Cire

The melodic guitar-driven rock of Cire is the brainchild of Eric Johanson, a New Orleans-born singer and guitarist with a background in the blues. Johanson started playing guitar when he was five. His original role model was Stevie Ray Vaughan, but eventually he developed an interest in more hard-edged alternative and industrial rock sounds by the likes of Failure, Tool, and Nine Inch Nails, and that greatly influenced his work in Cire. His first release under the moniker was 2001's Pleasure Is Our Enemy, a collection of tracks Johanson wrote, performed, and recorded mostly by...