Incubus Taking Hiatus?
Everyone has that band that you have followed from the beginning. You remember when they were cool, back when they were relative unknowns. Then they become popular and everyone loves them forcing you to outwardly hate them and call them "sell outs" to make yourself feel better about supporting the band since its inception.
For some, that band might be Metallica or whoever. For me, it was Incubus. I watched them grow from a small club band to a main stage headliner. Now they have crashed and burned with two album "A Crow Left of the Murder" and "Light Grenades" that are a very different sound from "Morning View." I didn't care I still bought them.
News comes that Incubus will be taking a break so the band can pursue other things. For instance, guitarist Mike Einziger will unveil an orchestral piece at Royce Hall on the campus of UCLA.
For Einziger, the concert will serve as a precursor to his enrollment in Harvard’s music school to study composition next year. But he’s not the only one returning to higher education, as Brandon Boyd also plans to enroll in a university art program.
Brandon says about the band's hiatus:
“I’m of the mind to say it wouldn’t be a bad thing to disappear for a year or two years,” he says. “A lot of people would say culture moves too fast and you need to remind people, but I would argue there’s not any rush. Maybe they’ll be a sex scandal or an arrest or something to keep us in the news.”
Fans still have a chance to catch the band in action before the break: Incubus will play the VH1 Rock Honors tribute to The Who on July 12, alongside Tenacious D, Pearl Jam, Foo Fighters and The Flaming Lips.
The show will tape in Los Angeles on July 12 and is scheduled to premiere on July 17 at 9 p.m. ET/PT on VH1, VH1 Classic and MHD.
For some, that band might be Metallica or whoever. For me, it was Incubus. I watched them grow from a small club band to a main stage headliner. Now they have crashed and burned with two album "A Crow Left of the Murder" and "Light Grenades" that are a very different sound from "Morning View." I didn't care I still bought them.
News comes that Incubus will be taking a break so the band can pursue other things. For instance, guitarist Mike Einziger will unveil an orchestral piece at Royce Hall on the campus of UCLA.
For Einziger, the concert will serve as a precursor to his enrollment in Harvard’s music school to study composition next year. But he’s not the only one returning to higher education, as Brandon Boyd also plans to enroll in a university art program.
Brandon says about the band's hiatus:
“I’m of the mind to say it wouldn’t be a bad thing to disappear for a year or two years,” he says. “A lot of people would say culture moves too fast and you need to remind people, but I would argue there’s not any rush. Maybe they’ll be a sex scandal or an arrest or something to keep us in the news.”
Fans still have a chance to catch the band in action before the break: Incubus will play the VH1 Rock Honors tribute to The Who on July 12, alongside Tenacious D, Pearl Jam, Foo Fighters and The Flaming Lips.
The show will tape in Los Angeles on July 12 and is scheduled to premiere on July 17 at 9 p.m. ET/PT on VH1, VH1 Classic and MHD.
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