Part 3 of 8:
Simply For The Love Of Music - The History of Incubus
After touring, the band released the
album "S.C.I.E.N.C.E" on September 9th 1997 and headed
back on the road to promote the album. Incubus played
a handful of dates with Phunk Junkeez and Shootyz Groove before
jumping on tour
with 311 and Sugar Ray. Incubus were only expected to stay on
for the dates within the United States, however things changed.
The tour went so well and the response from the crowd was so
great, that 311 asked them to stay on for the remainder of the
tour and go over seas with them.
Then in February of 1998 the band asked their DJ,
DJ Lyfe, to leave
the band. They decided that with him in the band they could not longer
be a productive family and Incubus is a family. A friend recommended
they check out DJ Chris Kilmore to fill the position. The band loved
his style and his attitude about life, and asked him to join the band
permanently. Though he only had a few days to learn the songs,
most fans accepted the change with open arms once they came to realize
how talented this Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania native was.
After the very productive tour with Sugar Ray and
311, and a DJ replacement, Incubus began tours with many other bands,
including: Far, One Minute Silence, Cold, Limp Bizkit, and then jumped
on the Warped Tour for 3 dates in June and July. Then on July 3rd, the
band began the Ozzfest '98 tour, which included, Snot, Tool, Coal Chamber,
Ultraspank, Limp Bizkit, System of a Down, and others.
After Ozzfest the band headed out with Hedpe, Snot,
and Soulfly for a while, until they joined up with System of a Down
and Dial 7. This took the band up to October 25th, 1998, at which
time they replaced Ice Cube on the Family Values Tour for the 4 remaining
dates. This proved to be huge for the band. They landed
a spot on the "Family Values" compilation album, and decided
to use the track 'New Skin'. The band finished the year by playing dates
with Orgy, Korn, Hedpe, 2 Skinnee J's, Frontside, and Papa Roach on
various dates.
