Am I crazy or does the new Incubus single, Megalomaniac, sound like mid 80s Rush?

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I just saw the video over the weekend for the first time and if you take out Brandon Boyd's vocals the music sounds like Rush circa Power Windows, Hold Your Fire, and Presto to me.

― Steven Ward, Monday, 16 February 2004 20:27 (twenty-two years ago)

TOTALLY.

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Monday, 16 February 2004 20:30 (twenty-two years ago)

I must hear this. I now have Aimee Mann singing TIIIIIME...stund....still... in my head. thx! (sincerely, that song gives me warm fuzzies)

― M@tt He1geson (Matt Helgeson), Monday, 16 February 2004 20:43 (twenty-two years ago)

http://www.noblepr.co.uk/Press_Releases/sanctuary/images/rush_bobble/ss1_sml.jpg

Ah...but do Incubus have these?

I THINK NOT!

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Monday, 16 February 2004 23:41 (twenty-two years ago)

Bobblehead dolls? They're making bobbleheads of everything these days.

I'll take your word for the Rush soundalike matter. For my part I think the vocals sound like Mr. Mister v. 2.0.

― j.lu (j.lu), Tuesday, 17 February 2004 00:59 (twenty-two years ago)

hee hee Neil is even in cool-moustache era!

Alex, I just got an Iron Maiden Eddie bobblehead...it's Eddie from the Live After Death cover....thought you would appreciate that.

― M@tt He1geson (Matt Helgeson), Tuesday, 17 February 2004 01:00 (twenty-two years ago)

and suddenly I don't care if I ever hear "Megalomaniac" ever. This also explains why I keep hearing their old singles on the radio but never the new one (though "Warning" is even WORSE than Rush on the excruciating meter. Somehow).

― Anthony Miccio (Anthony Miccio), Tuesday, 17 February 2004 01:00 (twenty-two years ago)

though I stand by "Drive" and "Wish You Were Here." They make good ballads with really funny unnecessary scratching interludes that are almost as bonkers as the one in "Mmmbop."

― Anthony Miccio (Anthony Miccio), Tuesday, 17 February 2004 01:01 (twenty-two years ago)

I appreciate and sometimes enjoy Rush (ah, nostalgia) and Incubus (c'mon, why the hate?). But I would say "Megalomaniac" sounds much more like mid-'90s post-grunge Rush, when they tried to up the rockage again.

― Josh in Chicago (Josh in Chicago), Tuesday, 17 February 2004 01:21 (twenty-two years ago)

Incubus (c'mon, why the hate?)

Some reasons for "the hate":
1. Lead Singer's irritating penchant for shirtlessness.
2. Guitar player's hair.
3. THE FUCKING DREADFULLY MIDDLE-OF-THE-ROAD MUSIC.
4. D.J. who adds nothing to the mix.
5. Stupid name.

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Tuesday, 17 February 2004 01:34 (twenty-two years ago)

Buddyhead has said some pretty hysterical things about Incubus:

First off, I picked up the issue of Spin with these geeks on the cover. Then, one day I had to poop, so I figured “hey why not read about these shitheads while I’m making a shit?” So I did. THE WHOLE ARTICLE IS ABOUT THE SINGER'S MOM AND HOW MUCH HE LOVES HER!!?! I DON’T GIVE A FUCK ABOUT YOUR MOM DUDE AND I CARE EVEN LESS ABOUT HOW MUCH YOU LOVE HER! I WANT YOU TO ROCK ME! Which is something these dorks are incapable of. The singer guy is too busy smiling and plucking hairs out of his chest to write anything decent.

They also once discussed how at least the other horrible nu-metal groups with six-string basses are at least UPSET about being horrible nu-metal groups with six-string basses. But these guys are happy about it.

― Anthony Miccio (Anthony Miccio), Tuesday, 17 February 2004 01:48 (twenty-two years ago)

1. Lead Singer's irritating penchant for shirtlessness.
Alas, he's not alone here.

2. Guitar player's hair.
Getting better. Jew-fro beats dreadlocks any day.

3. THE FUCKING DREADFULLY MIDDLE-OF-THE-ROAD MUSIC.
Nickelback is MOR. Incubus > Nickelback,

4. D.J. who adds nothing to the mix.
Actually, he's one of the few seemingly superfluous DJs who do add something just (thankfully) not straight scratching. Lots of keyboard effects, echo, and general atmospherics, somewhere between a keyboard player and a live mixer.

5. Stupid name.
Given, but every band name is stupid.

I've seen the band live at many a crap alt-rock fest, and they've easily been the standout. I remember seeing Incubus on the second Ozzfest, playing before a nascent Limp Bizkit. Incubus now is so much better than Incubus then that I give them points for improving. Their fans are also not of the chucklehead frat-rock variety, and to my eyes and ears the Incubus kids just about match the Linkin Park (now that's a dumb name) kids for current alt-rock enthusiasm.

But neither matches the *intellectual* enthusiasm of Rush fans!!!

Aimee Mann once told me the Rush guys were really nice, though she said Neil Peart was kind of quiet and creeped her out.

― Josh in Chicago (Josh in Chicago), Tuesday, 17 February 2004 14:31 (twenty-two years ago)

...on the excruciating meter...

EXCRUCIOMETER

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Tuesday, 17 February 2004 14:37 (twenty-two years ago)

Incubus' first two albums btw are anything but middle-of-the-road.

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Tuesday, 17 February 2004 14:38 (twenty-two years ago)

EXCRUCIOMETER

Now THERE'S a band name!

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Tuesday, 17 February 2004 14:42 (twenty-two years ago)

My wife got me an Excruciometer for the holidays, after my gym membership ran out. But honestly I've been too lazy to climb on and try the thing out.

― Josh in Chicago (Josh in Chicago), Tuesday, 17 February 2004 14:57 (twenty-two years ago)

I was thinking more like "good lord, that new Nickelback single pings so high on the excruciometer that I think my brain has just imploded".

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Tuesday, 17 February 2004 15:37 (twenty-two years ago)

Everything by Nickelback pings high on the excruciometer, but that's only because I dare not focus upon, nor ever utter the name of Puddle of ****.

― Josh in Chicago (Josh in Chicago), Tuesday, 17 February 2004 15:55 (twenty-two years ago)

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