Art-rock band from New Orleans, Louisiana, founded by artist/producer Eric Johanson. Official band site. "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. After getting a taste of this album, the raw, psychedelic rock and pulsating sounds grab you with intensity. The vocals of Eric Johanson, who also provides the majority of musical duties, is melodic with a grungy edge and helps accentuate the elaborate rhythms on this release of pure emotional mayhem." - Impact Press "Guitarist, singer, and composer [Eric Johanson] (pictured), has traveled far from his tenure as a hot-handed young Stevie Ray Vaughan wannabe on Memphis' Beale St. Based now for several years in New Orleans... Johanson conceived Cire, a project that references the likes of A Perfect Circle with its ambitious arrangements, shards of driving, metallic guitar, industrial breaks, and lyrics culled from the psyche's shadowy corners. - Keith Spera, Times Picayune (New Orleans, LA) "Cire is a very unique group of musicians... and with a sound comparable to acts like A Perfect Circle, Dredg, and Tool not to mention plenty of their own original style, Cire is destined to go places. Part of what sets Cire’s creativity apart from the others is their use of sampling, pianos and even the re-occurring guitar solo... There really isn’t much to say about an album that’s so entertaining and enjoyable, so Adrenologoical is best left an excellent album from a band that may soon see the glory and praise they deserve. This is a great album and highly recommended." - Josh Tabbia, DecoyMusic.com (Gretna, VA) "An ambitious synthesis of classic rock guitar riffs dressed up with bits of industrial rock fission; check out the featured electronic pulse that builds under the acoustic Delta blues guitar to end "Dica." Pleasure is an impressive sonic resume for such a young artist. Johanson knows his way round a riff... and obviously is not lacking ideas." - Keith Spera, Times Picayune (New Orleans, LA) "Eric Johanson is an unusual, interesting blues guitar player. His disc is a technologically involved, ambitious concept album." - Alex Rawls, Offbeat Magazine (New Orleans, LA) "Johanson takes us on a musical journey that is bold and challenging to listeners who can appreciate the more daring side of rock and roll... The soundscape produced by this musical wizard is challenging and fourth-coming to a new path that many have yet to travel." - Bud Albright, Cenla Focus (Alexandria, LA) ". . .Pleasure Is Our Enemy is complex, socio-political, high-tech and must be really listened to be truly appreciated. . . In this album, the effects, instrumentation, composition, music, message and endless layers of audio all mean something. The parts are, indeed, a sum of the whole and they are integral. That, perhaps, is one of the most intriguing aspects of this album." - Cynthia Jardon, Alexandria Town Talk "[Eric] has a real chance of filling the void created by the untimely death of Stevie Ray. It may not be too bold to say that he even may be another Jimi Hendrix. Eric plays with an inventiveness and creativity... He is simply amazing." - Ned Theall, The New Orleans Times Music Magazine (Published in 1999, when Eric was 17.)

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