小简介
如果Led Zeppelin的Robert Plant、Jimmy Page的弟弟们也当起主唱、吉他手组团出唱片,你会不会想买回家听?我一定立刻包起来带回家,希望他们可以继续用那样的音乐安慰我忧郁的心灵!不过Audiovent的哥哥们虽不是led Zeppelin,却也是现今美国Modern Rock界第一把交椅-Incubus!
Audiovent来自加州南部的Calabasas,和鼎鼎有名的哥哥同样是主唱的Jason Boyd和同样是吉他手的Benjamin Einziger加上贝斯手Paul Fried、鼓手Jamin Wilcox,初中时因为一样喜欢冲浪和摇滚乐,就组了团开始一起玩音乐,不过二十初头四人玩团的历史却已将近十年。
听着Jimi Hendrix、Led Zeppelin、The Who长大,后来音乐的领域从Old School Funk到Queen都开始接触,九○年代则和所有当时美国搞团的年轻人一样接受Metallica等Metal团的洗礼,接着是Nirvana、Soundgarden。现在则是浸淫整个音乐光谱,从后摇滚到放克爵士各种音乐类型都是他们创作灵感的来源。
99年四人以团名Vent自资发行了第一张专辑《Papa's Dojo》,在没有任何宣传只透过网路和现场表演的影响下就卖出超过3000张的佳绩,并被Atlantic唱片发掘而网罗旗下。
《Dirty Sexy Knights In Paris》是他们加盟Atlantic唱片首张专辑,制作人请来他们很欣赏的王牌制作Gavin Mackillop (Goo Goo Dolls、Toad The Wet Sprocket), 录音工程师John Porter则是曾和the Smiths、Roxy Music合作的传奇制作人,在有良师背书下想当然耳这是张耐听动人的专辑。
首支单曲"The Energy"由渐响鼓声带起整首歌的强烈情绪,和"Underwater Silence"一样都是主唱个人的私密心情-关于失恋,Jason唱腔时而高亢激昂,时而感性低吟,又是两首"恋爱摇滚"佳作!
"Sweet Frustration"是专辑中另一首好听的抒情曲,Jason的声音比起哥哥Brandon Boyd(Incubus主唱)略显不够厚实,但多了一份动人的忧伤氛围;"Gravity"和"I Can't Breathe"是最能表现Audiovent的现场爆发力的两首歌;"When I Drown"最特别,不仅是四人共同谱写,慢版钢琴配上哀伤小提琴声牵引出沈溺的情绪,还动用了22人大编制的管弦乐队来配乐,很赞的结尾!
Audiovent希望能承继摇滚先辈Jimi Hendrix、Led Zeppelin的精神,并且重振老摇滚时代的雄风,实力坚强的他们绝对可以办到!
Audiovent is an alternative rock foursome hailing from Calabasas, CA. Vocalist Jason Boyd, guitarist Benjamin Einziger, bassist Paul Fried, and drummer Jamin Wilcox were originally known as Vent, forming in the early '90s after being inspired by the emerging mainstream alternative rock scene. After releasing one independent album in 1999, the band found group therapy to be an effective way to deal with their growing popularity. Determined to remain friends, they learned how to communicate better and used that newfound knowledge when Atlantic Records came to sign the group. Renaming themselves Audiovent, they stepped into the studio in 2001 to record Dirty Sexy Knights in Paris, their official debut under their new name.