| morning view |
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| 2001 |
| make yourself |
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| 1999 |
| S.C.I.E.N.C.E. |
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| 1997 |
| Enjoy Incubus |
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| 1996 |
| fungus amongus |
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| 1996 |
| Currently there are two remaining band members without tattoos ... Mike, and Kilmore. |
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Brandon believes in UFO's, and claims to have seen more than one. |
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Brandon's shoe size is 10 and 1/2. |
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On the Make Yourself album there are no borrowed samples. Kilmore samples Brandon's voice and Mike's guitar, and spent hours sampling random, obscure, very non-traditional things. |
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The one thing Mike can't live without while on the road is his cell phone. |
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Overall the band's favorite food is sushi. |
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If Mike wasn't a musician he'd want to be an astronaut. |
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If Brandon wasn't a singer he'd want to be a free surfer (where he just surfs and does nothing else), Paint pictures for a living, or write books, or write songs for boy bands- that's where all the money is. |
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The worst thing that ever happened on stage: Brandon's nose collided with Dirks face, and knocked Brandon out. They kept playing while Dirk gently prodded Brandon to wake up with his foot. He got up and kept singing with a bloody nose. |
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Dirk plays: 2 Warwick streamer Stage II five string fretted, and 1 Warwick streamer Stage II five stream fretless. Gear wise: Eden heads and cabinets. |
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Jose likes to take long walks on the beach. |
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Kilmore's equipment: Technics 1200 (2)- Rane TTMS4 Battle Mixer. |
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Mike's favorite color is blue. |
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Mike's favorite cereal is Cinnamon Toast Crunch. |
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Mike believes that aliens exist, but has never seen one. |
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Kilmore said that if he could meet one musical idol it would be Bob Marley. He'd ask him, "How'd you do it? How do you take a musical form that's unheard of and change it to suit your style, and then touch the whole world with it?" |
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Incubus were one of the first bands to incorporate a DJ. |
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Incubus became more of a commercial success with the release of Make Yourself. |
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Incubus formed in 1991 in Calabassas, CA. A suburb northwest of Los Angeles. |
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Jose believes that Incubus thrives because of all the long, hard hours spent on the road. |
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Incubus broke into a humorous version of Madonna's "Like A Virgin" during their album release breakfast at the Cantina. |
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Primus is one of their first influences as a band. |
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Before each show, they do "The Claw" handshake. They all "claw" into each others hands and say, "Have a good show boys". |
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Brandon took about 4 vocal lessons when he was 15, but quit because he couldn't afford them. ($30 a lesson) |
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They voted DJ Lyfe out of the band because they felt his level of commitment to the band was no longer a priority. |
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Kilmore was in a DJ Battle Crew called the Jedi Knights in Los Angeles before joining Incubus. |
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Brandon's advice to fans: Ask questions, and read. |
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Dirk never had any formal training. He learned by playing and making mistakes. |
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Mike plays Paul Reed Smith guitars, and Mesa Boogie amplifiers. |
| Incubus (the band) rented the movie Incubus, and a couple of the band members made it through the entire movie, but not Jose. He found it to be corny, and cheesy, but cool. |
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The lyrics to Pardon Me were inspired by an old Life magazine article on spontaneous human combustion. |
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The Civic Tour 2002 gives fans the chance to win 6 new Honda Civic cars that have been autographed and customized by Incubus. |
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Morning View has sold more than 1.2 million copies since its October 2001 release, according to SoundScan. |
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Jose said that if he could tour with any band(s) past or present, it would be The Police, or Tool. |
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Brandon's hand had fallen asleep on an airplane trip to Europe, and stayed that way for about 10 days. When it started to wake up, it inspired the lyrics for "Nice To Know You". |
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Mike and Jose collaborated with Kelly Osbourne on a cover of Madonna's "Papa Don't Preach", sad to say that version never made it to the radio and it is doubtful it will be included on The Osbournes Sound Track. |
