Incubus

I found some great band member quotes to share with you today. Enjoy!!

Brandon Boyd —

“We have all the elements of being the worst band in the world: a bass player who’s got some slap-bass shit, heavy riff guitars, a DJ scratching on the songs, a crazy drummer, and a singer who’s in touch with his feminine side. Even our band name is the worst name ever: it evokes imagery of ‘Incubus’ in death-metal writing, with bullet belts across our chests.”
Rolling Stone, on being satirical on how his band ‘comes off’ from his most objective view.

“Thank you for not throwing any sharp objects onto the stage, because they really hurt.”
After playing Just a Phase on 9/27/02.

“I don’t think I’ve actually experienced a woman just handing out vagina. I’ve never experienced that yet.”
In Rolling Stone scoffing at accusations that women must throw themselves at him all the time.

“Morning View is I think collectively probably our favorite record that we have made as a band because it was the most effortless… um… in its conception… you know? It was a lot less slaving over parts and trying to just get together in this big beautiful room with a view of the ocean and parts and sounds and melodies and lyrics would just happen… they would just sort of spill out of us without us really trying… so to me that’s sort of the most amazing way to write music or do any kind of art, which is by letting it happen… but one of the most important parts in any sort of.. uh… journey so to speak.. Is uh… the ride… and we’ve had a really good time riding to where ever it is we are going… and I don’t even think any of us know particularly where it is going to take us… But it’s been really fun sort of chasing it.”
Discussing Morning View on Boogie TV interview was done the day of their concert at Vega, Copenhagen.

Mike Einzinger —

“I think rock music is at the lowest point I’ve ever experienced. Now, this rock-rap metal that’s all over the place just makes me want to throw up. I mean, how many times can you really tolerate listening to someone tune up their guitar so loudly that it’s just noise? I don’t like to insult others, so I won’t mention any names, but I just don’t find any intelligence in the music anymore. How angry can you really be living in the suburbs?”

“Our next record is going to have so much dancing on it thats there’s not even going to be music, just dancing.”
MTV Undercover

“When you hit the strings you can feel the vibration in your fingers and your body; you don’t get that playing some kind of synthesizer. That’s why guitar will never go away. When you pick up a guitar and start playing, the sound flows through your whole body. It becomes part of you.”

Jose Pasillas —

“We’ll throw a gummy bear across the room every now and then, but that’s pretty much the extent of it.”
MTV’s Diary, on his band’s rock and roll “excess”

“If you have a smile on your face and you make a lot of noise, people really really think you know what you are doing.”
The Morning View Sessions

Ben Kenney —

“”I want to sound like James Jamerson on a rock track. When everything else stops and the bass keeps going, I want it to be that part where everybody says, “Oh, shit!”
BassPlayer 2006

“I couldn’t be happier than I am in Incubus, this is a dream come true for me, literally.” — XPress Magazine

Chris Kilmore —

“It was cool. I just used candles at night.”
Kilmore before joining Incubus and sometimes having no electricity, Spin (October 2001)