@dj1987com Haha, yeah, i popped out a lemon on that one. Its pretty old. Wasn't intended for an audience really, just put it up for the sake of doing it. I was a music business major in college so my knowledge is based purely on that, not on the number of youtube views I have. I welcome your criticism of my CURRENT music at nickrapley.bandcamp.com. didn't mean to get you all bent out of shape man.
I AM COMMENTING ON THIS VIDEO AS ANYBODY WOULD. UPON MY DEPARTURE FROM INCUBUS, BRANDON AND MIKE TOLD MANY LIES ABOUT ME. ONE OF THEIR FAMOUS STORIES WAS THAT I WAS EJECTED FROM INCUBUS FOR "SABOTAGING A SHOW IN GERMANY, AND WALKING OFF THE STAGE", WHICH WAS AN ABSOLUTE LIE. BUT LOOK AT MIKE. A TERRIBLE EXAMPLE FOR YOUNG PEOPLE. HE IS THROWING A TANTRUM AND IF YOU WORKED WITH HIM YOU WOULD KNOW THAT THIS IS HOW HE TREATS MANY PEOPLE. I WILL ALWAYS REMAIN OUTSPOKEN. IT DOES NOT MAKE ME "BITTER
I'm being hypothetical but imagine if the guitars had been consistently going out of tune for a huge number of dates on the tour and this one time it was just the straw that broke the camels back? I totally get that. The stress of being on the road must be great enough without having to worry about your equipment failing night after night. Fuck the guitar.
MIKE, I'M GLAD THE WORLD HAS A CHANCE TO SEE WHO YOU REALLY ARE FOR A CHANGE. GO LOOK IN THE MIRROR. THIS IS HOW YOU TREATED ME, MARK SHOFFNER, ALEX KATUNICH, JIM WIRT, AND EVERY SINGLE ONE OF YOUR FRIENDS WHO SUPPORTED YOU IN THE BEGINNING. I GENUINELY FEEL SORRY FOR ANYBODY WHO HAS TO WORK WITH YOU THROUGH YOUR EXCESSIVE LIES, SELFISHNESS, BAD TEMPER, AND ABUSIVE ATTITUDE. YOU HAVE QUITE A LARGE EGO FOR SUCH A SMALL, WHIMPY, FRAIL LITTLE MAN.
@KushChosen - Really I'm not mad about much. I am happy that I don't have to work with someone who acts this way. Funny that Mike and Steve Rennie went on bashing me as recently as 2010 and nobody responded saying, "Mike you're bitter, get over it." I'm just speaking on this incident because it shows people who Mike really is.
forget the tele, it's just a squire. how about the two mesa boogie tremoverbs he shoves over. wish i could hear this better so I knew why he was so pissed.
@rapley72 HE'S PISSED BECAUSE HE WAS RAISED AS A RICH JEWISH PRINCESS SNOB... LOOK HOW HE TREATS HIS GUITAR AND AND EMPLOYEES.. NOW IMAGINE HOW HE TREATED HIS FRIENDS AND BUSINESS PARTNERS WHO SUPPORTED HIM IN THE BEGINNING.
@dj1987com bitter much? Your maturity on handling your rage seems less than redeeming on your part. At least I had to go looking for a video of him being pissed off. Where as your anger, not even directed at me, winds up infiltrating my inbox. Not to mention the fact that it will hardly change my, or anyone else for that matter, opinion of Mr. Einziger. I like his music, I don't know him personally.
@rapley72 - Not angry at all. There is no rage. I'm just commenting as anybody would. If you knew what I went through with this guy, and continue go through with him, just to get my promised royalty payments, you would most likely make the same comments. By the way, were you able to find any videos of me acting this way?
@dj1987com Royalty payments aren't Mike's responsibility. That job belongs to record labels, management, and organizations such as ascap, bmi, etc. You should've read the contract better before signing it or had an entertainment lawyer examine it for you. You failing to protect yourself is not Mike's problem. It's a private matter and should be treated as such. To answer your question I have no reason to look for any videos of you so, no. And you're right, antisemitism shows no anger whatsoever.
@rapley72 WOW! Coming from a guy who has a whole "71 VIEWS" on his YouTube song, I'm really sure you know all about ROYALTY PAYMENTS! LMAO! But let me tell you, my PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT is signed by MIKE EINZIGER. That means MIKE EINZIGER promises to account correctly. And trust me, when my business manager sent a letter to MIKE'S HOME ADDRESS. I got paid. Now go back to learning how to write and record music. Stop embarrassing yourself on YouTube you fucking rookie.
