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