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Incubus's Brandon Boyd and Mike Einziger have
more than their own enormous success to be proud of.
Both of their brothers (Jason Boyd & Ben Einziger) have
just released their Atlantic Records debut, 'Dirty,
Sexy, Knights in Paris' and their band Audiovent has
been earning mucho kudos from both fans and critics
alike. "I'm real proud of those guys and I think they're
gonna do really well," says Mike Einzinger. "They're
just on their first record but, I think they're gonna
grow on you a lot and over a long period of time.
Although Audiovent are also proud to have relations
to their Incubus brothers they do want to earn their
stripes without any of their help. "They get a hard
time just because their our brothers," says the elder
Einziger, "they want to get out there and do it on their
own and I know they can do it." Audiovent has already
proven worthy and made a name for themselves within
their local club circuit of Calabasas, California. They
know what they want and are set and determined to broaden
their musical horizons, their goal says drummer drummer
Jamin Wilcox, is to "conquer the rest of America."
The rock and roll quartet has been making music together
for nearly a decade and their concrete-like bond is
reflected directly in their tightly woven, intense and
multi-textured sound. It all began when they were just
a bunch of kids. "We started the band at ages 14 and
15," says Wilcox. "We had only played our instruments
for six months, individually, before becoming an official
cohesive band."
 "It
took us at least four years to become skilled musicians."
Wilcox continues, "After about four years of playing
together, we began to develop our songwriting, in a
more serious manner. We were finding ourselves, delving
into many different styles along the way. We would play
straight metal in the beginning. Groups like Metallica,
Megadeath, Slayer were our initial influences. However,
at the same time, we were very into Nirvana, Pearl Jam,
Alice and Chains, Red Hot Chili Peppers. Then a few
years later we got very involved with funk music. Bands
like the Meters, Stanley Clark, Sly and the family stone,
and many others took us into another direction. Of coarse,
when we discovered the Deftones and Korn, on their first
records, we were blown away. So, we went into many different
musical directions trying to find ourselves. However,
we have been focused on different bands for the last
three years. Just now, are we really at a point of knowing
who we are musically."
Inspired by a rather wide variety of rock music both
old and nü, Audiovent delved full force into the art
of songwriting and sound experimentation. Tracks like
the album-opening "The Energy" and the hypnotic "Rain"
exalt an impetuous melody as well as an inventive rhythmic
approach which signifies the band's goal of taking their
music towards the next level and conquering America.
"We all contribute to the writing process. I write a
lot of our melodies and a good portion of the music
as well. Ben will contribute to the melody writing and
even more so to the music writing," Wilcox explains.
"We are all inspired by The Beatles, first and foremost
they never cease to blow our minds. Nirvana, are a big
inspiration for direct songwriting as well. The lyrical
content in our songs, are all emotions that we all feel
as a band. Hence, we VENT our emotions into our songwriting."
Audiovent, who also includes bassist Paul Fried, are
hoping to become an enormous commercial success possibly
overthrowing their brothers in Incubus. Only time will
tell if their straight-ahead rock vibe will prove them
worthy of radio dominace and TRL prominence. Says Wilcox;
"I like to think of our music as commercially viable,
yet retaining depth and substance. Many bands cannot
achieve a balance. They are either way too pop or way
to abstract.. We think we find a good balance in our
music."
Audiovent will be playing at The Hammerstein Ballroom
on August 14th and their Altlantic Records debut, 'Dirty,
Sexy, Knights in Paris,' produced by Gavin Mackillop
(Goo Goo Dolls, Toad The Wet Sprocket); is in stores
now.
For more info on Audiovent log to:
www.ventmusic.com
Don Sill for Crud Magazine© 2002
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