Candlebox

Candlebox is a band from Seattle, Washington. Formed in December 1991, they originally named the band Uncle Duke; they later changed the name as a tribute to a Midnight Oil song.
In the middle of the city`s grunge rock renaisscance,they`re offered something different:a more polished,blues-based sound. Members of bands are: singer/guitarist Kevin Martin, a native of Elgin, IL, who'd grown up partly in San Antonio, drummer Scott Mercado,lead guitarist Peter Klett and bassist Bardi Martin (no relation to Kevin).
The members did not consider Candlebox to be a grunge band however; they viewed themselves as a rock and roll band more than anything and their style reflected that.Despite the critical backlash,Candlebox`s debut record sold over 4 million copies. While the first single, "Change," began to build them a following, it wasn't until 1994, when the follow-up, "You," appeared, that the group really started to take off.
"You" gave them a breakthrough hit on mainstream rock radio, which set the stage for the success of "Far Behind," essentially a power ballad for the grunge era. "Far Behind" was a major hit on both mainstream and alternative radio, and also made the pop Top 20; its exposure helped Candlebox climb into the Top Ten on the LP chart and eventually sell over three million copies.
The follow up album, Lucy, was certified gold in 1996.Though commercial success of the record didn`t match up to the critical praise it had received,it did go platinum.
In 1997, founding member Mercado left the band and was replaced by original Pearl Jam drummer Dave Krusen.
Candlebox's third album, Happy Pills, appeared in 1998 and marked a return to the more basic sound of their debut.
Krusen left the band in 1999 and was replaced by Shannon Larkin of Ugly Kid Joe. Bardi Martin also left the band that year and was replaced by Rob Reddick. They are best known for the singles "Change," "You," "Far Behind," and "Simple Lessons."
In 2006, Candlebox reunited with their original line-up and embarked on a three-month North American tour from July to October of that year.
The band is currently writing and recording material for a new record due for release in 2008. This marks the first collaboration of the original lineup since 1996.
Candlebox released a "Best Of" album on May 23, 2006.

Donots

After starting as a cover band, the Donots write their own material since 1994.This is a punk band from Germany, formed in Ibbenbüren. Of the first members of the band are left the brothers Ingo (vocals), Guido (guitars) and Jan-Dirk (bass). In the 1995/96 they got new members Alex (guitars) and Eike (drums),and that has not changed till today.
The name of the band came accidentaly: The bassist of the band, Jan-Dirk Poggemann wanted to name the band like the pastries donuts, but he wrote the name the wrong way by mistake. The other band members liked the name, because they found their philosophy in the name (donots = do nothing, like slackers), so they retained the name.
The first major album "Better days not included” was released 1996, and after winning a Newcomer Contest, follow concert tours together with Samiam, Downset, Suicidal Tendencies…and similiar bands. The Donots has produced most of their music with Fabio Trentini, bass player of German band H-Blockx.
"Up Song", featured on the album "Amplify The Good Times", features guest vocals by the American pop punk rock band Midtown.
Special guests on the album "Got The Noise": Jason Perry of the UK band A sings on "Alright Now" and the UK rock band 3 Colours Red sing and play on "Knowledge".
The latest album "Got The Noise" landed on 3rd place of the international charts in Japan. They are very famous in Japan. The song "We Got The Noise" was the theme song on the popular video game "MVP Baseball 2005".
Lead singer Ingo has produced the last Waterdown album entitled "All Riot". The band is leaving their record label GUN Records with a last release on that label: it will be released on November 24th and it entitled "The Story So Far - Ibbtown Chronicles". It is a double CD, one with the hit singles, one with the b-sides.