@drawkid13 i know what you mean. i mean, i love Brandon, but i actually got the chance to meet the band and they're all amazing! and Mike was especially sweet! called me by my name after me introducing myself 5 minutes earlier and looked me in the eyes and said goodbye:) super sweet and down to earth!!!
Well... being in Incubus with that behavior is abnormal. Had he been with a Metal band, that would have been totally normal!
Stop complaining, people! When you're live, it's GOOD to give the audience something else to enjoy. Especially with Incubus that are great performers BUT they don't really have a good visual show... Mike did it!
@GuitarKid581 I totally missed them during this tour.... I wanted to go catch them in Hollywood and Vegas, but I was totally broke.... I guess I'm hoping for the band to release a DVD of the tour!
@ChrisDaron Oh man it was a blast. i think their gonna come back to the states during spring or summer to finish off this tour. Which will be awesome. i know there are some vids up of some of the shows this year and i know they did for a fact record red rocks again
@ChrisDaron Yeah I don't know what you're talking about Incubus always has had really good lights and lasers, at a show I saw in 05' or so they all got on stage with differrent drums sets... it's always been visually stunning
I am a number one fan but this was not cool. Acting out like that in front of all those people... no matter the circumstance, it was a general lack of appreciation for what was happening. I'm guilty of this same infraction but it was at a club and there were not thousands of people singing our songs. good grief. Still my favorite band!!!!
@monumentsNmelodies GOOD FOR HIM? REMINDS ME OF THE TIME HE SHOVED ME IN FRONT OF A CROWD IN LONDON. I SHOULD HAVE SLAPPED HIM, BUT I FELT SORRY FOR HIS LACK OF STRENGTH AND COMPOSURE.
@tntjerry I thought Erine Ball Music Man guitars hooked him up though he has developed a love for Fenders post Morning View.
I think 3 things 1. Sound check guys didn't do job and 'let down the fans' 2. Maybe carpal tunnel acting up and that put him in a sour mood 3. Post Harvard and Brendon O' Brian Mike's become a lot more bold about what he wants musically so fuck ups start to hurt. Though Kudos to Ben and Jose that version still was great to hear.
to all who were wondering...His guitar signal suddenly got cut off for some reason in the middle of the song. from where I was, it looked like the amps were the source of the problem...and what made it worse was that it was the first song in the set. smack right in the middle of the song, but he was able to come back right in time for the song's guitar solo.
looked like something went wrong with the equipment and it pissed him off. You can see him fussing with stuff right before he threw the guitar (or maybe strings broke). But true to artist form both the band and Mike kept on going! Mike is an awesome guitarist!!
looked like something went wrong with the equipment and it pissed him off. You can see him fussing with stuff right before he threw the guitar (or maybe strings broke). But true to artist form both the band and Mike kept on going! Mike is an awesome guitarist!!
Noisy pinoys, tsk
BlindingAnime 5 days ago
sorry about my previous comment, just felt like defusing some of the tension. And yea, I guess Mike did out-rock the guitar.
notebookblues 1 week ago
... anyone else find this video umm hot?
notebookblues 1 week ago
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@dj1987com Haha, yeah, i popped out a lemon on that one. Its pretty old. Wasn't intended for an audience really, just put it up for the sake of doing it. I was a music business major in college so my knowledge is based purely on that, not on the number of youtube views I have. I welcome your criticism of my CURRENT music at nickrapley.bandcamp.com. didn't mean to get you all bent out of shape man.
rapley72 2 weeks ago
I AM COMMENTING ON THIS VIDEO AS ANYBODY WOULD. UPON MY DEPARTURE FROM INCUBUS, BRANDON AND MIKE TOLD MANY LIES ABOUT ME. ONE OF THEIR FAMOUS STORIES WAS THAT I WAS EJECTED FROM INCUBUS FOR "SABOTAGING A SHOW IN GERMANY, AND WALKING OFF THE STAGE", WHICH WAS AN ABSOLUTE LIE. BUT LOOK AT MIKE. A TERRIBLE EXAMPLE FOR YOUNG PEOPLE. HE IS THROWING A TANTRUM AND IF YOU WORKED WITH HIM YOU WOULD KNOW THAT THIS IS HOW HE TREATS MANY PEOPLE. I WILL ALWAYS REMAIN OUTSPOKEN. IT DOES NOT MAKE ME "BITTER
dj1987com 2 weeks ago
I'm being hypothetical but imagine if the guitars had been consistently going out of tune for a huge number of dates on the tour and this one time it was just the straw that broke the camels back? I totally get that. The stress of being on the road must be great enough without having to worry about your equipment failing night after night. Fuck the guitar.
