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About Me

Cire was founded by Eric Johanson (also of Emptyself) in New Orleans, Louisiana (USA) around 2000. Over the 7 years and 3 albums Cire has been known to appear with different members, all now alleged to be part of a shadowy network plotting to undermine our defenses against reality. The most recently identified was "drummer" Chris O'Guinn, who was complicit in the making of Cire's newest release, Wholesale Buyout (11/2006).
In 2005, Hurricane Katrina completely flooded and destroyed Johanson's home, removing all evidence of Cire's activities in New Orleans. Eric and Chris continued to meet at an undisclosed location to complete the recording of Wholesale Buyout.
Just after completing the final mixes, Eric and Chris were allegedly abducted by the Department of Homeland Security, and are now believed to be detained by US forces in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. (However, skeptics have pointed out that they are known to respond to Myspace messages, which is not typical of Guantanamo detainees.)
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Listen to and buy Adrenological at CD Baby .
"Why this brand of solid, progressive rock has not been the replacement for the hoard of trashy hard rock bands on the airwaves nationwide is a mystery to me." - Impact Press
Cire has just released Wholesale Buyout, a download-only release available exclusively from Cire.tv. Click here to view/buy. (iTunes and other retailers coming soon).
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See also: Emptyself.com - home of Eric's acoustic/triphop/rock project.
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Member Since: 3/16/2005
Band Website: cire.tv
Band Members: Eric Johanson (guitars, vocals, bass, programming, mixing)

Chris O'Guinn (drums)
Influences: Failure, Gov't Mule, Tool, Nine Inch Nails, Jimi Hendrix, Bertrand Russell, Matt Ridley, Steven Pinker, E.O. Wilson, Incubus, Derek Trucks, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Joe Satriani, Soundgarden, Year Of the Rabbit, Ministry, White Zombie, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Muse, Shiner, Shudder To Think
Sounds Like: Failure, Tool, A Perfect Circle
Record Label: Genome Records
Type of Label: None

My Blog

Road to Guantanamo

Good film, and you can watch it free on Google video: Road to Guantanamo...
Posted by Cire on Wed, 14 May 2008 05:05:00 PST

Wholesale Buyout now on iTunes (finally)

Good news - 6 months after it's official release, iTunes has finally put up Wholesale Buyout. I don't have the link at the moment, but just search "wholesale buyout" or "cire" or some combinatio...
Posted by Cire on Tue, 05 Jun 2007 09:18:00 PST

Fascist America, in 10 easy steps.

"Fascist America, in 10 easy steps." by Naomi Wolf, Guardian UK Nice article.
Posted by Cire on Fri, 27 Apr 2007 05:58:00 PST

Links to buy Cire CDs / Downloads

Wholesale Buyout - Download directly from us as a $9 zip file. iTunes, SNOCAP (myspace), and other retailers coming soon. Due to popular demand, there is also a physical release on the hor...
Posted by Cire on Fri, 06 Apr 2007 11:53:00 PST

Wholesale Buyout - now available.

Well, it's Friday 11/24/2006 down here in NZ. Click here to view/purchase Cire : Wholesale Buyout
Posted by Cire on Fri, 24 Nov 2006 04:54:00 PST

Cire : Wholesale Buyout - available 11/24/2006

Cire : Wholesale Buyout - available 11/24/2006 from www.cire.tv.* *barring unforseen events. Alright, here's the plan folks. The album will first be available as a big zip file containing all 10...
Posted by Cire on Tue, 21 Nov 2006 06:16:00 PST

Listen to "Highly Specific" here (if problems with MySpace)

Try the player below, as MySpace usually doesn't play well. If your connection isn't the fastest, pause the song before it starts and wait for it to load before playing. Click here for "Highly Specifi...
Posted by Cire on Mon, 09 Oct 2006 11:43:00 PST

Cire : Adrenological on iTunes

Click here to check out Cire : Adrenological on iTunes merci.
Posted by Cire on Sat, 02 Sep 2006 11:22:00 PST

Pleasure Is Our Enemy now available online

Cire's 1st CD, Pleasure Is Our Enemy is once again available online at the following link: CDBaby.com/Cire2 I really recommend getting Adrenological first, but if you're interested in seeing where I w...
Posted by Cire on Wed, 07 Jun 2006 12:08:00 PST

9 new songs.

Chris and I have 9 new Cire songs in the pipeline. They are far from complete, but the plan is to release them digitally, perhaps altogether, perhaps through the regular iTunes/AOL/Rh...
Posted by Cire on Tue, 30 May 2006 10:52:00 PST