Elevate and Evolve | Cannabis & Psychedelic Culture Blog
In his third solo effort, John Frusciante (Former Red Hot Chilli Pepper Guitarist) decided to explore elements of electronica, synthpop and New Wave. Frusciante felt deeply connected to the spiritual plane while making the album, creating a theme that deals mostly with philosophical and psychedelic concepts.
Incubus is one of the premiere stoner rock bands. From hard rock to hip hop, funk metal to jazz; Incubus has its own special groove embedded within every song.
Incubus is a band from Calabasas, California. The band was formed in 1991 by vocalist Brandon Boyd, lead guitarist Mike Einziger, and drummer Jose Pasillas while enrolled in high school and later expanded to include bassist Alex “Dirk Lance” Katunich, and Gavin “DJ Lyfe” Koppell; both of whom were eventually replaced by bassist Ben Kenney and DJ Kilmore respectively.
Incubus has received both critical acclaim and commercial success, reaching multi-platinum sales, as well as releasing several highly successful singles.
The ninth track on S.C.I.E.N.C.E. is “Summer Romance (Anti-Gravity Love Song)”. S.C.I.E.N.C.E. draws influence from diverse genres, including heavy metal, electro, funk, jazz, hip hop and techno.
I’m home alone tonight.
Full moon illuminates my room, and sends my mind aflight.
I think I was dreaming up some thoughts that were seemingly possible, with you.
So I call you on the tin can phone.
We rendezvous at a quarter-two, and make sure we’re alone.
Think I’ve found a way for you and I to finally fly free.When we get there, we’re gonna fly so far away,
Making sure to laugh; while we experience anti-gravity.
Anti gravity. Anti GravityFor years, I kept it to myself.
Now potentialities are bound, and living under my shelf.
Simply choose your destination from the diamond canopy, and we’ll be there.
So I call you on the tin can phone.
We rendezvous at a quarter-two, and make sure we’re alone.
I may have found the way for you and I to finally be freeWhen we get there, we’re gonna fly so far away,
Making sure to laugh; while we experience anti-gravity.
Anti gravity. Anti Gravity*Saxaphone Solo*
Anti gravity. Anti Gravity
Incubus still gots that good sound. The guitar solo instead of the saxophone is a sick switch up.
“Strawberry Fields Forever” was inspired by Lennon’s memories of playing in the garden of a Salvation Army house named “Strawberry Field” near his childhood home. It is one of the defining works of the psychedelic rock genre and has been covered by many artists.
I was different all my life. The second verse goes, ‘No one I think is in my tree.’ Well, I was too shy and self-doubting. Nobody seems to be as hip as me is what I was saying. Therefore, I must be crazy or a genius—’I mean it must be high or low‘ “, and explaining that the song was “psycho-analysis set to music – John Lennon
MGMT‘s best music video features a bunch of robotic animals performing “Electric Feel”
The Rock-Afire Explosion is an animatronic robot band that played in Showbiz Pizza Place from 1980 to 1990, and in various Showbiz Pizza locations between 1990-1992 as Showbiz rebranded and the band was steadily replaced by Chuck E. Cheese characters. The show was pioneering in many respects, featuring life-sized characters capable of facial expression, some were even programmed in such a way that they could actually play simple melodies on musical instruments.
