In my opinion, Incubus as a band has gone down hill ever since morning view, but....... Mike's guitar has gotten progressively better. I mean, just look at this!
Solo is ok i guess. its too short to really understand where he is going with it so kind of sounds random and lacking emotion. But then again, i dont listen to Incubus for their solos :)
I LOOOOVVVVEEEEE how Mike sounds throughout the Crow Left Of The Murder album. I believe they recorded "follow" for the Halo album..... All i can say is MY GODDD.
see,jazz is like a start of a strong development that takes over your mind and makes you play notes u never thought of and the beat helps you combine chords together and once you get to rock...itl get easier and youl get used to that kind of solo...jope this helped for many musicians...
Mike was my first major guitar influence. Learning every incubus song was how I learned to play. But I'm not gonna go that far. Listen to their earliest stuff (like, Fungus Amongus and earlier). Mike's lost his chops since then. This is nothing compared to the solos on Trouble in 421, or Hilikus.
i dont think of that as losing his chops i think its evolution ... nothing stays the same ... and i believe had hendrix lived long enuff his music would have changed too
Points taken. It's hard to say whether he's lost his chops definitively taking into account his struggles with carpel tunnel. I think he was improvising more back then, though. This is the same solo on the record. Same can be said of all of his recent solos, even the time lapse stuff. The thing that let me down was when I realized that he wasn't playing new solos every time, but instead preparing them. Mike is always trying stuff. I hope he keeps pushing into new territory.
I'll never forget this one concert I saw years ago on the Morning View tour. They came out and did this incredible jam for the encore, and it segued into Aqueous Transmission. It was sublime, and so surprising! They have nothing to lose. I wish they would be more adventurous and push more boundaries like they used to.
i stringly disagree i mean listen to how little gain hes using now compared to back then. It's relatively easy to play well with loadsa gain to hide the floors but when u start cleaning up that's when it gets messy but mike is still as clean as a whistle. Bad ass guitar player :)
@ashleytubb13 actually mistakes stick out more with higher gain......it sounds like nothing but noise when you have it way cranked and are soloing fast but sloppy
wow mike einziger is my idol.after reading a lot of these comments many people seem to say that he has lost his "touch".in my opinion Deep Inside was his best solo on a recorded song but have you people listened to Sick Sad Little World off this dvd? honestly i will say it ranks in the top 5 of all solos ever.i invite people to disagree but can u honestly say its worse than amazing performances such as:Free Bird,Stairway to Heaven, Crazy Train. When you just listen to the amazing sounds its wow
well, kinda sorta. personally i love his work with the moogerfooger. ive been an incubus fan for almost 9 years now. anyways, im not gonna say that they sold out cuz they didnt, but i think that mike has definently changed for the worst.
PRS > Jazzmaster
MESA > Marshall w/ Vox
O yeah, he seems to have lost his gonkulator too which is like the coolest pedal ever
Thats too harsh of a statement...i agree its a little different but i play guitar and anyone who does knows that u have to grow and expand otherwise u get stuck in a rut of "anticreativity" and it gets boring...oh yeah and he is in a superb group of other excellent musicians that must also do the same. Lets just try to appreciate what he/they have done...doing...and going to do in the future
Mike didn't sell out. He just wanted to change his sound. But, I agree with what you mean. I personally liked his PRS/Mesa sounds better than his current setup.
i understand what you're trying to say, PRS guitars are great and Mesa Boogie are great amps too, but, mike wanted a new sound, the band turned into grunge, he changed clean for a crunchy and warmer, FJM is a great guitar, i think is a better set up, but cheaper, he changed, the band changed, kil play keyboards now, mike uses reel echo instead of DOD gonkulator, jose plays free, ben grooves, brandon can sing free, i think they've always been great, i hope next album will be the best ever made.
light grenades is pretty inovative too, in terms of mike's playing, not so much on the really popular songs but on pendulous threads and rogues it's pretty sweet
by far his best playing is on science. the most creative has been on the mostly unreleased stuff tho. its a shame, he seemed to have lost his pedal board and his awesomness as soon as the newest cd's came out
thatt's focken insane! their earlier albums had the best work when it comes to Mike and his guitar. Much more developed and worked compositions, way harder!
What he got later on was a crazy thing for making crazy effects with his pile of pedals lol!
