“High Wire” came from the band’s frontman Rob Phillips attitude towards the record labels and being fed up with their control over the music industry. He uses metaphor and imagery to communicate the circus that is the industry, using the characters of the clown as the musician and the high wire girl as the label. The clown tries to reach the high wire girl with all their focus and attention, losing site of what means the most, creating music for people.
“At the end he succeeds and walks away from the record labels, with the line ‘A Clown without a Tear,’” shares Rob.
Rob Phillips formed the Heavy metal band Siren in the early eighties. As a Songwriter and lead guitarist, the band recorded a 45 vinyl and a couple cassette demos. This led to Siren being signed to a German label, Flametrader, in 1986. The band recorded their first full length album “No Place like Home”, which was released and well received in Europe. However, after a year, Rob left the band due to musical differences, as his style was leaning more progressive than that of the straight Metal sound of the band. Siren did record one more album, and then separated a year later.
Phillips reformed Siren in 2005 along with drummer/engineer Mike Cupino. With a new musical direction. Rob and Mike started recording the first Siren album “Don’t Mind”, which was finished and released in 2007 to critical success.
Three new members were then added to the group; Chris Bonelli on Bass, Chip Gardner on keyboard/organ, and Leo Boland on lead guitar. The new line up soon began writing and recording and released the album “You Never Noticed” in 2009. After a nine year break, the band consisted of the same lineup with the exception of lead guitar. Todd Grubbs replaced Leo Boland as the new lead guitarist and final piece to the puzzle.