Erreway

Erreway is an Argentinean pop band formed during the development of television series Rebelde Way.
The band members are Luisana Lopilato, Camila Bordonaba, Benjamin Rojas and Felipe Colombo.
They were all cast members of the kids soap opera Chiquititas, created by Cris Morena.
The band had fans in Argentina. They also had fans in few other countries.
The band released three albums: Señales (Signs), Tiempo (Time) and Memoria (Memory).
They did two tours in Israel, where the show was very big. They also toured other countries.They were the protagonists of the soap opera Rebelde Way (2002-2003) and in 2004 they did the movie 4 Caminos.They broke-up in December 2004.
In 2005, Rebelde Way became a big hit on Spain and in 2006 it was released El Disco de Rebelde Way with 19 songs from the three unreleased albums in Spain and 11 videoclips.Felipe and Camila did a promotional tour with departament store El Corte Ingles to 7 cities in Spain and the signings drew fans. In 2007, Camila Bordonaba, Benjamin Rojas and Felipe Colombo reunited the band. In September, they will have tour in Spain. Luisana Lopilata will not come. Bordonaba, Rojas an Colombo said that they called Lopilato to go with them, but she didn't want to.Most famouos songs from this band are:Sera De Dios;Resistire;Bonita De Mas;Para Cosas Buenas;Sweet Baby;Amor De Engano and Rebelde Way main song from same name tv-serie.

Faithless

Faithless are a British band whose music is described by the band as a cross between hip-hop and dance. The original members of Faithless were:

ROLLO, is a young man who made his mark with the first track he ever laid his hands on -"Don't You Want Me" by FELIX (which sold over 2.5 million copies).

Jazz acts as a vocalist in mostly rap format with lyrics that have strong spiritual or socio-political intent. Maxi's timely meeting with Rollo led to enlightening conversations about Nicheren Shoshu Buddhism, and its influence on Maxi's life and music. These collaborative talks spawned intense and challenging lyrics dipped in the dark hue of Maxi's life and rediscovered in the music of FAITHLESS.

Sister Bliss had started her musical career as a pianist at the age of 5. In her own naturally progressive way she moved on to the violin, saxophone, and bass - she's a veritable one-woman band.

Before inviting Jamie into the creative fold, Rollo challenged him to write a song about "a bloke who says 'give me 24 hours with any woman and I'll make them love me'". Jamie sat at the piano for a few hours working away and came back with a song that was, as Rollo put it.He left after their second album, Sunday 8PM.

Lead female vocals for many of their songs are performed by Pauline Taylor, who also performed lead vocals for singles Rollo released under his monikers Rollo Goes Mystic and Rollo Goes Spiritual.

On their third album, Outrospective, Zoë Johnston joined the lineup.

Dido,Rolo`s sister, has been a guest singer on a number of Faithless tracks, including "Flowerstand Man" from the 1995 debut album Reverence, "Hem of his Garment" from Sunday 8PM, "One Step Too Far" from Outrospective and "No Roots" from the album of the same name.


The debut Faithless album, named Reverence, appeared in late 1996 on Rollo's Cheeky Records, and was picked up for distribution by Arista the next year.

Sunday 8pm followed in 1998. That album was reissued in 1999 with a collection of remixes titled Saturday 3am.

A comedown mix album, Back to Mine, appeared in early 2001, just before Faithless returned

with Outrospective.

The groupe reached worldwide status with the singles"Salva Mea";"Insomnia" and"Reverence".For the 2004 album No Roots, Faithless were joined by rapper/vocalist LSK. He acted as producer for the second half of Rolo`s sister Dido`s debut album, No Angel.


Rumours about their split started after Rollo wrote in the liner notes of the No Roots booklet "We set out thinking it would be our last album, feeling maybe we have had our time in the sun."



In year 2006 Faithless released a greatest hits compilation, called Forever Faithless - The Greatest Hits, which reached number one in the UK.
Faithless have released 4 studio albums, with a remix album for the first three (Reverence, Sunday 8pm and Outrospective) and an instrumental for the last (No Roots), plus a Greatest Hits collection (Forever Faithless) and 2 DVDS, one of which showcased their universally acclaimed live performances.

The album, To All New Arrivals, from which the first single released was Bombs.
The new album was followed by a major tour, The Bombs Tour."Bombs" generated moderate controversy with its music video, as demonstrated by MTV's refusal to air it. The music video featured interchanged clips of war scenes and daily life; symbolizing the presence of war all around us.

