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The original band consisted of Howard Werth (born Howard Alexander Werth, in 1947, in Clapton, East London) on nylon-strung electric acoustic guitar and vocals, Keith Gemmell (born in 1948, in Hackney, East London) on tenor sax, flute and clarinet, bass guitarist and vocalist Trevor Williams (born Trevor Leslie Williams, 19 January 1945, in Hereford, Herefordshire, and drummer/vocalist Tony Connor (born Anthony Connor, 6 April 1947, in Romford, Essex). Year 1947 (MCMXLVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1947 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Upper Clapton is a place in the London Borough of Hackney. ... East London area East London is the name commonly given to the north eastern part of London, England on the north side of the River Thames. ... Hackney is the principal area of the London Borough of Hackney in East London. ... East London area East London is the name commonly given to the north eastern part of London, England on the north side of the River Thames. ... Trevor Williams (born Trevor Leslie Wiliams, in 1945, in Hereford, Herefordshire) is the bass guitarist for Audience, cult British Art Rock band which ran from 1969 - 1972, reforming in 2004. ... is the 19th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1945 (MCMXLV) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar). ... , Hereford (pronounced or ) Welsh: (pronounced Henforth) is a city and civil parish in the West Midlands of England, close to the border with Wales and on the River Wye. ... Herefordshire is a historic and ceremonial county and unitary district (known as County of Herefordshire) in the West Midlands region of England. ... is the 96th day of the year (97th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1947 (MCMXLVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1947 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... , Romford is a large suburban town in Greater London, England and the principal settlement of the London Borough of Havering. ... For other meanings of Essex, see Essex (disambiguation). ...

Formation

Audience rose from the ashes of a semi-professional soul band named Lloyd Alexander Real Estate, which had included all the Audience members with the exception of Connor, who had unsuccessfully auditioned for the earlier band when John Richardson left to form The Rubettes. However, when Werth, Williams, and Gemmell decided to form their new band, it was Connor who came to mind as the right man to complete the line-up. The Rubettes were an English pop band of the 1970s assembled in 1973 by the songwriting team of Wayne Bickerton, the then head of A&R at Polydor Records, and his co-songwriter, Tony Waddington, after their doo-wop and 1950s American pop-influenced songs had been rejected by a...

Within weeks of starting rehearsals, Audience had acquired management, a publishing contract, a residency at Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club, and a recording contract with Polydor, with whom they recorded their first album Audience. The band, however, was less than pleased with the record company's promotional approach, and went into hiding in Switzerland to avoid getting involved with banal publicity stunts. Ronnie Scott (left) with Tubby Hayes. ... Polydor Records is a record label once headquartered in Germany. ...

By the end of the year, the band was drawing public and journalistic acclaim for their songs, arrangements, and stage act. They had also been commissioned to write the score for Bronco Bullfrog, an East End skinhead film directed by Barney Platts-Mills, which established a genre subsequently taken up by Mike Leigh. Bronco Bullfrog is a British film made in 1969,directed by Barney Platts-Mills. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Mike Leigh OBE (born February 20, 1943 in Broughton, Salford, Lancashire) is an award winning English film and theatre director. ...

Recordings

None of this was wasted on Tony Stratton-Smith, Director of Charisma Records, who spotted the band supporting Led Zeppelin and signed them up to his label immediately. Audience recorded three albums with Charisma, the members producing and designing the first Friends Friends Friend themselves before bringing in legendary producer Gus Dudgeon and top record sleeve designers Hipgnosis to get the best from their follow-up albums House on the Hill and Lunch. Tony Stratton-Smith (1933-1987) was an English music manager, entrepreneur, and founder of London based Charisma Records which he began in 1969. ... Charisma Records was a record label started by former journalist Tony Stratton-Smith in 1969. ... For the bands 1969 self-titled debut album, see Led Zeppelin (album). ... Gus Dudgeon (1942 - 2002) was a British record producer, and the inventor of audio sampling as a musical device. ... Hipgnosis was a British art design group that specialized in creating cover art for the albums of rock musicians and bands, most notably Pink Floyd, Genesis, Led Zeppelin, Def Leppard, Yes, Styx, and Black Sabbath. ...

