THE son of Aussie music legend Barry Gibb will tour with influential alterna-metal outfit Saigon Kick.
Stephen Gibb, 50, previously played guitar with Black Label Society and Crowbar. He will be part of a North American, European and Asian tour that celebrates the 30th anniversary of the Saigon Kick album Water. There has been no mention yet of Australia.
This configuration of the band, which sat at the intersection of eighties pop metal and the darker nineties Seattle sound, will see Jason Beiler – guitarist originally – assume vocal duties while classic line-up drummer and sometimes porn star Phil Varone occupies the drum stool.
Just three dates have so far been confirmed – starting in Flint, Michigan, on March 22.
A somewhat eccentric media release reads: “While not technically a farewell tour, nor a reunion, if you know anything about Saigon Kick … there is a solid 74-78.4 percent chance this will never happen again.
“Phil and Jason represent 50 percent of the original Saigon Kick lineup, which, in some cases is 100 percent more original members than those ‘other’ legacy bands are touring with. Actually, since this is a celebration of the Water record and by then SK was a three-piece, you are actually getting 66.6 percent of the original line up of that record, so let’s call it 75 percent.
“Jason and Phil are both confident that they will be operating at at least 95% capacity (of their previously mentioned collective 50% share),for 98% of the shows, but promise no less than 85% at any given show, 100% of the time. Please keep in mind that they both feel that they are functioning at their highest levels, so we can optimistically estimate they will be 30% better than when you last saw them. If you’ve never seen them, you’ll have to do your own math.
“This is in no small part due to the addition of Stephen Gibb. We could mention that he played with Zakk Wylde and Crowbar, but then we would sound like name droppers. Stephen was an original member of the Saigon Kick reunion shows seven to 10 years ago, so he’s not technically an OG ‘original’ of the 1991 ‘originals’, but if you first experienced a Saigon Kick show in Chicago in 2015, to you, Stephen is an original member. Although Phil was not there, but Jonathan Mover was (yet he never played on any Saigon Kick albums, but he did play with Aretha Franklin), but we digress.
“As we have clearly stated above, this is not a ‘reunion’, it’s more of a special evening of Saigon Kick music. Think of it as a sizeable and assorted gaggle of the members of Saigon Kick (and non-members depending on your vantage point) performing the music of Saigon Kick as a tribute to themselves. Ironically, it will be the first ever performances of Phil with Stephen. We can only hope they will be playing the same songs at the same time. Honestly, it’s just too soon to know.
“There could come a time down the road when another member joins them, but they cannot commit to any concrete numbers as to their effort levels, so let’s call that a 50/50 chance of their personal median effort. There is also a 100 percent chance that some members will never be asked nor want to perform, so for all of you ‘off track betters,’ those odds are 110 percent.
“Some computational efforts are still in the works for example, if a founding member returns, would that also count as 25 percent? Is a replacement member for an original member worth 12.5 percent? What if there are special guests … what value do we assign? If they add a new unknown player, who is good looking, youthful, and passionate, how do we even begin to do the math?
“Lots to be figured out as you can see, but a handful of very special shows will be happening this year…we’re 99 percent sure of that.”
By Raph_PH – Glasto17-195, CC BY 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=85455273
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