Gipsy Kings

The Gipsy Kings are rare thing - a household name famous solely for their music; the most successful French musical outfit ever are big in Brazil and popular in Persia, honoured at The Alamo in Texas and celebrated in China.This is a group from Arles and Montpellier in France.They are largely responsible for bringing the joyful sounds of progressive pop-oriented flamenco, called Sevillana in Spain, to the world. The group is composed of the Reyes(Pablo, Nicolas, Patchai and Canute) brothers and the Boliardo(Tonino, Diego and Paco) brothers, who are cousins and descendants of Spanish families that migrated to France. The Reyes were strongest as singers while the Baliardos were master guitarists and so, after an all-night jam session, they decided to go on together.

Nicolas says their new name was given to them by accident, "An American woman, after asking us our name and origin, exclaimed 'Oh, you are Gipsy KINGS!' We kept the English name." Lead singer Nicolas Reyes is the son of famed Flamenco singer José Reyes, who, with Manitas de Plata, sold millionsof records in the 1960s and 70s.

All fame they achieved without MTV videos, hype, reality TV appearances, famous girlfriends, bad behaviour... an international audience won over purely by the music and the big, welcoming soulfulness of its creators.Nicolas said that they began playing rumba flamenca because:"we liked to watch pretty girls dance”.

Though they had devoted fans,Gipsy Kings still had yet to gain wider recognition until 1986 when they hooked up with visionary producer Claude Martinez who could see that the Kings had the makings of a world-class band. The first record after this proverbial meeting was Gipsy Kings (1987), which included their first great success, Bamboleo, a rumba version of the song by Julio Iglesias.This album became their platinum-selling eponymous album.
Since then the Gipsy Kings have dominated the World Music charts and sold more than fourteen million albums worldwide—more than four million in the United States alone. Their platinum compilation, The Best of the Gipsy Kings, was on thecharts for more than a year.

The song "Volare" on their second album Mosaique is a rumba version of Domenico Modugno's Italian hit "Nel Blu Dipinto Di Blu".

In the late '80s, the Gipsy Kings, debuted in the U.S. at a New York New Music Seminar. This led them to sign to Sony in America. In 1989, they were invited to perform at the inaugural ball for George Bush, but they chose to return home to rest and be with their families.The ensemble’s music has been used in numerous motion pictures, including Peter Weir’s “Fearless”and Joel and Ethan Coen’s “The Big Lebowski.”

In 1989, Gipsy Kings was released in the United States and it spent 40 weeks on the charts, one of very few Spanish language albums to do so. Their cover version of "Hotel California" is an excellent example of fast flamenco guitar leads and rhythmic strumming (this version was featured in the Coen Brothers' movie The Big Lebowski).In 1991 the Gipsy Kings provided flamenco guitar and backing vocals on Bananarama's version of "Long Train Running", using the pseudonym "Alma de Noche" ("Soul of the Night").

A documentary, “Tierra Gitana,” which aired on hundreds of public television stations in 1996,explores the band’s roots in gypsy culture and the members’ rich family heritage in flamenco music.

Their 1993 album "Love and Liberte" won the Latin Grammy Award for "Best Pop Album of the Year," and contained the enduring song "Montana," an emotional account of gipsies chased from their birthplace by prejudice and persecution.

The group's album, "Compas",realised 1997, was produced by Chris Kimsey. The material boasts a lightly applied melange of fresh influences, ranging from Samba to Salsa, but remains overwhelmingly true to the formula their fans have come to expect.
In 2004 the Gipsy Kings settled into a stone villa in the small town of St-Andre-de-Bueges in the south of France, where they collaborated with producer Craig Street on the Grammy-nominated acoustic release, Roots. For the first time in years, the band recorded without a drum kit, synthesizer, or electric bass, bringing the music closer to its Flamenco origins. Billboard called the record a “treasure”.

