Incubus (band)

:There is also a demon called an incubus.

Continued Success

In April 2002, the band hit the road again, this time as the headline band for Honda's Civic Tour with Hoobastank. Incubus was allowed to design a Civic given away in a drawing.

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2002 - Civic Tour - Hoobastank - Civic

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After the tour, bassist Alex Katunich(a.k.a. Dirk Lance), decided to leave the group. This new info was not released to the general public and the band took a break from Incubus to deal with the news and to take a breather from the constant pressure of writing music.

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Alex Katunich - Dirk Lance

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During the break, guitarist Mike Einziger set up the Time Lapse Consortium. He gathered together a group of musicians to perform a select number of shows. He wrote the music himself and it came out as a jazz/funk mix. However, despite his intention of a solo project, he ended up enlisting all the remaining members of the band, except Chris Kilmore. He also asked for help from Suzi Katayama, who had worked on Morning View, to arrange the orchestra. A bootleg was released of the show at the Roxy in Los Angeles.

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Mike Einziger - Time Lapse Consortium - Jazz - Funk - Chris Kilmore - Suzi Katayama - Morning View

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Added to the line-up of the Time Lapse Consortium was Ben Kenney on the bass, from the band The Roots. The band later said this was his 'audition'. He seems to have impressed because he was announced as the replacement for newly departed bassist Alex Katunich.

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Time Lapse Consortium - Ben Kenney - The Roots - Alex Katunich

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In 2003, the new Incubus played at the newly-revived Lollapalooza concert. Also on the main stage were The Donnas, Jurassic 5, A Perfect Circle, Queens of the Stone Age, Audioslave, and Jane's Addiction. A live bootleg compiling songs from their performances at Lollapalooza was released to make money for the Make Yourself Foundation through their website.

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2003 - Lollapalooza - The Donnas - Jurassic 5 - A Perfect Circle - Queens of the Stone Age - Audioslave - Jane's Addiction - Make Yourself Foundation

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The Make Yourself Foundation was started by the founding members of the band in 2003 as a non-profit organization which donates to causes the band deems worthy. Funds are gathered solely from ticket sales, merchandise, events, online auctions and album proceeds. Incubus also releases a CD series of "bootlegs" which feature recordings of live appearances and exlusive material, which directly benefit the charity. The Make Yourself Foundation does not accept cash donations from fans.

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Make Yourself Foundation - 2003 - Non-profit organization

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Over a year after creation, the foundation has raised under $400,000, giving to organisations such as the International Red Cross, the Painted Turtle, Operation Smile and the Surfrider Foundation.

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International Red Cross - Painted Turtle - Operation Smile - Surfrider Foundation

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Their newest album, A Crow Left of the Murder, released in 2004 was a new turn for the band. It combined the experimental leanings of S.C.I.E.N.C.E. and Fungus Amongus with the melodic rock of Make Yourself and Morning View. The first single off of ACLOTM was "Megalomaniac", which raised controversy when it was said to be an attack on the Bush administration and was banned from daytime view on MTV, despite the band saying that it was not an attack on a particular person, rather a comment on some people's negative attitudes. The second single released was "Talk Shows on Mute", with a video that was inspired by George Orwell's 1984. A third single, "Agoraphobia", was released, but was not promoted much by the label (it never had an official radio add date), and got very little airplay as a result.

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A Crow Left of the Murder - 2004 - S.C.I.E.N.C.E. - Fungus Amongus - Make Yourself - Morning View - MTV - George Orwell - 1984

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They toured worldwide in 2004 with Ben Kweller, The Vines, The Music, Hundred Reasons, Brand New and Sparta amongst others to promote their new album.

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Ben Kweller - The Vines - The Music - Hundred Reasons - Brand New - Sparta

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One song left off the album, the 26-minute long instrumental entitled "The Odyssey" featured on the Halo 2 soundtrack.

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In November 2004 the band released a live DVD entitled Alive at Red Rocks, filmed live in Colorado during their world tour for A Crow Left of the Murder. Along with the DVD came a bonus CD featuring five tracks, including a studio version of live favourite "Pantomime", a movement from "The Odyssey" called "Follow" and B-Side "Monuments and Melodies". Two live tracks were also included.

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Alive at Red Rocks - A Crow Left of the Murder

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