Incubus

1 Incubus is a five-man alternative rock band based out of Calabasas, CA. Members include Brandon Boyd vocals and percussion, Mike Einziger guitar, Ben Kenney bass, Jose Pasillas II drums and DJ Chris Kilmore turntables. Former members of the band include Gavin Koppel a.k.a. DJ Lyfe turntables and Alex Katunich a.k.a. Dirk Lance bass. Original member 'Jack Bomb' is now in Vitriol I.D. The band's name may seem a peculiar choice to fans, as an incubus is a type of demon that, in mythological lore, lured women to bed and impregnated them. The story behind the name is that the band needed to think of a name hours before their first show and, after a few failed choices, Mike looked in a dictionary and chose "Incubus" almost at random. Mike says that the name was chosen because it sounded silly; Brandon holds that it was chosen because they were teenagers and the definition had the word "sex" in it. "We really didn't want to rape women in their sleep. But, we were fifteen and it seemed harmless to us then, and we never changed it," says the band. Incubus has also tried to cover their tracks by stating that they got the name from a plant in South America that produces mind-altering chemicals. However, the fabled Incubus plant does not actually exist.

Incubus have released six albums and two ep's to date:1 Fungus Amongus 19952 Enjoy Incubus 19963 S.C.I.E.N.C.E. 19974 Make Yourself 19995 When Incubus Attacks, Volume 1 20006 Morning View 20017 A Crow Left of the Murder 20048 Light Grenades 2006

2 The UK heavy metal band, Incubus, formed in 1980, released To the Devil a Daughter in 1984.

3 The US FloridaGeorgia death-thrash metal band, Incubus, formed in 1986, released a demo, God Died on His Knees in 1987.

4 The US Metaire, LA death-thrash metal band, Incubus, formed in 1986, released Serpent Temptation in 1988 and Beyond the Unknown in 1990. Upon reforming in 1999, the band changed their name to Opprobrium.