HIGH GEAR was a Salem, New Hampshire-USA based band, which performed in the Boston, Massachusetts local rock scene in 1988-1990. Member's, at that time, included: Steve Ciarcia (Salem, NH): Lead Vocals and Guitar; Michael Hughes (North Andover, MA): Bass Guitar and Backing Vocals; Bob Vernon (North Andover, MA): Drums and Kurt Federow (Derry, NH): Keyboards and Backing Vocals. The band received outstanding reviews on their demo release, which contained the songs: "Take Me Home", "Breakin' My Heart" and "Plastic Lover".In March 1998, a party for Steve was arranged and a 1-night "reunion" of HIGH GEAR was put together. However, not able to locate Bob V. and Kurt for this event, this 1-night reunion consisted of: Steve and Michael along with long time friends Bob Harnden (Voyager, Zalla) on Guitars and Jeff Bishop (Moving Pictures - A Tribute to Rush) on Drums. This performance was recorded and in 2001 the CD, HIGH GEAR - "268 Main Street", was made available (along with the original three song's from the 1989 demo). Those who knew the band can guess where "268 Main Street" came from and all the good time's we all had there. A second reunion party was arranged and held on September 21, 2001 with the same line up from 1998 with the addition of Dave Callahan on guitar.
