Editing Brandon Boyd (section)

=== Incubus ===
Boyd designed concert fliers that advertised Incubus' early performances.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://incubus-online-view.com/iframe/bio/history-part1.php |title=Incubus Band History |publisher=Incubus-online-view.com |access-date=August 12, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120720202735/http://incubus-online-view.com/iframe/bio/history-part1.php |archive-date=July 20, 2012 }}</ref> He occasionally plays guitar during live performances and brings other instruments into his songs, such as the [[didgeridoo]] and [[djembe]].<ref>{{Cite web|title = Brandon Boyd|url = http://www.jango.com/music/Brandon+Boyd/_full_bio|website = Jango Radio|access-date = February 14, 2016|language = en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title = 13 Bands Who've Made Use of Unusual Instruments|url = https://www.kerrang.com/features/13-bands-whove-made-use-of-unusual-instruments/|website = Kerrang.com | date=July 14, 2020 |publisher=Wasted Talent Ltd|access-date = August 2, 2020|language = en-US}}</ref>

Boyd's voice was part of what enticed Sony's [[Epic Records|Epic]]/[[Immortal Records]], along with the self-released album ''[[Fungus Amongus]]''. The band was signed in 1996. Boyd's singing style in Incubus has often been compared to [[Mike Patton]], vocalist of [[Faith No More]] and several other projects.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://exclaim.ca/music/article/incubus-make_yourself|title=Incubus Make Yourself &#124; Exclaim!|website=exclaim.ca}}</ref><ref name="ign">{{cite web|url=http://www.ign.com/articles/2006/12/07/incubus-light-grenades|title=Incubus – Light Grenades|first=Jon|last=Foreman|date=December 7, 2006}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yQhQNccylfMC&dq=incubus+boyd+%22science%22&pg=PA13|title=CMJ New Music Report|first=Amy|last=Sciarretto|date=November 19, 2001|publisher=CMJ Network, Inc.|via=Google Books}}</ref> Boyd has mentioned Patton as being an influence since he was an early teenager.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.music-news.com/news/UK/144473/Brandon-Boyd-of-Incubus-Jeff-Buckley-to-me-was-my-first-experience-of-a-Western-male-singer|title=Brandon Boyd of Incubus: 'Jeff Buckley to me was my first experience of a Western male singer'|website=Music-News.com}}</ref> Incubus' first two releases on the label, ''[[Enjoy Incubus]]'' and ''[[S.C.I.E.N.C.E.]]'' went largely unnoticed in the mainstream but subsequent releases ''[[Make Yourself]]'' and ''[[Morning View]]'' were commercial successes. Boyd attracted a large number of female fans. In a 2001 interview, ''Spin'' wrote "Considering his [[androgynous]] beauty and sweet demeanor, plus Incubus' kid-tested/mother-approved guitar rock, it's no surprise he's MTV's newest weapon of mass heartbreak. Girls scream for him to take his shirt off at Incubus shows (he usually obliges) and ''[[Teen People]]'' voted him one of 'The Hottest Guys in Music.' His sensitive-guy appeal sets him apart from today's testosterone-drunk rock".<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=m-qexhnZaukC&q=%22Considering+his+androgynous+beauty+and+sweet+demeanor%2C+plus+Incubus&pg=PA74 SPIN Nov 2001, Vol. 17, No. 11]</ref> The band's 2004 release ''[[A Crow Left of the Murder...]]'' was nominated for Best Hard Rock Performance in the 2005 Grammy Awards. On November 28, 2006, the band released ''[[Light Grenades]]''. In June 2009, Incubus released a greatest hits album, ''[[Monuments and Melodies]]''.
[[File:Brandon Boyd of Incubus live 2004.jpg|thumb|Boyd performing in 2004]]
In 2011, Incubus finished their seventh studio album ''[[If Not Now, When? (album)|If Not Now, When?]]'', released on July 12, 2011, followed by a tour. It was their final release under [[Sony Music|Sony]].

On December 13, 2014, they performed their single entitled "Trust Fall" at KROQ. They announced the release of two EPs in 2015 with the first, ''Trust Fall'', released on March 24, 2015, through [[Island Records]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://consequence.net/2015/02/incubus-premieres-new-single-absolution-calling-listen/ |title=Incubus premieres new single "Absolution Calling" — listen |publisher=consequence.net |date=February 5, 2015 |access-date=February 10, 2015}}</ref> On February 5, 2015, the single "Absolution Calling" was released. Two years later, in February 2017, Boyd and Incubus worked with [[Skrillex]] on a collaboration that was released under the title "8" in April 2017.<ref>{{cite tweet|user=Skrillex|author=SKRILLEX|number=836083843094327296|date=February 27, 2017|title=Been so rad working with @IncubusBand 🙌}}</ref>