The Mars Volta
Founded: 2001
Location: United States
The Mars Volta is a Mexican-American progressive rock band from El Paso, Texas, formed in 2001. The band's only constant members are Omar Rodriguez-Lopez (guitar, producer, direction) and Cedric Bixler-Zavala (vocals, lyrics), whose partnership forms the core of the band. The band's current line-up also includes founding member Eva Gardner (bass), Omar's brother Marcel Rodriguez-Lopez (keyboards, synths, percussion), Leo Genovese (piano, keyboard) and Linda-Philomène Tsoungui (drums).
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A Documentary About At The Drive-In & The Mars Volta Is Coming
The 'Omar And Cedric: If This Ever Gets Weird' documentary trailer offers "a totally unique window into the incredible journey of one of this generation’s most progressive and prolific musical partnerships".
The Mars Volta Tease New Music Via A Cube In An LA Park
It has been a hot minute since The Mars Volta have released new music, and they are certainly not ones to do things in any sort of conventional way. A mysterious cube has showed up in a park in Los Angeles - and inside, plays a 3 minute preview of new music from the band.
Mars Volta Vocalist Quits In Astonishing Rant
Cedric Bixler-Zavala is out of The Mars Volta and takes to Twitter to tell his side of the story
Album Review: Noctourniquet The Mars Volta Sevana Ohandjanian
They create dense, sonically surprising albums that are untethered to genre, living in their own confusing, lyrically ambiguous world.
Chet Faker Enjoys Strong Digital Debut
Album Review: The Mars Volta - 'Noctourniquet'
Strap yourself in and let the music take control.
Album Review: Noctourniquet The Mars Volta
The Mars Volta have pushed on through new realms of maturity and progression to deliver one of the finest albums of the year thus far.
Album Review: The Mars Volta - 'Octahedron'
An exercise in experimentation.
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