Saigon Distress Signal

je suis un homme du terre

2008-01-20T15:19:00.000-08:00

we are playing in montreal on Saturday. Black Ships will be releasing their record at the show. we are playing with several other Montreal bands. We will likely never play in Montreal ever again. So come. we are playing only covers of Oi! songs. it will be nutty

Here's a flyer...

show on Friday

2007-11-06T05:56:00.000-08:00

"heavy show"
legion 666 (album release)
endless blockade
saigon distress signal
orn

at the smiling buddha
dovercourt & bloor
8pm (toronto hardcore time... Orn on at 10)

Recording News

2007-09-23T08:56:00.000-07:00

We will be recording in La Studio Poubelle next weekend. Some of it will go to a comp, some of it will get to the point of test presses and then we will shut down the entire operation and the rest will be donated to The 700 Club.

ritual magick

2007-08-26T15:34:00.003-07:00

21 Septembre
Montreal
avec Cobra Noir et The Expectorated Sequence
Le Divan Orange

This will be Cobra Noir's last show.

what's good for the goose...

2007-05-21T08:27:00.000-07:00

Conflict no play.
Cursed play. Legion play. LID play.

this ship is bejoran property

2007-04-16T10:25:00.001-07:00

We are openning for Conflict on June 8th. The show was originally slated to be at the Neutral Lounge, but that was too hip and not goth enough. So it's been moved to the Funhaus and is now all ages.

let's 'rip.

mighty and superior

2007-03-25T20:12:00.002-07:00

Early June

quebec: p = 0

2007-02-20T14:12:00.000-08:00

We are not going to Quebec this weekend. Instead we will be watching Star Trek and playing Halo.

you will never find what you're looking for

2007-01-23T07:26:00.000-08:00

When we played a show last week, we got the greatest complement ever. "Guys, your amps are too fucking loud."

Mission: Accomplished.

Unfortunately, no one was there and no one got permenant hearing damage. Perhaps there will be a better turn out on February 2nd at Luke's House.

Some other band is playing who I have never heard of but are apparently quite popular. Might be nice.

We are also looking to play a few out of town shows in February. We will hopefully make it as far as Montreal, weather permitting.

news & reviews

2006-11-22T14:13:00.001-08:00

News:

We will be playing the following shows in December.

We will be doing a weekend stint with Cobra Noir from Montreal. The dates are:

December 2nd
St. Catherines
at Rockwood Space
w/Cobra Noir

December 3rd
Guelph
at Punkalow
w/Cobra Noir

There is also talk of a show at Luke's house in Toronto for sometime around the 15th of the month.

Reviews:

We were reviewed in Slug 'n' Lettuce. Slug 'n' Lettuce liked the album:

SAIGON DISTRESS SIGNAL - DARKNESS LP When I hear someone say "Toronto's version of Trag-core", well I'm all ears, cause unlike some who've gotten irritated with constant comparisons or copy style, I for one can not get enough of the dark punk or the apocalyptic punk, or the "trag-core". This starts out awesomely, with a dark heavy essence, an eerie weaving guitar, and a double bass drum, all in a slowish swooing tempo. A perfect introduction for my ears. And to be fair to the band, I don't think this really sounds all that like Tragedy. What they do sound like is a combination of the influences of various Swedish d-beat bands with the modern concoction of heaviness, pummeling beats and weaving guitars. And I for one absolutely LOVE this!! There is even a tree on the cover. (-Chris) *****

We were also reviewed in Maximum Rock 'n' Roll. Presumably they did not like the album. The words "convoluted" and "false metal" were used. Convoluted, maybe. False metal, never.

the foundation stone

2006-11-02T10:33:00.000-08:00

Welcome to the Saigon Distress Signal web log.

Why?

Our website is terrible. It will no longer exist.

This will be a source for gig dates, tour dates, release information and various other stuff.

These past three months have been slow, at least externally. We have played no shows at all since tour ended at the beginning of September.

Internally, some major stuff happened. Chris moved to Montreal so we tried out a few bassists. Matteo of Black Spokes and Concrete Tank is now a permenant member of the band.

In our time off on tour, Doug, Pat and myself recorded the song "Fortress of Ravens" which has been released on the "Killed By Canada" Comp. This is a pretty amazing release featuring 50 of the best hardcore and punk bands from across Canada. We are thrilled to be part of it.

We were to play a show this Sunday at the Smiling Buddha put on by the internet metalzine No Official Capacity but that show has now been postponed.