Albums "Mosaique," "Allegria," "Este Mundo," "Gipsy Kings Live," "Love & Liberte," "Tierra Gitana," "Cantos de Amor" and "Volare! - the Very Best of the Gipsy Kings" went gold.Gipsy Kings recorded a live session at Abbey Road Studios for Live From Abbey Road in the summer of 2006. The episode also included performances by Natasha Bedingfield and Iron Maiden and aired on the Sundance Channel in the USA and on Channel 4 in the UK.Latest album “Pasajero”realised 2007 is the sound of musical legends celebrating their heritage.The title track acknowledges how essential for Gypsies is to keep moving.Gipsy Kings' total album sales worldwide now exceed 18 million; they're touring worldwide again in 2007. They are the world's best-selling music group from France in history.

HIM

HIM is a rock band from Finland formed in 1991 by vocalist Ville Valo, guitarist Mikko Lindström, and bassist Mikko Paananen.
In around 1992, before HIM was actually formed, Mige, Ville and Juha Tarvonen did a demo of 'Xilqa Xilqa Besa Besa. The band originally played under the name 'Kafferi'(which translates roughly to 'black person' - the guys blocked it out from old H.P. Lovecraft books,) but they changed it because they felt it offensive. After Kafferi, their new name was 'Witches and Other Night Fears' (which was later used as the demo title in 1992).
HIM started out as a cover band, covering songs of artists such as KISS, Type O Negative, Danzig, Black Sabbath and Depeche Mode. The band now consists of the three founding members plus keyboardist Janne Johannes "Burton" Puurtinen and drummer Mika Kristian "Gas" Karppinen.
HIM released “This is Only the Beginning” in fall of 1995. This was a demo tape, with only 100 copies made and sold in specially chosen stores in Helsinki. The tape includes rare songs "Serpent Ride", "Borellus", "Stigmata Diaboli"," The Heartless" and "The Phantom Gate". “Wicked Game”an excellent cover of Chris Isaak's homonymous song,is the song which made known them. This album was done only with Ville singing and playing drums, while Linde was playing guitar and bass.
“666 Ways to Love: Prologue” ,is an EP which is released only in Finland,1996. It is their first release after a demo in 1995. Only 1,000 were produced making it worth up to £500 (or around $700 US dollars) today.The woman pictured on the front cover of the album is the mother of HIM's lead singer, Ville Valo.On this EP is also Chris Isaak`s cover song “Wicked Game”. It was produced by Hiili Hiilesmaa, and was recorded at Finnvox Studios, MD and Peacemakers, Helsinki.
Greatest Lovesongs Vol. 666 is their debut album. It was produced by Hiili Hiilesmaa, who also produced their biggest EP 666 Ways to Love: Prologue. Like that EP, this album was recorded at Finnvox, MD and Peacemakers in Helsinki, Finland. Guest vocals were provided by Sanna-June Hyde and Asta Hannula on "(Don't Fear) The Reaper" and "For You", respectively. A special Digipak version of the album was also released with "For You" moved to the first track. Another special edition was released in Germany with the bonus track "Stigmata Diaboli", taken from 666 Ways to Love: Prologue. In keeping with the theme of 666, the albums length is 66 minutes and 6 seconds and contains 66 tracks, 56 of which are blank.
On March 99 was released "When Love And Death Embrace"
But, the true success came in November 99 when "Join Me" came out, first single of their second album: "Razorblade Romance", produced by John Fryer who had worked before with White Zombie, Nine Inch Nails and Depeche Mode and was recorded at Rockfield Studios in Wales, birthplace of such classics as Queen's "Bohemian Rapsody", Oasis' "(What's The Story) Morning Glory" or the debut album of Black Sabbath. “Join Me In Death” was featured in the sci-fi movie The Thirteenth Floor. It reached #1 on German sales charts, going platinum, and is the biggest-selling single in Finnish music history. Razorblade Romance was released shortly after in the U.S. under the moniker "HER". There was a jazz band in Chicago named HiM who did not want to give up the rights to their name, but eventually HIM bought the rights to use their name in the United States and now can release their albums under it. The American albums were released under Jimmy Franks Recording Company, run by Jimmy Pop, singer of the Pennsylvania band Bloodhound Gang. Following this German success they released two more Germany only singles from this album; "Right Here in My Arms" and "Gone With the Sin", which reached #20 and #19 on the charts respectively. The original working title for Razorblade Romance was in fact Slippery When Dead, and a demo or properly recorded song from this session leaked onto the internet, titled "Too Happy To Be Alive".
During 2001, before the group's third release, the members of HIM formed a new band, Daniel Lioneye, it was aimed to be a solo project of guitarist Linde, who took on the vocal spot and the stage name Daniel Lioneye for it.
The style of music played on the album falls between bluesy-hard rock, with sleaze rock themes such as sex, alcohol and rock 'n' roll, very different from the romantic lyrics of HIM. Migé Amour played bass, Ville Valo was on drums, with Hiili on keyboards, and Ike on sound effects. They released one album, The King of Rock'n Roll, in September 2001, and have only performed together for four shows. Although it was not a commercial success, it retains a cult following.