I have a video doing this solo!! go to my profile!! and watch it, rate my video!! I hope you guys enjoy it!! leave comments please!! ;) youtube-com/watch?v=KxTtMLIZzs4
I have a video doing this solo!! go to my profile!! and watch it, rate my video!! I hope you guys enjoy it!! leave comments please!! ;) youtubecom/watch?v=KxTtMLIZzs4
0:40 , I just cant explain myself how does he do that... there is only a possibility... he has six or seven fingers... yeeeees... thats it...
alvarops95 3 weeks ago
In my opinion, Incubus as a band has gone down hill ever since morning view, but....... Mike's guitar has gotten progressively better. I mean, just look at this!
matisyahup613 2 months ago
Fucking Incredible!
krissymf 2 months ago
One of the most underrated guitarists ever!
jan279 2 months ago
Solo is ok i guess. its too short to really understand where he is going with it so kind of sounds random and lacking emotion. But then again, i dont listen to Incubus for their solos :)
dvmoo7 3 months ago
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dvmoo7 3 months ago
I LOOOOVVVVEEEEE how Mike sounds throughout the Crow Left Of The Murder album. I believe they recorded "follow" for the Halo album..... All i can say is MY GODDD.
Boshunz 5 months ago
I'm not a huge fan of A Crow Left of the Murder, but his guitar work on it is so phenomenal.
The solo in sick sad little world is perfect in every way.
AdmiralDonuts 6 months ago
SOO......... WHY DOESN'T ANYONE SEEM TO LIKE THIS ALBUM!?
BlackXSouleStudios 10 months ago 2
is that a jazmaster or jaguar?
giggs102 11 months ago
@giggs102 It looks like a jazzmaster with a flatter cut-out
jmuhlhan06 10 months ago
@giggs102 jazzmaster.. :)
TheEurasia23 10 months ago
I don't think he is under-rated.
JusticieroDeLaMuerte 1 year ago
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ultradude890 1 year ago
Damn! At 0:39 mikes fingers are going crazy!
anthem8 1 year ago 3
after watching this solo for the nth time, the look on my face was priceless.
sipasabayag 1 year ago 13
This is from Alive at Red Rocks if anyone is wondering.
titosrevenger 1 year ago
how on earth does he do that.
TrellaVideos 1 year ago
does not get any better than this.....Best band i have seen live
JAKEISONECOOLCAT 1 year ago
Alucinaaate!!!
talichos 1 year ago
very good guitarist, very underrated
SebasMarinS 1 year ago
besides the awesome guitar play, i fucking love the drumming at 1:00
directorXD 1 year ago
haha i love brandon's spazz at 59 secs
Caidenjohnsonmusic 1 year ago 2
damn. i accidentally rented it for 2. It's worth more than 5 ;s
prusaklol 2 years ago
Holy. Shit. o_()
NebulasInBloom2010 2 years ago
wooooooow
JiubLink 2 years ago
This band is superb!
simmy1055 2 years ago
MIKE!!!!!!!!!!!!
venom113 2 years ago 2
see,jazz is like a start of a strong development that takes over your mind and makes you play notes u never thought of and the beat helps you combine chords together and once you get to rock...itl get easier and youl get used to that kind of solo...jope this helped for many musicians...
jonrskitlez 2 years ago
there goes carpal tunnel syndrome
eggnoy 2 years ago 3
best fucking solo ever!! einziger's style is like no other....
Jamminerick 2 years ago 37
hes a very underated player, he seems to be very influenced by jazz, you can hear the influences off of their earlier work
mikeportnoyfan 2 years ago 3
i love mike!
orangerange101010 2 years ago 3
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Hendrix or Einziger ... comparing apples n oranges personally Mike loves his music way more his passion therefore gives him an edge.
pinkeyegasms 2 years ago
now i love Mike hes one of my biggest influences, but did u just say he loves his music WAY more than Hendrix???....might wanna rethink that
TPX10 2 years ago 4
haha u dont know shit about hendrix if u think mike loves music way more than jimi
rhcp4565 2 years ago 2
Mike was my first major guitar influence. Learning every incubus song was how I learned to play. But I'm not gonna go that far. Listen to their earliest stuff (like, Fungus Amongus and earlier). Mike's lost his chops since then. This is nothing compared to the solos on Trouble in 421, or Hilikus.
jetzine00 2 years ago
i dont think of that as losing his chops i think its evolution ... nothing stays the same ... and i believe had hendrix lived long enuff his music would have changed too
pinkeyegasms 2 years ago 2
Points taken. It's hard to say whether he's lost his chops definitively taking into account his struggles with carpel tunnel. I think he was improvising more back then, though. This is the same solo on the record. Same can be said of all of his recent solos, even the time lapse stuff. The thing that let me down was when I realized that he wasn't playing new solos every time, but instead preparing them. Mike is always trying stuff. I hope he keeps pushing into new territory.
jetzine00 2 years ago
This one is more dynamic and progressive. Back in the Fungus Amongus days he stuck to basic scales a lot of the time...
