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Original at YouTube external link    Sun, Jan 18

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By rss@youtube.com (ab07538) Author: ab07538 Keywords: Cicatriz ESP The mars volta John Frusciante Flea Jon Theodore Omar Rodriguez-Lopez Cedric Bixler Zavala Isaiah Iken Owens Jeremy Michael Ward Deloused in the comatorium prog rock Added: January 18, 2009

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By rss@youtube.com (Balsagot66666) Author: Balsagot66666 Keywords: The Mars Volta Frances Mute Cassandra Gemini Drum Cover At the drive in Sparta De facto Progressive rock prog Poland Radom Krakow Cedric Bixler Omar Rodriguez Lopez Thomas Pridgen Jon Theodore Added: December 28, 2008

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By rss@youtube.com (scatterbrain92) A Cedric Bixler-Zavala from THE MARS VOLTA classic, he tries to slam with the crowd and later he throws his shoes at the audience. Watch out for Cedric's quote at the end ... PRICELESS . Sorry for the shaky image ... I was being pushed and kicked while recording this .

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By rss@youtube.com (scatterbrain92) The Mars Volta playing WAX SIMULACRA live at Zero Fest in MONTERREY , MÉXICO. PS: At the end of the show, I won a guitar pick The Mars Volta's Staff threw to the crowd . Keywords: The Mars Volta Wax Simulacra Bedlam In Goliath Cedric Bixler Omar Rodriguez Thomas Pridgen Coca Cola Zero Fest Monte...

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By rss@youtube.com (rocksgaiden) The Widows Live at Vive Cuervo Salon 2008 in Mexico City Author: rocksgaiden Keywords: Cedric Bixler Omar Rodriguez Lopez The Widows Mars Volta Frances the Mute Added: November 8, 2008

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Original at YouTube external link    Sat, May 10

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By rss@youtube.com (NeedleZ666) A slide show of Cedric Bixler-Zavala and Omar Rodriguez-Lopez to "Viscera Eyes", by The Mars Volta. This video has a "sister" video by my friend Patrick. Here is the URL. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qi-bxf32a_s Comments greatly appreciated!

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Rate Mars Volta: Octahedron

Original at InTheNews.co.uk external link    Tue, Jun 16

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It's hard to know where to start trying to explain the Mars Volta, but that's partly the point of this sprawling prog-rock monolith. The brainchild of former At The Drive-In members Omar Rodriguez Lopez (guitar and producer) and Cedric Bixler Zavala ...

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Original at NME.com external link    Sun, Jun 14

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By Luke Lewis Cedric Bixler-Zavala's talk of a potential At The Drive-In reunion was music to the ears of those who felt the Texan hardcore mob lost their thrilling, life-changing urgency when they split up and subsequently morphed into prog-rock ... The Mars Volta - Octahedron I Like Music

Rate Could At The Drive-In Reunite?

Original at antiMUSIC.com external link    Fri, Jun 12

 CA Here it is again: (MusicRadar) Could At The Drive-In, that much-loved post-hardcore/quasi-progressive band that called it a day way too soon, be reuniting? Nobody's saying for sure, but singer Cedric Bixler-Zavala of The Mars Volta is dropping hints. ...

Rate Could At The Drive-In reunite? - MusicRadar.com

Original at The place for music makers external link    Thu, Jun 11

Could At The Drive-In reunite? Could At The Drive-In, that much-loved post-hardcore/quasi-progressive band that called it a day way too soon, be reuniting? Nobody's saying for sure, but singer Cedric Bixler-Zavala of The Mars Volta is dropping hints. Bixler-Zavala, who has taken ...

Rate Album Review : Octahedron

Original at Rolling Stone external link    Mon, Jun 8

Artist: The Mars Volta Album: Octahedron Review: For a band that experiments with glossolalia and pig scalps, the Mars Volta open their latest with a rather straightforward image. "Do you remember how you wore that dress?" sings Cedric Bixler-Zavala in "Since We've Been Wrong," a mostl...

