
Make Yourself (1999–2000) Īfter constant touring throughout 1998, and after selling over 100,000 copies of S.C.I.E.N.C.E. Problems playing this file? See media help. Chris Kilmore, also known as DJ Kilmore, replaced DJ Lyfe. Incubus participated in the Ozzfest and Family Values metal festivals and toured with System of a Down and Ultraspank during the fall.

The band enjoyed Kilmore's style and attitude towards life and asked him to join the band. A friend recommended Chris Kilmore to fill the position. They decided that with him in the band they could no longer be a productive family. In February 1998, Incubus dismissed Koppell. This album marked a stylistic departure from the band's early material, featuring heavy guitar riffs, slap bass and turntables to create their most nu metal album. After their album release, they started opening for bands such as Korn and 311.


S.C.I.E.N.C.E., Incubus's second studio album, was released on September 9, 1997. The 1997 six-track EP Enjoy Incubus was the band's first major-label release and was created so the band could present a recording while touring with Korn in Europe. The group was spotted by Epic/Immortal A&R Paul Pontius, who was also responsible for signing Korn to the label. In the following year, Incubus signed a seven-record deal with Sony's Immortal Records, later to become Epic Records. This was followed by the debut album Fungus Amongus, also recorded with Wirt and released on Incubus's own label Stopuglynailfungus Music. In 1995, Incubus added Gavin Koppell (known by his stage name DJ Lyfe) to the band and recorded their first two-song EP, Let Me Tell Ya 'Bout Root Beer. Incubus produced many of their early recordings with Jim Wirt and Chillum Records in the Santa Monica studio 4th Street Recording, only able to work on their music during hours in which they were not in school. Early on the members of Incubus bonded over Phish and Primus and used their grassroots approach as a model for their career. The band's early shows were frequently at nightclubs on Los Angeles's Sunset Strip, including such well-known venues as the Whisky a Go Go, the Roxy and the Troubadour. They existed as a band for some time before they gave themselves a name, having only chosen the band's name "Incubus" when required to supply a band name for an upcoming show. Incubus was formed in 1991 by vocalist Brandon Boyd, guitarist Mike Einziger, bassist Alex Katunich and drummer José Pasillas, while the members were in high school. History Formation, Fungus Amongus and Enjoy Incubus (1991–1996)

