The Mars Volta (rock, cd, album, members, memory)

[kthedrummer]

Originally Posted by The Unfan

I think TMV would be a good band if they stopped being pretentious prog twats, got rid of the vocalist, and focussed on their ambient moments.

So really what I'm saying is they still suck even though they have moments of calming ambience that I can appreciate.

Then check out Omar's solo stuff.

[Anteater]

Hey now, none of the "De-Loused was godlike and everything else is worse" bull****. I myself prefer Amputechture to De-Loused and Frances, though all of TMV's stuff is quite competant from my point-of-view depending on how you approach it as a listener.

[adidasss]

So essentially, they're incapable of producing bad music. That doesn't sound like fanboying at all...

[Mr Sensitive]

Originally Posted by adidasss

So essentially, they're incapable of producing bad music.

I don't think anyone said that.

[Anteater]

Originally Posted by adidasss

So essentially, they're incapable of producing bad music. That doesn't sound like fanboying at all...

I said they were competant, not that they never produce less-than-steller music. Kids here can bitch all they want, but at the very least TMV are top-notch instrumentally, even if half the **** they write lyrically doesn't make a lick of sense, which is one of their weaknesses IMO.

That said, I'm not a fanboy of any band or artist out there....






















...except maybe Buckethead