After the Daniel Lioneye project, HIM released “Deep Shadows and Brilliant Highlights” in August 2001. This is the first album that new keyboardist Emerson Burton took part in, thus making it the first album with HIM's current line-up. Once again the album shot to #1 in their Finnish homeland, making them the most dominant homegrown band in their country since Hanoi Rocks in the 1980s. It also reached #2 in Germany. Three singles were released from it: "Pretending” (which reached #10 in Germany), "In Joy and Sorrow" and a double single featuring both "Heartache Every Moment" and "Close to the Flame."
The Single Collection is HIM's first box set which was released on October 7, 2002. It also contains radio edits, remixes, club and live versions of tracks from Greatest Love Songs Vol. 666, Razorblade Romance and Deep Shadows and Brilliant Highlights in addition to tracks that were only played at live concerts. The collection includes every CD-single from "Wicked Game" until "Heartache Every Moment" and the unreleased "It's All Tears". Only "Your Sweet Six Six Six" single is missing.
On April 14, 2003, HIM released “Love Metal”l. This was the first album that did not feature singer/songwriter Ville Valo on the cover. Instead, it featured a gold heartagram, the band's well-known logo. Ville Valo was sick of reporters always asking what HIM's genre was. HIM released "Love Metal" as a response for just that question.
On February 1, 2005 the regular edition of this album was released in the U.S. under Universal Records licensed by Jimmy Franks Recording Company.
"The Funeral of Hearts" was the first single and their first high appearance on the United Kingdom charts at #14, it also hit #3 in Germany. It was followed by "Buried Alive By Love" and "The Sacrament". (The Sacrament was recently used as the ending for the anime film Highlander: The Search for Vengeance.)
“And Love Said No - The Greatest Hits 1997-2004” is HIM's first greatest hits album. It contains two unreleased songs: "And Love Said No" and "Solitary Man", the latter of which is a Neil Diamond cover. It also had a rerecorded version of 'When Love And Death Embrace' and the British version also had a rerecorded version of "It's All Tears (Drown In This Love)". The digipak version of this album came with a DVD with six songs live at Semifinal Club in Helsinki.
“Greatest Love Songs Vol. 666/Razorblade Romance/Deep Shadows and Brilliant Highlights” is their a limited UK only box set of the three albums “Greatest Love Songs Vol. 666, Razorblade Romance, and Deep Shadows and Brilliant Highlights”, released in 2004.With the release of this box-set, “Razorblade Romance” was for the first time ever released in the UK with the European version's tracklist.
HIM's fifth studio album, 2005's “Dark Light”, became the band's full breakthrough in the US, debuting in the top 20 of the Billboard Top 200 and spawning two major rock hits, "Wings of a Butterfly" and "Killing Loneliness", both of which have accompanying videos. In the summer of 2005 they played the mainstage of Download Festival with Black Sabbath and Velvet Revolver. "Dark Light" was the first Finnish album to sell gold in the United States, meaning it has sold over there over 500,000 copies, and 900,000 copies worldwide.
Some time during their tour to promote “Dark Light”, Mige and Burton wrote a song together called "Plasma Mullet" that is completely different from their other work and is not on any official release of the band. The only time it has been released to the public is when it was played on skateboarder Bam Margera's half-hour radio show on Sirius Satellite Radio or at various concerts after their performance. Margera refers to it as their "jokey song".

