Talk:Incubus (band)/Archive 1

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Archive 2

Vandalism

Just reverted to a previous version as it had been vandalised by an oh so clever individual. I'm no expert on editing Wiki so apologies if I have made any mistakes but I'm sure it must be better than "Everything about this band sux"!82.39.188.161 21:11, 5 July 2007 (UTC)

This thing reads like a press release

Not an article in an encylopedia. 24.127.51.25 16:58, 29 April 2007 (UTC)

No kidding. This article simply focuses on the bands impact in the music industry, and offers no focus about their overall sound and musical evolution, nor their societal influence. There's no subsection for interpretations, etc. There's nothing about how drug references disappeared from their music when they became mainstream. There's no focus of the sort. It's just all crammed into history and a list of albums. How is this supposed to help people understand the band? Don't let the mainstream brainwash you into putting so much effort into following charts. All the charts will tell you is how mainstream a song/album/artist is. Sadly, it seems like 90% of what I pick up when I'm scanning the article.

It would be probably be better to have separate sections for societal influence and sound/evolution, and seriously, if everyone would insist on having the chart information, that should have its own section as well.--Jake13jake 06:50, 20 June 2007 (UTC)

They're not Prog....

Why does it say they're a prog band? When has Incubus ever played anything prog rock? Well, I guess if you count that song for Halo, but still, they're not prog rock

There are progressive elements in alot of their material from the past 2 albums. For exalmple, irregular time signatures in small parts like the bridge of Pistola and the break down of from 'A Crow Left Of The Murder'. Quicksand is another example of irregular time signatures (ver irregular in this case). Also original ideas like Earth to Bella's acoustic verse's with contrasting fully electric sections. Another reason for the stating that progressive is one of Incubus's sub genres is that Mike Einzigers guitar work is often dissonant which is common in progressive music.

Though they may have certain elements at points, they are not progressive rock. You can add "art rock" if you want, but progressive is a stretch. Reliable sources list them as alternative rock and that is how they should stay. Zanders5k 22:53, 21 September 2007 (UTC)

A minor correction.

Incubus did four songs for Halo 2; there are four movements of the Odyssey. Also, can more information be found on their appearance on Jay Leno when they did 'Neither Of Us Can See' for the soundtrack of Stealth? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Invisible Insane (talk • contribs) 04:52, 7 January 2007 (UTC).

Chuck

Who's that guy on the cover of the S.C.I.E.N.C.E. album?

That man is named Chuck, and no-one but the band seems to know who he is. A new section in the main article should/could be made for him. --008 13:10, 26 March 2006 (UTC)

Agreed. There's a whole subculture behind Chuck and he must be exposed. ;) -- Riffsyphon1024 05:42, 11 July 2006 (UTC)

i heard his name is chuck mulholland—Preceding unsigned comment added by Megamef (talk • contribs)

Yeah, that's what it says on Incubus-Online-View [1] (I usually take what they say as fact). --008 18:32, 19 July 2006 (UTC)

That's Brandon Boyd's dad, actually. The band used to play around with his identity alot, but the band finally confirmed it. I'll try and find a source.

Here's a few http://www.cnn.com/CNN/Programs/showbiz.today/music.ontheroad/0111/30.html and here's the website I found that from http://www.geocities.com/incu3602/chuck.html

lol, I'm the man now dog--Jpagel 20:17, 10 August 2006 (UTC)

Source for Light Grenades

Where does it say the new album will be called "Light Grenades"? --Macarion 23:01, 1 August 2006 (UTC)

Their official website. --Skylerlol 20:23, 3 August 2006 (UTC)

"Multi-platinum alternative rockers Incubus are gearing up to release Light Grenades their fifth studio album in November." from [2] --Voran 13:29, 4 August 2006 (UTC)

Progressive Rock?

They aren't prog. Unless you're including that thing from Halo. --Macarion 23:54, 24 July 2006 (UTC)

No, they aren't progressive, which is why I removed it. --Skylerlol 06:06, 31 July 2006 (UTC)

They probably would be if mikey had more to say thoug... NJlo 19:25, 5 September 2006 (UTC)

Size

Why such a big article for a borderline famous band? RomeoVoid 08:25, 5 February 2006 (UTC)

Partly because of fans really liking the band. Makeyourself

I wouldn't call them borderline famous.

