Jon Siren
| Jon Siren | |
|---|---|
| Born | May 4, 1978 |
| Origin | Columbus, Ohio |
| Genres | alternative, industrial, Aggrotech, Industrial Metal, rock, electro-industrial, Synthpop, heavy metal, black metal |
| Occupation(s) | musician, songwriter |
| Years active | 1997-present |
| Associated acts | IAMX, Early Man (band), Information Society, Medium, Inept, Flesh for Eve, Hate Dept., Pseudocipher, Mankind Is Obsolete, Dismantled, kidneythieves, Psyclon Nine, System Syn, God Module, Imperative Reaction, Ludovico Technique, Dawn Of Ashes, White Empress, Ancestral Awakening, Coffin's Slave |
| Notable instruments | |
| drums, bass guitar, keyboards, guitar | |
Jon Siren (born May 4, 1978), co-founder and drummer of the band Mankind Is Obsolete, has been a drummer or keyboardist in many other industrial bands including Psyclon Nine, Dismantled, and System Syn.
Jon grew up in Columbus, Ohio and developed an early love of music in the time of MTV. His first performance instruments were guitar and bass before taking on the drums in his late teens.
When in Columbus, Jon played in local grindcore and punk bands such as Medium and Inept in his teens in the mid-to-late '90s.
While living in New York City in his early 20's, he met Kevorkian Death Cycle, who were interested in taking him on as their new drummer. A fan of their work, Siren moved out to Los Angeles, considering their offer, but by the time he had arrived, the band had broken up.
Once in Los Angeles, Siren attended the Musicians Institute. Columbus area collaborators Kristy Venrick of The Azoic and Steve Creighton of The Wake helped him establish California musical contacts. By 2001, Jon Siren had joined Christopher Anton's synthpop band, Pseudocipher, and Evelyne Bennu's art-industrial band Flesh for Eve
Siren met Natasha Cox at the Musicians Institute in Los Angeles and recognized that they had similar tastes in music after seeing each other wearing the same Sisters of Mercy T-shirts. The two played in a jazz band together and in 2002 Cox also joined Pseudocipher.
By the fall of 2002, Cox and Siren had formed Mankind is Obsolete. With Cox on keyboards and Siren on drums, they began recording what would become their first EP, Metamorph. Some of the recording was done at the school's facilities, some in Siren's apartment using ProTools, and some in Cox's apartment bedroom. By February 2003, a live band had been assembled adding Jamie Roy on bass, Mark Nurre on guitars and Nathan Trowbridge on keyboards and running the light show.
During this time period, beginning around 2002, Siren had also been part of Steven Seibold's Hate Dept., primarily as a keyboardist, and was involved in Hate Dept.'s 2003 album Ditch. Seibold performed additional recording and mixing duties on Metamorph, which was released in August 2003.
Siren's direct involvement with Hate Dept. wound down in 2004 as MKIO took off. For a while he continued to be involved in Chris Anton's projects including both Pseudocipher as well as 101, a Depeche Mode cover band.
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