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on top of writing original material, the band was taking any opportunity to play that was thrown their way, including a lunch time show at their high school. during the next few years the band was continuing to write, and some of the titles included: 'damnation?', 'backwards', and 'miss bliss'. the rest of the members thought it was a cool sounding word, and 'it had sex in the definition, alright, that's great, lets use it' the show was a disaster according to the members at one point jose got off the drums, and tried to run around them during a break in the song, but he ran into the drum set and knocked it over. mike however got out a thesaurus, and found the word 'incubus', and read the definition.

another idea was 'chimera', and alex suggested, 'chunk-o-funk'. brandon stated 'it has to be gnarly.' his suggestion, 'spiral staircase'. the group did not yet have a name, and they had to come up with one quickly. also in 1991, the group began playing parties, their first for a friend named kristen. other songs written in this time period were: 'purple kool-aid', 'sylvester polyester', 'my soul (the underground', and 'the milkman song'. the band's first song, 'love sick', sounded like an incubus track, but it was totally stripped down, yet had elements of funk and thrash in it. a few months later the trio came across brandon's vocal abilities, and they decided to form a band, and gave up playing cover songs, in order to write their own. these covers helped them land a few party gigs, and the three became the 'entertainment for the neighborhood'. at first they mainly played metallica and megadeth cover songs, which jose was not too interested in, but played nevertheless. the trio decided to jam a bit, simply for the love of music.

#Enjoy incubus band how to#

later, while attending calabasas high, the pair became friends with bassist alex katunich, who had just been kicked out of jazz band at the time for not knowing how to read music. wright middle school, jose met guitarist mike einziger, who spent most of his time playing guitar in his bedroom. Vocalist brandon boyd and drummer jose pasillas went to elementary school together. Simply for the love of music - the history of incubus Brandon boyd - vocals/percussion mike einziger - guitars