16 Facts About Michael Einziger

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Michael Einziger is best known for being co-founder and guitarist of the rock band Incubus, and has co-written, produced and collaborated with a wide array of artists including Pharrell Williams, Hans Zimmer, Skrillex, Tyler the Creator, Avicii, Damian Marley, Jason Schwartzman and Steve Martin among many others.

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Incubus has sold over 23 Million albums worldwide, and in 2013, Michael Einziger co-wrote the hit song "Wake Me Up", alongside Avicii and Aloe Blacc.

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Michael Einziger co-founded Incubus with Calabasas High School classmates Brandon Boyd, Jose Pasillas II, and Alex Katunich in 1991.

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Outside of his work with Incubus, Michael Einziger founded his own project Time Lapse Consortium in 2003.

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Michael Einziger has sporadically continued to compose background music for films.

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In 2003 Michael Einziger contributed to Ziggy Marley's debut solo album Dragonfly alongside fellow Incubus member Chris Kilmore as well as Flea and John Frusciante of Red Hot Chili Peppers.

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Michael Einziger composed the soundtrack for the 2001 film Sol Goode, which was released later in 2003.

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Michael Einziger expanded into the realm of video games when he and his bandmates worked on the soundtrack of the popular game Halo 2, writing a 26-minute song that featured Flea on trumpet.

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In 2006 Michael Einziger produced the debut album "Red Rover" by Agent Sparks; a collaboration with younger brothers Benjamin Michael Einziger and Paul Fried.

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In 2007, Michael Einziger produced Nighttiming, the debut album of long-time friend and former Phantom Planet drummer and actor Jason Schwartzman's Coconut Records project.

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In 2009, Michael Einziger orchestrated and recorded the additional strings for the Thirty Seconds to Mars third album This Is War.

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12.

Michael Einziger helped premiere the song live at Ultra 15 along with bandmates Jose Pasillas, Ben Kenney and country music legend Mac Davis.

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Michael Einziger's stated this has been necessary since developing and having surgery for carpal tunnel syndrome.

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Michael Einziger is a multi-instrumentalist, and in addition to guitar, he has played piano, Mellotron, pipa, analog synthesizers, Fender Rhodes, Wurlitzer, and many other instruments on his recordings with Incubus as well as his other projects.

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Michael Einziger has played a Jerry Jones Guitars Master Sitar on "Nowhere Fast" from the Make Yourself album, and a pipa on "Aqueous Transmission".

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16.

Michael Einziger stopped using PRS guitars after some issues arose with a particular employee of Paul Reed Smith.

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