Rate Review: The Mars Volta - Octahedron

Original at Crave Online external link    Mon, Jun 8

Emerging from a minute's forty worth of silence at the onset, album opener Since We've Been Wrong pensively eases into play as Cedric Bixler-Zavala's delicate melody matches phrases with Omar Rodriguez-Lopez's orchestral atmospherics, offering weighted ...

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Rate Album Review: The Mars Volta - Octahedron

Original at FemaleFirst.co.uk external link    Wed, May 27

 UK However, despite their being a lack of 'storytelling' on this album, Cedric Bixler-Zavala said: "It's more mellow. It's a little more of what we consider our 'acoustic' side." To be honest, this is about as acoustic as an experimental can get, ...

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Original at v1.flirtsz.net external link    Sun, Mar 29

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Cedric Bixler-Zavala and The Mars Volta improvising at a concert in Hamburg/GER in 2008. His moves are just unreal! (Sorry for the bad quality..) v1.flirtsz.net

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Original at NOLA.com external link    Fri, Mar 27

The Times-Picayune - NOLA.com, LA Cedric Bixler-Zavala, the lead singer for The Mars Volta, jumps into the crowd during his performance. Due to lackadaisical planning by the folks behind Voodoo Fest, the massive music bash is encroaching on the matrimony of four New Orleans couples. ...

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Original at Hour.ca external link    Wed, Mar 25

 Canada The Mars Volta have always possessed a Rush-like appeal to me; that is, vocalist Cedric Bixler-Zavala completely ruins the plot when he opens his mouth. As such, Old Money, replete with an undercurrent of anti-capitalist paranoia, is like the hairy, ...

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Original at vids.myspace.com external link    Wed, Mar 18

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The Mars Volta at Beaumont Club, 01/25/08 man, I love it when he crazy dances.. I wish I could of gotten good footage of the rest of the band but ... vids.myspace.com

Rate New Orleans Voodoo fest to fall on Halloween

Original at Daily Comet external link    Sun, Mar 1

 LA AP Cedric Bixler-Zavala, the lead singer for The Mars Volta, jumps into the crowd during his performance Oct. 25 at the tenth annual Voodoo Experience in New Orleans' City Park . By STACEY PLAISANCE Associated Press Writer NEW ORLEANS – The Voodoo ...

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Original at adequacy.net external link    Thu, Feb 26

 PA I would describe it a middle ground between At The Drive-In and The Mars Volta, but without the hypnotic melodies and emotive vocals of Cedric Bixler Zavala. And of course, the guitar work of Omar A Rodriguez-Lopez is a lot more unconventional. ...

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Original at Internet DJ external link    Wed, Feb 11

 - Behrens woos us with a vocal quality similar to the stylings of Cedric Bixler-Zevala (The Mars Volta) and a stage personality reminiscent of Freddie Mercury ...

Rate Local Band's Win Gives El Paso Boost

Original at KFOXtv.com external link    Mon, Feb 9

 TX It's a moment every music band dreams of. After eight years in the music scene, The Mars Volta, wins the Grammy for Best Hard Rock Performance. The band was started by two El Pasoans, Omar Rodriguez and Cedric Bixler-Zavala. "It's the style of music I ...

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Original at Chart Attack external link    Fri, Jan 30

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 Canada It's the latest solo effort from the band's guitarist and principal composer/arranger, who's also prolific and scarily talented. Heck, this basically is The Mars Volta, minus Cedric Bixler-Zavala's vocals. (Bixler-Zavala appears on the album, ...

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Original at IGN external link    Fri, Jan 9

 CA - others were complete piss takes (some of the suggestions ranged from Billy Corgan to David Lee Roth, Cedric Bixler-Zavala (The Mars Volta), Corin Tucker ...

