Audience (band) - Wikipedia. Audience is a cult Britishart rock band which existed from 1. The original band consisted of Howard Werth (born Howard Alexander Werth, 2. March 1. 94. 7, The Mother's Hospital, Clapton, East London) on nylon- strung electric acoustic guitar and vocals; Keith Gemmell (born Keith William Gemmell, 1. February 1. 94. 8, Hackney Hospital, Hackney, East London - died 2. July 2. 01. 6, Beltinge, Kent) on alto and tenor saxophone, flute and clarinet; Trevor Williams (born Trevor Leslie Williams, 1.
Audience is a cult British art rock band which existed from 1969 until 1972 and then from 2004 until present. The original band consisted of Howard Werth (born Howard.
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January 1. 94. 5, Hereford General Hospital, Hereford, Herefordshire on bass guitar and vocals; and Tony Connor (born Anthony John Connor, 6 April 1. Romford, Havering) on drums and vocals.
Formation. However, when Werth, Williams, and Gemmell decided to form their new band, they thought of Connor. The 'Lloyd Alexander Real Estate' issued one 4. President PT1. 57 in 1. But the band was dissatisfied with the record company's promotional approach (a single, . 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. Recordings. Audience recorded three albums with Charisma. The first, Friend's Friend's Friend, was entirely produced and designed by the band.
Their subsequent releases House on the Hill and Lunch were produced by Gus Dudgeon, with arrangements by Robert Kirby and cover art by record sleeve designers Hipgnosis. Their first two albums were not issued in the U.
S. Elektra signed them (around the time Elektra signed Lindisfarne, another Charisma group), and their final two albums were issued in the U. S. Dudgeon's first 4.
When Judd received an offer to join Juicy Lucy shortley thereafter, the band folded. Judd later went on to join Alan Bown, The Andy Fraser Band, Brian Eno, Frankie Miller and Sharks, most recently emerging in a Madness spin- off band. 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 also doing session work and arranging, often together with film soundtrack writer John Altman, before joining the Pasadena Roof Orchestra for fourteen years. Howard Werth was working on 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.
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 1. Although appearing live only occasionally, Werth later 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. Trevor Williams joined 1. The Nashville Teens, a version driven by Len Tuckey, who left shortly after to help his girlfriend Suzi Quatro launch a career with Mickie Most. 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 Chaz Jankel plus ex- Graham Bond drummer Dave Sheen and percussionist Jeff Whittaker, formerly with Peter Green and Crosby, Stills and Nash. But tiring of the music business, he drifted back to The Nashville Teens, this time with his friend Rob Hendry . When this foundered, Williams left the business entirely.
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. Reunions. In 2. 00. Howard Werth, Keith Gemmell and Trevor Williams performed in Germany, Italy, Canada and the UK, replacing Tony Connor (who remained committed to Hot Chocolate) with drummer/vocalist John Fisher (born 8 December 1.
Buxton, Derbyshire - died 2. September 2. 00. 8) and recording a live album alive& kickin'& screamin'& shoutin' for Eclectic Records. During this period, Gemmell released two solo albums, The Windhover, inspired by a poem by Gerard Manley Hopkins, and Unsafe Sax, a tribute to his early '6.
Following the death of John Fisher from pancreatic cancer on 2. September 2. 00. 8, Audience recruited drummer Simon Jeffrey, who also worked with Bernie Torme, Led Zeppelin tribute band Letz Zep and Blue Pulse. Williams is also a member of Blue Pulse, with whom he released an album entitled Trams in 2.
Werth also performing on several tracks. Keith Gemmell died from tongue cancer on 2.