Part 2 of 8:
Simply For The Love Of Music - The History of Incubus
Touring throughout 1996, Incubus
established themselves as an amazing live act, gaining a dedicated
following up and down the west coast of the United States. To
start off the new year, Immortal Records released Incubus' EP
entitled "Enjoy Incubus" on January 7th, 1997.
The album featured re-recordings of 4 tracks off their independent
record (Fungus Amongus), plus 2 recently written tracks.
These were the first recordings to feature the newly acquired
DJ Lyfe.
After the release of Enjoy Incubus the band completed
several mini-tours in support of it. Touring
with the Urge and Korn in Europe....This tour was a total success. Incubus
played in front of more people then they had ever before. Going on stage
winning fans one by one.
After going into the studio
and recording
their full length major label debut, Jim Wirt was putting together a
soundtrack for the Movie 'Spawn', and it featured, Korn, Metallica,
Filter, Chemical Brothers, Soul Coughing, among others. He
of course thought that Incubus would make a great choice, and the album
was released under Immortal Records as well, Incubus' home. The Spawn
Soundtrack, which was released on July 29th, 1997, featured Incubus
collaborating with DJ Greyboy on the track "Familiar". As
soon as they finished recording the track, the band did what they do
best, hit the road, supporting
acts such as Snot, Far, and the Phunk Junkeez.
