Editing S.C.I.E.N.C.E. (section)

===Musical style and influences===
Musically, ''S.C.I.E.N.C.E.'' has been described as [[alternative metal]],<ref name="uglist">{{Cite web|url=https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/articles/features/10_classic_albums_that_defined_the_90s_alternative_metal_scene-166485|title=10 Classic Albums That Defined the '90s Alternative Metal Scene|website=www.ultimate-guitar.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/make-yourself-mw0000542004 |title=''Make Yourself'' – Incubus |website=[[AllMusic]] |access-date=October 1, 2015 |last=Huey |first=Steve}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.kerrang.com/the-50-best-albums-from-1999/|title=The 50 best albums from 1999|website=[[Kerrang!]]|date=10 July 2020 }}</ref> [[nu metal]],<ref name="vh1">{{Cite web|url=https://www.vh1.com/news/gy3zmn/underrated-nu-metal-albums|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220604163153/https://www.vh1.com/news/gy3zmn/underrated-nu-metal-albums|url-status=live|archive-date=June 4, 2022|title=The 12 Most Underrated Nu Metal Albums|website=VH1 News}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://chicagoreader.com/music/incubus-hated-nu-metal-before-hating-nu-metal-was-cool/ | title=Incubus hated nu-metal before hating nu-metal was cool | date=September 11, 2018 }}</ref><ref name="rev"/> [[funk metal]],<ref name="sin"/><ref name="Kemp"/><ref name="oral">{{cite web |last1=Bland |first1=Simon |title="Instead Of Falling Into Some Subgenre Of Rock, We Created Our Own": An Oral History Of Incubus' ''Make Yourself'' |url=https://www.kerrang.com/features/instead-of-falling-into-some-subgenre-of-rock-we-created-our-own-an-oral-history-of-incubus-make-yourself/ |website=[[Kerrang!]] |access-date=November 8, 2020 |date=October 26, 2020 |quote=After multiple world tours in support of 1997's funk metal record S.C.I.E.N.C.E, Incubus finally land back in LA to begin work on a new album}}</ref> and [[rap metal]].<ref name="Kemp"/> The album incorporates elements of multiple genres, including [[jazz]],<ref name="chron"/><ref name="Sullivan"/><ref name="loud"/><ref name="Pitchfork"/><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yv8vAAAAIBAJ&dq=%22incubus%22+%22s.c.i.e.n.c.e.%22&pg=PA9&article_id=4147,10142873|title=Rome News-Tribune|publisher=Rome News-Tribune|via=Google Books}}</ref> [[Heavy metal music|heavy metal]],<ref name="pull"/><ref name="Friedlander">{{cite book |last1=Friedlander |first1=Paul |title=Rock & Roll: A Social History |year=2006 |publisher=Basic Books |isbn=0-8133-4306-2 |page=305 |chapter=We Should Be Together}}</ref><ref name="Sullivan">{{cite journal |title=The Accidental Sex Symbol |journal=[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]] |volume=17 |issue=11 |date=November 2001 |page=78 |last=Sullivan |first=Kate}}</ref> [[funk]],<ref name="chron"/><ref name="Friedlander"/><ref name="Sullivan"/> [[hip hop music|hip hop]],<ref name="Friedlander"/><ref name="loud"/> [[techno]],<ref name="Friedlander"/><ref name="auto1">{{Cite web|url=https://www.rockcellarmagazine.com/incubus-make-yourself-greek-theatre-concert-review-recap-20-years/|title=Incubus Celebrates 20 Years of 'Make Yourself' at the Greek in L.A.(Recap)|website=www.rockcellarmagazine.com|date=28 October 2019 }}</ref> and [[Electro (music)|electro]].<ref name="chron">{{Cite web|url=https://chroniclet.com/news/311667/incubus-frontman-hopes-audiences-will-come-out-and-sing-along-at-bands-blossom-music-center-show/|title=Incubus frontman hopes audiences will 'come out and sing along' at band's Blossom Music Center show|website=chroniclet.com}}</ref><ref name="Pitchfork"/> It was labelled as "schizo funk/jazz/metal" by ''[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]]'' in 2001.<ref name="01spin"/> In September 1997, ''[[Hits (magazine)|Hits]]'' magazine called the album's lighter songs "[[lounge music|loungey]]" and "almost reminiscent of [[Jamiroquai]]".<ref>https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Hits/90s/1997/Hits-1997-09-05.pdf</ref> "Magic Medicine", described as a [[trip hop]] track, samples a recorded reading of a children's book.