Progressive rock's new poster boys are back and ready to rock
Members of the band At the Drive-In, Cedric Bixler-Zavala and Omar Rodriguez-Lopez, were in De Facto with audio technician Jeremy Michael Ward. De Facto included Cedric on drums, Omar on bass, and Jeremy with various loop, vocal, sound, and distortion effects - a composite of sounds, hinging squarely on tripped-out, instrumental dub. Though DeFacto started as a local band with a rock feel, they were rooted in the realm of (read more)
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Mars Volta, Mexico City
marcel, omar, marcel jr., amy
Mars Volta, Mexico City Concert
Omar and Cedric. 11-19-07, Amsterdam
Mars Volta at Coachella 2003
Mars Volta Mexico, 2004
Mars Volta evolution
cedric of the mars volta, playing at Austin Music Hall
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The Mars Volta before they started playing
The Mars Volta at Roseland Ballroom.
The Mars Volta
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We came to wind within. ??
I foamed at the mouth,
While the lights winked at me,
And now my shape is kept.
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The Mars Volta - A Wild Show
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- This progressive band has been packing venues all over the world since the early part of the 21 st Century. The band is known for their incorporation of several genre influences into their music, including punk, blues and even salsa-driven themes. The Mars Volta concert tickets will bring you a night of varying musical tastes, but also an energetic and engaging performance.
The Mars Volta Biography
The Mars Volta is a Grammy Award-winning American progressive rock group formed in 2001 by guitarist Omar Rodríguez-López and vocalist Cedric Bixler-Zavala. The band incorporate various influences including punk rock, jazz fusion, funk and Latin/Salsa into their sound. They are known for their energetic and improvisational live shows, as well as their concept-based studio albums. In 2009, the band won a Grammy in the "Best Hard Rock Performance" category for the song "Wax Simulacra." They were named rock music's "Best Prog-Rock Band" of 2008 by Rolling Stone magazine.
Blog Posts
- Should More Vegs Adopt The Mars Volta Straight Edge Lifestyle?
- Then, when one ex member, Jeremy Ward, died of an overdose of drugs in 2003, Omar and the rest of Mars Volta were scared into straight edge vegans who won't even drink coffee. Now, you don't have to be a coffee abstainer to be a vegan ...
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- Rodríguez-López of The Mars Volta pens Xenophanes
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- The Mars Volta – Octahedron | popwreckoning
- The Mars Volta's most recent release, Octahedron, is a powerful album. But, be forewarned ? it's very different from any of Volta's other albums. I did enjoy Octahedron from beginning to finish, though. I deem that no song skippage is ...
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