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notebookblues 2 weeks ago
MIKE, I'M GLAD THE WORLD HAS A CHANCE TO SEE WHO YOU REALLY ARE FOR A CHANGE. GO LOOK IN THE MIRROR. THIS IS HOW YOU TREATED ME, MARK SHOFFNER, ALEX KATUNICH, JIM WIRT, AND EVERY SINGLE ONE OF YOUR FRIENDS WHO SUPPORTED YOU IN THE BEGINNING. I GENUINELY FEEL SORRY FOR ANYBODY WHO HAS TO WORK WITH YOU THROUGH YOUR EXCESSIVE LIES, SELFISHNESS, BAD TEMPER, AND ABUSIVE ATTITUDE. YOU HAVE QUITE A LARGE EGO FOR SUCH A SMALL, WHIMPY, FRAIL LITTLE MAN.
dj1987com 3 weeks ago
@dj1987com You know, I was a big Incubus fan for many years and I noticed that too. He does seem like a prick. But please, leave "Jewish" out of it.
orielonline 3 weeks ago
@orielonline - My dad is Jewish. My last name is Jewish. The term I used to describe Mike is "JEWISH PRINCESS" because that's exactly what he is.
dj1987com 2 weeks ago
@dj1987com wow hunny, i am so sorry you are so mad about what has happened still.
But trolling Incubus clips and posting angry notes isnt the way to go about anything.
Succeed with what you want to do with your life and move on, this behaviour is very unbecoming.
KushChosen 2 weeks ago
@KushChosen - Really I'm not mad about much. I am happy that I don't have to work with someone who acts this way. Funny that Mike and Steve Rennie went on bashing me as recently as 2010 and nobody responded saying, "Mike you're bitter, get over it." I'm just speaking on this incident because it shows people who Mike really is.
dj1987com 2 weeks ago
I wonder who's got more stress: Mike or his techs...
Poor, poor backliners....
buffelone 1 month ago
what was the reason for this ha?
jcoldham1 2 months ago
The show must go on...the rest of the band handled that like pros. Mike too, got back up there and finished the song. You guys are the best.
xArbilx 2 months ago
I wish I had that many slaves when I when I kick my amps!.... mike's "minions".
DieuPanda 2 months ago
wow dam mike! Temper temper just because thing weren't going right. Did Brandon even know what was going on I wounder?
wildidspud76 2 months ago
@wildidspud76 OF COURSE BRANDON KNOWS WHAT'S GOING ON... BRANDON IS HIS GIRLFRIEND.
dj1987com 3 weeks ago
forget the tele, it's just a squire. how about the two mesa boogie tremoverbs he shoves over. wish i could hear this better so I knew why he was so pissed.
rapley72 2 months ago
@rapley72 HE'S PISSED BECAUSE HE WAS RAISED AS A RICH JEWISH PRINCESS SNOB... LOOK HOW HE TREATS HIS GUITAR AND AND EMPLOYEES.. NOW IMAGINE HOW HE TREATED HIS FRIENDS AND BUSINESS PARTNERS WHO SUPPORTED HIM IN THE BEGINNING.
dj1987com 3 weeks ago
@dj1987com bitter much? Your maturity on handling your rage seems less than redeeming on your part. At least I had to go looking for a video of him being pissed off. Where as your anger, not even directed at me, winds up infiltrating my inbox. Not to mention the fact that it will hardly change my, or anyone else for that matter, opinion of Mr. Einziger. I like his music, I don't know him personally.
rapley72 3 weeks ago
@rapley72 - Not angry at all. There is no rage. I'm just commenting as anybody would. If you knew what I went through with this guy, and continue go through with him, just to get my promised royalty payments, you would most likely make the same comments. By the way, were you able to find any videos of me acting this way?
dj1987com 2 weeks ago
@dj1987com Royalty payments aren't Mike's responsibility. That job belongs to record labels, management, and organizations such as ascap, bmi, etc. You should've read the contract better before signing it or had an entertainment lawyer examine it for you. You failing to protect yourself is not Mike's problem. It's a private matter and should be treated as such. To answer your question I have no reason to look for any videos of you so, no. And you're right, antisemitism shows no anger whatsoever.
rapley72 2 weeks ago
@rapley72 WOW! Coming from a guy who has a whole "71 VIEWS" on his YouTube song, I'm really sure you know all about ROYALTY PAYMENTS! LMAO! But let me tell you, my PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT is signed by MIKE EINZIGER. That means MIKE EINZIGER promises to account correctly. And trust me, when my business manager sent a letter to MIKE'S HOME ADDRESS. I got paid. Now go back to learning how to write and record music. Stop embarrassing yourself on YouTube you fucking rookie.
