Audiovent is an American
alternative rock
Alternative rock (also known as alternative music, alt-rock or simply alternative) is a category of rock music that evolved from the independent music underground of the 1970s. Alternative rock acts achieved mainstream success in the 1990s w ...
band from
Calabasas, California
Calabasas (, ; Spanish language in California, Spanish for "winter squash, squashes") is a city in the southwestern region of the San Fernando Valley in Los Angeles County, California, United States.[Atlantic Records
Atlantic Recording Corporation (simply known as Atlantic Records) is an American record label founded in October 1947 by Ahmet Ertegun and Herb Abramson. Over the course of its first two decades, starting from the release of its first recor ...]
in 2001. The band released their one and only album on a major
record label
"Big Three" music labels
A record label or record company is a brand or trademark of Sound recording and reproduction, music recordings and music videos, or the company that owns it. Sometimes, a record label is also a Music publisher, ...
, ''
Dirty Sexy Knights in Paris
''Dirty Sexy Knights in Paris'' is the only major label album by alternative rock band Audiovent. It was released in 2002 on Atlantic Records. The album had two singles, "The Energy" and " Looking Down". Audiovent toured with Saliva and The ...
'', in 2002. Two singles were released to rock radio and charted with moderate success - "
The Energy
"The Energy" is the lead single from the debut and only major record label album ''Dirty Sexy Knights in Paris'' by alternative rock band Audiovent. The song was a top ten hit on the Billboard (magazine), Billboard Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks char ...
" and "
Looking Down
"Looking Down" is the second and final single from the debut and only major record label album, ''Dirty Sexy Knights in Paris'', by the alternative rock band Audiovent. The song appeared on the Billboard Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks chart in 2002, ...
". The band began work on a second album in 2003, demoing over 19 tracks over the course of the year, but disbanded in mid-2004 before the album could be formally recorded, due to creative differences between band members. They reformed in 2017 for several reunion shows, then began writing and recording new material in 2022. They released their first single
"Sleepless Machine"in late 2023, with more music to follow.
History
Formation as "Vent" and '' Papa's Dojo '' (1993–2000)
The band's origins trace back to the members attending
middle school
Middle school, also known as intermediate school, junior high school, junior secondary school, or lower secondary school, is an educational stage between primary school and secondary school.
Afghanistan
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, when
lead singer
The lead vocalist in popular music is typically the member of a group or band whose voice is the most prominent melody in a performance where multiple voices may be heard. The lead singer sets their voice against the accompaniment parts of the ...
Jason Boyd began playing music with friend
bassist
A bassist (also known as a bass player or bass guitarist) is a musician who plays a bass instrument such as a double bass (upright bass, contrabass, wood bass), bass guitar (electric bass, acoustic bass), keyboard bass (synth bass) or a low br ...
Paul Fried.
Fried's
stepbrother
Step-siblings are children born of two different families who have been joined by marriage. A male step-sibling is a stepbrother and a female is a stepsister. The step-siblings relationship is connected through law and is not a blood relation.
...
, Benjamin Einziger, walked into one of their
jam session
A jam session is a relatively informal musical event, process, or activity where musicians, typically instrumentalists, play improvised solos and vamp over tunes, drones, songs, and chord progressions. To "jam" is to improvise music without ...
s, and joined shortly thereafter.
The three had all known each other through their brothers' band,
Incubus
An Incubus () is a demon, male demon in human form in folklore that seeks to have Sexuality in Christian demonology, sexual intercourse with sleeping women; the corresponding spirit in female form is called a succubus. Parallels exist in many c ...
, of which they were all related.
Jason Boyd is the brother of vocalist
Brandon Boyd
Brandon Charles Boyd (born February 15, 1976) is an American musician, best known as the lead vocalist of the rock band Incubus, with whom he has recorded eight studio albums.
In addition to his work with Incubus, Boyd has released two solo alb ...
, Benjamin Einziger is brother of guitarist
Mike Einziger
Michael Aaron Einziger (born June 21, 1976) is an American musician, songwriter and producer. He is best known for being co-founder and guitarist of the rock band Incubus, and has also co-written, produced and collaborated with a wide array of a ...
, and Paul Fried is their stepbrother.
The band recruited the final part of the band,
drummer
A drummer is a percussionist who creates music using drums.
Most contemporary western music ensemble, bands that play Rock music, rock, Pop music, pop, jazz, or Contemporary R&B, R&B music include a drummer for purposes including timekeepi ...
Jamin Wilcox,
and, upon having a solid lineup, formed the band under the name "Vent".
