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  • Artist: Incubus
  • Rating: StarHalf Star
  • Release Date: November 01, 1995
  • Genre: Rock

Review

Incubus' independent debut is an unremarkable take on suburban MTV funk. While there's much to dislike, notably frontman Brandon Boyd, who growls like he wants the voice of anybody but himself, there are also a few variants to the Hi-NRG game that wouldn't be out of place with Fishbone or Primus. "Hilikus" is a funkier if more legible Rage Against the Machine, and "Shaft" works the sensible side of dancefloor metal, offering a strong collection of big noise, scratched records, and stripped and temperamental bass assaults. Though fans who arrived later will be surprised by its roughness, Fungus Amongus is a step removed from most of the empty-headed rap-metal army. ~ Dean Carlson, All Music Guide

Tracks

Track TitleComposersPerformersTime
You Will Be a Hot Dancer (Lyrics) Incubus Incubus (3:47)
Shaft (Lyrics) Incubus Incubus (3:14)
Trouble in 421 (Lyrics) Incubus Incubus (4:41)
Take Me to Your Leader (Lyrics) Incubus Incubus (4:27)
Medium (Lyrics) Incubus Incubus (3:12)
Speak Free (Lyrics) Incubus Incubus (4:54)
The Answer Incubus Incubus (3:02)
Psychopsilocybin (Lyrics) Incubus Incubus (4:19)
Sink Beneath the Line (Lyrics) Incubus Incubus (3:15)
Hilikus (Lyrics) Incubus Incubus (3:15)

Credits

Brandy Flower (Art Direction), Happy Knappy (Djembe), Jim Wirt (Producer), Dirk Lance (Bass), Fabio (Guitar), Jim Wirt (Engineer), Brandon Boyd (Vocals), Alex Katunich (Bass), Mike Einziger (Guitar), Jose Antonio Pasillas II (Drums), Brett (Cover Painting), Happy Knappy (Vocals), Brett Spivery (Art Direction), Kenny Morrison (Photography)
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Fungus Amongus
Studio album by Incubus
Released November 1, 1995 / November 7, 2000
Recorded September 1995 at 4th Street Recording, Santa Monica, California
Genre Alternative rock, funk rock
Length 38:13
Label Stopuglynailfungus Music on Chillum/Epic
Producer Jim Wirt
Professional reviews
Incubus chronology
Let Me Tell Ya 'Bout Root Beer
(1995)		 Fungus Amongus
(1995)		 Enjoy Incubus
(1997)

Fungus Amongus is the debut album produced by American rock band Incubus, released November 1, 1995 on Stopuglynailfungus Music On Chillum, Incubus' own independent label. It was later re-released under Epic/Immortal on November 7, 2000 after popular demand. Many of the names given under 'Personnel' are actually pseudonyms for the Incubus members. 'Fabio' is guitarist Mike Einziger. 'Dirk Lance' is bassist Alex Katunich, who later adopted 'Dirk Lance' as his stage name. 'Brandy Flower' is an actual Sony employee, and 'Happy Knappy' is vocalist Brandon Boyd. 'Brett' and 'Brett Spivery' refer to Brett Spivey, long time friend of the band, who went on to make their first two DVDs, and the videos for "I Miss You" and "Summer Romance (Anti-Gravity Love Song)". The album cover image is of an amanita muscaria mushroom, also known as a fly agaric mushroom.

Stylistically, the album shows strong influences from funk-metal bands such as the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Primus and Mr. Bungle, all of whom are mentioned in the liner notes of the album. Also the group present a quasi rap style which is avoided in later Incubus releases showing Brandon rapping on songs such as Psychopsilocybin, Trouble in 421, Speak Free, and Take Me to Your Leader.

The lyrics vary from songs about life ("Medium", which usually mistaken for a food song), to science-fiction songs ("Trouble in 421", "Take Me to Your Leader"), to songs about drugs ("Psychopsilocybin", "Hilikus").

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Incubus. 

# Title Length
1. "You Will Be a Hot Dancer"   3:47
2. "Shaft"   3:14
3. "Trouble in 421"   4:41
4. "Take Me To Your Leader"   4:27
5. "Medium"   3:12
6. "Speak Free"   4:55
7. "The Answer"   3:02
8. "Psychopsilocybin"   4:20
9. "Sink Beneath the Line"   3:15
10. "Hilikus"   3:15

Personnel


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Incubus
Brandon Boyd · Ben Kenney · Mike Einziger · Chris Kilmore · José Pasillas
 Alex Katunich · Gavin Koppell
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