Forged in the combined fires of pop sensibility, funk dance-ability, art-house creativity, jam band versatility and rock intensity, Homunculus was staging a grass-roots attack. The target: everyone; everyone who wanted more from their rock music than the post-grunge wannabes could provide; everyone who yearned to sing along to mood-altering melodies without giving in to the glossy pop groups who stood on the shoulders of the one-hit wonders before them; everyone who wanted their music to be visceral, cerebral, primal and, most importantly, vital.