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Original at Interference.com external link    Sat, Nov 29

 - Nov 29, 2008 Suddenly, The Mars Volta’s Cedric Bixler-Zavala is starting to look like a real slacker.) The antics might have seemed a bit much had Meloy not been buoyed ...

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Original at atravesdelpuente (Blogspot) external link    Mon, Nov 24

By A traves del puente 3. Do You Speak Braille 4. Calls of Defilement 5. Talking Radio Talking Star. Publicado por A traves del puente a las 23:55. Etiquetas: At The Drive-In, Cedric Bixler-Zavala, De Facto, Sydbarrett67, The Fall on Deaf Ears, The Mars Volta ...

Rate Music Review: The Mars Volta - Frances the Mute

Original at Blogcritics external link    Tue, Nov 18

By Matt Wright While the lyrical ideas presented in Frances the Mute seem disjointed and often make no sense, Bixler-Zavala’s vocals are amazing throughout. Flea from the Red Hot Chili Peppers, who played bass on the Mars Volta’s debut album, ...

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Original at PeaceT(b)lo(g) external link    Tue, Nov 18

By Domenico At the Drive In (ATDI) resulted in two new bands, namely “Sparta” and “The Mars Volta”, where the singer Cedric Bixler-Zavala and the main guitarist Omar Rodríguez-López from ATDI ended up to free their vocational orientation to the ...

Rate Taringa! - (The Mars Volta)Omar Rodriguez-Lopez

Original at Taringa.net external link    Fri, Nov 14

By 629187 Durante este tiempo vio que su vida no iba a ningún lado, entonces llamó a su amigo Cedric Bixler-Zavala quien le sugirió que regresara a El Paso. Con ayuda de Bixler-Zavala, pudo regresar a El Paso donde se unió a At The Drive-In como ...

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Original at Current.com external link    Fri, Nov 14

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The Mars Volta, few words aptly describe the sound that Omar Rodríguez- López and Cedric Bixler-Zavala have procured over the past five years ... current.com

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Original at The Melvillain external link    Thu, Nov 13

By Melvillain When Omar Rodriguez-Lopez and Cedric Bixler-Zavala silenced At the Drive-In in the midst of its popular emergence, there was no question that the two artists would return with new music as exciting as their previous band. ...

Rate Omar Rodriguez-Lopez - Minor Cuts And Scrapes In The Bushes Ahead

Original at Indieducky.Com external link    Sun, Nov 9

Having risen to fame with and walked away from At The Drive-In, Omar Rodriguez Lopez went on to create the experimental rock behemoth that is The Mars Volta with fellow ex-At The Drive-In band mate and best friend Cedric Bixler-Zavala. ...

Rate Help! I Lost My Mind at Voodoo

Original at Red Shtick external link    Fri, Nov 7

 LA - Nov 7, 2008 The “Monkey” (The Mars Volta’s lead singer, Cedric Bixler Zavala) wouldn’t stop. As a matter of fact, the band never stopped making noise for an entire ...

Rate Buzzine » Voodoo Music Experience - Day 2

Original at Buzzine external link    Mon, Nov 3

I had heard lore of The Mars Volta’s live shows as well as first hand accounts of the now legendary At the Drive In performances (Cedric Bixler-Zavala and Omar Rodriquez-Lopez’s critically acclaimed but ill-fated first project) where ...

Rate El Paso bands' songs appear on 'Guitar Hero World Tour' video game

Original at El Paso Times external link    Thu, Oct 30

 TX - Oct 30, 2008 Activision, the creators of "Guitar Hero," Cedric Bixler Zavala, lead singer of The Mars Volta and former singer for At the Drive-In, shown performing with ...

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Original at Psp Backgrounds Free external link    Wed, Oct 29

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Rate The Mars Volta, where melodies go to die - The Times-Picayune

Original at NOLA.com external link    Sat, Oct 25

The Mars Volta, where melodies go to die The Times-Picayune - NOLA.com, LA - Cedric Bixler-Zavala's banshee wail makes Geddy Lee sound like Barry White. Guitarist Omar Rodriguez-Lopez soloed endlessly, repeating flurries of high ...

