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Just about six months after former Incubus deejay Gavin Koppel filed for arbitration in regard to past royalties, the band has filed a motion with the Los Angeles County Superior Court seeking what is known as “declaratory relief,” reports Rollingstone.com. By seeking declaratory relief, the band is looking to clarify its duties and rights on a 1999 royalty settlement reached with Koppel. The band also hopes for a protective order seeking to keep private the financial details of its 1999 settlement with Koppel, known then as DJ Lyfe. Koppel filed the suit on January 16 with the American Arbitration Association,… Read more »

Dirk Lance, it was nice to know you, but Incubus fans have reason to welcome new bassist Ben Kenney with open arms. “He’s been very inspiring for all of us,” guitarist Mike Einziger said at the recent ASCAP Pop Music Awards of the onetime Roots member. “He’s a very different musician than Dirk, so it adds a very different dynamic to what we’re doing. It’s just like a big fresh breath of air.” Incubus aren’t recording yet, but they’ve set up their instruments in a rented house and are writing new material they’ll take to a studio after finishing Lollapalooza.… Read more »

Incubus has settled its suit with Sony Music, and in return Sony has dropped its counter-suit against the band. A statement reads that they have “amicably resolved their differences,” and that the two will continue to work in good faith with each other. No terms were confirmed by the band’s publicist, but several published reports have Incubus being paid around $8 million for its next album, and $2.5 million for the following two releases. The reports also state that Sony has an option to renew for a fourth album. Sony will eat approximately $3 million in promotional costs. Incubus filed… Read more »

Sony Music Entertainment Inc. and the funk-metal band Incubus have ended their legal standoff with a lucrative new deal that will pay the Calabasas quintet an estimated $8 million in advances for its next album, it was reported Friday. The deal struck Thursday also requires the band to deliver two additional albums and gives Sony an option for a fourth, with an estimated $2.5 million advance due for each, sources told the Los Angeles Times. The company and the musicians “have amicably resolved their differences, and will continue with their highly successful relationship,” Sony and the band said in a… Read more »

Incubus is parting ways with its bass player, Dirk Lance, with the rockers citing “creative differences” as the reason. Ben Kenney, former guitarist for the funk hip-hop group The Roots, was chosen to replace him, Incubus announced Friday. “We, as a band, would love to express our gratitude towards Dirk for an amazing 12 years of artistry and dedication,” said singer Brandon Boyd. “He was and will remain a valuable asset to the history of this band.” Lance, one of the group’s founding members, declined to comment, said Incubus spokeswoman Melissa Dragich. “I think there were just creative differences, irreconcilable… Read more »

Incubus filed suit against Sony Music on Thursday seeking to be released from their recording contract with Sony subsidiary Epic Records. The suit – filed in Los Angeles Superior Court in Santa Monica on behalf of singer Brandon Boyd, guitarist Mike Einziger, drummer Jose Pasillas and bassist Alex Katunich – asks a judge to allow them to set aside their original deal, which they claim they have satisfied. “This isn’t Courtney Love or some other artists where we’re walking away from a deal,” said the band’s manager, Steve Rennie, referring to a suit settled last year in which Love sought… Read more »

Fresh off the 50-date Civic Tour 2002, Incubus have finalized plans for a new tour. Launching August 31 in Reno, Nevada, the Morning View fall tour will make stops throughout the U.S. and once in Canada, concluding in November. More dates will be announced in the coming weeks, and all dates and venues are subject to change. The plan for this outing is to hit the smaller cities the group missed on its last tour, bringing Incubus’ music to a larger audience. Morning View Tour Dates, According To Epic Records: 8/31 – Reno, NV – Lawlor Events Center 9/2 –… Read more »

“The Osbournes” have not only captivated you, your bleeping grandma and your bleeping hairdresser, but probably your favorite bleeping rock star as well. The most popular series in MTV history, with nearly 8 million viewers a week, has acquired a particularly loyal audience in perhaps the only people who can truly relate to the madness – other musicians. Incubus, for example, fell so hard for the show they asked their management to record it when they are on the road and send them copies for tour bus screenings. Singer Brandon Boyd said when “The Osbournes” is on, his eyes are… Read more »

Should Incubus fans be wary of the band’s current corporate-sponsored tour? If they listen to guitarist Mike Einziger, maybe. “We signed our souls to the devil,” the guitarist said at the band’s Inglewood, California, stop on the Honda Civic Tour. Of course, Einziger likes to joke around. Actually, Incubus, who have experienced an unusually organic rise to rock’s upper echelon, are touring behind sponsorship dollars to benefit their fans. “We are coming into really big rooms now, so what happens is the ticket prices kind of skyrocketed,” singer Brandon Boyd explained. “We were able to keep our ticket prices low,… Read more »

A near-capacity crowd at Key Arena greeted headliners Incubus Friday night with open arms and open eyes – and deafening, wall-vibrating screams. Thousands of hollering fans – many encased in freshly purchased T-shirts from the merch tables – couldn’t be wrong: After more than a decade in the business, and years of touring far smaller venues with middling success, the band from sleepy Calabasas, California, has most definitely arrived. But before they took to the stage, their So-Cal neighbors, Hoobastank, warmed up the Key with a thunderous half-hour set. The foursome had no problem filling up the arena with their… Read more »