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Alex Katunich
George Alex Katunich (born August 18, 1976) is an American musician. He is best known as the founding bassist of the Californian band Incubus. He left the band in 2003.[2] Since high school, Katunich has used the stage name of Dirk Lance. Personal lifeKatunich's paternal grandfather George was born in Indiana, to Croatian parents from the town of Ozalj.[3] CareerIncubusKatunich was a member of Incubus from 1991 to 2003, playing bass guitar on the albums Fungus Amongus (1995), Enjoy Incubus (1997), S.C.I.E.N.C.E. (1997), Make Yourself (1999), and Morning View (2001). The decision to leave the band was made in October 2002,[4] towards the end of the touring cycle for Morning View, and his final performance with the group was on November 1, 2002. His departure was first announced to the media on April 4, 2003, through a statement from lead singer Brandon Boyd.[5][6][7] He was replaced by The Roots bassist Ben Kenney, who started performing with Incubus in July 2003.[8] After IncubusKatunich later entered the video game industry with Stickman Entertainment. He has worked on titles like WWE Smackdown.[9] In 2012, Katunich joined forces with his first bass teacher Stray Deuce and Germany native Alexa Brinkschulte to form Willie's Nerve Clinic.[10] In September 2013, Katunich and former bandmate Jose Pasillas II, along with former Pharcyde MC Slimkid3 and Jurassic 5's DJ Nu-Mark, under the name 4 Player Co-Op, released the song "Picture Perfect Phantasy", inspired by the video game Rayman Legends.[11] Katunich spent the 2010s with Willie's Nerve Clinic before joining with Kyle Mortensen to form his current band and latest collaboration East of June in 2019.[12][13][14] Style and influencesKatunich's playing is heavily influenced by funk music. He said he had been exposed to funk music from a very young age, and that one of the first records he owned was an album of Disney songs done in Disco-style.[15] As he grew older, he began to be influenced by bassists from funk metal bands, including Robert Trujillo of Infectious Grooves, Les Claypool of Primus, Trevor Dunn of Mr. Bungle and Billy Gould of Faith No More. Katunich has mentioned Faith No More's 1989 album The Real Thing as being an important early influence on him, saying "you could hear the bass, and it was just front and center."[15] References
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