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mojoman0 05-14-2005 11:29 PM

Why did Dirk Lance leave Incubus?
 
so i guess i never really figured out why Dirk Lance left Incubus.. was it his choice or did they not want him anymore or what?? anyways..anyone hear the rumor that incubus is rerecording Fungus Amongus with Ben Kenney?? hell yea!

FunkMetalBass 05-14-2005 11:55 PM

I was told that Dirk Lance died. I have honestly no clue what happened though.

Sticky-Fingers Mahoney 05-15-2005 12:01 AM

that rumor was an april fools joke sorry!
and i think dirk left because him and brandon were not getting along and he was tired of touring.
and he is still alive

...someone® 05-15-2005 12:12 AM

I thought it was becuase of musical differences but...

irishslappop 05-15-2005 12:18 AM

i heard he went into politics or something and just kinda left the band

naut 05-15-2005 12:20 AM

yeah he gave sweet head and they couldn't compete so he was all "you guys suck" lolz but not in the way intended.

Convectuoso 05-15-2005 01:07 AM

[QUOTE=supernaut_1]yeah he gave sweet head and they couldn't compete so he was all "you guys suck" lolz but not in the way intended.[/QUOTE]
hahaha are you quite allright thats the secon post thats been quite irregular from you :lol:

willobassman 05-15-2005 02:49 AM

i heard that incubus wanted to change but dirk didnt want to....or vice versa

whupassbeer 05-15-2005 03:12 AM

[QUOTE=mojoman0]so i guess i never really figured out why Dirk Lance left Incubus.. was it his choice or did they not want him anymore or what?? anyways..anyone hear the rumor [B]that incubus is rerecording Fungus Amongus with Ben Kenney??[/B] hell yea![/QUOTE]
my friggin' a[I]s[/I]s...that would suck so bad dude, they'll ruin it. i really don't think ben's style would fit in with their old songs...hence the new direction in their music.

willobassman 05-15-2005 03:16 AM

[QUOTE=whupassbeer]my friggin' a[I]s[/I]s...that would suck so bad dude, they'll ruin it. i really don't think ben's style would fit in with their old songs...hence the new direction in their music.[/QUOTE]
I never realised your name was Whupassbeer, i always thought it was Whupbasser, dyslexia thats ya for. :lol:

whupassbeer 05-15-2005 03:18 AM

^haha willo, if dirk doesn't come back, i'm going to make him. and i don't know how incubus is so proud right now since they are dirk-less.

Bass_swede 05-15-2005 03:21 AM

[QUOTE=willobassman]I never realised your name was Whupassbeer, i always thought it was Whupbasser, dyslexia thats ya for. :lol:[/QUOTE]

I saw that a couple of weeks ago aswell :D thought the same thing!:amaze:

willobassman 05-15-2005 03:22 AM

^^ i suppose great minds think alike

whupassbeer 05-15-2005 03:23 AM

^maybe i'll change my name to whupbasser now...

willobassman 05-15-2005 03:24 AM

^ and confuse the living cra.p out of your fellow mxicans, i think not

kev_trb1006 05-15-2005 03:29 AM

[QUOTE=mojoman0]so i guess i never really figured out why Dirk Lance left Incubus.. was it his choice or did they not want him anymore or what?? anyways..anyone hear the rumor that [B]incubus is rerecording Fungus Amongus with Ben Kenney?? hell yea![/B][/QUOTE]

that'll be so bad.......bad as in [b]s[/b]hit not bad as in rude boy term kinda bad

whupassbeer 05-15-2005 03:30 AM

^exactly what i was saying...it'll sound like pure crap out of an elephant's ***.

Bass_swede 05-15-2005 03:30 AM

[QUOTE=willobassman]^^ i suppose great minds think alike[/QUOTE]

123 :thumb: :wave:

trumpeter 05-15-2005 05:49 AM

[QUOTE=FunkMetalBass]I was told that Dirk Lance died. I have honestly no clue what happened though.[/QUOTE]

pretty sure dirk is still alive and kicking.

popinfresh 05-15-2005 06:40 AM

And Incubus ARN'T re-recording Fungus with Ben. The whole point of getting him was to take a new direction. The cut of line was before S.C.I.E.N.C.E and they usually only rarely play certain shade of green with ben (Kind of sucks).