dj1987com 2 weeks ago
Dam that kinda scared me lol
BT1ZER 2 months ago
@BT1ZER IF THAT SCARED YOU... IMAGINE BEING BEN KINNEY AND CHRIS KILMORE.
dj1987com 3 weeks ago
Damn
MrExplorerman101 3 months ago
I never expected that from Mike either.... He seems so chill
OptikRise 3 months ago
Woah this is a total shocker, after meeting all of them, Mike is literally the nicest most soft spoken guy in the band lol.
italia10588 3 months ago
jose<333
tnaburgers 3 months ago
@CatharsisCrazed cry baby little dickhead? naa more like a bad ass motherfucker. its music rage, you wouldn't understand xP
tnaburgers 3 months ago
goozebumps since the moment he trhows the guitar, until his solo comes out. I fucking love Mike
tretastellar 3 months ago
What a cry baby little dickhead.
CatharsisCrazed 3 months ago
He doesnt look that big, but he sure smashed that guitar lol.
pat353 3 months ago
'Enter your name here' has some great footage!
CrazyMarmoset 3 months ago
- Holy crap! :O
Francisah 3 months ago
damn, they usually open with Megalomaniac so i wonder what angered him. maybe his sound was off.
Mrtherapists 3 months ago
@Mrtherapists go to 1:13 and you will here an out of key note! That is what pist him off!
wildidspud76 2 months ago
@drawkid13 i know what you mean. i mean, i love Brandon, but i actually got the chance to meet the band and they're all amazing! and Mike was especially sweet! called me by my name after me introducing myself 5 minutes earlier and looked me in the eyes and said goodbye:) super sweet and down to earth!!!
vjbflores 3 months ago
@vjbflores lucky!!!
WestFOLax23 3 months ago
It kinda bugs me when people only focus on brandon
DRawKiD13 3 months ago
the stage sound manager should be fired. it could be super frsutrating for musicians
MrYanny14 3 months ago 2
Nice mike.. rock on!
danisan215 3 months ago
for your convenience, its on the 1:15 mark!
cloudpipe 3 months ago 12
Guitar started messing up, manila is one of their biggest fans. Reminds me of Trent Reznor but not on drugs.
chuckxmulholland 3 months ago
anyone know what made him do that?
ThePhilliePhanatic 3 months ago
Well... being in Incubus with that behavior is abnormal. Had he been with a Metal band, that would have been totally normal!
Stop complaining, people! When you're live, it's GOOD to give the audience something else to enjoy. Especially with Incubus that are great performers BUT they don't really have a good visual show... Mike did it!
ChrisDaron 3 months ago
@ChrisDaron this years visuals for incubus are fucking fantastic
GuitarKid581 3 months ago
@GuitarKid581 I totally missed them during this tour.... I wanted to go catch them in Hollywood and Vegas, but I was totally broke.... I guess I'm hoping for the band to release a DVD of the tour!
ChrisDaron 3 months ago
@ChrisDaron Oh man it was a blast. i think their gonna come back to the states during spring or summer to finish off this tour. Which will be awesome. i know there are some vids up of some of the shows this year and i know they did for a fact record red rocks again
GuitarKid581 3 months ago
@GuitarKid581 I own every live DVD that Incubus has. I've never seen them live. I'm hoping to do so if there's a second leg of the tour for sure!
ChrisDaron 3 months ago
@ChrisDaron Chicago of this year was my first of their shows. i got into them right after they started their 5 year break
GuitarKid581 3 months ago
@ChrisDaron Incubus use to be a metal band
ThePhilliePhanatic 3 months ago
@ThePhilliePhanatic hahahaha. Nice joke, dude.
ChrisDaron 3 months ago
@ChrisDaron lol? look up incubus closet cultivation
ThePhilliePhanatic 3 months ago
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@ThePhilliePhanatic no they weren't. you should google metal.
Mrtherapists 3 months ago
@ChrisDaron Yeah I don't know what you're talking about Incubus always has had really good lights and lasers, at a show I saw in 05' or so they all got on stage with differrent drums sets... it's always been visually stunning
AGWEEGWEE 3 months ago
@AGWEEGWEE Really? I think you need to see Slipknot live.. or Five Finger Death Punch. Those are effects!
ChrisDaron 3 months ago
@ChrisDaron you didn't really respond to my statement so I can't really respond to yours.
