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Los Angeles rock band Incubus has re-enacted a bizarre gardening incident - in which the vocalist severs his Achilles tendon after slipping on dog excrement - for its latest DVD.

The clip on A Crow Left of the Murder, to be released on February 3, shows Brandon Boyd wandering through his yard picking up dog poo.

He then slips on a pile he missed and suffers a nasty fall that severs his foot at the ankle, causing a fountain of blood to spurt in the air.

The short film dramatises how Boyd actually severed 90% of his Achilles tendon two months ago. He was in his front yard repotting a tree, and when he lifted the tree he stepped backward onto a large shard of the original broken pot, which severed 90%of his Achilles tendon.

"It not only cut [the tendon], it lifted all of the flesh off the back of my leg," he recently told Los Angeles' KROQ-FM. "A hand-sized piece was shredded."

After suffering the injury, Boyd was unable to move and had to cry for help to his girlfriend, who was in the house. He couldn't be heard as his neighbours' were using loud leaf blowers and lawnmowers at the time, reports MTV.com.

"It was almost comical because I was grabbing my calf trying to make a tourniquet," Boyd recalled. "Maybe I was in a little bit of shock because I couldn't make a lot of noise at first. Finally I got enough of a voice to yell really loud, and I heard [my girlfriend say] 'What?' She was kind of annoyed, I think [because she didn't know what had happened.] I said, 'Please help me, call 911,' and she called the paramedics."

Boyd's leg was put in a cast, and the singer embarked on a press tour of Europe on crutches, flying from country to country to talk about the new Incubus album.

"If anything good has come out of my injury, it was being at the airport," Boyd told the radio station. "It was straight to the front of the line at every security search."

The leg cast was removed last week, and while doctors said it would take six to 12 months for Boyd's tendon to completely heal, the singer is recovering faster than expected, a spokesperson for Incubus said. The band is scheduled to play Europe in March and will begin a North American tour in June.