<ref name="Kerr">{{cite journal |url=http://dropd.com/issue/92/CD/Incubus/ |title=Review of ''S.C.I.E.N.C.E.'' |journal=Drop-D Magazine |date=April 11, 1998 |access-date=November 20, 2010 |last=Kerr |first=Darren}}</ref> Paul Elliot of ''Kerrang!'' wrote in May 1998 that "at their lightest — on 'Summer Romance (Anti-Gravity Love Song)' for example — Incubus are deliciously, irresistibly funky. And at their heaviest — notably on the frantic 'Favorite Things' — they're reminiscent of Faith No More at their wildest."<ref name="may98ker">''Kerrang!'' (699). May 16, 1998.</ref> Elliot added that people who were upset about the split of Faith No More "[should go along] to an Incubus gig."<ref name="may98ker"/> ''[[The Daily Nebraskan]]'' referred to them as a "funk-heavy foursome" in 1998, while ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' labelled them a [[funk rock]] band in December 1997.<ref name="dec97bill"/> According to ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' writer Rob Kemp, ''S.C.I.E.N.C.E.'' "links funk metal to the rap-metal".<ref name="Kemp"/> Though sometimes retrospectively associated with it, the term nu metal was not yet in usage when ''S.C.I.E.N.C.E.'' was released, but rather terms such as alternative metal, funk metal and rap metal.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.news-journalonline.com/story/entertainment/music/2023/05/11/welcome-to-rockville-the-5-best-records-released-by-bands-at-rockville/70200266007/|title=Welcome to Rockville: What are the 5 best albums released by 2023's headliners?|first=Ryan|last=Pritt|website=Daytona Beach News-Journal Online}}</ref> In 1997, Boyd said "people are real quick to put labels on music, so I'm sure they're going to do that with us. But we think we're doing something cool, and judging from the responses that we've gotten from all over the world, others do too."<ref name="ly"/> Einziger has since stated that Incubus were not part of the same Southern Californian scene as bands like Korn and [[System of a Down]] during their independent years, despite having similar influences.<ref name="pod">{{Cite web|url=https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/tuna-on-toast-with-incubus-michael-einziger/id1584690660?i=1000554039781|title=Tuna on Toast with Stryker: Tuna on Toast with Incubus Michael Einziger on Apple Podcasts|website=Apple Podcasts}}</ref> In interviews from the late 2010s and 2020s, Boyd has said that he dislikes the nu metal label and doesn't consider the band's early work to be part of the movement.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/musicblog/2017/apr/25/incubus-on-nu-metal-skrillex-interview|title=Incubus on nu-metal: 'It always made me cringe'|date=April 25, 2017|access-date=October 25, 2023|newspaper=[[The Guardian]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.revolvermag.com/music/incubus-brandon-boyd-says-late-90s-heavy-music-was-dominated-mindlessness|last=Enis|first=Eli|title=Incubus' Brandon Boyd Says Late 90s Heavy Music Was "Dominated by Mindlessness"|date=October 27, 2022|access-date=October 25, 2023|website=[[Revolver (magazine)|Revolver]]}}</ref> In a 2022 ''[[Metal Hammer]]'' interview, he remarked, "we weren’t trying to fit into a particular niche at a particular time. We were just kids being influenced by a small handful of bands that we grew up with."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/incubus_frontman_says_being_labeled_nu_metal_hurt_his_feelings_reveals_what_touring_with_korn_was_like.html|title=Incubus Frontman Says Being Labeled Nu Metal 'Hurt His Feelings', Reveals What Touring With Korn Was Like|website=[[Ultimate Guitar]]}}</ref>

''[[Revolver (magazine)|Revolver]]'' describe Brandon Boyd as vocally "drawing on the eccentric funk-rap" of Faith No More, Primus and Red Hot Chili Peppers.<ref name="auto2">{{Cite web|url=https://www.revolvermag.com/music/10-best-nu-metal-vocalists-all-time|title=10 Best Nu-Metal Vocalists of All Time|date=July 26, 2021|website=[[Revolver (magazine)|Revolver]]}}</ref> They consider him to have a "goofy yet also badass presence" on ''S.C.I.E.N.C.E.''<ref name="auto2"/> Boyd has cited Faith No More's vocalist [[Mike Patton]] as being an influence from since he was an early teenager, as well as Patton's side project Mr. Bungle, who were similarly known for mixing a wide array of genres.<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> Through Mr. Bungle, Boyd also went on to become a fan of [[avant-garde]] musician [[John Zorn]], who produced their [[Mr. Bungle (album)|1991 debut album]].