In 2006/2007, HIM released its second and third compilation albums titled “Uneasy Listening Vol. 1” and “Uneasy Listening Vol. 2”.

“Venus Doom” is the sixth studio album by Finnish rock band HIM, released on September 14, 2007 (Germany, Finland, Sweden and Ireland), September 17, 2007 internationally and September 18, 2007 in the US.According to frontman Ville Valo, it is their heaviest album yet, with music comparable to Metallica and My Bloody Valentine.Like Ville says:” Like a trip into my personal hell to a certain extent.”
The longest song, "Sleepwalking Past Hope", is HIM's longest running track to date, while the shortest one, "Song or Suicide", is acoustic and about one minute in length. The album was produced by Tim Palmer (Ozzy Osbourne, Dredg) and Hiili Hiilesmaa (The 69 Eyes Apocalyptica). Ville Valo told Kerrang! magazine that there is a concept in a couple of the tracks written during the same period of time. Venus Doom is the first HIM studio album to feature a song featuring nothing but an acoustic guitar, aside from vocals.
On September 26th, the album debuted at #12 in the US, with 38 000 copies sold. This is a record for a Finnish act. It made #31 in the UK. In Finland "Venus Doom" peaked at #2, and in Germany it debuted at #3.
The multi-layered tone of Venus Doom is something the band was striving for. “The idea to have nine songs was based on Dante’s Inferno, cause hell has nine layers, so it’s like going deeper down into hell and then coming back,” Valo says. “There are so many different vibes and moods in the album that it’s cool once you listen to it again, because you can’t absorb everything with one listen.”
Ville Valo recorded a duet with Polish actress Natalia Avelon for the movie "Das Wilde Leben"/"The Wild Life". The track, a cover of Nancy Sinatra and Lee Hazlewood's song "Summer Wine," was released as a single in January 2007. The band went on tour with Linkin Park's Projekt: Revolution along with bands such as My Chemical Romance, Placebo, The Bled, and Taking Back Sunday. Ville Valo also recorded "Just for Tonight" with Linde's wife, Manna. Apparently, Ville Valo was also approached by the composers for the "James Bond 007" franchise at the BMI awards in October, and asked to co-write and sing the theme song for the sequel to 2006's "Casino Royale" which starred Daniel Craig as James Bond.

