Their 2006 release 'Light Grenades' topped the US Billboard charts and played huge sets at festivals worldwide including Download, Rock Am Ring and Pinkpop. After this release, the band continued to go from strength to strength with their releases, they toured the world over and over promoting the likes of 'Morning View' and 'A Crow Left of The Murder.' which saw their chart success increase in countries such as the UK, Australia and New Zealand. This laid the foundations for the critically acclaimed release of 'Make Yourself' which has now been certified double platinum in the States and featured their first hit single 'Drive' which cracked the top 10 of the Billboard Charts. The band spent a whole year touring their second album 'S.C.I.E.N.C.E' and thanks to radio and TV exposure, it went on to sell over 100,000 copies. In 1997, the band supported Korn on their European tour and promoted their first major label release, the six track 'Enjoy Incibus' EP. They released their first album 'Fungus Amongus' on their own label before later signing to Immortal Records which became Epic Records. The band had to juggle early recordings around their school work, but in 1995 they completed their first two song EP with producer Gavin Koppell. They cut their teeth at some of the most infamous venues on the Los Angeles Sunset strip including The Roxy and The Troubadour. For a while the band were nameless, until being asked to provide one for an upcoming show and Incubus was born from there on. Bungle, Red Hot Chili Peppers and their sound crosses the genres of alternative rock, heavy metal, funk and electro.
Incubus influences include Faith No More, Mr. Incubus was formed in 1991 by vocalist Brandon Boyd, guitarist Mike Einziger, bassist Alex Katunich and drummer Jose Pasillas, while the members were in high school.
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