Dudgeon's first 45rpm production for the band, "Indian Summer", took the band into the lower reaches of the U.S. charts, but by this time they were exhausted and fractious, having worked virtually non-stop for three years. A U.S. tour with Rod Stewart and The Faces, although successful, brought things to a head, resulting in Gemmell leaving the band. Roderick David Stewart, CBE (born January 10, 1945), is a British singer and songwriter born and raised in London. ... Small Faces album cover Faces were an early 1970s rock band formed in 1969 from the ashes of The Small Faces after Steve Marriott left to form Humble Pie; new members Ron Wood (guitar) and Rod Stewart (vocals) (both from The Jeff Beck Group) joined Ronnie Lane (bass), Ian McLagan...

The unfinished Lunch album was completed with the help of The Rolling Stones and Mad Dogs and Englishmen brass section, Jim Price and Bobby Keys, following which they went straight back on the road with new members Pat Charles Neuberg, from Joyce Bond Revue, on alto and soprano sax and ex-B B Blunder Nick Judd on electric piano. “Rolling Stones” redirects here. ... This page is a candidate for speedy deletion. ... Jim Price can refer to: Jim Price, an American basketball player Jim Price, an American baseball player Jim Price, an American football player Jim Price, a trumpet player This is a disambiguation page — a list of articles associated with the same title. ... Bobby Keys is a saxophone player. ...

Break-up

The new line-up never really worked well together, and Williams, the band's main lyricist, resigned eight months later. When Nick Judd received an offer to join Juicy Lucy, the band folded. Judd later went on to join Alan Bown, The Andy Fraser Band, Brian Eno, and Sharks, most recently emerging in a Madness spin-off band. Juicy Lucy were saucy blues-rockers, who formed in 1969 from the ashes of the cult garage band The Misunderstood; thus uniting vocalist Ray Owen, steel guitarist Glenn Ross Campbell and keyboardist Chris Mercer. ... Andy Fraser (born on 7 August 1952, in London) is an English musician, best known for his songwriting and bass playing with Free. ... Brian Eno (pronounced ) born on 15 May 1948 in Woodbridge, Suffolk, England) is an English electronic musician, music theorist and record producer. ... Sharks may refer to: sharks Sharks, a group of cartilaginous fishes Cronulla Sharks, an Australian rugby league team East Fremantle Sharks, an Australian rules football team Los Angeles Sharks, a former U.S. ice hockey team Orlando Sharks, a U.S. Indoor Soccer team Sale Sharks, a UK rugby union... Madness are an English pop/ska band from Camden Town, London that formed in 1976. ...

By this time, Keith Gemmell had joined Stackridge, later to join Sammy, whose sole album was produced by Ian Gillan of Deep Purple, then on to The Roy Young Band. During this time he was simultaneously carving out a healthy career in session work and arranging, often in association with film soundtrack writer John Altman, before joining the Pasadena Roof Orchestra for fourteen years. Stackridge are a British folk, pop and progressive rock group who were at the height of their success during the early 1970s. ... You may be looking for the Sega Corporation which is still maintained on its own article. ... Ian Gillan (born 19 August 1945 in Hounslow, London), is an English rock music vocalist best known as the lead singer for Deep Purple. ... This article is about the rock band. ... John Altman John Altman (born March 2, 1952 in Reading, Berkshire, England) is an English actor best known as Nasty Nick Cotton in the popular BBC soap opera EastEnders. ... The Pasadena Roof Orchestra (commonly abbreviated to PRO) is a contemporary band from England that specialises in most genres of music of the 1920s and 1930s, although their full repertoire is considerably wider. ...

Trevor Williams joined 1960s hitmakers The Nashville Teens, a version driven by Len Tuckey, who left shortly after to help his girlfriend, Suzie Quatro launch a career with Mickie Most. Tony Connor also ended up with Most. After a stint with Jackson Heights, a spin-off from The Nice, he joined one of Most's stable, Hot Chocolate, with whom he has remained. The Nashville Teens The Nashville Teens are a British pop band formed in Weybridge, Surrey in 1962. ... Suzi Quatro is still a popular performer in 2006. ... Mickie Most, born Michael Peter Hayes (20 June1938–30 May2003), was a successful English record producer, notably with a string of Number One hit singles with his own RAK Recordsand acts such as The Animals, Hermans Hermits, Donovan, and Suzi Quatro. ... Jackson Heights is a neighborhood in northern Queens, New York. ... Keith Emerson, Lee Jackson, Brian Davison, Davy OList, circa 1967-68. ... <nowiki>Insert non-formatted text here <gallery> Insert non-formatted text here </gallery></nowiki>:For the beverage, see Hot chocolate. ...

