Alex Katunich

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Alex Katunich
Birth nameGeorge Alex Katunich [1]
Also known asDirk Lance
Born (1976-08-18) August 18, 1976 (age 47)
Origin United States
Genres Alternative rock, funk metal, alternative metal, nu metal
Occupations Bassist
Instruments Bass, keyboards
Years active1991–present
Labels Immortal Records, Epic Records

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

Contents

Since high school, Katunich has used the stage name 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. [2]

Personal life

Katunich's paternal grandfather George was born in Indiana, to Croatian parents from the town of Ozalj. [3]

Career

Incubus

Katunich was a member of Incubus from 1991 to 2003, playing bass guitar on the albums Fungus Amongus , Enjoy Incubus , S.C.I.E.N.C.E. , Make Yourself , and Morning View .

After Incubus

Katunich later entered the video game industry with Stickman Entertainment. He has worked on titles like WWE Smackdown. [4] In 2012, Katunich joined forces with his first bass teacher Stray Deuce and Germany native Alexa Brinkschulte to form Willie's Nerve Clinic. [5] 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 . [6]

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. [7] [8] [9]

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