alt-rockers were celebrating the 20th anniversary of their surprise 1999 smash, Make Yourself, with an expansive tour heavy on nostalgia. The timing is certainly unfortunate - last year, the funk-damaged L.A. “We’re kind of in a holding pattern to see what’s gonna happen, but we’ll make the decision that best suits us and our fans. At press time, their summer tour dates with Y2K-era radio-rock peers 311 have not yet been canceled, but Einziger looks uncertain as to whether it’ll stay that way. Like thousands of other people across the country, Incubus have been forced to put their lives on hold as the coronavirus pandemic continues to play out. “From a psychological perspective, there is some rationale for people pulling disparate elements into one place to come to some form of like a theory, and the fact that we have no centralized response and we don’t know who we’re supposed to trust, and everything’s just so up in the air and chaotic, it makes sense that conspiracy theories would flourish in an environment like that.” “There’s incredible mental gymnastics happening,” Boyd muses at length.

Pasillas shakes his head, laughing, “I don’t got time for that shit.” The rest of the guys - guitarist Mike Einziger, drummer Jose Pasillas, bassist Ben Kenney, and DJ Chris Kilmore - murmur some variation of “yes” or “no.” “Have you guys gone down the rabbit hole on any of these conspiracy theories?” His trademark long hair tied up in a bun, Incubus lead singer Brandon Boyd poses a question to the rest of his bandmates on our Zoom call.

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