OH MY GOD:borderline famous! I find that personally offensive. Pulbrook xx

Incubus is far from borderline famous. They're kinda like Phish, or O.A.R. Pearl Jam, or even Nirvana. They've made it, but cater to a smaller group than say, the Beatles did. Plus, Are You In? is one of the most popular songs around, not to mention best songs around. DP

Who cares how famous they are? If they make good music, they deserve a large article. Skylerlol 02:27, 11 July 2006 (UTC)

That is just ludacrous. Of course Incubus is famous. -- Riffsyphon1024 05:32, 11 July 2006 (UTC)

I would have to agree... If you want confirmation of how famous they are, look at how many fans you'll see at their shows or just ask anyone on the street if they've heard of Incubus. You are right, though. As good as this band is, THIS ARTICLE NEEDS TO BE CLEANED UP.--Jpagel 20:02, 10 August 2006 (UTC)

Incubus has a large article, because there are few other articles about the band. There are only two Incubus songs that have their own articles, even though many more songs need to be recognized. -- Aug. 29, 2006. PS: I cleaned the article up a bit.

You should ask a dutch person wether they even know incubus. makes me mad NJlo 19:23, 5 September 2006 (UTC)

Incubus has sold over 12,000,000 (12 million) records... they've had 9 top 5 singles, including 3 #1 singles.they've sold out Madison Square Garden, The Los Angeles Forum, Red Rocks Amphtheater, Webmley Arena (London), etc, etc....among many others...Oh, and they have also been nominated for 2 grammy's. The question of wether or not incubus is a famous or semi-famous band is laughable at best.

Not all from CA.

They're not all from Calabasas, are they? I would think that Ben and Chris aren't. --008 13:32, 5 September 2005 (UTC)

I know that Chris if origianlly from the Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania area... I'm not too sure about where Ben it from.

I realised how useless a question this was. Thanks to whoever that was anyway. --008

Miscellaneous

I know "A Certain Shade Of Green" was "the" single from S.C.I.E.N.C.E., and I've seen promo singles of "Redefine" and "New Skin", but has anyone seen one of "Vitamin"? Just wondering why it was listed as a single and "Redefine" wasn't. Anon

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Why is the writing quality for this entry so awful?

I've noticed too. When I get the time I'll revise it. --008 21:10, 3 March 2006 (UTC)

I've tagged the page as reading like an essay. It needs paragraphs, better sentance structure and some fairly heavy grammar correction. It would also be helpful to have each section rewritten with an inverted pyramid structure (Most important parts at top of paragraph and continues in decending order) so that some cropping can be done. --Limeparty

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In "Wish You Were Here", what does he mean by "signalling UFO's with my ladder"? What's a ladder? Aelita the Angel

Unless you're making fun, it's actually "lighter". Yeah, very poor enunciation. --008 13:04, 26 March 2006 (UTC)

Thanks. It was just buggin me. And rest assured, I'm serious about Incubus! *PARDON ME RULES!* Aelita the Angel

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Is the Incubus song "Drive" about driving automobiles? If it is, add it to List of songs about automobiles. --SuperDude 03:28, 22 May 2005 (UTC)

No... it's about self-identity. Wanderer

I always thought the song was about drink-driving... (random guy)

It's about taking control of your life. --136.1.1.101 12:52, 22 March 2006 (UTC)

"Drive" reflects the underlying message that 'make yourself' portrays: But no matter what situation you are in, no matter what oppertunities you have, you have to take control of your own actions and when it comes to the end of it, you are the only person who can change you. 'Nice to Know You', Alice Pulbrook (the greatest and best, biggest incubus fan ever ever, don't even get me started) toodles xx