Despite forming so early, members had just recently learned how to play their instruments, and would spend years just practicing together, playing covers of
Nirvana
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and
Metallica
Metallica is an American heavy metal band. It was formed in Los Angeles in 1981 by vocalist and guitarist James Hetfield and drummer Lars Ulrich, and has been based in San Francisco for most of its career. The band's fast tempos, instrume ...
.
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(2002)
The band continued to practice together throughout
high school
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, and began to build up a base by playing local shows.
In 1999, the band financed their own independent full-length album ''Papa's Dojo''.
The album greatly increased their local popularity, something the band had difficulty coping with, leading to much in-fighting between members.
The band took part in
group therapy
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to help strengthen their communication amongst one another.
The therapy and determination to keep their long-term friendships paid off, as not only was the band able to stay together, just a few months after the release of ''Papa's Dojo'', the band received interest from multiple major
record label
"Big Three" music labels
A record label or record company is a brand or trademark of Sound recording and reproduction, music recordings and music videos, or the company that owns it. Sometimes, a record label is also a Music publisher, ...
s.
The band chose
Atlantic Records
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, the label they felt understood the band's vision and creativity the best.
Major label debut (2001–2002)
Upon being signed to a major record label, the band decided to rename themselves as something more recognizable - "Audiovent".
The band met with over ten record producers, before deciding to enter the studio with
music producer
A record producer or music producer is a music creating project's overall supervisor whose responsibilities can involve a range of creative and technical leadership roles. Typically the job involves hands-on oversight of recording sessions; ensu ...
Gavin Mackillop to record their major label album debut in 2001, though the process proved to be "slow and tedious".
The majority of the album was recorded over the course of a three-month period in the studio.
Initially thinking they were done, upon listening to the material, the band decided they wanted to restructure and re-record some songs, while additionally recording some new songs, that were ultimately not used in the final album.
The band opted to almost entirely re-record the material from ''Papa's Dojo'' for their major label debut.
The band hadn't initially planned on doing this, but went with it once they realized how well their old songs sounded when they were re-recorded in a high-tech studio with a professional producer and equipment like
Pro-Tools
Pro Tools is a digital audio workstation (DAW) developed and released by Avid Technology (formerly Avid Audio, Digidesign) for Microsoft Windows and OS X, macOS. It is used for music creation and production, sound for picture (sound design, au ...
.
The process was further drawn out while they searched for a
mixing engineer
A mixing engineer (or simply mix engineer) is responsible for combining ("mixing") different sonic elements of an auditory piece into a complete rendition (also known as "final mix" or "mixdown"), whether in music, film, or any other content of a ...
to provide the album's final
mix they felt best complemented their sound, who ended up being
Chris Lord-Alge
Chris Lord-Alge is an American mix engineer. He is the brother of both Tom Lord-Alge and Jeff Lord-Alge, both of whom are also audio engineers. Chris and Tom are known for their abundant use of dynamic range compression for molding mixes that ...
.
The final product, ''
Dirty Sexy Knights in Paris
''Dirty Sexy Knights in Paris'' is the only major label album by alternative rock band Audiovent. It was released in 2002 on Atlantic Records. The album had two singles, "The Energy" and " Looking Down". Audiovent toured with Saliva and The ...
'' was released on June 4, 2002. Commercial reception was lukewarm; the album charted, but peaked at no. 156 on the
''Billboard'' 200 in 2002, staying on the chart for six weeks before dropping off.
[
] Two singles were released in support of the album, "
The Energy
"The Energy" is the lead single from the debut and only major record label album ''Dirty Sexy Knights in Paris'' by alternative rock band Audiovent. The song was a top ten hit on the Billboard (magazine), Billboard Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks char ...
" and "
Looking Down
"Looking Down" is the second and final single from the debut and only major record label album, ''Dirty Sexy Knights in Paris'', by the alternative rock band Audiovent. The song appeared on the Billboard Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks chart in 2002, ...
".
They too were moderately received; "The Energy" peaked at no. 17 on Billboard's
Alternative Songs
Alternative Airplay (formerly known as Modern Rock Tracks between 1988 and 2009, and Alternative Songs between 2009 and 2020) is a music chart published in the American magazine ''Billboard'' since September 10, 1988. It ranks the 40 most-play ...
chart and at no. 9 on their
Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks
Mainstream Rock is a music chart published by '' Billboard'' magazine that ranks the most-played songs on mainstream rock radio stations in the United States. It is an administrative category that combines the " active rock" and " heritage rock" ...
, but "Looking Down" only charted on the Hot Mainstream Chart, peaking at no. 29.
Prior to the album's release, the band toured with
Adema
Adema () is an American rock band from Bakersfield, California. The band formed in 2000 with members vocalist Mark Chavez, guitarist Tim Fluckey, guitarist Mike Ransom, bassist Dave DeRoo, and drummer Kris Kohls. After their first two albums ...
