A combination of Jane's Addiction eclecticism mixed with what was popular in the industry at the time such as early grunge and full-on hair metal a la Winger and Warrant, the band served as their own catalyst to a very nasty breakup and quick decline and a very interesting story.Ĭoming together in Florida in the late '80's by frontman Matt Kramer, guitarist/songwriter/vocalist Jason Bieler, bassist Tom DeFile and drummer Phil Varone, the band started playing the local club scene and began building quite a buzz. One minute they were really heavy, the next minute doing a very soft ballad and weaving everything together in one very tasty package. Saigon Kick was always a hard band to categorize and that's just the way they liked it. It wasn't the greatest time but that song helped make everything better. It was all I wanted to do: go back home and that song, that album, that band, will always remind me of that moment.
Getting into the car with my birth father, I can remember listening to the album in its entirety and then playing "Coming Home," seemingly on a never ending loop all throughout the trip.
The tape was the self-titled debut by Saigon Kick, a band lumped into the hair metal genre, best known for their 1992 ballad "Love is On the Way." This first record had a song on it entitled "Coming Home"- it was never released as a single but it was a song that quickly spoke to me. I had just bought a cassette tape in the 99 cent bin at Wal-Mart that I was excited to listen to. It was January 1996, I was 9 and it was the weekend to go visit. But that's what the courts wanted- regular visitations.
It wasn't something I particularly enjoyed as he and I are two completely different people, always have been, always will be. When I was a child, I would have to go visit my birth father every other weekend.
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