It was just a lot mor wanking and improving and having fun and less about order, back then. It sounded a bit more impressive.
However, I would dilute this one of talent in lieu of that. They're equally impressive for different reasons.
Jezro 2 years ago
i agree ... with that ... ive seen them in concert and although theyre my favorite band n stuff its as though theyre just going thru the motions
pinkeyegasms 2 years ago
I'll never forget this one concert I saw years ago on the Morning View tour. They came out and did this incredible jam for the encore, and it segued into Aqueous Transmission. It was sublime, and so surprising! They have nothing to lose. I wish they would be more adventurous and push more boundaries like they used to.
jetzine00 2 years ago
me too! thats what i love about blink ... they are so shameless its awesome lol
pinkeyegasms 2 years ago
i stringly disagree i mean listen to how little gain hes using now compared to back then. It's relatively easy to play well with loadsa gain to hide the floors but when u start cleaning up that's when it gets messy but mike is still as clean as a whistle. Bad ass guitar player :)
ashleytubb13 2 years ago 7
@ashleytubb13 actually mistakes stick out more with higher gain......it sounds like nothing but noise when you have it way cranked and are soloing fast but sloppy
xSmittyxCorex 1 year ago
one of my favorite solos ever...
rob5000x1 2 years ago
ohh ohho!
BigBird1337 2 years ago
mike is a genius. but so is the whole band
DJDrizzle772 2 years ago 8
Mike rocks!!!
onesidez 2 years ago 5
Priceless indeed!
grottyrat 2 years ago
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its great!!
it just sounds rushed you know they need to relax
soonerman94 2 years ago
I'm new to Incubus, but I just love their sound. Awesome solo. Solid bongos.
deitylink209 3 years ago 3
look up thier old stuff.....trust me
TPX10 2 years ago
best live DVD ever
CFLucaBrasi 3 years ago 5
so unlike any other.
oambro 3 years ago
listen to the sound and beat.. awesome... with "out of the world" guitar part...
0cin 3 years ago 5
my ringtone xD
others1der 3 years ago
amazingggg solo!
lithiumose 3 years ago
id say the guy has some talent. very impressive.
Edwardnoah 3 years ago
to say the least
mgibson0083 3 years ago
Best band ever x2
wtfacceptthis 3 years ago
times infinity
genevieve90 3 years ago
times infinity again!
agegennaro 3 years ago
times infinity again!
rhcp4565 3 years ago
times three
misterbuckethead 3 years ago
times infinity again!
xCally11x 3 years ago
mike its an animal for me the best guitarrist in entire world!!!
zerotonico 3 years ago 2
such a tight jam
Owninator666 3 years ago
sounds like hendrix!
amazing
txanp 3 years ago
sounds like Mike Einziger.
zerotonico 2 years ago
ok, it´s true it is an personal style, but some things makes me remenber hendrix
(sorry for my english)
txanp 2 years ago
best band ever.
vicethehawk1 3 years ago 5
this song owns live....wish the whole video was uploaded
blountheelz 3 years ago
i gotta say may fav Mike solos are Psychosilocybin, Sink Beneath The Line, Hilikus, Deep Inside, and Priceless
ovneb 3 years ago
so you dig his santana influenced ones. me too.
regromusic 3 years ago
Psychosilocybin, Priceless, Hilikus and Talk Shows on Mute, Rogues.
a1punks 3 years ago
He is so under-rated but its all bout the music
TPX10 3 years ago 41
@TPX10
Because everyone listens to Drive and not Fungus Amongus.
Trilobite8jesus 8 months ago
wow mike einziger is my idol.after reading a lot of these comments many people seem to say that he has lost his "touch".in my opinion Deep Inside was his best solo on a recorded song but have you people listened to Sick Sad Little World off this dvd? honestly i will say it ranks in the top 5 of all solos ever.i invite people to disagree but can u honestly say its worse than amazing performances such as:Free Bird,Stairway to Heaven, Crazy Train. When you just listen to the amazing sounds its wow
nrc141 3 years ago 3
well, kinda sorta. personally i love his work with the moogerfooger. ive been an incubus fan for almost 9 years now. anyways, im not gonna say that they sold out cuz they didnt, but i think that mike has definently changed for the worst.
