

Any fan of the band, who released its most stripped-down album "If Not Now, When?" last year and appears today at First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre, knows that Boyd has long been a person who embraces living in the moment and having perspective about what matters. Just a guy in a porkpie hat, comfortable doing an interview in jeans with a few holes and a T-shirt with more of 'em, without a team of handlers making any decisions.

Brandon Boyd, a giant rock star for nearly the last decade and a half as singer and lyricist for Incubus, arrives in the Tribune Tower lobby by himself.
