1. Ben Kenney had previously played with Incubus members Mike Einziger and Jose Pasillas in Time Lapse Consortium.
11 Facts About Ben Kenney
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Ben Kenney plays at least six different instruments and sometimes plays drum duets with Incubus' drummer Jose Pasillas live on-stage.
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Ben Kenney helped the Smyrk to produce their EP, New Fiction.
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In 1994 Ben Kenney started a band called Racecar with Jimmie Mueller and Sam Hoffman.
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Ben Kenney has recorded six solo albums, 26 released on December 1,2004, Maduro released on March 1,2006, Distance and Comfort released on January 15,2008, Burn the Tapes released on October 1,2010, Leave On Your Makeup released on September 17,2013, and "Must Be Nice" released on December 25th, 2019.
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Ben Kenney plays guitar, bass guitar, keyboards and drums while singing and writing every part on the solo records.
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On January 21,2025, after a nearly two year hiatus from social media, Ben Kenney announced his new solo album Powerful Buttcheeks, scheduled to release on March 3,2025, along with a new single titled "Fires".
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Ben Kenney uses Lakland, Serek, Strandberg, Music Man, Gibson, Fender and Hofner guitars and basses.
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Ben Kenney's instruments are often modded with pickups made by Seymour Duncan or JBE Pickups.
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In January 2023, Ben Kenney announced that he had a brain tumor removed, and that Tal Wilkenfeld would play bass for Incubus while he recovered from brain surgery.
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Ben Kenney is in a relationship with Georgia Dolenz, daughter of Micky Dolenz.