Fungus Amongus

Fungus Amongus is the debut album produced by American rock band Incubus, released November 1, 1995 on Stopuglynailfungus Music On Chillum, Incubus' own independent label. It was later re-released under Epic/Immortal on November 7, 2000 after popular demand. Many of the names given under 'Personnel' are actually pseudonyms for the Incubus members. 'Fabio' is guitarist Mike Einziger. 'Dirk Lance' is bassist Alex Katunich, who later adopted 'Dirk Lance' as his stage name. 'Brandy Flower' is an actual Sony employee, and 'Happy Knappy' is vocalist Brandon Boyd. 'Brett' and 'Brett Spivery' refer to Brett Spivey, long-time friend of the band, who went on to make their first two DVDs, and the videos for "I Miss You" and "Summer Romance (Anti-Gravity Love Song)".

The album cover image is of a mushroom (Amanita muscaria), also known as a fly agaric mushroom.

Stylistically, the album shows strong influences from funk metal bands such as Red Hot Chili Peppers, Primus and Mr. Bungle, all of whom are mentioned in the liner notes of the album. Also the group present a quasi-rap style which is avoided in later Incubus releases showing Brandon rapping on songs such as "Psychopsilocybin", "Trouble in 421", "Speak Free", and "Take Me to Your Leader".

The lyrics vary from songs about life ("Medium", which is usually mistaken for a food song), songs about self-confidence ("You Will Be a Hot dancer", "Speak Free"), to songs about drugs ("Trouble in 421", "Take Me to Your Leader"). The song "Hilikus" is commonly misinterpreted as "high-like-us", but it is actually a word meaning crazy, while the song "Shaft!" is believed to be about John Bobbitt, a man whose wife famously cut off his penis in 1993.