Episode 38: Make Yourself Articles (Patreon)

Well, well, well. Here we are again, and it's a busy articles month! As I said on the episode, Incubus were one of those bands where they were popular and Brandon Boyd was good-looking, so a lot of people wanted to talk to them. And they loved to talk! Here are all the articles we sourced for the episode:

Wolfshead UK: Interview with Brandon Boyd at Sony's Head Office (Oct. 19, 1999)

This is where Brandon talks about the failed names for the band and drops the "better to be a smart ass than a dumb ass" quote.

https://www.wolfshead.co.uk/downloads/incubus1.pdf 

Hip Online: Incubus [Interview] (April 24, 2000)

Mike chats about Scott Litt's hands-off approach, not wanting to be lumped in with rap-metal bands, and their influences.

https://www.hiponline.com/1671/incubus-interview-2000.html 

Rolling Stone: Q&A: Brandon Boyd of Incubus (Sept. 28, 2000)

In where Brandon extols the virtues of being a nerd and gets teased by his bandmates.

https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/qa-brandon-boyd-of-incubus-165879/ 

Reddit: The Bio from Make Yourself (1999)

The copy from Incubus' Make Yourself one-sheeter, written by Brandon Boyd.

https://www.reddit.com/r/incubus/comments/s90phx/the_bio_from_make_yourself_1999/ 

Kerrang: "Instead of Falling Into Some Subgenre of Rock, We Created Our Own": An Oral History of 'Make Yourself' (Oct. 26, 2020)

This is the big one, where Mike talks about pressuring Brandon into writing deeper lyrics, playing "Pardon Me" acoustically and how that helped grow the record, and becoming a more commercial band.

https://www.kerrang.com/instead-of-falling-into-some-subgenre-of-rock-we-created-our-own-an-oral-history-of-incubus-make-yourself 

Grammys: Hold the Wheel and Drive: Incubus Look Back on Their Alt-Metal Classic 'Make Yourself' 20 Years Later (Oct. 23, 2019)

Another retrospective, this is where we hear about Brandon's digeridoo jamming and his aversion to having panties thrown at him on stage.

https://www.grammy.com/news/hold-wheel-and-drive-incubus-look-back-their-alt-metal-classic-make-yourself-20-years 

Enjoy. Drop your comments about the episode or Incubus below.