Saosin

Are you the person who likes post-hardcore kind of songs ?

Do you like bands like Underoath or Taking Back Sunday ?

If you’re not into this genre, I suggest you to not read further.

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Sorenson, Burchell, Reber, Rodriguez, Shekoski

What I am about to talk about is the band Saosin. People who has my MSN added in their contact list are probably bored with me having personal messages like ‘Saosin – Voices’, ‘Saosin – You’re Not Alone’ and bla bla bla. Well, it’s really not my fault, it’s just that I’m really addicted to their songs. The band Saosin, consist of Cove Reber (lead vocals), Beau Burchell (lead guitar, vocals), Justin Shekoski (guitar, vocals), Chris Sorenson (bass, vocals) and finally Alex Rodriguez (drums). Cove’s voice can really hit the high note and I’m really impressed by that. The guitars are also very clean and nice too so are the drums. (Sorry, I’m not really a pro musician haha)

Origin of Name

Due to discrepancy of the pronunciation of the band name, Anthony Green gave an explanation and meaning behind the name, Saosin.

“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 sons for money and used to tell them that they weren’t marrying for love, that their wife doesn’t matter. She could die at any time 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.”

Despite this, the majority of members in the band pronounce it “Say-Oh-Sin”, therefore it is generally accepted that this is an acceptable pronunciation.

The pronunciation of SAY-OCEAN is in the Chinese dialect Cantonese.

The Pinyin for Saosin is Xiao Xin, and translates literally into “small heart” in Mandarin and Cantonese. However, in modern times it has evolved into a phrase meaning “watch out”, “love with caution”, “caution”, or “be careful”. The pronunciation phonetically is not SHIAO-SHING as some mandarin people think as SHIAO-SHING is in the mandarin dialect, it is pronounced either SAY-OCEAN and SAY-OH-SIN which is the cantonese dialect.

Sources from Wikipedia.

Saosin was formed in the year of 2003. Anthony Green was the former lead vocals for Saosin and can be heard in Saosin’s first album (Translating The Name EP). Many people would say that Anthony Green sound better than Cove Reber and also was one of the founder of Saosin but I personally would say that Cove Reber has done a great job as a lead vocalist for these past years though Anthony Green sounded great on ‘Seven Years’ and ‘I Can Tell’.

How did I got to know about the band ? Thanks to Graham and Don Michael for introducing the band to me . I didn’t know I would be so crazy over a post-hardcore band, hahaha.. Sadly, you won’t be able to find any Saosin albums in Malaysia. That’s really sad and dissapointing isn’t it :(:(:(

Buttttttt…. Daniel Tan bought for me a Limited Edition DVD Version of Saosin Album !

Ahhh, don’t be jealous. AHHAHAHHAHA !

Saosin’s Logo

Okay. I bet you guys are probably sick of reading about them already. Haha but I just feel like posting about them. Sorry guys ! Anyways, if you’re interested in listening to them, you can always message me on MSN and I would be more than greatful to send a song or more to you. Oh yeah, I also did a banner for the SaoTeam (an official fan team of Saosin), I really think you should join cause the more stuffs you do like surveys, voting and stuffs, the more points you’ll get to redeem free gifts from Saosin ! So please do click on the banner below cause YOU can help me collect points too by joining the team. HAHAHAHAHAHAHA !