The Mars Volta - Genre - Progressive Rock/Experimental
The Mars Volta was formed in the summer of 2001 after the break up of At the drive in. Omar Rodriguez Lopez and Cedric Bixler Zavala decided they wanted to persue somethinf new and more inventive. The band was formed with Omar, cedric, Ikey Owens, Jeremy Ward, Eva Gardner, and Jon Theodore. All the names mentioned above minus Eva and Jon were members of a small dub band with cedric and omar called Defacto. The Mars Volta released their first Ep entitled Tremulant EP in April of 2002. It was a 19 minute EP with three tracks. Concertina, Cut that city, and Eunuch Provocateur.In October of the same year The mars volta picked up Linda Good for keyboards and Ralph Jasso on bass. The next album that was being worked on was De-Loused in the comatorium. That album was released June 24th 2003. That year they did touring with The Red hot Chilli Pepper's in support of their album. Almost a year after the release of De-Loused in the comatorium, sound manipulator Jeremy Ward was found dead in his apartment. This was on May 25th. They cancelled the second half of the tour and dedicated the album to jeremy. They released a live album in november of 2005 called Scabdates. It was 12 track album. a few months later Frances The Mute was released. This was released on March 1st 2005. They have finished now working on their latest album Amputechture and it is to be released in august of 2006.
LPs
De-Loused in the Comatorium
Son et Lumière - 1:35
Inertiatic ESP - 4:24
Roulette Dares (The Haunt Of) - 7:31
Tira Me a las Arañas - 1:29
Drunkship of Lanterns - 7:06
Eriatarka - 6:20
Cicatriz ESP - 12:29
This Apparatus Must Be Unearthed - 4:58
Televators - 6:18
Take the Veil Cerpin Taxt - 8:42
Frances The Mute
1. Cygnus...Vismund Cygnus
2. The Widow
3. L'Via L'Viaquez
4. Miranda That Ghost Just Isn't Holy
5. Cassandra Geminni I
6. Cassandra Geminni II
7. Cassandra Geminni III
8. Cassandra Geminni IV
9. Cassandra Geminni V
10. Cassandra Geminni VI
11. Cassandra Geminni VII
12. Cassandra Geminni VIII
Amputechture
1.Vicarious Atonement (7:21)
2.Tetragrammaton (16:43)
3.Vermicide (4:17)
4.Meccamputechture (11:04)
5.Asilos Magdalena (6:36)
6.Viscera Eyes (9:25)
7.Day of the Baphomets (11:58)
8.El Ciervo Vulnerado (8:59)
EPs
B-Sides
1.The Bible and the Breathalyzer
2.A Plague Upon Your Hissing
3.Ambuletz
Tremulant EP
1. Cut That City
2. Concertina
3. Eunuch Provocateur
Live Albums
Live EP
"Roulette Dares (The Haunt Of)" (9:29)
"Drunkship Of Lanterns" (9:38)
"Cicatriz ESP" (16:03)
"Televators" (7:18)
Scabdates
"Abrasions Mount the Timpani" (4:07)
"Take the Veil Cerpin Taxt" (5:57)
"Take the Veil Cerpin Taxt: Gust of Mutts" (2:34)
"Take the Veil Cerpin Taxt: And Ghosted Pouts" (4:52)
"Caviglia" (2:46)
"Concertina" (4:17)
"Haruspex" (5:24)
"Cicatriz" (8:16)
"Cicatriz, Pt. 1" (2:34)
"Cicatriz, Pt. 2" (7:39)
"Cicatriz, Pt. 3" (4:29)
"Cicatriz, Pt. 4" (20:00)