Williams moved on to Jonathan Kelly's Outside, recording one single, Outside, and an album Waiting On You with a band fronted by the twin guitars of Snowy White and Chas Jankel plus ex-Graham Bond drummer Dave Sheen. But growing increasingly disenchanted with the music business, he drifted back to The Nashville Teens, this time in the company of friend Rob Hendry – ex-Renaissance guitarist – in a misconceived project to revitalise the band's image and fortunes. When this foundered, Williams left the business entirely. Jonathan Kellys Outside was a folk rock band formed circa 1973 by vocalist / guitarist Jonathan Kelly (aka Jonathan Ledingham). ... Waiting On You was the one and only album released by the British folk rock band, Jonathan Kellys Outside, which was released in 1974. ... Snowy White (born Terence Charles White, 3 March 1948, in Barnstaple, Devon) is an English guitarist, mostly known for having played for Thin Lizzy (permanent member from 1979 to 1981) and for Pink Floyd (as a back-up player; he was first invited to join the band through Europe and... Chas Jankel was a keyboardist with Ian Dury. ... Graham John Clifton Bond (28 October 1937 in Romford, Essex, England – 8 May 1974 at Finsbury Park station, Finsbury Park, North London, England) was an English musician, considered a founding father of the English rhythm and blues boom of the 1960s. ... This article is about the European Renaissance of the 14th-17th centuries. ...

Howard Werth was in the throes of his first solo album at this time, still with Charisma and produced by Dudgeon. Called King Brilliant, his band, containing members of Hookfoot and with Mike Moran on keyboards, was dubbed Howard Werth and The Moonbeams, and came close to having a major hit with Lucinda. However, it wasn't to be, and when he was headhunted by The Doors (Audience stable-mates on the U.S. Elektra record label) to replace Jim Morrison, Werth left for the USA. In any event, The Doors did not reform, and Werth found himself engaged in numerous short term projects with Doors' keyboard man Ray Manzarek and musicians from Captain Beefheart and The Magic Band before returning to the UK in the early 1980s. Although appearing live only occasionally, Werth subsequently recorded two more solo albums, 6 of 1 and Half a Dozen of the Other on Demon Records and The Evolution Myth Explodes for his own Luminous Music label. Mike Moran is a keyboard musician. ... This page is about the rock band. ... Elektra Records is an American record label owned by Warner Music Group, and today operates under Atlantic Records Group. ... For other persons named James or Jim Morrison, see James Morrison. ... Raymond Daniel Manzarek or Manczarek (b. ... Captain Beefheart Don Van Vliet (born January 15, 1941 in Glendale, California), is a musician and painter, best known under the pseudonym Captain Beefheart. ... After Jake Rivera previously started Stiff Records, Radar Records and F-Beat Records, he founded Demon Records with Andrew Lauder and Elvis Costello in 1980. ...

Reunion

Despite a few minor projects together, the original Audience band members were not to re-emerge as a working entity until 33 years after their first incarnation. In 2004, Howard Werth, Keith Gemmell and Trevor Williams went back on the road, gigging in Germany, Italy, Canada and the UK, replacing Tony Connor with drummer/vocalist John Fisher and recording a live album alive&kickin'&screamin'&shoutin' for Eclectic Records. Gemmell also released two solo albums, The Windhover, inspired by a poem by Gerald Manley Hopkins, and Unsafe Sax. The Best ideal is the true/ And other truth is none. ...

Werth and Fisher occasionally appear live billed as Howard Werth and his Performing Monkey and Fisher works simultaneously with jazz rock band Continuum, Blues Abuse and The Simon Hopper Band. Williams and Gemmell are, respectively, occasional members of a duo with Robin Melville of Mood Indigo and of '40s style jazzers The Cotton Club.

Sources

Interviews and articles from publications, band's own website and fansite.

External links

• Official Site
• http://www.audiencefansite.co.uk/ Audience Fansite