Incubus (band)

:There is also a demon called an incubus.

Road to Stardom

After touring with Black Sabbath, Incubus began recording Make Yourself, which was released on October 26, 1999. The album had a slightly mellower and more mainstream sound than the S.C.I.E.N.C.E., but still was experimental and featured strong messages about society. Immediately they went out on tour again, this time with Primus. "Pardon Me" was released as a single and -- as MTV began playing the video -- the band began to gain a mainstream following. The single reached #3 on the Billboard Modern Rock chart.

Related Topics:
Black Sabbath - Make Yourself - October 26 - 1999 - S.C.I.E.N.C.E. - Primus - MTV - Billboard

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"Stellar" was the second single released from Make Yourself, and the video was played on MTV and TRL. It reached #2 in the Billboard Charts. The next single, "Drive," did one better, reaching #1 on the Modern Rock chart and crossing over to pop stations.

Related Topics:
TRL - Billboard Charts

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After playing the Ozzfest tour again, a six song EP, When Incubus Attacks Volume 1, was released. In the first week of its release (August 22nd, 2000), When Incubus Attacks Volume 1 sold almost 40,000 copies, and reached number 41 on the US Billboard Album Charts. Later the DVD, When Incubus Attacks Volume 2 was also released, featuring live footage, music videos and various backstage footage.

Related Topics:
When Incubus Attacks Volume 1 - Billboard Album Charts - When Incubus Attacks Volume 2

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During the year 2000, Incubus toured with Queen Adreena, 311, Deftones and Taproot and played Ozzfest again. Fungus Amongus was re-released on November 7th, 2000, as a response to demand for the independently released album.

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2000 - Queen Adreena - 311 - Deftones - Taproot

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2001 was a busy year for the band, when Incubus went on the road with Hundred Reasons in the summer and played the Area One Festival before their Make Yourself went Double Platinum, selling two million copies. The band also played in Australia and Japan, before touring with Hoobastank in the United States. The "Drive" video was nominated for an MTV Video Music Award in the category Best Group Video, but the award went to *NSYNC.

Related Topics:
Hundred Reasons - Area One Festival - Australia - Japan - Hoobastank - United States - MTV Video Music Award - *NSYNC

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"Wish You Were Here", the first single from the group's next album, Morning View was released on August 21, 2001, and reached number two on the Alternative chart. At the end of September the video for "Wish You Were Here" was released, after being re-cut in order to make it more "viewable" in the aftermath of the terrorist attacks of September 11th. Originally the video showed the band running from a group of screaming girls, forcing them to jump off a bridge into a river. It was replaced with footage from the band in the Morning View Mansion where the album was recorded.

Related Topics:
August 21 - 2001 - Terrorist attacks of September 11th

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Morning View was released on October 23, 2001. This album was recorded in a mansion on the Pacific coast of California. The album was a much more mellow record as opposed to the hard sounds on Make Yourself and S.C.I.E.N.C.E., thus coming into criticism from veteran fans but still retained such rockers as Have You Ever and Under My Umbrella. The sound of the record is generally seen as a reflection of that environment, as opposed to the basement where S.C.I.E.N.C.E. was recorded. The house was located on a street named "Morning View"; hence the name. In interviews, the band all appeared very positive about their latest release; as Brandon Boyd puts it, "we all moved into a magnificent, Malibu mansion, set up our gear in the living room with a view of the ocean, and began creating what would be our most free-flowing work to date." The band also released a DVD after this album, featuring a live performance at the Sony Studios in New York (the set was designed to look like the Morning View Mansion), footage of the band in the mansion, a photo gallery and the cut and un-cut versions of Wish You Were Here.

Related Topics:
Morning View - October 23 - Pacific - California - Make Yourself - S.C.I.E.N.C.E. - Malibu

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The other singles from the album were "Nice To Know You", "Warning" and "Are You In" and a radio single, "Circles".

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The success of Morning View and "Wish You Were Here" marked the band as a truly popular, mainstream rock band, reaching #2 in the billboards, with Morning View reaching #2 in the album charts, selling 440,000 copies in its first week. Coupled with this, the band were now selling out big arenas and became a household name in the industry.1

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