Losing him might have destroyed us, but the decision was the right one. Like the mutual decision to split with our bassist. We’re nowhere near finished, but time off helped us resolve some problems. The object of racing is to get to the finish line when you run you enjoy yourself along the way.ĭo you envision Incubus nearing a finish line? Look at it this way – it’s the difference between racing and running.

When you guys took the big summer vacation, was it just about needing rest? When I’m with the guys, I can dude out, but I’m fascinated by women.” “Just when I think I’m understanding women, I’m challenged. Boyd says his closest relationships have always been with women. “We’d lost sight of what we were doing and why we were doing it.”įor Boyd, what and why are his partner, cover girl Carolyn Murphy, and stepdaughter, 3-year-old Dylan. “After the last tour, we were exhausted,” says Boyd. While Incubus is far from warped, years of nonstop touring put a twist in the band that was straightened out by a lengthy break just before working on “Crow.” “If it happens too fast, your perception of reality gets warped.” “Our success took place at such a tolerable pace we were able to take things in stride,” said Boyd. “In a way, it’s something we take pride in.”īoyd is proud not only of Incubus’ under-the-radar reputation, but of the over-the-rainbow success that pushed their latest album, “A Crow Left of the Murder,” to a No. “Yeah, I’ve heard people call us the biggest band that nobody’s ever heard of,” Boyd told The Post from his Malibu home. Still, many people don’t know much about this band, which over the past 13 years has outgrown its SoCal fan base and moved up to arenas like Madison Square Garden, where the boys play Friday. Yet this Southern California quintet, fronted by 28-year-old Brandon Boyd, is one of the few bands able to straddle the fence with songs that have musical punch for the boys and emotional, romantic lyrics for the ladies. The band’s very name, Incubus, conjures images of hell-bent-for-metal rockers.

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