Mike Einziger
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| Mike Einziger | |
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 Mike Einziger performing live with Incubus.
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| Birth name | Michael "The Man" Einziger |
| Also known as | Fabio Fungus Amongus Dynamike Enjoy Incubus |
| Born | June 21, 1976 Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Genre(s) | Alternative Rock Funk Metal Alternative Metal Experimental Music |
| Instrument(s) | Guitar Pipa Vocals Piano |
| Years active | 1991 - present |
| Label(s) | Epic Records Immortal Records Sony Records |
| Associated acts | Incubus Time Lapse Consortium |
Mike Einziger (born June 21, 1976 in Los Angeles, California) is the multi-instrumentalist, co-writer and guitarist of the alternative rock band Incubus, as well as his own side project band, Time Lapse Consortium. Instruments that he has played on Incubus records include guitar, piano, Mellotron, pipa, analog synthesizers, tape samplers, Fender Rhodes, Wurlitzer, as well as many others. He has also played a Jerry Jones Guitars Master Sitar on "Nowhere Fast" from the Make Yourself album (live, he simply plays the sitar part with his guitar), and a Pipa on "Aqueous Transmission". Mike also plays electric piano on songs like "Here In My Room" and has played piano on live versions of "Drive."
Mike has also written original music for the surfing documentary "Flow" (directed by Josh Landon), which has narration by fellow Incubus member Brandon Boyd.
In 2007, Einziger produced Nighttiming, the debut album of former Phantom Planet drummer and actor Jason Schwartzman's Coconut Records project. The album was released for download on March 20, 2007 on iTunes and is slated to be released in stores Summer 2007.
Recently Einziger has been suffering from Carpal tunnel syndrome and has had an operation to correct the problem. He is now fully recovered and able to play full shows.
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[edit] Equipment
In the early days Mike was playing Ibanez guitars, and sometime around the making of Enjoy Incubus he switched to PRS (Custom 24's). Mike used PRS McCarty Archtop guitars while recording some songs on the album Make Yourself (for example the song "Make Yourself"). On the album Morning View, Mike only used his PRS McCarty Archtops. With A Crow Left of the Murder... he started playing Fender Jazzmaster guitars. On a recent tour he has been seen using a Gibson SG junior.
[edit] Effects
(Not necessarily in order):
- Electrix Filter Factory
- Two Boss PH-2 Phasers
- DOD FX-13 Gonkulator
- Boss OC-2 Octaver
- Hughes & Kettner Rotosphere
- Boss TU-2 Tuner
- MXR Phase 90 Phaser
- DOD FX-25 Envelope Filter
- Boss CS-3 Compressor
- Dunlop Cry Baby Wah
- Danelectro Reel Echo
- Boss RV-3 Reverb Delay
- DOD 250
- DigiTech Tone-Driver
- Electro-Harmonix Memory Man
[edit] Amps
- Vox AC30
- Marshall Plexi Lead 100
- Marshall JCM 800
- Mesa/Boogie Tremoverb
[edit] Trivia
- He is a fan of Icelandic singer Björk, and claims her work inspires his own. He is also a fan of Steve Vai, Danny Elfman, and Frank Zappa.
- He has dated models Cameron Richardson and Lily Aldridge.
- His brother, Benjamin Einziger, who was once the guitarist for Audiovent, is now the guitarist and lead singer for the L.A. Indie pop band Agent Sparks.
- Michael is the cousin of Scott Einziger, executive producer for Howard Stern's E! Show from 1994-2001.
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