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American rock band

Audiovent is an American alternative rock band from Calabasas, California. Initially forming as "Vent" in the early 1990s, the band changed their name to Audiovent upon signing with Atlantic Records in 2001. The band released their one and only album on a major record label, Dirty Sexy Knights in Paris, in 2002. Two singles were released to rock radio and charted with moderate success "The Energy" and "Looking Down". The band began work on a second album in 2003, demoing over 19 tracks over the course of the year, but disbanded in mid 2004 before the album could be formally recorded, due to creative differences between band members.

The band's origins trace back to the members attending middle school, when lead singer Jason Boyd began playing music with friend bassist Paul Fried. Fried's stepbrother, Benjamin Einziger, walked into one of their jam sessions, and joined shortly thereafter. The band recruited the final part of the band, drummer Jamin Wilcox, Despite forming so early, members had just recently learned how to play their instruments, and would spend years just practicing together, playing covers of Nirvana and Metallica. The band continued to practice together throughout high school, and began to build up a base by playing local shows. The album greatly increased their local popularity, something the band had difficulty coping with, leading to much in fighting between members. The band chose Atlantic Records, the label they felt understood the band's vision and creativity the best. before deciding to enter the studio with music producer Gavin Mackillop to record their major label album debut in 2001, though the process proved to be "slow and tedious". Two singles were released in support of the album, "The Energy" and "Looking Down". and Our Lady Peace. The band finished out the year in December by playing a live show broadcast on MTV called "Live at the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame".

The band purposely used a traditional "guitar, bass, and drum" rock sound in their music, in efforts to distance themselves from the DJs, rapped vocals, and angsty themes commonly found in nu metal and rap metal's music, which was at its peak of popularity upon the band's major label debut. The band desired to distance themselves from the shadow of their sibling's band Incubus, According to Boyd:
<blockquote>"We look at old footage of Jimi Hendrix and Led Zeppelin and The Who, and that's really what gets us going. We want music to be like that again  The stuff we listen to isn't what's going on today  everything from Beatles to Zep to Hendrix—everything from that to old Stevie Wonder, James Brown, The Funky Meters—And I like bands that do something different, that aren't afraid to step it up a notch  Radiohead, obviously, and The Flaming Lips, Shudder to Think We just play stuff that comes from our hearts. It's all natural."