Incubus

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Calabasas, California

Currently on hiatus (In June 2008, frontman Brandon Boyd told Billboard.com that Incubus will take a break from touring and recording while its members concentrate on school, family and other activities)

There are multiple artists with this name:

1) Incubus is a five-man alternative rock band based out of Calabasas, California. Members include Brandon Boyd (vocals and percussion), Mike Einziger (guitar), Ben Kenney (bass), Jose Pasillas II (drums) and DJ Chris Kilmore (turntables). Former members of the band include Gavin Koppel (a.k.a. DJ Lyfe) (turntables) and Alex Katunich (a.k.a. Dirk Lance) (bass). The band’s name may seem a peculiar choice to fans, as an incubus is a type of demon that, in mythological lore, lured women to bed and impregnated them.(not true. an Incubus is a demon that comes in the night and has sex with women while they are sleeping, it seduces them in their dreams.) The story behind the name is that the band needed to think of a name hours before their first show and, after a few failed choices, Mike looked in a dictionary and chose “Incubus” almost at random. Mike says that the name was chosen because it sounded silly; Brandon holds that it was chosen because they were teenagers and the definition had the word “sex” in it. “We really didn’t want to rape women in their sleep. But, we were fifteen and it seemed harmless to us then, and we never changed it,” says the band. Incubus has also tried to cover their tracks by stating that they got the name from a plant in South America that produces mind-altering chemicals. However, the fabled Incubus plant does not actually exist.

1	Drive	6,473
2	Anna Molly	5,338
3	Love Hurts	4,576
4	Dig	4,178
5	Pardon Me	4,085
6	Stellar	3,740
7	Wish You Were Here	3,552
8	I Miss You	3,477
9	Nice to Know You	3,440
10	Megalomaniac full track	3,385
11	Aqueous Transmission full track	2,918
12	Warning	2,745
13	Echo	2,549
14	Oil and Water full track	2,492
15	The Warmth	2,305

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guttertwin wrote:
2 hours ago

Love love love

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chelsea__ wrote:
8 hours ago

i hope they come back better than ever :D

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FatallyYours431 wrote:
yesterday evening

we heart boyd.

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ComaBull wrote:
yesterday afternoon

fucking thrash

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ines_8 wrote:
Tuesday evening

agree =) better this way than no way xD

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ErikaGTF wrote:
Tuesday afternoon

I've always read that Dirk wasn't getting along with anyone, and their distinct ideologies forced the break up. If that's true, well... Keep the band this way, please.

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amifuba wrote:
Tuesday morning

hey if you are a fan of incubus, you might like amifuba, listen here on last.fm http://www.last.fm/music/amifuba also at www.myspace.com/amifuba, comments welcome, hope you like.

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hotnacho wrote:
Tuesday morning

Yeah.. Dirk and the others seemed to argue a lot. I still thought he was pretty down to earth and awesome though. I remember the day they announced his leave was on April 1st.. I totally thought it was a joke the entire day. D:

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scorpiusdiamond wrote:
Monday evening

No Dork please, if you watch Morning View Sessions, you know he's a dick :| arguing with Brandon ON camera, and basically ego-ballooning in the session itself, I don't like him. He was also the image blight, the rest are hawt :P

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jerm17 wrote:
Monday evening

that would be awesome if dirk comes back. i am keeping my hopes up

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Oterro wrote:
Monday morning

No he won't.

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LLVEFREEORDIE wrote:
Monday morning

When Incubus gets back together Dirk will be the Bassist once again :)

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hotnacho wrote:
Sunday evening

I still miss Dirk. He was awesome.

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TanaGreekNose69 wrote:
Sunday afternoon

Oh I love this new picture!

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jelgerw wrote:
Sunday afternoon

Tanya_90: A lot more songs need to be a lot higher ;) But The Warmth should be in the top 10, indeed!

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devikaarora wrote:
Sunday afternoon

greatest band in my life =)

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tanya_90 wrote:
Saturday evening

the warmth needs to be higher up in the charts.

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itfeelsunnormal wrote:
Saturday afternoon

Never felt this way like i feel today...Hands down....perfect band members, perfect music, perfect lyrics!It seems like they can,t go better, but i am so sure, that they come out with something different and totally cool after their hiatus.i just keep waiting:)

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ines_8 wrote:
Friday afternoon

the songs are beautiful =)

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yvesREGULATOR wrote:
Friday morning

concur with jelgerw. incubus has a bunch of ridiculously underrated songs that are absolutely beautiful.

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