Audience

British art-rock unit Audience was formed in London in 1969 by singer/guitarist <a href="spotify:artist:6WBGCJLgDbC2HpFC0pylNX">Howard Werth</a>, saxophonist <a href="spotify:artist:3vBpeq5lbthAxJ6Ov7U5dg">Keith Gemmell</a>, bassist Trevor Williams, and percussionist Tony Connor. Set apart from their contemporaries thanks to their use of acoustic guitar and saxophone, the group issued their self-titled debut LP in 1969; although the album was a commercial failure, Audience soon landed with Charisma Records, teaming with producer <a href="spotify:artist:2fNm8mZNfSnbsFmED5yWXa">Gus Dudgeon</a> to record the 1970 follow-up Friend's Friend's Friend. House on the Hill, issued a year later, yielded perhaps the band's best-known effort, "Indian Summer," and was followed by a U.S. tour in support of <a href="spotify:artist:3v4feUQnU3VEUqFrjmtekL">the Faces</a>; however, in the wake of 1972's Lunch, Gemmel left the lineup to join Stackridge, and despite recruiting saxophonist Patrick Neubergh and keyboardist Nick Judd, Audience disbanded soon after. Werth resurfaced as a solo artist in 1975 with a new backing band, the Moonbeams, and an LP, King Brilliant. ~ Jason Ankeny, Rovi