Artist The Mars Volta
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The Mars Volta
How many times can an instrumental freak-out suddenly protruding from a wall of noisy solos and unorthodox time signatures catch you off guard? Guitarist Omar Rodriguez-Lopez and vocalist Cedric Bixler-Zavala perfected the art in their previous band, At The Drive-In, but have taken it to stratospheric new prog-rock heights with their current group, The Mars Volta. Since forming in 2001, the six-piece outfit has earned its share of criticism for effectively pulling off the same stunt on all its albums, dressed up in the guise of unpronounceable song titles and lyrics with vivid imagery. On its fifth album, Octahedron, TMV is starting to take some more chances, leaning more heavily on silence; nonetheless, it should still be thrilling live.
Updated 09/02/2009

Austin:
Call it fate, call it karma, call it a desperate ploy to see some boobs
Austin:
Let's get "GUITARTED" in here
Best music: the orphans
Chicago:
The Mars Volta to hit Congress Theater in mid-September
Denver/Boulder:
My Body Sings Electric
The Mars Volta: Amputechture
The Mars Volta: De-Loused In The Comatorium
The Mars Volta: Frances The Mute
The Mars Volta: Octahedron
The Mars Volta: The Bedlam In Goliath