PRS > Jazzmaster
MESA > Marshall w/ Vox
O yeah, he seems to have lost his gonkulator too which is like the coolest pedal ever
enjoyincubus034 3 years ago
He uses the gonkulator on pendulous threads so he hasn't lost anything and hasn't changed for the worse.
yanks2311 3 years ago
Thats too harsh of a statement...i agree its a little different but i play guitar and anyone who does knows that u have to grow and expand otherwise u get stuck in a rut of "anticreativity" and it gets boring...oh yeah and he is in a superb group of other excellent musicians that must also do the same. Lets just try to appreciate what he/they have done...doing...and going to do in the future
siksadlitlwrld 3 years ago
Mike didn't sell out. He just wanted to change his sound. But, I agree with what you mean. I personally liked his PRS/Mesa sounds better than his current setup.
Cadmiumboy 3 years ago
i understand what you're trying to say, PRS guitars are great and Mesa Boogie are great amps too, but, mike wanted a new sound, the band turned into grunge, he changed clean for a crunchy and warmer, FJM is a great guitar, i think is a better set up, but cheaper, he changed, the band changed, kil play keyboards now, mike uses reel echo instead of DOD gonkulator, jose plays free, ben grooves, brandon can sing free, i think they've always been great, i hope next album will be the best ever made.
ozzcasale 3 years ago
light grenades is pretty inovative too, in terms of mike's playing, not so much on the really popular songs but on pendulous threads and rogues it's pretty sweet
LucDShiznat 3 years ago 2
...agreed.
somedudewithvideos 3 years ago 2
by far his best playing is on science. the most creative has been on the mostly unreleased stuff tho. its a shame, he seemed to have lost his pedal board and his awesomness as soon as the newest cd's came out
enjoyincubus034 3 years ago
agree man, i love his guitar work on fungus among us and science
ovneb 3 years ago
mike should of been louder.
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incuvhin 3 years ago
ok..lets not get ahead of ourselves here, its not THE BEST funk solo ever..but its definatly sweet.
leafs4life16 3 years ago
so underrated. theres some good shred on fungus among us too.
LIAMnovus123 3 years ago 3
GO MIKE! :)
Dumblikeamoose1992 3 years ago
best funk guitar solo ever...
soulslicer0 3 years ago
mike is insane!
lintu11 4 years ago
Dude mike got so much better on ACLOTM. I dont really like there last two albulms that much though.
Azwethinkweiz275 4 years ago
thatt's focken insane! their earlier albums had the best work when it comes to Mike and his guitar. Much more developed and worked compositions, way harder!
What he got later on was a crazy thing for making crazy effects with his pile of pedals lol!
thedeadserv 4 years ago
mike has always been very very very innovative
apz2 3 years ago
mike is a beast.
135789 4 years ago 6
haha, the solo from Priceless is probably my favorite minute or so from that album. So good.
RikiBrown 4 years ago
Love it.
Gatamatrix 4 years ago
Hey, I'm lookin for the whole song "Priceless" from Alive At Red Rocks. W/b if you have it.
wheelz81 4 years ago
man, mike is sick. he kinda looks like pat metheney lol.
ovneb 4 years ago
Should've seen him in the San Diego show.
Looks like he took way too big of a nose hit if you know what i mean
1curis 4 years ago
fucking mike... I almost had a heart attack!
aleli91702 4 years ago
Incubus are fucking amazing.
Chongit420 4 years ago
MIKE ROCKS
Incubusmdd 4 years ago
new progressive :-)
Bartolomeus9 4 years ago
this solo rocks
CUUUUUUUUURTIS 4 years ago
I have a video doing this solo!! go to my profile!! and watch it, rate my video!! I hope you guys enjoy it!! leave comments please!! ;) youtube-com/watch?v=KxTtMLIZzs4
Joseyeyei 4 years ago
I have a video doing this solo!! go to my profile!! and watch it, rate my video!! I hope you guys enjoy it!! leave comments please!! ;) youtubecom/watch?v=KxTtMLIZzs4
Joseyeyei 4 years ago
Geez, I dont think this video is high enough frame rate to capture what Mike was doing on that solo.
mrspiffy1981 4 years ago
It isn't the full song, its just the solo.
twitch1331 4 years ago
Listen to the audeince when Mike is at the peak of the solo ^^ so much energy. Love Incubus!
subwaysoct 5 years ago
U know, I get the feelin this aint full... Dunno why though o.O
zanketsou 5 years ago
where's the rest? this sucks
RedDemon 5 years ago