A re-recording of Fungus would be utterly crap, hate to say it (No dis towards ben) but Ben can't slap (or well) and considering most of Fungus was slap, or that 'slap sound' from Dirks digging fingerstyle, it'd suck.


Edit: I just deleted the wrong **** post!

Dirk WAS ASKED TO LEAVE. Simple. The band were taking a new direction and Dirk wanted to stay with the Fungus/Science/Some Make Yourself sound of things. It was even posted on the enjoyincubus.com site as news for a while.

Dirk's doing sound for video games nowadays. It's a shame. I love Ben, but I loved Dirk in Incubus and Ben more in The Roots

kev_trb1006 05-15-2005 07:20 AM

I'm pretty sure that at the moment Dirk Lance is a politician

Kibuddy 05-15-2005 07:29 AM

[QUOTE=whupassbeer]^maybe i'll change my name to whupbasser now...[/QUOTE]


I always thought your name was "whupassbear"... I think you should definitely change it to that. :D


/nothing to do with thread

whupassbeer 05-15-2005 07:38 AM

^haha, though i look nothing close to a bear.

Radiobass81 05-15-2005 08:20 AM

[QUOTE=popinfresh]The cut of line was before S.C.I.E.N.C.E and they usually only rarely play certain shade of green with ben (Kind of sucks).

A re-recording of Fungus would be utterly crap, hate to say it (No dis towards ben) but Ben can't slap (or well) and considering most of Fungus was slap, or that 'slap sound' from Dirks digging fingerstyle, it'd suck.[/QUOTE]

I have never heard him slap, but, to me, he should slap well enough to play most of their older songs. Maybe the reason it sounds bad is that he uses flats, thus, they don't play songs with slap lines as much (if anything).

AlmightyPancake 05-15-2005 09:44 AM

[QUOTE=whupassbeer]^haha, though i look nothing close to a bear.[/QUOTE]


Do you look like beer, then?


:chug:

Janitor 05-15-2005 09:48 AM

[QUOTE=kev_trb1006]I'm pretty sure that at the moment Dirk Lance is a politician[/QUOTE]


[url]www.stickman.tv[/url]

This is what he's doing now. And re-recording FA was an April Fools joke.

whupassbeer 05-15-2005 09:48 AM

^haha, cheers mate.

twopelu 05-15-2005 10:19 AM

If you see the preogresion of albums by Incubus youll see they will starte beeing more funk and the go into some kind soft-prog thing tha Im sure Dirk Lance hated so probably he decided he should go out, or maybe been asked to do so.

And about slap lines, Incubus slaplines are quite simple and not difficult, any pro player should know how to slap to that level I guess.

Now he makes music for videogames as someone said, I remember someone posted the link to that webpage (a group of famous musicians that make music for videogames) some time ago.

I never liked Incubus that much but Ill never like it anymore.

popinfresh 05-16-2005 02:41 AM

[QUOTE=Radiobass81]I have never heard him slap, but, to me, he should slap well enough to play most of their older songs. Maybe the reason it sounds bad is that he uses flats, thus, they don't play songs with slap lines as much (if anything).[/QUOTE]

He's been quoted to say something along the lines of 'I'm not good at slap, so i'll leave that up to the people who can do it, and do it well'.

The whole point of them asking Dirk to leave, was so that they wouldn't play most of their older stuff, hence alot of slap stuff.

Twopelu - 1. A few of Incubus slap lines are quite hard. 2. Ben is more a GUITARIST playing bass (He's been playing guitar for The Roots etc). 3. Proffesional's don't have to be able to slap to be professional.

My $0.02.

P.S. Anyone know whats been happening LATELY with stickman? The last breaking news was from Jan, 04..

Convectuoso 05-16-2005 03:24 AM

Dirk Lance > Ben Kenney

Morning View/Make yourself > ACLOTM

Right?


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