[2] When in Columbus, Siren played in local grindcore and punk bands such as Medium and Inept[2][3] in his teens in the mid-to-late '90s.
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.
Columbus area collaborators Kristy Venrick of The Azoic and Steve Creighton of The Wake helped him establish California musical contacts.
[4] By 2001, Siren had joined Christopher Anton's synthpop band, Pseudocipher,[5] and Evelyne Bennu's art-industrial band Flesh for Eve[4][6] 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.
[11] 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.
[12] By 2005, Siren had become a fan of Gary Zon's Dismantled[13] and by the fall of 2006, he began occasionally filling in as the band's live drummer.
This included a trip to 2007's Wave-Gotik-Treffen accompanied by fellow MKIO member Brian DiDomenico on keyboards[14] After Mankind Is Obsolete's Trapped Inside tour, Siren and fellow MKIO member Scott Landes joined Kidneythieves as part of their live band in mid to late 2008.
That September Siren recorded drum tracks for Angel Bartolotta's Team Cybergeist project,[15] which eventually appeared on 2009's How to Destroy Something Beautiful.
Jon Siren finished off the year working on new albums with Early Man (band) and Mankind Is Obsolete.
He also recorded drums with Scott Carlson of "Repulsion" for "Morbid Tales" Celtic Frost tribute album under the name Coffin's Slave.
It explains Siren's views on animal issues, diet, lifestyle and includes tips on how to navigate in a world that is not set up conveniently for vegans.