The Audience is a young
post-punk
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band from
Nuremberg
Nuremberg ( ; german: link=no, Nürnberg ; in the local East Franconian dialect: ''Nämberch'' ) is the second-largest city of the German state of Bavaria after its capital Munich, and its 518,370 (2019) inhabitants make it the 14th-largest ...
, Germany. In 2007, the band released their first album ''Celluloid'' on the German label ''Hazelwood''. The band described its musical style as a "polymorphous potpourri of rock, punk, garage and new wave".
Lead singer is Bernd Pflaum. He is supported by an eclectic rock accompaniment with a prominent presence of the organ, played by Johannes Preiss. Other band members are
bass player
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Michael Arnold,
guitarist
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Sebastian Wild and
drummer
A drummer is a percussionist who creates music using drum
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Florian Helleken.
During the Eurokeennes Festival of 2007, The Audience won the ''Tremplin band contest''. In a review on the 3VOOR12 website, the band was praised as the "greatest revelation" of festival De Affaire as well as "absolutely promising".
"De Affaire - The Audience overdondert met orgelwave: Duitsers weten binnen no-time Drôhme op zijn kop te zetten" ("De Affaire - The Audience makes a huge impression with organ...", in Dutch), 3VOOR12 website, VPRO broadcasting (Netherlands)
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References
External links
''The Audience'' official website''The Audience'' on the ''Hazelwood''record label site
Myspace page of ''The Audience''
(German)
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German indie rock groups