.
After its release, they spent the second half of the year touring in support of the album with
Saliva
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,
Theory of a Deadman,
[
] and
Our Lady Peace
Our Lady Peace (sometimes shortened to OLP) is a Canadian alternative rock band formed in Toronto, Ontario in 1992. Led by lead vocalist Raine Maida since its formation, the band currently also features Duncan Coutts on bass, Steve Mazur on guit ...
. The band finished out the year in December by playing a live show broadcast on
MTV
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called "Live at the
Rock & Roll Hall of Fame
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".
Aborted second album, breakup, and reunion (2003–2023)
By 2003, sales and airplay of their debut material had stalled,
prompting the band to start writing material for a followup.
The lack of success, and return to the creative process, began to cause friction in the band once again.
Einziger reflected on the state of the band:
There was never a lot of synergy in Audiovent ... The band members wouldn't compromise on artistic agendas. There was a conflict every time we turned around. It was like pulling teeth to get anything done."
Wilcox was the first casualty of this, leaving the band in March 2003 due to creative differences. He was replaced by
Ryland Steen
Ryland Steen (born August 31, 1980) is an American drummer who was drummer for ska punk band Reel Big Fish from 2005 to 2014 and is the current drummer for soft rock band America since 2014. He has also performed with Maroon 5, Kris Allen, and ...
, of the
ska punk
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band
Reel Big Fish
Reel Big Fish is an American ska punk band from Huntington Beach, California. The band gained mainstream recognition in the mid-to-late 1990s during the third wave of ska with the release of the gold-certified album '' Turn the Radio Off''. So ...
.
The band continued to push forward, spending the remainder of the year in the studio recording a follow-up album.
By the end of the year, Fried reported that the sessions had been rather prolific, the latest session had produced seven new demos, bringing the overall tally of 19 new songs in contention for the second album.
He also stated the band had been working with record producer
Tony Berg on some of the demos, with the hopes of entering the studio with him in early 2004.
The band proceeded to enter the studio in early 2004 with
Eric Stenman
Eric Stenman is an American record producer, engineer and mixer. He has recorded projects with The Barbarians of California, AWOLNATION, Will Haven, Irontom, Thrice, Senses Fail, Saves The Day, Deftones, Far, Gameface, M.I.A., Dashboard ...
, who produced,
mixed, and
engineered further demos with the band. While largely quiet during this period, the band reemerged in May 2004 by announcing they'd be playing live shows in May and June, but under a new, temporary moniker "Nigel", to represent the stylistic shift in their new music. The band performed the shows, but by mid-June it was abruptly announced that the band had broken up altogether due to their creative differences with one another.
Einziger, Fried, and Steen formed a new band that same year called
Agent Sparks
Agent Sparks was an American indie pop band formed in early 2005 when two former band mates from Audiovent decided they wanted to continue making music. Members include Benjamin Einziger (lead vocals, guitar), Stephanie Eitel (lead vocals, key ...
, although Steen left to play in
Reel Big Fish
Reel Big Fish is an American ska punk band from Huntington Beach, California. The band gained mainstream recognition in the mid-to-late 1990s during the third wave of ska with the release of the gold-certified album '' Turn the Radio Off''. So ...
before recording any material with the band.
Agent Sparks recorded two releases without any success, an EP, ''Not So Merry'' in 2005, and a full album, ''Red Rover'' in 2006, before disbanding themselves in 2007.
While the second album was ultimately aborted, some tracks from the sessions were eventually released in various ways. In August 2008, Audiovent released five previously unreleased demos on their
Myspace
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account for streaming and purchase, under the title of ''The Lost Demos Vol. 1''. No further volumes have been released, though Stenman later released another Audiovent demo on his personal website entitled "Call My Name".
In late 2018, the band announced their reformation, alongside a tour with
Hoobastank
Hoobastank (sometimes stylized as h∞bastank, and originally known as Hoobustank) is an American rock band formed in 1994 in Agoura Hills, California, by lead vocalist Doug Robb, guitarist Dan Estrin, drummer Chris Hesse, and original bassis ...
. However, the tour was cancelled before it started by Hoobastank due to "an unforeseen personal matter". A reunion show was instead scheduled for January 11, 2019, at
The Viper Room
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.
In October 2023 the band released a new song named 'Sleepless Machine'.
Musical style and influences
The band purposely used a traditional "guitar, bass, and drum" rock sound in their music, in efforts to distance themselves from the
DJs,
rapped vocals, and
angst
Angst is a feeling of anxiety, apprehension, or insecurity. ''Anguish'' is its Romance languages, Latinate cognate, equivalent, and the words ''anxious'' and ''anxiety'' are of similar origin.
