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-| name = Gavin Koppel
-| image = DJLYFE.jpeg
-| alias = '''DJ Lyfe'''<br />DJ1987<ref name="myspace.com">{{cite web |url=http://www.myspace.com/dj1987music |title=DJ 1987 on MySpace Music 12/14/2006 |access-date=November 21, 2009}}</ref><br />Kid Lyfe<ref name="DJ Lyfe Discography at Discogs">{{cite web |url=http://www.discogs.com/artist/DJ+Lyfe?anv=Kid+Lyfe |title=DJ Lyfe Discography at Discogs|website=[[Discogs]] |access-date=November 21, 2009}}</ref><br />Mr. 1987<br />G. Koppell
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-* [[Turntablism|Turntables]]<ref name="myspace.com"/><ref name="thegauntlet.com">http://www.thegauntlet.com/bio/216/Incubus.html|title=The Gauntlet-Incubus</ref><ref name="allmusic">{{cite web|last=Huey|first=Steve|title=Incubus > Biography|url={{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p13273|pure_url=yes}}|publisher=allmusic|year=2006|access-date=December 19, 2008}}</ref>
-* [[Electronic keyboard|keyboards]]
-* [[sampler (musical instrument)|samples]]<ref name="myspace.com"/>
-* [[Programming (music)|programming]]<ref name="myspace.com"/>
 }}
-| genre = {{hlist|[[Alternative rock]]|[[nu metal]]|[[Electronic music|electronic]]|[[turntablism]]|[[trip hop]]}}
-| occupation = [[Musical instrument|Musician]], [[DJ]], [[music producer]]<ref name="myspace.com"/> [[graffiti]] [[artist]], [[Video editing|video editor]]<ref name="myspace.com"/>| years_active = 1995-present
-| associated_acts = {{hlist|[[Incubus (band)|Incubus]]|DJ 1987|Mr. 1987|Kid Lyfe|[[DJ Greyboy]]|[[DJ Kilmore]]}}
-| label = [[Immortal Records]]<br />[[Immortal Records|Immortal]]/[[Epic Records|Epic]]<br />[[Sony Music Entertainment|Sony Music]]
-| background=non_vocal_instrumentalist}}
-'''Gavin Koppel''', better known by his stage name '''DJ Lyfe''', is an American musician, record producer, and artist, best known as the former turntablist and co-songwriter of the band [[Incubus (band)|Incubus]] between the years of 1995 and 1998. He is also a [[graffiti]] artist.
-==Career==
-Koppel got his start in music in 1987. He met the band Incubus, at that time consisting of [[vocalist]] [[Brandon Boyd]], [[guitarist]] [[Mike Einziger]], [[drummer]] [[José Pasillas]], and [[bassist]] [[Alex Katunich]] in 1994 at the S.I.R. Theater.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.myspace.com/djlyfeofincubus |title=DJ LYFE of INCUBUS |access-date=November 21, 2009}}</ref> He joined in 1995<ref name="thegauntlet.com"/> and performed with the band for their 1997 [[Extended play|EP]], ''[[Enjoy Incubus]]'' and the following album later that year, ''[[S.C.I.E.N.C.E.]]'', on [[Turntablism|turntables]]<ref name="allmusic"/> under the stage name '''DJ Lyfe'''. He is credited as doing "Turntable Kung-Fu" on ''S.C.I.E.N.C.E.'' <ref name="aln2.albumlinernotes.com">{{Cite web |url=http://aln2.albumlinernotes.com/S.C.I.E.N.C.E.html |title=S.C.I.E.N.C.E<!-- Bot generated title --> |access-date=November 22, 2009 |archive-date=February 14, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090214130601/http://aln2.albumlinernotes.com/S.C.I.E.N.C.E.html |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="DJ Lyfe Discography at Discogs">{{cite web |url=http://www.discogs.com/artist/DJ+Lyfe?anv=Kid+Lyfe |title=DJ Lyfe Discography at Discogs|website=[[Discogs]] |access-date=November 21, 2009}}</ref> He also appeared on the track "Familiar" from ''[[Spawn: The Album]]'', which Incubus performed with [[DJ Greyboy]]. He was replaced by [[Chris Kilmore|DJ Kilmore]] after being fired in 1998.<ref name="myspace.com"/> In 2003, Koppel sued Incubus for failing to account properly. Koppel's claims were rejected following arbitration in February 2004.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://geocities.com/elleopal/news.html |title=Incubus Otherworldly |website=geocities.com |access-date=January 12, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091021222737/http://geocities.com/elleopal/news.html |archive-date=October 21, 2009 |url-status=dead}}</ref> In 2010 Kilmore would file a restraining order against Koppel following various online threats in response to the lawsuit.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.nashvillescene.com/music/hang-the-djs-former-incubus-dj-threatens-to-kill-current-incubus-dj/article_89e4548c-ae2f-59c5-9b46-4adb01ad5958.html|title=Former Incubus DJ Threatens to Kill Current DJ}}</ref>
-His graffiti art has been featured on TV show ''[[Cold Case (TV series)|Cold Case]]'' Season 7 episode 13.<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1551688/ "Cold Case" Bombers (TV episode 2010) - IMDb<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>{{failed verification|date=April 2012}}
-==Discography==
-===With Incubus===
-''The following is a partial discography of Incubus, documenting the main releases on which the DJ is credited.''
-*''[[Enjoy Incubus]]'' EP (1997)
-*''[[S.C.I.E.N.C.E.]]'' LP (1997)
-*''[[Spawn (1997 film)#Soundtrack|Spawn: The Original Soundtrack]]'' Compilation (1997)
-*''[[Monuments and Melodies|Monuments and Melodies (Japanese Edition)]]'' Compilation (2009)
-*''[[The Essential Incubus]]'' Compilation (2012)
-===Solo filmography (as a mixtape DJ)===
-*''87 Ways DVD Mixtape Vol. 1'' (2005) - ''As DJ 1987''
-==References==
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-[[Category:American hip hop DJs]]
-[[Category:Rock DJs]]
-[[Category:Incubus (band) members]]
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