The Audience (German rock band)

The Audience is a young post-punk band from Nuremberg, 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". The lead singer is Bernd Pflaum with organist Johannes Preiss, bass player Michael Arnold, guitarist Sebastian Wild and drummer Florian Helleken. At 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) The Audience official website The Audience on the Hazelwoodrecord label site Archived 2007-05-04 at the Wayback Machine Myspace page of The Audience (German)