Cleanup on isle 9

I added a subject line for Light Grenades. Can we clean up the section and make it one paragraph? I think that goes for alot more areas on this article. There's alot of unecessary information, such as a list of songs they have covered. Every band has done tons of covers, but for an article as long as this one, it looks kind of sloppy.--Jpagel 20:01, 10 August 2006 (UTC)

p.s. If you MUST have a covers song list, include sources. Where did all these songs come from?--Jpagel 20:05, 10 August 2006 (UTC)

Incubus discography

List of songs covered by Incubus was recently nominated for deletion. The consensus on that page was to move the article to Incubus discography and merge content from the discography section of this article. I have therefore removed the "discography" and "singles" sections from this page and added that content to Incubus discography. I encourage users knowledgeable about the band to improve on my work. Thanks. Canderson7 ^(talk) 21:33, 28 August 2006 (UTC)

Dirk Lance Leaving/ ACLOTM

I think it should be more prominantly mentioned that Incubus's sound really changed when Dirk left. Every album up until that point kind of seemed like a natural progression/evolution of thier musical stylings. ACLOTM was definately a great departure from what they do. It's not chill, funk-metal, psychedelic, or heavy. Although I would like mention Dirk leaving was probably not the only reason the music changed so much.

Whatever this was pointless...

Incubus has changed their sound on every album they've made. 09/10/2006

I disagree... the progression from SCIENCE to Make Yourself was certainly no more "natural" than the progression from Morning View to ACLOTM. -DMurphy 03:04, 11 November 2006 (UTC)

Cleanup Tag

Honestly, do we still need it? I think the article is fine now. 09/10/06

This article desperately needs sources, and from reading through it, the tone tag is justified as well. I'll try to do some work on it soon. JubalHarshaw 05:17, 29 September 2006 (UTC)

Factual Error in the article?

The first paragraph of the section 'Light Grenades 2005-Present' says- "Three new songs were released in late July 2005 as part of the soundtrack album to the Sony film Stealth (the soundtrack also features the previously released Aqueous Transmission)."

Aqueous Transmission was previously released on Incubus' Morning View album. This sentance is also contradicted within the article in the "A New Era" section, which states "Suzi Katayama had worked with Incubus in the past on orchestral arrangements like the one in Aqueous Transmission."

Anybody object if I edit?

It is saying that in addition to the three other tracks, Aqueous Transmission was available on the CD. These7enthprophet 16:45, 15 January 2007 (UTC)

Band Far

Never heard of this band, but they were listed as something like "under recognized emo pioneers." That doesn't sound biased. (cough sarchasm) I took it out and just wrote "the band Far" ...someone can change the wording if they care later.. User:Bicklevov

Early years: demos

Am I wrong, or did the information on their demo tapes vanish? On a supposed mirror site there's still some information on that. At least the names of them would be great to mention (encyclopedic completeness), in this article or in the discography. I know of a three-track-demo called Closet Cultivation which was released in 1994, and of another demo called, well: Incubus. Demos are very interesting to fans and music critics, as they enable the listener to learn something about the evolution of the music and band. With all necessary shortening, there still should be some info on that matter. -- marilyn.hanson 21:13, 23 November 2006 (UTC)

Vandalism

Who vandalised this page with the words "i still wanna edit"? I reverted the page. Doc Strange 14:33, 4 December 2006 (UTC)

This page has been seriously vandalized and needs serious cleanup. Anyone willing? Machinehead09 16:16, 4 December 2006 (UTC)

I am starting to clear up this is my first real project, I have done other things.I have started by sorting out the paragraphs so they are correctly done.

2007 International/World Tour

Is that really necessary? All it seems to do is clutter the page. It's very unorganized and doesn't really add anything encyclopedic about the band --These7enthprophet 16:50, 15 January 2007 (UTC)

Well, I removed it. It added nothing to the article. I guess it could have also been seen as advertising. --These7enthprophet 23:39, 24 January 2007 (UTC)

Light Grenades Album Singles

Why is 'A Kiss To Send Us Off' listed as an upcoming single? I've seen no signs of this, and think it's a bit misleading. 'Dig', while it's officially the 2nd single that will be released off of 'Light Grenades, still isn't officially released, and yet it's posted that AKTSUO is the 4th single. I can see 'Love Hurts' being labeled as an upcoming single because of the muttering going around and the promo sticker, but there just hasn't been anything on AKTSUO. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by DMCIncubus (talk • contribs) 05:50, 26 January 2007 (UTC).

