History Music / Incubus

* EpicRocking: "Sick Sad Little World" from ''A Crow Left of the Murder''. The band is reported to have worked on a 20-minute epic called "Odyssey" during the sessions for that album, but it didn't make the cut.
** It's split into 4 parts on the ''VideoGame/{{Halo}} 2'' soundtrack. And it's ''very'' epic.

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

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

* BlackSheepHit: "Drive", in comparison to their earlier material. Their hits after this point have split the difference between rockers and mellower songs.

* CoverVersion: The only cover that the band has recorded in the studio is Prince's "Let's Go Crazy". But the band has done many live covers of artists ranging from Soundgarden to Massive Attack to TLC.

** It's split into 4 parts on the ''{{Halo}} 2'' soundtrack. And it's ''very'' epic.

* MeaningfulName: The Incubus was an ancient roman demon who gave people nightmares by...having intercourse with them while they slept. The band chose the name on a dictionary and liked it because of the vaguely sexual connotation. It's also similar to the Italian word for nightmare, "incubo", of the same origin.

* OneOfUs: You'd have to be a bit of a geek to call an instrumental track "[[BattlestarGalactica Battlestar Scralatchtica]]". ''Especially'' before the remake.
** Guitarist Mike Einzinger is without question OneOfUs, having once named all his effects pedals after StarWars characters and studied the Philosophy of Physics at Harvard.
** "Turbo Geek" was an early working title for "Sick, Sad Little World".
* ThePeteBest: DJ Lyfe. His relationship with the band didn't end well.

* TakeThat: "Megalomaniac". They weren't too fond of GeorgeWBush.
** YourMileageMayVary. The lyrics also suit Bono remarkably well.
** The band has implied that the song is at least partly about Scott Stapp from {{Creed}}.

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

** Also alluded to in "A Certain Shade of Green" with the lyric "Are you gonna stand around 'til [[{{Ptitlek4mkmm79}} 2012]] AD?"

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* ThePeteBest: DJ Lyfe. His relationship with the band [[{{Understatement}} didn't end well]].

* IfYouKnowWhatIMean: From "Here in My Room": "Pink tractor beam into your incision."

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

* FaceOfTheBand: Brandon Boyd was a teen heartthrob in some circles during the height of the band's popularity, and is known to take his shirt off in concert.

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

* OneHitWonder: Weirdly enough. And it was a BlackSheepHit, to boot.

* OneHitWonder: Weirdly enough.

** Guitarist Mike Einzinger studied physics at Harvard during the band's most recent hiatus. He even visited the LHC.

** [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Incubus_(band)#Number-one_singles Which hit are we talking about?]]

** What do people assume it's called?

* VocalTic: Brandon Boyd is fond of these, but "Zee Deveel" is particularly notable.

** YourMileageMayVary. The lyrics fit Bono remarkably well.

** YourMileageMayVary. The lyrics fit ''[[U2 Bono]]'' remarkably well.

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

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

* BlackSheepHit: Drive.

* GenreRoulette
* HiddenTrack
* IntercourseWithYou

* RefrainFromAssuming: Drive.

* SignatureSong: Wish You Were Here.
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An alternative rock band formed in 1991 in California. They released 6 studio albums, reached multi-platinum sales.

Over the course of their career, Incubus went from RedHotChiliPeppers[=-=]esque {{funk-metal}} to {{nu metal}} with a funk/jazz twist, to more melodic alternative rock, at times slipping to retro, ethnic and art-rock areas.

* RefrainFromAssuming

* SignatureSong: You Were Here.

Over the course of their career, Incubus went from RHCP-esque funk-metal to nu metal with a funk/jazz twist, to more melodic alternative rock, at times slipping to retro, ethnic and art-rock areas.

* '''Chris Kilmore''' - DJ, keyboards