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El Paso, United States (2001 – 2013)

The Mars Volta were an American rock group formed in 2001 by guitarist Omar A. Rodriguez-Lopez and vocalist Cedric Bixler Zavala. They incorporate various influences including , , , and / into their sound. They are characterized for their energetic and improvisational live shows, as well as their concept-based studio albums.

The roots of The Mars Volta are found in the band At the Drive-In. Cedric Bixler-Zavala and Omar Rodriguez-Lopez, both members of At the Drive-In, formed an , -influenced side project called De Facto, which featured Bixler-Zavala on drums, Rodriguez-Lopez on bass, Isaiah Owens (AKA “Ikey”) on keyboards, and Jeremy Michael Ward on vocals, loops and sound effects.

Due to creative differences and discomfort with mainstream success, Rodriguez-Lopez and Bixler-Zavala quit At the Drive-In in 2001. The remaining members of At the Drive-In formed Sparta. By the time bassist Eva Gardner joined De Facto, they had changed their name to The Mars Volta. During 2001, the band recorded two songs with former-Laddio Bolocko drummer Blake Fleming and producer Alex Newport, which became their first demo. The lineup for their first public show at Chain Reaction in Anaheim, California was Rodriguez-Lopez, Bixler-Zavala, Owens, Gardner, Ward, and drummer Jon Theodore. This lineup recorded three more tracks with Alex Newport, which became the EP Tremulant, released as a limited edition in early 2002.
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  • mikebuch1981

    I am exicited to here the new Omar Rodriguez Lopez group Bosnian Rainbows which comes out in two weeks

    16 Jun 7:43pm Reply

  • mikebuch1981

    I am kicking myself had a chance to see them in new york but didn't go cause my buddy is not a fan i'm an idiot

    16 Jun 7:40pm Reply

  • jeanneMJ

    guy with stormy avatar is a hero

    11 Jun 11:42pm Reply

  • TheWrathofThor

    The other day I was at my girlfriends, just chilling working on an assignment for uni, and listening to some TMV. Then my gf comes up behind me, starts kissing me down my neck, and rubbing her hands over my chest. She clearly wanted the D, but I was like "bitch, REMOOOVE YOURSELF!! Cant you see I'm listening to the Mars Volta!

    11 Jun 2:56pm Reply

  • liano1

    ♥

    10 Jun 6:55pm Reply

  • Markus422

    Octahedron and Noctourniquet are both really underrated. Neither as good as De-loused though.

    10 Jun 2:33pm Reply

  • fsMjolnir

    opinion > opinion > yeah > nah > HELLO < ily mars volta

    7 Jun 6:56pm Reply

  • steal-kill

    De-Loused = Frances = Amputechture = Bedlam = Octahedron = Tremulant= Noctourniquet

    7 Jun 4:07pm Reply

  • rocketsandwich

    Ceddys lyrics and melodies in nocto are top notch though.

    6 Jun 5:47pm Reply

  • xtoolx

    Whats wrong with Bedlam? @Noctourniquiet... i've tried it many times.. i just don't like it.

    6 Jun 6:53am Reply

  • rocketsandwich

    Octa better than bedlam?. What is this madness?

    5 Jun 10:20pm Reply

  • dontsagemebro

    guys it doesn't matter your opinion will be different in a couple of months just enjoy it

    5 Jun 1:08pm Reply

  • jiroque

    Frances>=Amputechture>=De-loused>=Bedlam=Noctourniquet>Octahedron [2]

    3 Jun 7:39pm Reply

  • Mirriard

    Frances>Bedlam>Amputechture>Noctourniquet>De-Loused>Octahedron

    3 Jun 12:01pm Reply

  • lucaslupa

    deloused >= frances > bedlam > amputechture > octahedron > noctourniquet

    3 Jun 3:22am Reply

  • PyMep

    Frances>>>>De-Loused>>Amputechture>Tremulant>Noctourniquet>Octahedron>>Bedlam [3]

    1 Jun 4:03pm Reply

  • Chemister84

    Frances>=Amputechture>=De-loused>=Bedlam=Noctourniquet>Octahedron

    31 May 7:10pm Reply

  • mithrim

    And the award for the most incomprehensive lyrics goes to... this band... But their music is genius!!

    30 May 10:18pm Reply

  • BoubouMacoute

    Yay! for Bedlam hype

    29 May 7:04pm Reply

  • cultofsound

    Frances is by far their greatest! Then De-loused > SCAB DATES > Amputechture > Noctourniquet > Bedlam > Octahedron. It's not easy to do this though, I think they're all nice ultimately, just some are better than others. I feel like the first two are just timeless whereas the others are kind of easy to get burnt out on.

    29 May 4:22pm Reply
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