Incubus

Incubus is American alternative rock band based out of Calabasas, California.There is five members in a band.The band's most successful singles are "Drive", "Wish You Were Here", "Megalomaniac", "Dig", "Anna Molly" and "Pardon Me". The band has reached multi-platinum sales with albums such as Make Yourself, Morning View, and A Crow Left of the Murder. Incubus released their latest studio album, Light Grenades, in November 2006.
Vocalist Brandon Boyd, drummer Jose Pasillas, and guitarist Mike Einziger known each other in high school.When they were fifteen,they formed the band with bassist Alex Katunich,named The Kansas City Shuffle. The group recorded a three song demo tape titled "Closet Cultivation," which including the songs "Pillow your Eyes," "Bathe in my Snot," and an early version of the song "Speak Free."Band Incubus was introduced to Jim Wirt, a local record producer,in 1993. He offered to record demos for the band and Incubus recorded their first album,” Fungus Amongus”.
In 1995, Gavin Koppell saw the band play and asked if they would be interested in using some of his tracks, which incorporated the use of turntables. He joined full-time after his first rehearsal.Band finally landed a record deal with Immortal/Epic Records. Touring throughout 1996, they established themselves as a top draw live act, gaining a dedicated following all over the United States.On January 7, 1997 Immortal Records released Incubus' EP entitled “Enjoy Incubus”. After the release of “Enjoy Incubus”, the band completed several mini-tours in its support. Their first major tour was with Korn in Europe.
Band`s second studio album,” S.C.I.E.N.C.E” was released on September 9, 1997.Album. was done in six weeks, straight through, at 4th Street Recording. Very different experience, but very important on this band’s existence.
Gavin Koppell because of personal and creative differences is asked to leave band. After a very productive first tour with the band Far, Incubus began tours with many other bands such as System of a Down, Korn and Black Sabbath, and participated in festivals such as the first Family Values Tour, Ozzfest and the Warped Tour.
After constant touring throughout 1998, and after selling over 100,000 copies of S.C.I.E.N.C.E. without the support of radio or MTV, Incubus then took some time off to record their new album “Make Yourself”.This album was released on October 26, 1999. The first song that kicked off the album, "Privilege," was featured on MTV Sports: Pure Ride for the PlayStation. The band also released the single, "Pardon Me," but it was initially not well-received by radio stations. Brandon and Mike decided to perform a live acoustic version of the song at the few radio stations who were showing interest, and this in turn spread the word of the song. Many radio stations began to play the acoustic version, including the highly influential Los Angeles radio giant KROQ.
Incubus made a video for “Pardon Me” and released a six song EP titled When Incubus Attacks (Vol. 1) on August 22, 2000. In its first week, the EP sold nearly 40,000 copies, and scored #41 on the Billboard Album Charts. Due to the success of "Pardon Me," Make Yourself hit Gold Status (500,000 copies sold) in April of 2000. Incubus continued to tour overseas, and returned home at the end of May to go on a tour of the United States with long time friends 311. "Stellar," the next single from the album was soon released, and its video received afternoon airplay on MTV and TRL, becoming a huge success on Modern Rock Chart.
The band then took a short break after finishing the Ozzfest 2000 Tour. On October 5, 2000, Make Yourself went Platinum (1,000,000 copies sold). The band re-released Fungus Amongus on November 7, 2000.
On January 15, 2001, the band released "Drive," the third single from Make Yourself. It moved quickly up to the top of the Modern Rock Charts, eventually hitting the #1 spot. The single also found a more mainstream audience and received enough rotation to hit the top ten of the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart.
Incubus was invited to play with the Area Festival, which featured Moby, Outkast, The Roots, Paul Oakenfold, Carl Cox, and Nelly Furtado.In July, Make Yourself was certified double Platinum, selling 2 million copies.Incubus video for "Drive" was nominated for an MTV Video Music Award in the category of Best Group Video.
On August 21, 2001 band released their first single, "Wish You Were Here", from their upcoming record, “Morning View”. The single instantly began to climb up the Modern Rock charts, reaching #2 by early September. On October 23, 2001, the band released their third full-length major label album “Morning View”.Album debuted on the Billboard Top 200 at the #2 spot (266,000 copies were sold in its first week). This was the highest ever placement for Incubus. At the same time, "Wish You Were Here" was at #2 on the Modern Rock Charts, and "Drive" sat at #48 on the Hot 100 chart. The band won an award for Billboard's Modern Rock Single of the Year for "Drive". By December, Morning View was certified platinum, "Wish You Were Here" was #4 on modern rock charts, and Morning View was #38 on top 200.
On December 11, Incubus released When Incubus Attacks (Vol. 2), a DVD that featured music videos for "Take Me to Your Leader", "A Certain Shade of Green", "Pardon Me", "Stellar", "Drive", "I Miss You", and "Summer Romance (Anti-Gravity)", live footage, backstage video, and more.
