Straight forward, in your face rock combined with edgy melodies and aggressive song writing make this record a must have for anyone who loves music.

10 MP3 Songs
ROCK: Hard Rock, ROCK: Adult Alternative Pop/Rock

Details:
HRC is:

Christopher (âCâ) Lauer â Guitar / Lead Vocals
Brian (âBâ) Holtz â Drums /Percussion / Bass
Jason (âJâ) Hurley â Guitar / Vocals

In an attempt to bypass the normal gag reflex that most bios induce, as well as avoid the volume of information that 15 plus years of history can create, we offer a peek inside the new record and what is in store for the boys moving forward. If interested, the history is available, in all its glory, on their website.

Highrise Circusâ self-titled new record is a debut by name only. These boys have had more name changes than a big league ballpark. After 15 plus years of collaboration, pounding stages and personnel changes, the re-vamped trio has finally created a name and a body of work that differs from everything else theyâve done in one, important area: âThis is the first time the three of us have been happy with a record. Ever.â Brian laughs. âItâs funny, â he continues, âthe songs came together in bunches and we were mixing seven months after pre-production. We set out to make a rock/alt record for the kids and thatâs what happenedâ.

âAll I wanted was a pizza,â Chris muses. That was the first thing he said to me when I asked him how they originally connected. âB and I went to school together in Oakland (Ca) and lost touch when we graduated. Iâm surfing down south and he calls me, out of the blue. He says he wants to talk to me about something. So, I drive up north and meet him for pizza and beer and, two days later, I broke my lease, dropped out of school and joined the band.â Throughout the decade of the 90âs, they were tearing up the local circuit as âThe Nakedâ, a funk-rock quartet with a three- piece horn section and a ton of attitude. Living together wore down the band and the lead singer/bass player moved on. Picking up another bass player, they changed the name multiple times, finally agreeing on âThe Undergroundâ. After a few more years, the project dissolved and the players moved on.

About a year later, Chris and Jason started writing again. B was in the middle of raising a family and healing a serious ankle injury he suffered when he fell two stories and landed on his feet. âC and I kept sending him pre-production stuff and he never responded,â Jason says. âWe would leave him messages about drum kits we saw for sale, threatening to cut him out if he didnât get off his dead ass and respond.â The result of this two-year layoff was an impressive catalog of songs in a myriad of genres. âWe had so much material at one point that we had to buy external drives to free up space on our machinesâ. Chris says. By the time B picked up his sticks, the boys were ready to roll. âWe were itching to get back in the studio,â remembers Jason, âand, of the 10 songs on the new record, only two were written in the âwhereâs b?â era.â

Because of life, by the time HRC was ready to record, the group found themselves separated on the map. Chris was in Tahoe, B was in Stockton and Jason was in Vallejo. Having spent so many years living together and playing live does have its advantages. To find out why, stop by the website. There are a few surprises and insights into what it took to create a body of work that embodies the character of the authors: Solid and inspiring.

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