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Boyd has been enjoying a successful career as a visual artist, traveling the globe and exhibiting his work. But they haven't really been active for the past few years. They may have started out as Chili Peppers clones, but along the way, they became bonafide rock stars with great pop hooks, and a hybrid sound all their own.ĭespite Incubus' ominous name and the era from which they emerged (two words: rap metal), the band still has a timeless sound. The Calabasas-bred group's melodic songs always had an intimate, rhythmic yet sinuous feel that allowed singer Brandon Boyd's emotive vocals and the band's (often acoustic) guitars to shine brighter than everything else they incorporated into the mix, from DJ beats to heavy riffs. Playing on the first night, Incubus are in many ways the one band we'd like to see take the show's name literally. “Almost Acoustic” has mostly been “No Acoustic.” When the show kicked off 25 years ago, you'd actually see bands doing unplugged numbers, but that was abandoned long ago. U2 were scheduled to perform night two, but were forced to cancel after Bono's recent injuries. Heavy on flashbacks from the '90s and early 2000s (System of a Down, Linkin Park, Smashing Pumpkins, Weezer), 2014's two-night holiday spectacle also offers a bit of '80s (Tears for Fears) and some newbies (Royal Blood, Alt-J) too. The show is always a blizzard of bands, but this year's edition is going to be bigger than ever, moved to The Forum after last year's stint at The Shrine (which we found lacking, compared to the event's heyday at the Gibson/Universal Amphitheatre).
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This year marks the 25th anniversary of KROQ's Almost Acoustic Christmas, and the lineup is all over the place.
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