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Sirkus Saigon

SIRKUS SAIGON

About Me

MyGen Profile GeneratorManchester based, multinational four-piece Sirkus Saigon have been gigging for a year (Jan 2006 first gig), playing a provocative "can't help but dance about" rock-based tracks with catchy melodies, delving into latin funk, prog and balls out rock and roll.Sirkus Saigon is a group of four inseparable party boys, making people shake their booty, whilst pushing personal boundaries through emotive musical exploration and uninhibited, explosive live performances.Sirkus Saigon were formed in Sep 2005 in Manchester England, from ex-band members of RAV, Akoga, (Hardcore infuluenced) and Angelesque (70’s rock and funk influences). Sirkus Saigon’s sound has kept the hard driving edge but has evolved into something subtlety dark, laced with beats and melody. Live performance is where Sirkus Saigon really get to work and Simon's energetic showmanship brings the whole show together. Building a strong Mancunian cult following, pushing their self produced demos into the laps of radio stations and fanzines, Sirkus are back into the studio to produce their third demo which builds on their diverse influences.See link below for internet e-zine reviewing new unsigned indie talent....The Steamroller - Indie music blogPRESS RELEASE - Leftfield PR Everyone these days wants you to listen to their band. Everyone will tell you that they’re the next big thing, something you’ve never heard before, unique, you don’t want to miss this, blah blah blah. Everyone’s ready to say whatever needs to be said to get their band known, its all about the big time baby, which ironically makes it difficult for those bands that actually deserve the recognition to get any. So it makes it difficult when you find a band like Manchester’s Sirkus Saigon. A band that use nothing but their funky take on rock n roll, daft song titles, and dangerous live sets and let you make up your own mind. Venezuelan front man Simon Chavez seems right at home jumping around the stage whilst letting lead guitarist, Beds, flick smoothly between their eclectic mix reggae, funk, ambient and rock licks. In the year since a quirky Icelandic drinking hole helped give them their name, it would seem that people are starting to take note, with the band featuring on Channel 4s unsigned search and having their second demo, PeeWeeDubDub gain regular airplay on The Revolutions Sunday night Coogans Bluff. So it would seem that while with the Artic Monkeys we were told ‘Not to Believe The Hype’, it would seem in the case of Sirkus Saigon its ‘Don’t Need The Hype.’

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Member Since: 12/10/2005
Band Website: "sirkussaigon.com
Band Members: Beds - Guitar, Bernie - Drums, Mikey Bass - Bass, Si - Vocals.
Influences: Jane's Addiction, Led Zep, Clutch, Ripple, Jeff Buckley, The Datsuns, Death from Above 1979, Soundgarden, Jamiroqui, good Blaxploitation, C.Mayfield, Bill Withers, Jose Gonzales, QOTSA, Sashing Pumpkins, Deftones, Frank Zappa and Jimi Hendrix.
Sounds Like: Emotive Rock n' Roll, Blues-Funk. Stuff to shake to.
Record Label: Unsigned
Type of Label: None

My Blog

Belated RND Video

Word up y'all! I've finally managed to get hold of a copy of one of the songs we played for Red Nose Day this year. Remember, the gig we played in the lobby of where I work. Random as fuck I tell thee...
Posted by Sirkus Saigon on Tue, 31 Jul 2007 05:31:00 PST

Sirkus My Sound! Sirkus on WFM radio!

Sirkus on the Airwaves..... On Saturday, Sirkus Saigon (Simon on Press Duty!) were interviewed by the hot ladies at Suck my Sound on WFM. Promoting our forthcoming gigs and recordings. Interview went...
Posted by Sirkus Saigon on Mon, 09 Jul 2007 02:46:00 PST

Sirkus on Xfm and you can Buy tickets online???

We go space age, Sirkus tickets for our gig with The Alps and Vivienne Viveur are available on the following link:   http://www.ticketweb.co.uk/user?region=gb_northwest&quer y=detail&event...
Posted by Sirkus Saigon on Tue, 22 May 2007 08:37:00 PST

XFM Uploaded, New CD and thanks!

1st things 1st! Thanks everyone who came down on Fri to the late room, was a top gig and we all partied hard afterwards dans le maison Bernie! More music on web...... We have uploaded our tracks to th...
Posted by Sirkus Saigon on Mon, 21 May 2007 02:01:00 PST

Back to the Old School!!!

That gig was absolutely awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I am of course talking about Friday night's Late Room/Live Lounge set down on Manchester's Deansgate. I was a little dubious when the only bar Beds, R...
Posted by Sirkus Saigon on Sun, 20 May 2007 01:33:00 PST

A Very Interesting Evening...

Hey there Hebrews and Shebrews! Well wasn't yesterday an interesting little beast? For those of you didn't know Sunday was supposed to be an all-day 6-band festival with some acoustic stuff and then T...
Posted by Sirkus Saigon on Mon, 07 May 2007 02:57:00 PST

The 'Bigger' Big Schlong!

Hi Folks, We are heading in to the studio in the next few weeks to record some new tracks we've been working on. Its been a long while since we've been locked away for some studio time so we've got a ...
Posted by Sirkus Saigon on Mon, 23 Apr 2007 01:53:00 PST

Howdy Doodie Doo!

Heylo everybody!!! Just thought I'd leave a quick hello as, well, we haven't in a while. Tuesday night brough a revelation for The Sirkus and one we're all very glad to be screaming from the rooftops....
Posted by Sirkus Saigon on Sat, 31 Mar 2007 05:32:00 PST

Give us your Pictures......NOW!!!

We need your pictures and videos!! If you have a vault of hidden pictures of Sirkus Saigon at gigs etc. can you email them to us??? We are looking to get a vid on Poo Tube.com etc and genera...
Posted by Sirkus Saigon on Mon, 29 Jan 2007 01:35:00 PST

Venezuela cont....

Since my arrival here last Fri, I´ve partied everynight till 5am and woke about 7-8am then gone to a different island only to drink all day and party all night. We´ve met so many people, and they´ve a...
Posted by Sirkus Saigon on Sun, 24 Dec 2006 03:51:00 PST