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A text message aimed at American alternative rock band Incubus is circulating in advance of the group’s July 28 concert at the Araneta Coliseum in the Philippines.

The anxious text message states: “PRAYER ALERT !! A rock band called INCUBUS s comin 2perform at d Araneta Coliseum on July 28. We mUST pRAY this group dUZnt even step on2 Philippine soil so that they dONT impart their spirits in2 our youth!!” according to ABS-CBN News.

The message then describes the word “incubus,” stating the word is a “male demon believed to lie on sleeping persons…,” a “situation resembling a terrifying dream” or “someone who depresses or worries others.”

The text also states “incubus” is another word for “nightmare.”

Incubus’ July 28 concert is part of their If Not Now, When? world tour. This would be the rockers’ third visit the country; they played Manila in 2008 and 2004.

In an interview posted in March 2009 on YouTube, Incubus frontman Brandon Boyd and lead guitarist Mike Einziger explained the reason they named their band “Incubus.”

“Because it’s a silly sounding word,” Einziger said.

Boyd added, “And we were 15 [years old] and we had to think of a name quickly because we got to play at a party in someone’s backyard.”

Both band members thought the word was “pretty harmless.”

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Friday, July 8, 2011

Rage Against the Machine Played ‘Competitive Gigs’ with Tool

Rage Against the Machine guitarist Tom Morello is posting a series of “Guerrilla Videos” leading up to the band’s July 30 show at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. In the latest video, he talks about the humble genesis of Rage Against the Machine 20 years ago in a “hot and grubby” rehearsal space that was “about 110 degrees” in San Fernando Valley, in August 1991.

He went on to talk about playing “very competitive gigs early on with Tool.”

“When we got that first batch of 15 songs, everything changed,” he said. “We started playing gigs opening for Tool, who was a local band at the time who had been the subject of a bidding war, and they were good friends of ours, and so we played some very competitive gigs early on with Tool, which were pretty exciting. I think it sharpened both bands’ edges.”

When it came to making the first Rage record, grunge and rap of the ’90s were at the forefront of band members’ minds.

“I remember the jams that were coming out of Zack [de la Rocha]’s truck at the time and my band at the time were Nirvana’s first record; Soundgarden, Badmotorfinger; the first Cypress Hill record,” he said.

“And then I remember very clearly having the conversation and we were talking about what we wanted the first Rage record to sound like sonically, in terms of other bands, and we were looking for somewhere between Nirvana’s Bleach and Ice Cube’s most murderous track… [Laughs] I think we got pretty close to that.”

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