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Incubus is a five-man alternative rock band based in Calabasas, California. 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). The band’s name may seem a peculiar choice to fans, as an incubus is a type of demon that, in mythological lore, comes in the night and has sex with women while they are sleeping; it seduces them in their dreams 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 has released six albums and two EP’s to date.

There are six other lesser-known bands also named Incubus:

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R-Bexton9000 wrote:
3 hours ago

one of their top 5 tags is "incubus"..... /sigh

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tequierocargar wrote:
yesterday evening

agree with you, most of their pop like songs are on top list... guess that's why they call it pop then

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Mishkin1 wrote:
yesterday afternoon

i cant belive not one song from S.C.I.E.N.C.E is on their list! by far their coolest album! If your missing something awesome in your life check out the mighty MISHKIN GET INVOLVED PEOPLE x

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NINeINChNAiLS99 wrote:
yesterday morning

they've sucked since "make yourself".

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Isaferreira wrote:
Thursday evening

Anna Molly <3

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dreamcoltrane wrote:
Thursday afternoon

The song Make Yourself literally gave me chills last night.

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jcastillo077 wrote:
Thursday morning

Light Grenades was a great album

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ofgriding wrote:
Thursday morning

> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u5Aix07MLHE <

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FrauBPunkt wrote:
Wednesday evening

i looooveee these guys!!!

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freakystyley89 wrote:
Tuesday evening

I forgot how much I love this band. x2 and yeah, their lyrics are price and timeless.

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mtwranch wrote:
Tuesday afternoon

incubus!

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bloodykisses36 wrote:
Tuesday morning

yay incubus!!!

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Meowgasmic wrote:
Sunday evening

I forgot how much I love this band. Their lyrics seem to be even more applicable to my life now.

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gEEEERa wrote:
Sunday afternoon

fungus among us and s.c.i.e.n.c.e. are the best

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napalm06 wrote:
Sunday morning

yeah... the "similar artists" is a joke. None of those bands are "like" Incubus, except that they existed at the same time.

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TrophyScarred wrote:
Sunday morning

For those of you who are curious about the name incubus before there first show as a band way back when they needed a name and so they opened a dictionary and pointed at a word and it turned out to be "Incubus" so they stuck with it lol

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Incubuslove007 wrote:
Saturday evening

They have changed my life! Thanks for the music, for the insperation, thanks for being incubus, thanks for all! :) Come to germany! ♥

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crazzymofo91 wrote:
last week

maryann2version your pic is a mind fuck dude.

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boblovesmusic wrote:
last week

what? no love for the British Incubus!? "To The Devil A Daughter" is a fantastic album! For the record, this Incubus formed before all the others! (entirely possible there was an Incubus before that haha)

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clintbeed6793 wrote:
last week

Haha ya i was just thinking that the similar artists is messed up

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