SAIGON KICK Part Ways With Original Bassist Tom Defile; Upcoming Reunion Shows To Go Ahead As Planned
February 25, 2013, 11 years ago
The reunited SAIGON KICK, who are gearing up for five US shows, have checked in with the following update:
"After the official Saigon Kick reunion announcement and rehearsals, we regret to announce that Tom Defile (bass) will not be continuing with the band. Tom and Saigon Kick amicably decided this is best for both parties and we wish him nothing but success in his future endeavors."Saigon Kick frontman Matt Kramer recently issued this news to BW&BK; and confirmed that Chris McLernon - who replaced Defile for the band's Water album and joined the reunion as second guitarist - will now be back to playing bass.
The band's schedule is now as follows:
March
22 - St. Petersburg, FL - State Theater23 - Fort Lauderdale, FL - The Green Room
29 - Las Vegas, NV - Vampd
30 - West Hollywood, CA - The Viper Room
April
11 - New York, NY - Webster HallSaigon Kick earlier issued the following update: "For those of you who are interested, we set up an email list so you can now get all the latest Kick news directly in your inbox. We will not spam or send tons of emails...just the big important stuff. You can sign up for the email list at SaigonKick.com."
Kramer recently checked in with the following update:
"To a lot of people Saigon Kick was a one hit wonder. And since I left the band months after our first hit, that is a fact. The upside is there were two sides; we were also a very cool band with absolute belief from Atlantic Records, and a one hit wonder. That after all this time is, in a weird way, a plus.Maybe Saigon Kick has finally come of age? Looking forward to jamming hard with the lads."
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