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The first song Mike learned to play was Ozzy's "Crazy Train". |
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Brandon plays a Didjeridu, and a drum called Djembe. |
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Dirk's favorite bass player is Steve Harris from Iron Maiden. |
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Incubus saw a therapist before recording Make Yourself. The result was a more functional group. |
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The first song Mike mastered playing on guitar was Metallica's "Welcome Home (Sanitarium)". |
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Brandon wrecked his car while they were mixing the song "Drive". |
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The first gig they ever played was a "Sweet 16" birthday in a friend's backyard. |
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"New Skin" is Brandon's version of the chaos theory. |
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To keep themselves busy on the bus while touring, they do such things as: watch lots of movies, read, or play video games. (Tony HawkPro Skater is a favorite) |
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Mike's early influences are Primus, and The Red Hot Chili Peppers. |
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When asked if he wears boxers or briefs, Brandon's answer is: "Boxer briefs, Sounds very political, but true". |
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Before the band chose the name Incubus, Brandon wanted the name to be "Spiral Staircase", and Dirk wanted the name to be "Chunk O Funk". |
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Jose's worst day job - Working in a Mexican restaurant. It was Santa Fe Cafe. He loved the food though. |
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Brandon and Jose were the illustrator's on the "Drive" video. The "Drive" video won The Music Video Production Association's Video of The Year Award in 2001. |
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Brandon once obtained a job working in the concession area of a movie theater. He made it through training but quit when he realized that he would have to wear a uniform that required wearing a bow tie. |
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By partnering with Honda and Headlining the Civic Tour, Incubus are able to perform shows in venues large enough to accommodate their ever growing fan base and still, most important to the band, keep the ticket prices for their fans affordable.
| Brandon's most embarrassing moment is getting locked in a porta potty by his brother's friends. |
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In 1995 Incubus won a steady gig on the cheesy Disney Channel reality series Hollywood Lives. |
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Brandon was voted Sex God in the March 2002 issue of Spin magazine. |
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Incubus was voted best cover in the March 2002 issue of Spin magazine for their Nov. 2001 issue (of Spin) |
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In the original "Wish You Were Here" video, the 'Brandon' who is saved in the ocean is a look-alike production assistant. Brandon bruised his eardrum by jumping into the water all morning.
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When Brandon was a baby, he knocked over a cup of hot coffee and burned the area around his armpit. An ER doctor said it was nothing; unconvinced, Dolly Wiseman (Brandon's mom), flew him to a burn center where she learned it was a severe injury that would require a skin graft from his thigh.
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When Brandon was 15, he and his older brother Darren got matching feather tattoos. Brandon's is on his left hip. |
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Renditions of Michael Jacksons "Beat It" or Madonna's "Like A Virgin" often creep into their 20 song set. They got the unexpected cover idea from their favorite live bands, such as Primus and Mr. Bungle. |
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Brandon's father was a model and actor in the 70's and 80's. He was the Salem man, on Days Of Our Lives, and in a Julio Iglesias video. (The duet with Diana Ross) |
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At age 14 Mike was seriously injured in a car crash in which one of his best friends died. |
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Brandon's ex-girlfriend Jo English appears in the "Stellar" video. |
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In their spare time, Incubus enjoys playing golf. |
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Brandon's favorite song they've written/recorded is a toss up between "Just A Phase" and "Aqueous Transmission". He says they're both examples of the bands ability in diversity.
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Most of Brandon's friends growing up were girls, but some of those girls
wanted to be allot more than friends. In the 3rd grade, his mom would pick them up from school, and this one older girl would jump in the van and smooch him all over the face, just maul the hell out of him with cherry flavored lip gloss. Brandon would cry and push her off.
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Brandon's Parents meet in a stage production. They are both in the entertainment field. |
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Mike's Mom is also in the entertainment field, she was a Jazz Singer
and later a piano instructor. |
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