AGWEEGWEE 3 months ago
@AGWEEGWEE How do I respond to a statement? I'll respond to a question.
ChrisDaron 3 months ago
@ChrisDaron k
AGWEEGWEE 3 months ago
Such a douchey thing to do, Mike!
MsMisha81 3 months ago
I am a number one fan but this was not cool. Acting out like that in front of all those people... no matter the circumstance, it was a general lack of appreciation for what was happening. I'm guilty of this same infraction but it was at a club and there were not thousands of people singing our songs. good grief. Still my favorite band!!!!
valsuarez 3 months ago
FUCKING AWESOME...I never saw that in Mike, good for him!
monumentsNmelodies 4 months ago
@monumentsNmelodies GOOD FOR HIM? REMINDS ME OF THE TIME HE SHOVED ME IN FRONT OF A CROWD IN LONDON. I SHOULD HAVE SLAPPED HIM, BUT I FELT SORRY FOR HIS LACK OF STRENGTH AND COMPOSURE.
dj1987com 3 weeks ago
@tntjerry I thought Erine Ball Music Man guitars hooked him up though he has developed a love for Fenders post Morning View.
I think 3 things 1. Sound check guys didn't do job and 'let down the fans' 2. Maybe carpal tunnel acting up and that put him in a sour mood 3. Post Harvard and Brendon O' Brian Mike's become a lot more bold about what he wants musically so fuck ups start to hurt. Though Kudos to Ben and Jose that version still was great to hear.
incufish23 4 months ago
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this happened in the PHILIPPINES and I SAW THAT LIVE! \m/
CDominic94 4 months ago
Did you out-rock the guitar?
hotcupoftea17 4 months ago 5
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you all know mike watched this video and laughed about it.
dreamsindogyears 4 months ago
mikey does come up with some pretty weird sounds, maybe he was just looking for a new one
sperk12 4 months ago
At some point in a guitar players life, this has to happen! I think he still rocked the show! Mike a true ROCKER!!
justthisandgeton 4 months ago
wow! He is a perfectionist so I can understand why a bad connection/sound would drive him over the edge.
stripedblood 4 months ago
(Mike actually getting pissed starts at 1:15 for those who are turned off by the camera phone quality)
slartibartfast8787 4 months ago
Mike don't stand for any bullshit... hope that wasn't the pearl inlayed PRS... not that he couldn't just ask Paul to make him another one.
tntjerry 4 months ago
@tntjerry he hasn't played with prs since like 2003. he sold them all. that was a fender thinline telecaster.
JMorr1029 4 months ago
@JMorr1029 He has a nice PRS in the Adolescents video...
xArbilx 3 months ago
@xArbilx he borrowed it from the person he sold it to just for that video.
JMorr1029 3 weeks ago
press 3 over and over again to see some quality amp pushin
hellmitt94 4 months ago
Poor Mike :( It would seem to take a lot to piss him off. I really don't know though... :-0 The rest of the band didn't seem surprised.
brandonfan333 4 months ago
wow. i've heard of it all along but..
first time seeing it.
MIKE YOU ROCKER! WOOO!
sketchyou 4 months ago
YES! That looks like something he wouldve done in the SCIENCE days or something. Still a very peaceful guy tho, brilliant guitar work!
vansalmons 4 months ago
to all who were wondering...His guitar signal suddenly got cut off for some reason in the middle of the song. from where I was, it looked like the amps were the source of the problem...and what made it worse was that it was the first song in the set. smack right in the middle of the song, but he was able to come back right in time for the song's guitar solo.
mcsray 4 months ago 4
thanks for sharing. @mcsray
sketchyou 4 months ago
i wish i had that many telecasters.. :(
anthem8 4 months ago 8
@anthem8 Yeah, but they're just Squier, as @rapley72 said... Look at the amps instead!
mastroplay 2 months ago
haha pretty sweet.
MorningViewInc210 4 months ago
clearly the guitar was not good enough for him.
stompnd 4 months ago
Damn... Wonder what upset him....
kasinotye 5 months ago
looked like something went wrong with the equipment and it pissed him off. You can see him fussing with stuff right before he threw the guitar (or maybe strings broke). But true to artist form both the band and Mike kept on going! Mike is an awesome guitarist!!
Shaawty76 5 months ago
looked like something went wrong with the equipment and it pissed him off. You can see him fussing with stuff right before he threw the guitar (or maybe strings broke). But true to artist form both the band and Mike kept on going! Mike is an awesome guitarist!!
Shaawty76 5 months ago
what happened?
lynoj777 5 months ago
what the FUCK! Cruel as cucumber!
skiner68 5 months ago