Incubus Become Free Agents, Plan To Take Break
Incubus, who are currently free agents having completed their contract with Epic Records, are planning a hiatus following their summer tour with Linkin Park and Mutemath.
Band singer Brandon Boyd recently had a chat with Billboard.com and had the following to offer about the groups future plans:
“We have no plans, to tell you the truth, at the moment. I have been tinkering around, potentially, with a second solo record. That’s probably the most likely scenario. But as far as Incubus right now, we’ll probably take another break.
Hopefully it won’t be as long (as the five-year wait for “If Not Now, When?‘) but what we’d like to do is arrive with the best of intentions and try to create music from a sense of urgency as well as purity and not necessarily based on a schedule. I know that can be frustrating for our listeners and stuff, but I think we’ll make better music as a result.”
Boyd also opened up on the potential options they are facing for the future release of new music. On that he stated:
“We’re trying to get our bearings to what we should do next, just as a band but also a band that is off in new territory again… I’m personally very excited about being in complete control, being a total control freak. That doesn’t mean we wouldn’t sign with another record label at some point, but it would have to be very, very specific, not get into just a good old fashioned record deal again, if they even exist.”
A live CD/DVD package from the group titled “Incubus HQ Live” will surface on August 14th.
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I fucking miss oldschool Incubus. I’m sure everyone can agree with me on that one. S.C.I.E.N.C.E. being the absolute greatest album. I was jamming to that shit earlier. Make Yourself being a solid 2nd and Morning View falling in 3rd. Right after Dirk left they started getting dull in sound. I still have a man crush on Brandon though. I suppose I’m to blame for getting pulled over. I guess I’m the culprit for running out of gas. Let’s assume I’m the guy who didn’t pay his AAA fee. In actuality, I let the zetas probe me!
Who cares? This band has become more and more irrelevant with every album they’ve released. As the previous fag stated, Science > Make Yourself > Morning View…etc. Now they are “tinkering” with elevator music. Give us listeners a break with your pathetically egomaniacal downward spiral.
You’re a bonehead dude. “Pathetically ego-maniacal downward spiral”? That is a terrible assessment of this band’s career. Take the shit out of your ears. As a matter or fact, why don’t you just dump your brain out and start from scratch?
Why does everyone leave out “Enjoy Incubus” on the albums list? Hot Dancer, and Azwethinkweiz are fuckin cool jams. The radio friendliness of Make Yourself has always held it back for me. Pardon Me was great, but everything else failed to come close. We can all agree that S.C.I.E.N.C.E. was a beast that shot outta left field though.
Enjoy Incubus was just re-recorded stuff from Fungus Amongus, which itself was decent but hardly on the same level as their mid-career output.
Also, as someone who got his start with SCIENCE, I must concede that Make Yourself is their crowning achievement. “Radio-friendly” or not, it’s an awesome record that has held up surprisingly well compared to other releases from 1999.
I’ve got Fungus Amongus, but it sounds so empty compared to the Enjoy Incubus redos that I never listened to it after Enjoy came out. If they never made a song softer than “Anti-Gravity Love Song”, and nothing radio-friendlier than “Pardon Me”, I would still buy these guys CDs. Make Yourself was too High School Slow Dance for me. A handful of the songs were good, but I ultimately fell back on S.C.I.E.N.C.E.
Incubus is a great band, period. I saw them play maybe 7 or 8 years ago, after they released Morning View. They absolutely killed it live. Not only are they just tight musically, but they have a cool visual component to their live set taboot. Sucks they have to play with shit bands though. I’d like to see them tour with the Deftones or something.
Saw them tour with the Deftones (and Taproot) in the early 00′s. Great live show. As far as the band’s current status, hopefully when they come back, they bring the funk with them.
That tour was awesome, Taproot got lambasted by the crowd in Philly, it was great.
Got to see them for their very first show in Chicago at the Metro. My friend and I can be briefly seen in attendance on the dvd…S.C.I.E.N.C.E. absolutely blew me away. Wish they would go back, they were truly masters of their sound.
That was real nice tour. Incubus opening for Tones? Neve happen again lol. I agree that I enjoy the older shi from Incubus much more. Their last 2 albums have been disappointments but not complete failures. Hopefully another break will get them anxious and write that “oh shit they bakc album”.
I’d love it if they took another five years and brought a brand new kickass album to the table. The last three have been underwhelming, to say the least. As an old-school fan, I’d wait patiently for a proper comeback.
I’m with you on that one.
Someone get these guys some acid, fast! These guys need to start doing drugs again.
“Enjoy Incubus” and “S.C.I.E.N.C.E.” are what got me into Incubus, and “Make Yourself” will always be my favorite, but I like everything they’ve put out. “A Crow Left of the Murder” is a great album, and super underrated. “Light Grenades” has a couple of their best songs in my opinion (“Anna Molly” “Oil & Water”). I know I’m in the minority but I actually like the new album, except for “Thieves” (“The God-fearing White American” lyric, is so deuce-chilly), it’s really chill, a good summer album. Those of you waiting for the funky, Bungle-inspired Incubus to make a comeback, look up Incubus trying to play “A Certain Shade of Green” with Ben Kenney, that shipped sailed with Dirk Lance.
‘If Not Now, When?’ is awesome!
I dont want the funk-metal so much as a record I can play all the way thru like make yourself and say “damn”.
Exactly.
The old school funk-metal stuff was awesome. I enjoy the newer stuff, too. Not as much, but good music.
I own a mint condition “Let Me Tell Ya ‘Bout Root Beer” as well.
All I know is, Incubus shows have lots and lots of hot females at them. Teens, Milfs, Cougars……kind of like a Journey show. Enjoy your time off fellas.
How fucking sick would it have been to be at this show! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nzGJIBPWH4Y
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