The band played for parties for a year and, by 1992, they began playing atall-ages clubs in the San Fernando Valley and at the Roxy on the Sunset Strip. They listened to and wereinfluenced by Iron Maiden, Ella Fitzgerald, Slayer, Santana, Steve Vai, Primus, and RageAgainst the Machine. They formed Incubus in 1991when they were all fifteen.Īs teens, the four members of Incubus loved a variety of music. Inmiddle school, they met guitarist Mike Einziger and in high school the three became friends withbassist Alex Katunich, who was playing in a jazz band at the time. Vocalist/percussionist Brandon Boyd and drummer Jose Pasillas went to elementary schooltogether in Calabasas, California, a semi-rural bedroom community north of Los Angeles. Band Members purposely avoid musicalcategorization, preferring instead to play a combination of whichever musical styles inspire them.Mike Savoia of the Rocket described Incubus as, "a '90s melting pot of the Red Hot ChiliPeppers, Sugar Ray, War, Faith No More, Devo, Average White Band and the kitchen sink."Pete Prown of Guitar Shop wrote, "Picture a funkier, more street-savvy Alice in Chains, andyou'll be on the right Incubus track. Incubus mixes speed rock with funk and hip-hop, metalmusic with rap, jazz with thrash-rock, and 1970s-sounding riffs with chanting and funk music.The band is comprised of vocalist Brandon Boyd, guitarist Michael Einziger, bassist AlexKatunich (DJ Killmore), and drummer Jose Pasillas. Addresses: Record company-Immortal/Epic Records, 2100 Colorado Avenue, SantaMonica, CA 90404 > (310) 449-2870 Fax: fax (310) 449-2559.įunk, thrash-rock, and hip-hop band Incubus combine elements of various music styles toforge their own unique musical identity.
1976, bass, turntable DJ Lyfe, c.1976,bass, turntable, (joined band in 1995) and Jose Pasillas, c.1976, drums all raised in Calabasas, CA. 1976, guitar Alex Katunich, (DJKillmore), c.
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