DJ Kilmore meshed right away and joined the band shortly after. Incubus was looking for a deejay who was able to think creatively.
Brandon Boyd was all about talking aliens, consciousness… the band’s management was looking for someone who can do the job, get along with the band members and create living in a van or a travel lifestyle consistent. When he tried out, they were looking at a couple of deejays after another deejay was fired. Did five gigs up and down the west coast and then three days, they went for Europe. asked if you could do 16 songs on Monday, because we leave on tour for Tuesday. “The lawyer called and Mikey called - that was on Friday. He got a call from Incubus’ manager to audition to be their deejay and he tried out the next day. The opportunity to try out for Incubus came at a pivotal time for DJ Kilmore, where he was contemplating moving out to New York. A Move to Los AngelesĪfter college, Kilmore made his way to LA, landing gigs deejaying in the local scene and with his battle crew, Jedi Crew, and two other local rock bands, living paycheck by paycheck and doing it for fun. As a teenager, hip hop played a major role in his development in becoming a deejay, drawing inspiration from Jazzy Jeff, Beastie Boys, RUN DMC, Public Enemy and DJ Qbert.
His father would take him on Sunday car drives, bumping music of Pink Floyd, Chicago, Marvin Gaye and Stevie Wonder. The Early YearsĭJ Kilmore was born and raised in Pittsburgh by his adopted parents, who, from the start, nurtured his love for music. I had the chance to virtually chat with Kilmore about his earlier life deejaying, starting out with Incubus and the social justice work Incubus has done throughout the course of the band’s career. Chris Kilmore, better known as DJ Kilmore, has been a fixture to California-based rock band Incubus as their turn-tablist for more than 20 years.