I've seen no evidence of it being a single. I'll take it off until further proof can be shown.--These7enthprophet 19:39, 31 January 2007 (UTC)

Why is there no mention in the article about "Love Hurts"? It was a big single for the band, but other than it being listed as a single, there is no information about it in the main body of the article. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 165.24.253.100 (talk • contribs) 15:49, 28 May 2009 (UTC)

Make Yourself Foundation

As I'm sure you all know, Incubus has a huge charity chain they created and support called the "Make Yourself Foundation", or "MYF. I noticed it's not mentioned on the Incubus front page, and was wondering if maybe we could get together on this and make a tab for it. I think it'll be great for an add to the page, considering Incubus is VERY involved in charity work, especially with their Make Yourself Foundation. Just wanted to bring this up and see what everyone thought of it.DMCIncubus 20:12, 2 February 2007 (UTC)

I agree. As far as Incubus goes, MYF is a huge part of the band. I would think that if we could get together and come up with sufficient information, making a page for MYF itself would be acceptable. --These7enthprophet 03:52, 3 February 2007 (UTC)

Okay, sounds good. I'll get some stuff gathered, and try and lay it out and add onto it and change things as needed. I'm pretty new at this Wikipedia stuff, just kind of gives me something to do to pass time while working. But I'm a huge fan of Incubus, so my dedication to this Incubus page is pretty serious. I'll do some research and come up with some things in the next day or two.DMCIncubus 20:27, 4 February 2007 (UTC)

logo

Would it not make sense to use the typeface that Incubus used for three of their albums (SCIENCE, Make Yourself, Morning View) rather that the one just used on A Crow Left of the Murder? A band logo is the logo you can most easily identify the band with, and I think it's logical to use the one used most album covers have used. What do you think? - Phorque 18:36, 20 February 2007 (UTC)

Ah, what the hell, I'm being bold and uploading the other logo anyways. Please let me know if you disagree. - Phorque 18:52, 20 February 2007 (UTC)

external links

This isn't the place to plug your incubus website, so let's try to keep the external links list a little shorter.

Incubus artwork

Does anyone know what the symbols in this tattoo mean? http://www.geocities.com/incu3602/tattodesign6.jpg I really like the drawing and want to know what they mean. I know one is "om" Brunettesrawsom 19:42, 19 March 2007 (UTC)BrunettesrawsomMarch 19 2007 (UTC)

Main Article

Anyone else think that "Incubus" should automatically link to the band's article? I mean, the word "Incubus" usually implies that you are talking about the band.

Music used in the Halo 2 soundtrack was not in-game

Just so you know. I removed the error. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 199.89.175.6 (talk) 03:26, 24 April 2007 (UTC).

wrong, the music WAS used, sans lyrics. and it was only follow, movement 1 of the oddysey

it was on the level with the heretic leader when you are flying around in the ghost

defenitely used, i just went back and checked. this chump doesnt know what he's talking about —Preceding unsigned comment added by Tipo4u (talk • contribs) 15:14, 7 December 2007 (UTC)

The punctuation and sentence structure in the beginning of this article makes it almost painful to read. It needs cleaned up really bad. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Airrore (talk • contribs) 22:35, 29 December 2007 (UTC)

Track listing in album pages

This is the /only/ artist I've seen whose album pages have track listings in a table with different colored rows. Now, I don't want to go through the work of changing all of them to the standard as defined by WikiProject Albums without there being some mention of it, and I don't want to add this to each talk page. So unless someone has a reason they'd like to post here as to why Incubus, although I love them, gets this "special treatment", I'm going to be changing it in the near future. (See Dream Theater's Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence for a good example of when the standard isn't quite appropriate.) --Snaxe/fow (talk) 07:20, 20 July 2008 (UTC)