Loading details…
Artist
The Mars Volta
12+ albums
Progressive rockexperimentalrockalternativeProgressive
about
The Mars Volta is an American progressive rock band formed in 2001. Its core members are Omar Rodríguez-López (guitar, production) and Cedric Bixler-Zavala (vocals, lyrics), who have remained the group’s central creative partnership. The band’s later line-ups have included Eva Gardner (bass), Marcel Rodríguez-López (keyboards, synthesizers, percussion), Leo Genovese (piano, keyboards, saxophone), and Linda-Philomène Tsoungui (drums). The Mars Volta was formed following the dissolution of At the Drive-In, the previous band of Rodríguez-López and Bixler-Zavala. Seeking to develop a more experimental sound, they recruited Gardner, Isaiah “Ikey” Owens (keyboards), Jon Theodore (drums), and Jeremy Ward (sound manipulation). The band released its debut extended play, "Tremulant", in 2002. Gardner departed before the recording of the band’s first studio album, "De-Loused in the Comatorium" (2003), for which Flea performed bass. The album, produced by Rick Rubin, received critical acclaim. The band’s second studio album, "Frances the Mute" (2005), was produced by Rodríguez-López and introduced Juan Alderete (bass) and Marcel Rodríguez-López as regular members. It reached number four on the US Billboard 200 and was certified Gold by the Recording Industry Association of America. The third album, "Amputechture" (2006), was the final release to feature Jon Theodore as drummer. In 2008, the band released "The Bedlam in Goliath", a concept album influenced by the group’s reported experi