On January 24, 2002, MTV's TRL premiered the "Nice to Know You" video.Incubus featured on MTV's Becoming, TRL, The Tonight Show, and played the Letterman show on February 14, 2002, all before heading off to play dates in Japan and Australia for the remainder of February and March. While in Sydney, Incubus shot the video for their next single, "Warning".On May 28, the band released the DVD “Morning View Sessions”. In early September, Incubus released a single for "Circles".In 2001 band bass player Alex Katunich left the band due to personal differences. Katunich was replaced by former The Roots guitarist Ben Kenney.
On January 6, 2003, the band began writing for their next record.
Incubus, which had been signed to Epic/Immortal for seven years, cited the fact that state law limits the amount of time that an artist can be bound to a company. The band had been signed to the label for 7 years, and used California's "Seven Years Law" as a negotiating tool with Epic/Immortal. After releasing 3 highly successful albums, the band had been compensated poorly compared to the revenue that they had generated for Sony. The band entered a lawsuit against their label in order to break from their contract, to which Sony responded with a lawsuit of their own.
On March 1, Einziger, along with Scott Litt, Dave Holdredge, and Rick Will, was nominated for a Grammy in the "Best Engineered Album (Non Classical)" category, for their work on Morning View.In 2003 Incubus v. Sony case had been settled. The two sides settled on a new contract that delivers three albums to Epic/Immortal with an option on a fourth. The first album would be worth $8 million in advances to the band, with another $2.5 million for each one thereafter.
Incubus set out to play the 17th annual Bridge School Benefit on October 25 and 26th at the Shoreline Amphitheater in Mountain View, California. Neil Young organized the annual concert, which aides the Bridge School in its outreach to children with severe speech and physical impairments. "A Crow Left of the Murder" and "Talk Shows on Mute" were debuted during the acoustic event.
By December the new album, which was recorded at Southern Tracks Recording Studios in Atlanta, was produced by Brendan O'Brien, was completed and scheduled for release. Titled A Crow Left of the Murder..., was to be an enhanced CD with behind-the-scenes video.
The first single,from that album, "Megalomaniac", was released on December 15, 2003. It raised controversy when it was said to be an attack on the Bush administration, and was banned from daytime view on MTV. The second single released was "Talk Shows on Mute", featuring a video that was inspired by George Orwell's Animal Farm. After this release, Incubus hit the road again. As both "Talk Shows on Mute" and the earlier single, "Megalomaniac", reflect, Incubus' new album was a very politically oriented album. It reflected many of the band's political views, stressing critical thought, independence from the media, and nonviolence.
Incubus toured worldwide in 2004 with many bands, including Ben Kweller, The Walkmen, Hundred Reasons, The Music, Brand New and Sparta, to promote their new album. One song left off the album, the 27-minute long instrumental entitled "The Odyssey", was later featured on soundtrack for the Xbox game Halo 2.
In November 2004, the band released a live DVD entitled Alive at Red Rocks, filmed in Red Rocks Park, Colorado, during their world tour for A Crow Left of the Murder.... Along with the DVD came a bonus CD featuring five tracks, including a studio version of live favorite "Pantomime", "Follow" and the U.K. B-Side "Monuments and Melodies". Two live tracks were also included.
In the spring of 2005, the band went back into the studio with Brendan O'Brien. Three new songs were released in late July 2005 as part of the soundtrack album to the Sony film Stealth. The track "Make a Move", was released to radio in late May, and song reached #17 (Modern Rock Charts) and #19 (Mainstream Rock Charts). Fan reaction towards "Make a Move" was lukewarm, but the other two new songs, "Admiration" and "Neither of Us Can See" (a duet with Chrissie Hynde), seemed to be much more well-liked. A fourth song is said to have been recorded, but there has been no word on the details of the song.
On August 1, 2006, their latest album was confirmed to be titled Light Grenades and to be produced by Brendan O'Brien. A few weeks afterwards, the release date was confirmed to be Tuesday, November 28. Light Grenades debuted #1 on the Billboard charts, the first time Incubus has ever sat atop the album charts, despite only selling 165,000 copies (their lowest debut for an album since Make Yourself) in the first week.
On December 27, 2006, Incubus launched the "I Dig Incubus" contest, in which participants cut together clips of the band performing their single "Dig," to form a complete music video. On February 1, 2007, five finalists were announced for the "I Dig Incubus" contest.
Recently Michael Einziger has been suffering from Carpal tunnel syndrome and although he has had an operation that has corrected the problem, he will need to recuperate for a few months, hence recent tour plans have been postponed. Incubus has apologized to fans and are continuing the tour in the summer and autumn.
Other recent events include a surprise performance by Michael Einziger and Brandon at the 2007 KROQ Weenie Roast, where they were joined on stage by Ithaca College's all-male acappella group Ithacappella, as well as an announcement claiming that "Oil & Water" will be the third single off of Light Grenades to be released. It began play on radio stations on June 5th. They will also be releasing a live DVD titled 'Look Alive' November 27, 2007.


Incubus will be headlining at the Soundwave Festival in Australia in 2008 with The Offspring and a band TBA.