Etymology
The word ''angst'' was introduced in ...
y themes commonly found in
nu metal
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and
rap metal
Rap metal is a fusion genre that combines hip hop music, hip hop with heavy metal music, heavy metal. It usually consists of heavy metal guitar riffs, funk metal elements, Rapping, rapped vocals and sometimes turntablism, turntables.
History O ...
's music, which was at its peak of popularity upon the band's major label debut.
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''Salt Lake City Weekly
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'', September 2002 issue 52 The band desired to distance themselves from the shadow of their sibling's band Incubus,
though critics commonly compared them regardless, especially to Incubus's 1999 album ''
Make Yourself
''Make Yourself'' is the third studio album by American rock band Incubus. It was released on October 26, 1999, through Epic Records and Immortal Records. The album received double platinum certification by the RIAA and produced three charting ...
''
and
Brandon Boyd
Brandon Charles Boyd (born February 15, 1976) is an American musician, best known as the lead vocalist of the rock band Incubus, with whom he has recorded eight studio albums.
In addition to his work with Incubus, Boyd has released two solo alb ...
's vocals.
They did manage to avoid said band's
nu metal
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label though, most commonly being identified as
alternative rock
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,
post-grunge
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,
and
hard rock
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.
Music journalists noted a diversity between their songs as well, with Margo Whitman of ''
Billboard
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'' described them as having "cuts that run the gamut from
acoustic-type
ballad
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s to
hardcore rock
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* Rock (geology), a naturally occurring solid aggregate of minerals or mineraloids
* Rock music, a genre of popular music
Rock or Rocks may also refer to:
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* Rock, Caerphilly, a location in Wale ...
numbers".
The band experimented with the
sitar
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on the track "Rain", and a 22-piece
orchestra
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* String instruments, such as the violin, viola, cello, ...
in "When I Drown".
The band was greatly influenced by
classic rock
Classic rock is a radio format that developed from the album-oriented rock (AOR) format in the early 1980s. In the United States, it comprises rock music ranging generally from the mid-1960s through the early-1990s, primarily focusing on comm ...
, such as
The Beatles
The Beatles were an English Rock music, rock band formed in Liverpool in 1960. The core lineup of the band comprised John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr. They are widely regarded as the Cultural impact of the Beatle ...
,
Pink Floyd
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, and
David Bowie
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. According to Boyd:
"We look at old footage of Jimi Hendrix
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and Led Zeppelin
Led Zeppelin were an English rock music, rock band formed in London in 1968. The band comprised vocalist Robert Plant, guitarist Jimmy Page, bassist-keyboardist John Paul Jones (musician), John Paul Jones and drummer John Bonham. With a he ...
and The Who
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, and that's really what gets us going. We want music to be like that again ... The stuff we listen to isn't what's going on today ... everything from Beatles to Zep to Hendrix—everything from that to old Stevie Wonder
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, James Brown
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, The Funky Meters—And I like bands that do something different, that aren't afraid to step it up a notch ... Radiohead
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, obviously, and The Flaming Lips
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, Shudder to Think-- We just play stuff that comes from our hearts. It's all natural."
Boyd states the band was also influenced by
soul
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,
funk
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, and
jazz
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in a general sense,
and
metal
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in their earlier days.
Boyd states that the band composed 9 minute Pink Floyd-esq
progressive rock
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songs in their earlier days, but the band ended up unhappy with the end results, and strayed away from the approach upon becoming more familiar with the Beatles and Led Zeppelin.
Wilcox stated that drumming of
John Bonham
John Henry Bonham (31 May 1948 – 25 September 1980) was an English musician who was the drummer of the rock band Led Zeppelin. Noted for his speed, power, fast single-footed kick drumming, distinctive sound, and feel for groove, John Bonh ...
,
Ziggy Modeliste
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, and
Russell Batiste Jr. were particularly influential to his drumming style.
Members
;Last lineup
*Jason Boyd - vocals (1993–2004, 2018–Present)
*Benjamin Einziger - guitar, vocals (1993–2004, 2018–Present)
*Paul Fried - bass (1993–2004, 2018–2019)
*Shane McLafferty - drums (2018–2019)
;Past
*Greg Cooper - drums (1991–1994)
*Josh LeVine - guitar (1991–1994)
*Jamin Wilcox - drums, vocals (1993–2003)
*
Ryland Steen
Ryland Steen (born August 31, 1980) is an American drummer who was drummer for ska punk band Reel Big Fish from 2005 to 2014 and is the current drummer for soft rock band America since 2014. He has also performed with Maroon 5, Kris Allen, and ...
- drums (2003–2004)
Discography
;Studio albums
;Singles
References
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Musical groups from California
Atlantic Records artists
Musical groups disestablished in 2004
Entertainers from Calabasas, California