<ref>[https://groups.google.com/g/alt.music.mr-bungle/c/0j44ai3NEWI/m/CYC8atWgg5AJ 2000 Brandon Boyd interview, via]</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://loudwire.com/incubus-singer-brandon-boyd-talks-influences-at-musicians-institute/|title=Incubus Singer Brandon Boyd Talks Influences at Musicians Institute|first=Tree|last=Riddle|date=March 7, 2012|website=Loudwire}}</ref> In a 2003 interview with the ''[[Philippine Daily Inquirer]]'', Boyd said that around this period, both he and Einziger gravitated towards more experimental artists that "you'll never hear on the radio".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VFU1AAAAIBAJ&dq=%22incubus%22+%22phish%22+%22mr+bungle%22&pg=PA47&article_id=512,19208917|title=Philippine Daily Inquirer|publisher=Philippine Daily Inquirer|via=Google Books}}</ref> Alex Katunich uses a [[Slapping (music)|slap bass]] playing style on the album, and has said he was influenced by funk music since he was a young child, and got an album of [[Disney]] songs done in [[disco]] style.<ref name="sbl"/> When he became a teenager, he said Faith No More's 1989 album ''[[The Real Thing (Faith No More album)|The Real Thing]]'' began influencing him, in addition to becoming influenced by Mr. Bungle and other funk metal bands, such as [[Infectious Grooves]], Primus and Red Hot Chili Peppers.<ref name="sbl">Katunich, Alex (2024). ''The SBL Podcast''.</ref> In a 1998 interview, Boyd was asked about whether Incubus was influenced by Faith No More, who had broken up in April of that year, and he commented, "there's a definite influence from Faith No More. All of us have been listening to that band since when we were really young. We were like 14 or something when that album [''The Real Thing''] came out. They were an awesome band, they did some really groundbreaking things in their time, and it's kind of a bummer to hear that they broke up."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B6df7tvc3A0|title=Incubus &#124; Green Room Tales|date=25 July 2017 |via=www.youtube.com}}</ref> Boyd also noted in October 1997 that they were frequently compared to both Faith No More and the Red Hot Chili Peppers, saying "when people do try and compare us, it's usually with those two bands."<ref name="oct97">{{Cite web|url=http://incubus-france.chez-alice.fr/kerrang1.htm|title=Interview Incubus - Kerrang octobre 1997|website=incubus-france.chez-alice.fr}}</ref>

In addition to these influences, the band became interested in emerging [[electronic music|electronic]] genres like [[drum and bass]] around the making of ''S.C.I.E.N.C.E.'', with their previous full-length album ''Fungus Amongus'' having no influence from electronic genres. While playing at European festivals with Korn and The Urge during early 1997, they recall being exposed to foreign electronic acts such as [[The Chemical Brothers]].<ref name="pod"/> During the subsequent ''S.C.I.E.N.C.E.'' tour, the band sometimes created improvisational pieces of drum and bass music in between their songs, and this was how the song "Nowhere Fast" originated, with it being recorded for their next album ''[[Make Yourself]]'' (1999).<ref name="bio99"/> ''S.C.I.E.N.C.E.'' was also the band's first release to be written with turntables, since several of the songs on ''Enjoy Incubus'' were re-recordings of tracks from ''Fungus Amongus''. In a 2000 interview, Boyd remembered that when Incubus first met DJ Lyfe and he suggested adding his instrument, they were intrigued by this idea. They decided to incorporate the instrument after only a single rehearsal with Lyfe, with Boyd recalling that "it just began to present itself as probably a very cool new instrument that could offer lots and lots of opportunities sonically."<ref name="rec2000"/> [[AllMusic]] describe the use of turntables as being the main hip hop element on the album, which primarily features melodic, sung vocals rather than rapping or other vocal styles such as screaming.<ref name="Thomas"/> The album utilizes other instruments also not traditionally associated with rock music, including the [[saxophone]] and the [[digeridoo]] and [[djembe]] (which originate from Australia and West Africa).<ref name="spin98"/> Boyd can be heard playing the digeridoo at the beginning of the opening track "Redefine", and he would bring one with him on the tour for ''S.C.I.E.N.C.E.''.<ref name="bio99">Incubus.com biography by Brandon Boyd (1999)</ref>

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