Rate The Mars Volta, where melodies go to die - Keith Spera - Times ...

Original at The Times-Picayune external link    Thu, Oct 23

The contemporary prog-rock ensemble uncorked one high-speed, hard rock freak-out and mash-up after another. Cedric Bixler-Zavala's banshee wail makes Geddy Lee sound like Barry White. Guitarist Omar Rodriguez-Lopez soloed endlessly, ...

Rate SUNDAY SPOTLIGHT: DON’T YOU THINK THE MARS VOLTA DESERVES YOUR ...

Original at MetalSucks external link    Thu, Oct 23

By Kip Wingerschmidt It seems this whole madcap mess began with De Facto, the future-forward dub side project from guitarist Omar Rodriguez-Lopez and vocalist Cedric Bixler-Zavala, two of the visionary members of 90s post-punk outfit At The Drive-In (and I ...

Rate Jazz News: Detour Festival | 10.04.08 | Los Angeles

Original at All About Jazz external link    Sat, Oct 18

For the uneducated, The Mars Volta is a “prog-rock" band out of Los Angeles. Formed out of the now defunct band At The Drive-In, its core members are guitarist Omar Rodrguez-Lpez and singer Cedric Bixler-Zavala. ...

Rate The Mars Volta: a well-dressed "pop corpse" / In Depth // Drowned ...

Original at Drowned In Sound external link    Wed, Oct 8

By Mike Diver Cedric Bixler-Zavala and Omar Rodríguez-López have a selection of healthy-eating foodstuffs laid out on top of a table; their PR officer offers some my way, but I decline, content with my tea. (Truth is that it all looks a little scary ...

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Original at Relix external link    Wed, Oct 8

 NY - Oct 8, 2008 epic eight-minute-and-a-half showcase of Melicia's vocal range (reminiscent of The Mars Volta frontman Cedric Bixler-Zavala) and finally to the catchy, ...

Rate The Mars Volta's Cedric Bixler-Zavala Attacks Catholicism - GIGWISE

Original at Gigwise external link    Sun, Oct 5

The Mars Volta's Cedric Bixler-Zavala Attacks Catholicism; Add to My Fav Bands List More The Mars Volta. The Mars Volta’s Cedric Bixler-Zavala has revealed to Gigwise that experiences in his youth have turned him against the Catholic ...

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Original at thisishowsquaresroll.en (WordPress) external link    Tue, Sep 30

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By Nate S Spawned from the ashes of post-hardcore pioneers At the Drive-In, The Mars Volta is the wild product of musician eccentrics Cedric Bixler-Zavala and Omar Rodriguez-Lopez.  The progressive act fuses latin, jazz, punk rock, and a considerable amount of noise into a packageable form tha...

Rate El Paso's own Mars Volta creates a little bedlam at Chavez

Original at El Paso Times external link    Tue, Sep 30    2 related articles

By Doug Pullen / El Paso Times El Paso's own Mars Volta, including singer Cedric Bixler-Zavala, performs at the Abraham Chavez Theater. ... The Mars Volta at Club 101 Newspaper Tree Clubbing with The Mars Volta at 101 Newspaper Tree Mars Volta playing Club 101 Monday night El Paso Times

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Original at JamBase external link    Mon, Sep 29

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 CA - Sep 29, 2008 In a rap between "Aberinkula" and the closer, lead singer Cedric Bixler-Zavala told some fighting drunks to cut the crap, and then got the audience involved ...

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Original at AZ Central.com external link    Mon, Sep 29

 AZ - Sep 29, 2008 29, 2008 03:40 PM You might think the Mars Volta guitarist/producer Omar Rodriguez-Lopez and lyricist/vocalist Cedric Bixler-Zavala are always on the ...

