Incubus Not Happy With Vegas

There are bands that revel in the excesses of this town and love wallowing in the special brew of sin that is only possible when a group of debauched rockers roll into possibly the most decadent city on earth. It's a seemingly endless parade of women, booze, gambling and destruction mixed with the occasional side trip to the pokey. Yes, most bands absolutely, positively love Las Vegas.

Incubus are not one of those bands, something they made abundantly clear when MTV News caught up with them in their oppressively opulent suite at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino (think bowling alley, in-room Jacuzzi, eagle's-eye view of the pools and mirrors on every ceiling). Turns out, there are about a million places they'd rather be.

"I am not a fan of Las Vegas, for a number of reasons," frontman Brandon Boyd laughed. "The desert heat and the air conditioning mix together like a peanut-butter-and-urine sandwich. ... I get off the plane or the tour bus and it's like, 'Anything can happen!' But it never does, because I'm not high or drunk enough to let 'anything' happen."

"You never know what time it is, you're always losing your money, and when you leave, you don't remember anything," turntablist/ keyboard player Chris Kilmore added. "It's like 150 degrees, there's no ocean around, and it's all deserts. You've seen it once, you've seen it all."

Oh, come on, dudes. Surely, it can't all be bad. There has to be at least one thing you dig about Las Vegas, right?

Read more at VH1.com.

Comments

[untilurreformed]

Wow I worship Incubus. What they're saying really does make sense, when ya think about it.

[antareus]

Amusing how VH1.com implores them to find something to like about Vegas. What do they care if this band likes it or not?

[tim311mahoney]

If you've ever been to Las Vegas you wouldn't say what they've said. I love Incubus, but they seem all uptight now. Not for nothing, but southern california is not that much different except for the the pacific being in sight. Same hot and arid climates if i'm not mistaken.

[Comeback Kiddd]

I get to see them today. owned

[Black Hole Sun]

What kind of reporter says "dudes"?

[burndttoast]

Comeback Kiddd wrote:

I get to see them today. owned

+1 my friend.
Anywho, I think maybe their standards are a little higher than everyone else. Being of age, I think they should be able to somewhat enjoy it. And also, I don't think it's a fair representation of the band as a whole. They're missing the opinions of the other three members.

[BlindMelon45]

what a bunch of pussies.. if they dont like Vegas.. THEN DONT FUCKEN GO THERE.

[WarwickFunk]

BlindMelon45 :
what a bunch of pussies.. if they dont like Vegas.. THEN DONT FUCKEN GO THERE.

Yeah but when you get payed a half a million for a show youll go there. What would be your reasons for going there. Getting another 13 year old boy prostitute?

[lozzdude]

I wish incubus would add some funk back into their music.
I really liked A crow left of the murder, but i have to say light grenades is nothing special. I wish they'd let kilmore do more turntable work in the songs aswell.

[Fried Cheese]

WTF???

[Vos]

I don't like Vegas much either...but then I'm not 21 yet so I'll have to give it one more try.

[Frusconbage]

Yay Incubus! Not only awesome, but SMART!

[mitch311]

Yea I need to go back to vegas when I'm 21 and blow a shit load of cash on holdem

[artrenegade]

I'm at odds, cause I live in LV and Incubus is my absolute favorite band. It doesn't help to go and watch them, knowing they're not enjoying being here. And it sucks, cause Vegas is only the bad stuff if that's what you want to make it. Outside of the hotels and bright lights, it's a normal city just like any other. Sad but true....

[withteeth]

it makes sense. vegas has more plastic than hasbro.

[GodbowstoMath]

i live in the dump, Vegas really is quite the dump of the world's garbage. Nice mix of dumb *****s from Long Island and Long Beach, plenty of frat slobs running abusing women, uptight raging Asian business men, Wanna be Gangstas and Gangsters fill in the bars, Hollywood scum, Manhattan trash, Old folks wishing to be young and young folks feeling like broken old folks. Did I mention all the cowboy hats? The bums are shoveled from the suburbs into the lower income areas of town or just where there are weaker HOAs. To boot, corporations (in the form of the casino & hotel giants) regard any local grown vibes or scenes as a threat and will rather send truck loads of media to clog it shut or just buy out the rental agreements of the clubs to the previous landlords. Our claim is Panic! at the Disco, the Killers and Slaughter. The kids are blinded by the "appeal" of emo or whatever weekly rap trend that's around. We pay more for tickets than just about anyone to see a big show because all the venues are owned by the casions and operated by the huge ticket agents. But, we've got Wayne Newton! 6.99 Prime Rib!! and 24 hour alcohol access at ever corner store!! To earn a "decent" living you have to work swing for a casino, work 10 hours a day in the sun building casinos or houses for the next batch of *******s to clog our insufficient roadways, or hope to god to get a decent job with a nationwide retailer or greedy corporation. You might get lucky and land a nice grocery store job though. Half the jobs you have to work on christmas or thanksgiving, of course everything is open on every other holiday. It's rain about an inch a year, four inches means we've had flooding. There's a walmart every few blocks along with other nationwide chains that undercut any mom & pop restaurants. So many people here are obsessed with money and image too. So... I don't see why they don't love it here, it's soooo much fun. I'd say that Vegas has surpassed Hollywood in bullshit and New York in attitude. People try to kill each other in traffic, have fun walking! But, hey at least it ain't Reno! Well, Reno has four seasons and green a lot of the year. It's also pretty close to Tahoe... okay. Hey, at least it's not Baltimore!