History Music / Incubus

An AlternativeRock band formed in 1991 in California. They released 6 studio albums, reached multi-platinum sales.

* AccentUponTheWrongSyllable: It happens quite a lot. The best examples are in "Clean" (where Brandon repeatedly pronounces the word like "cLAYn" for some reason) and "Have You Ever" ("unabaSHED honeSTAY would be idee-HELL").

* BrokenRecord: Quite a few of their songs feature one line repeated several times in the chorus. Perhaps the most notable example: "Wish You Were Here", where the chorus consists of "I wish you were here" repeated four times.
* BSide: The second disc of the Monuments and Melodies album consists largely of these. Another one, not included on that album, is the ''Make Yourself'' B-side "Crowded Elevator".

* ClusterFBomb: The title track from "Make Yourself". Also "Leech".

* TheCoverChangesTheGender: Inverted with "Promises, Promises". Brandon Boyd, male, sings an original song from a woman's point of view.
* DarkerAndEdgier: ''A Crow Left of the Murder'' was a turn in this direction compared to its predecessor Morning View, and while it wasn't as musically heavy as their earlier album ''S.C.I.E.N.C.E.'', it did feature some of the band's most pointed social commentary.

** On the softer end of the spectrum, there's "Aqueous Transmission" and "In the Company of Wolves".

* GreatestHitsAlbum: ''Monuments and Melodies''
* HiddenTrack: ''S.C.I.E.N.C.E.'' has a rather ridiculous one after "Calgone".
* IntercourseWithYou: At least once per album. "Stellar" and "[[ArtificialGravity Anti-Gravity Love Song]]" are this trope... [[TropesInSpace In Space]]!

* NewSoundAlbum: "A Crow Left of the Murder" had a new bass player and guitarist Mike Einzinger replacing his high-end guitar rig with old-school vintage gear.

* NonAppearingTitle: Not a common occurence, but some examples include "Idiot Box", "Aqueous Transmission", "Agoraphobia", and "Talk Shows on Mute". (Although these titles all relate to the song's lyrical content.)

* RefrainFromAssuming: "Drive".

* SignatureSong: "Wish You Were Here", or "Drive".
* SpontaneousHumanCombustion: The subject of "Pardon Me".
* TakeThat: The band has implied that "Megalomaniac" is at least partly about Scott Stapp from {{Creed}}.
* TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt: "Warning". The video plays with this trope: it takes place in 2012, in three days; each day a mysterious girl weirdly obsessed with a number screams at the top of her lungs in different crowded places. On the third day, when the digits on her watch reach that number, [[spoiler: the Earth is still there, but all the humans have disappeared]].

* TruckDriversGearChange
* UncommonTime: "Make Yourself", "Nice to Know You", "Priceless", "Quicksand", "Paper Shoes", "Follow".

* TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt: "Warning".
** Also alluded to in "A Certain Shade of Green" with the lyric "Are you gonna stand around 'til Film/TwoThousandTwelve AD?"

* TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt: The video for "Warning" plays with this trope. It takes place in 2012, in three days. Each day a mysterious girl weirdly obsessed with a number screams at the top of her lungs in different crowded places. On the third day, when the digits on her watch reach that number, [[spoiler: the Earth is still there, but all the humans have disappeared]].

* SuspiciouslySimilarSong: Note the similarities between the main riff of "Zee Deveel" and Music/PearlJam's "Rival".

* WordSaladLyrics: Much of their earlier output, especially "Take Me To Your Leader".

* ViewersAreMorons: Discussed in "Idiot Box", "Talk Shows on Mute", and possibly "MadeForTVMovie".

* AccentUponTheWrongSyllable: It happens quite a lot. The best examples are in "Clean" (where Brandon repeatedly pronounces the word "cLAYn" for some reason) and "Have You Ever" ("unabaSHED honeSTAY would be idee-HELL").

* MohsScaleOfRockAndMetalHardness: They are almost all over the scale, from a 2 ("Drive", "Wish You Were Here" and the entire album "If Not Now, When?"), all the way to a 7 ("Megalomaniac", "Light Grenades")

* '''Fungus Amongus''' (1995)'''
* '''S.C.I.E.N.C.E. (1997)'''
* '''Make Yourself (1999)'''
* '''Morning View (2001)'''
* '''A Crow Left of the Murder... (2004)'''
* '''Light Grenades (2006)'''
* '''[[GreatestHitsAlbum Monuments and Melodies]] (2009)'''
* '''If Not Now, When? (2011)'''

Fungus Amongus (1995)
S.C.I.E.N.C.E. (1997)
Make Yourself (1999)
Morning View (2001)
A Crow Left of the Murder... (2004)
Light Grenades (2006)
[[GreatestHitsAlbum Monuments and Melodies]] (2009)
If Not Now, When? (2011)

* ChorusOnlySong: "Are You In?" is pretty darn close.

* '''Mike Einziger''' - guitar, backing vocals, pipa, pian

* NonIndicativeName: With a name like Incubus, you'd probably expect them to be a death metal band. That's totally not the case.

* ExcitedEpisodeTitle: "Beware! Criminal".

* SignatureSong: "Wish You Were Here".

* TheJimmyHartVersion: Note the similarities between the main riff of "Zee Deveel" and Music/PearlJam's "Rival".