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Original at ultra8201 external link    Mon, Sep 29

By Richard It was a good time and fun to check out while trying to find a good spot for The Mars Volta. Cedric Bixler-Zavala Omar Rodriguez-Lopez The Mars Volta. The Mars Volta - It's hard not to biased. They are my absolute favorite band. ...

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Original at UT The Daily Texan external link    Mon, Sep 29

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 TX - Sep 29, 2008 Guitarist Omar Rodriguez-Lopez, left, and singer Cedric Bixler-Zavala of The Mars Volta perform Friday night at ACL on the AMD stage. ...

Rate The Mars Volta: Band brings avant-rock back home Sunday

Original at El Paso Times external link    Sat, Sep 27    1 related articles

EL PASO -- Cedric Bixler Zavala said there's a good reason why The Mars Volta, the critically acclaimed and commercially successful avant-rock band he formed with fellow El Pasoan Omar Rodriguez-Lopez, was together three years before playing here.

Rate REVIEW: Mars Volta At The Electric Factory

Original at Phawker external link    Sun, Sep 21

The Mars Volta as a live band is nothing short of jaw dropping. As a two-time veteran of the band’s live act, I can attest: seeing the Mars Volta, led by vocalist Cedric Bixler-Zavala and guitarist Omar Rodríguez-López, is like no other ...

Rate Music Box: Hynde remains one of most durable, consistent rockers

Original at Annapolis Capital external link    Fri, Sep 19

 MD - Sep 19, 2008 Formed in 2001 by bandleader/composer/guitarist Omar Rodriguez-Lopez and lyricist/vocalist Cedric Bixler-Zavala, The Mars Volta creates dark concept albums ...

Rate The Mars Volta 'Bedlam In Goliath' album - MusicRemedy

Original at MusicRemedy external link    Thu, Sep 11

Back at the turn of the century guitarist/producer Omar Rodriguez-Lopez and lyricist/vocalist Cedric Bixler-Zavala decided to form a musical partnership called The Mars Volta. They grabbed a few other intrepid musicians and recorded The ...

Rate The Mars Volta: The Bedlam in Goliath < Music | PopMatters

Original at PopMatters external link    Fri, Jun 27

By Andrew Blackie At the Drive-In is over and buried, and the longer its two chief members, Cedric Bixler-Zavala and Omar Rodríguez-López, try to protract its shadow over their new outlet, the more The Mars Volta suffers for it. 2006’s Amputechture hit ...

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Original at mtv.com external link    Tue, Jan 29

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We have the ability to attract and repel at the same time,' frontman Cedric Bixler-Zavala boasts. 'Otherwise, you're just going to be, like, this Neil Diamond act.' The criticism doesn't bother frontman Cedric Bixler-Zavala, who, along with Rodriguez-Lopez, left seminal punk experim...

Rate Album Review : The Bedlam in Goliath

Original at Rolling Stone external link    Fri, Jan 25

Review: "I'm starting to feel a miscarriage coming on," Cedric Bixler-Zavala announces in a tremulous bark in "Goliath," well into the crowded cerebral-metal violence of the Mars Volta's fourth studio album. It is late warning. Torsos already fly as thick and fast as the wasp-army guita...

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Original at IndieLondon external link    Sun, Jan 13

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By Rob THE MARS VOLTA – WAX SIMULACRA: Though Omar Rodriguez-Lopez and Cedric Bixler Zavala did time in popular Emo band At The Drive-In, their subsequent project, the Mars Volta, is a horse of an entirely different colour. Instead of punk, the pair takes their influences largely from 1970s pro...

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Rate Mars Volta To Release 'The Record That Did Not Want To Be Born'

Original at mtv.com external link    Mon, Nov 5

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But the band's forthcoming LP, The Bedlam in Goliath, takes concept records to a whole new level. Due in stores January 29, Bedlam deals with a present Volta guitarist Omar Rodriguez-Lopez — who also produced the LP — gave frontman Cedric Bixler-Zavala after returning from a trip to Jerus...

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