George Alex Katunich (born August 18, 1976) is an American musician. He is best known as the former bassist of

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. Since high school, Katunich has used the

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of Dirk Lance, which was apparently taken from the credits of a pornographic film from the 1970s. A founding member of Incubus, he departed the band in 2003.

Career

Incubus

Katunich was a member of Incubus from 1991 to 2003, playing

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on the albums '' Fungus Amongus'', ''

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'', '' S.C.I.E.N.C.E.'', ''

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'', and ''

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''.

After Incubus

Katunich later entered the video game industry with Stickman Entertainment. He has worked on titles like WWE Smackdown. In 2012, Katunich joined forces with his first bass teacher Stray Deuce and Germany native Alexa Brinkschulte to form Willie's Nerve Clinic. In September 2013, Katunich and former bandmate Jose Pasillas II, along with former

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and

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, under the name 4 Player Co-Op, released the song "Picture Perfect Phantasy," inspired by the video game ''

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''. 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.

References

External links

Dirk Lance's 2000 Incubus Bass Rig
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