History Music / Incubus

** ''If Not Now, When?'' makes ''Morning View'' sound downright heavy by comparison.

* TakeThat: The band has implied that "Megalomaniac" is at least partly about Scott Stapp from Music/{{Creed}}. Seems to be a running theme with [[JerkAss that guy]].

* GenreBusting: A pretty good description of S.C.I.E.N.C.E.

** The Trust Fall [=EPs=] seem like they will go in this direction with the title track even being a Music/{{Faith No More}} style AlternativeMetal song.

* FunkMetal: Primarily on ''Fungus Amongus'', ''Enjoy Incubus'' and ''S.C.I.E.N.C.E.''. Later works sometimes touch on it, though.

** Lyrically at least, they were more upbeat and optimistic than most of their fellow AlternativeMetal / NuMetal bands from the late 90s and early 2000s when they were at their most popular.

Maybe I should hold with care but my hands are busy in the air.''

->''"The world's a roller coaster and I am not strapped in,

* Lyrically at least, they were more upbeat and optimistic than most of their fellow AlternativeMetal / NuMetal bands from the late 90s and early 2000s when they were at their most popular.

* TakeThat: The band has implied that "Megalomaniac" is at least partly about Scott Stapp from Music/{{Creed}}. [[Jerkass Seems to be a running theme with that guy]].

* TakeThat: The band has implied that "Megalomaniac" is at least partly about Scott Stapp from Music/{{Creed}}.

** Their later stuff (e.g. ''Morning View'', ''Make Yourself'') are more alternative rock-ish than the heavily FaithNoMore-influenced earlier, FunkMetal works (''Fungus Amongus'', ''S.C.I.E.N.C.E.'').

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

** It's spanish for gun too.

** The Trust Fall EPs seem like they will go in this direction with the title track even being a Music/{{Faith No More}} style AlternativeMetal song.

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

* RoomFullOfCrazy

--> "A decade ago, I was having a look in a book, and I saw a picture of a guy fried up above his knee\\
I said, 'I can relate,' cause lately I've been thinking of combustication as a welcome vacation from\\

* UncommonTime: "Make Yourself", "Nice to Know You" (both this song and "Make Yourself" have alternating measures of 7/4 and 4/4), "Mexico", "Priceless", "Quicksand", "Paper Shoes", "Follow".

* Ben Kenney - bass, backing vocals, drums for some live performances (1991-)
* José Pasillas II - drums, percussion (1998-)
* Chris Kilmore - turntables, keyboards (2003-)

Over the course of their career, Incubus have grown to be quite the GenreRoulette outfit - they went from Mr. Bungle[=-=]esque {{Funk|Metal}}[=/=]RapMetal mixed with {{Jazz}} and other genres, to more melodic alternative rock, at times slipping to retro, ethnic and art-rock areas. More recently, they've mellowed their sound out a bit to some less visceral modern rock.

* '''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)
* '''Trust Fall''' (2015, EP)

The band currently consists of:
* '''Brandon Boyd''' - lead vocals, lyrics, also played guitar, didjeridoo, djembe and other percussion in some songs, both studio and live
* '''Mike Einziger''' - guitar, backing vocals, pipa, piano
* '''Ben Kenney''' - bass, backing vocals, drums for some live performances
* '''Jose Pasillas''' - drums, percussion
* '''Chris Kilmore''' - DJ, keyboards

Former members:
* '''DJ Lyfe''' - DJ, keyboards. Fired in 1998.
* '''[[PornNames Dirk Lance]]''' - Bass. Left in 2003.

Discography:

!!Tropes:

** The Trust Fall EPs seem like they will go in this direction with the title track even being a Music/{{FaithNoMore}} style AlternativeMetal song.

* NewSoundAlbum: "A Crow Left of the Murder" had a new bass player and guitarist Mike Einziger replacing his high-end guitar rig with old-school vintage gear.
** Actually, this can apply to all of their albums to a certain degree. ''Make Yourself'' and their latest album ''If Not Now, When?'' also brought about significant changes in their sound.

* SpontaneousHumanCombustion: The subject of "Pardon Me". Actually, part of it is him actually ''wanting'' it to happen, rather than put up with the rest of his life.

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

Over the course of their career, Incubus went from Mr. Bungle[=-=]esque {{Funk|Metal}}[=/=]RapMetal mixed with {{Jazz}} and [[GenreRoulette other genres]], to more melodic alternative rock, at times slipping to retro, ethnic and art-rock areas.

* UncommonTime: "Make Yourself", "Nice to Know You" (both this song and "Make Yourself" have alternating measures of 7/4 and 4/4), "Priceless", "Quicksand", "Paper Shoes", "Follow".

* TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt: "Warning". While the song itself doesn't really overtly refer to this trope, the video plays with it: it takes place in 2012, in three days; each day a mysterious girl weirdly obsessed with a number (10:24) 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]].
** Also alluded to in "A Certain Shade of Green" with the lyric "Are you gonna stand around 'til Film/TwoThousandTwelve AD?"

* BlackSheepHit: "Drive".

* OneHitWonder: They are a technical example with only one BlackSheepHit topping the charts, but they aren't close to fading into obscurity as a true example of this trope would be.