Incubus surfaced in Australia in 2001 with the guitar-and-turntable single Drive. There are a lot of bands having minor successes, whereas 10 years ago, we were lucky enough to be in that time and place where we could have great success on the last wave of that ideal in the music industry." "That doesn't really happen any more," Boyd says. Incubus emerged bearing influences of pop, alternative metal and hip-hop, unusual for mainstream rock bands this was when Fred Durst and Limp Bizkit were selling millions of records.īoyd believes success at this level selling millions of records and getting heavy radio airplay for a band like his is probably a thing of the past. It was just before the arrival of Napster and illegal downloading, and a heady time to be a rock star. The Californian group became stars at home in the US after a string of radio hits in the 1990s. On the phone recently from his Los Angeles home, Boyd was in a contemplative mood. IF INCUBUS frontman Brandon Boyd had his way, the band's next record would be given away to fans for free. Success hasn't spoiled sturdy Incubus, reports Andrew Murfett. This is one with Brandon which was released about a week ago.
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Last but not least, they are good guys and I always enjoy reading interviews with them. Think of Dig what you want, but how badass is it to put a fucking acapella group on the stage of KROQ´s Weenie Roast and perform a song with them (Incubus were surprise act, btw)?
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Check out "Soft sculpture" for instance, it´s nothing like SCIENCE, completely different direction, but beautiful, beautiful, beautiful.Īlso, another reason I love them everyday is this: Light Grenades is an ok album with great songs like Rogues, Pendoulus threads and Dig (yeah I said it) though there are also more shitty ones on it than on any other record before (oil & water, diamonds & coal, love hurts).Īnyway, their best more recent stuff isn´t released on their regular albums anyway.įor example, The Odyssey (from the Halo 2 OST) and the bonus CD of their latest DVD "Look Alive". Can´t listen to Make Yourself anymore, guess it didn´t age very well (al least for me). I liked Morning View a lot, as well as ACLOTM. Probably because they have changed with me, gotten a bit older, got other musical influences etc.
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Right, their music has changed a lot since the old Enjoy / SCIENCE days but they are still my favourite band.