Episode 8: Incubus' "S.C.I.E.N.C.E.", or Californians Gone Wild

Incubus is what happens when you take 5 guys from California, give them a bunch of mushrooms and a major-label deal before they're 22 years old, and ask them to make a debut album for the masses. Given where the band ended up, it's a bit wild to listen to their major label debut, S.C.I.E.N.C.E., a record that has more in common with Primus and Red Hot Chili Peppers than it does Korn or Limp Bizkit. Join Street Fight Radio's Bryan Quinby and Blocked Party's John Cullen for this month's classic nu-metal album review, an album that some might not agree is nu-metal but that saw them tour with a ton of your favourite nu-metal bands and get categorized as such early on (for the record, we think it is, but it's their only one). We deal with all this album has to offer, from the bizarre cover art to the insane lyrics of lead singer Brandon Boyd, who had his shirt off more than he had it on and managed to date a string of supermodels despite singing songs about living in space and aliens probing his butthole. The boys also engage in another initials version of The Challenge, and get surprised at how much they enjoyed revisiting this album, which has held up almost as well as anything else in the nu-metal oeuvre. Do you know what oeuvre means? Us neither. But if you want to learn more about a subject we do know lots about, you can subscribe to our bonus content at https://patreon.com/thepodkast, where just a meagre $4 gets you access to a bonus episode every month! Last month, we had the fantastic Nick Wiger from The Doughboys join us to dissect Korn's first "documentary", "Who Then Now?" from back in 1997. It was uhh, not good, but we had a ton of fun talking about it with Nick, who told us after the recording that he was drunk but we couldn't tell! It was great. This month, we have another HUGE guest for you, as we continue to find people who loved nu-metal and are itching to talk about it. Get on board!