The Mars Volta is an American progressive rock band from El Paso, Texas, fo… Read Full Bio ↴The Mars Volta is an American progressive rock band from El Paso, Texas, formed in 2001. The band's only constant members are Omar Rodríguez-López (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 Rodríguez-López (keyboards, synths, percussion), Linda-Philomène Tsoungui (drums) and Leo Genovese (keyboards, saxophone).
Known for their energetic live shows and concept albums, The Mars Volta formed following the break-up of Rodríguez-López and Bixler-Zavala's previous band, At the Drive-In. Seeking to experiment and expand their sound, Rodríguez-López and Bixler-Zavala recruited Gardner, Isaiah "Ikey" Owens (keyboards), Jon Theodore (drums) and Jeremy Ward (sound manipulation) to form The Mars Volta. The band released their debut EP, Tremulant, in 2002, with Gardner leaving the band prior to recording their debut album, De-Loused in the Comatorium. She was replaced by Red Hot Chili Peppers bass guitarist Flea for the sessions. The Rick Rubin-produced album received widespread critical acclaim upon its release in 2003.
The band's second studio album, Frances the Mute (2005), was self-produced by Rodríguez-López and was the first to feature longterm members Juan Alderete (bass) and Marcel Rodríguez-López. The album debuted at #4 on the US Billboard 200 and became the band's biggest commercial success, selling over 500,000 copies in the US and achieving Gold certification from the RIAA. The band's third studio album, Amputechture, was released in 2006 and was the last album to feature Theodore. In 2008, the band released The Bedlam in Goliath, a concept album inspired by the band's turbulent experiences with a ouija-type talking board. The album's first single, "Wax Simulacra" was awarded a Grammy Award in 2009 for Best Hard Rock Performance. The band released its fifth album, Octahedron, in June 2009.
Following the release of their sixth album, Noctourniquet (2012), and a run of reunion shows with At the Drive-In, The Mars Volta entered a hiatus in September 2012. Rodríguez-López subsequently formed a new project, Bosnian Rainbows, and the band formally broke up after disagreements between Rodríguez-López and Bixler-Zavala. The duo repaired their friendship and reunited in 2014 for a new project, Antemasque, and further At the Drive-In tours and recording sessions.
Reuniting in secret in 2019, Rodríguez-López and Bixler-Zavala recorded a new studio album, The Mars Volta, with Gardner, Marcel Rodríguez-López and drummer Willy Rodriguez Quiñones. The band announced their reunion – after ten years of public inactivity – with an art installation called L'ytome Hodorxí Telesterion, in June 2022. For the band's live return, jazz pianist Leo Genovese and drummer Linda-Philomène Tsoungui were added to the line-up.
Full Wikipedia article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mars_Volta
Studio albums
De-Loused in the Comatorium (2003)
Frances the Mute (2005)
Amputechture (2006)
The Bedlam in Goliath (2008)
Octahedron (2009)
Noctourniquet (2012)
The Mars Volta (2022)
Que Dios Te Maldiga Mi Corazon (2023)
Known for their energetic live shows and concept albums, The Mars Volta formed following the break-up of Rodríguez-López and Bixler-Zavala's previous band, At the Drive-In. Seeking to experiment and expand their sound, Rodríguez-López and Bixler-Zavala recruited Gardner, Isaiah "Ikey" Owens (keyboards), Jon Theodore (drums) and Jeremy Ward (sound manipulation) to form The Mars Volta. The band released their debut EP, Tremulant, in 2002, with Gardner leaving the band prior to recording their debut album, De-Loused in the Comatorium. She was replaced by Red Hot Chili Peppers bass guitarist Flea for the sessions. The Rick Rubin-produced album received widespread critical acclaim upon its release in 2003.
The band's second studio album, Frances the Mute (2005), was self-produced by Rodríguez-López and was the first to feature longterm members Juan Alderete (bass) and Marcel Rodríguez-López. The album debuted at #4 on the US Billboard 200 and became the band's biggest commercial success, selling over 500,000 copies in the US and achieving Gold certification from the RIAA. The band's third studio album, Amputechture, was released in 2006 and was the last album to feature Theodore. In 2008, the band released The Bedlam in Goliath, a concept album inspired by the band's turbulent experiences with a ouija-type talking board. The album's first single, "Wax Simulacra" was awarded a Grammy Award in 2009 for Best Hard Rock Performance. The band released its fifth album, Octahedron, in June 2009.
Following the release of their sixth album, Noctourniquet (2012), and a run of reunion shows with At the Drive-In, The Mars Volta entered a hiatus in September 2012. Rodríguez-López subsequently formed a new project, Bosnian Rainbows, and the band formally broke up after disagreements between Rodríguez-López and Bixler-Zavala. The duo repaired their friendship and reunited in 2014 for a new project, Antemasque, and further At the Drive-In tours and recording sessions.
Reuniting in secret in 2019, Rodríguez-López and Bixler-Zavala recorded a new studio album, The Mars Volta, with Gardner, Marcel Rodríguez-López and drummer Willy Rodriguez Quiñones. The band announced their reunion – after ten years of public inactivity – with an art installation called L'ytome Hodorxí Telesterion, in June 2022. For the band's live return, jazz pianist Leo Genovese and drummer Linda-Philomène Tsoungui were added to the line-up.
Full Wikipedia article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mars_Volta
Studio albums
De-Loused in the Comatorium (2003)
Frances the Mute (2005)
Amputechture (2006)
The Bedlam in Goliath (2008)
Octahedron (2009)
Noctourniquet (2012)
The Mars Volta (2022)
Que Dios Te Maldiga Mi Corazon (2023)
A) Gust of Mutts
The Mars Volta Lyrics
We have lyrics for these tracks by The Mars Volta:
01 cygnus____vismund cygnus The ocean floor is hidden From your viewing lens A depth per…
01 Roulette Dares Transient jet lag ecto mimed bison This is the haunt…
01-Cygnus...Vismund Cygnus The ocean floor is hidden From your viewing lens A depth p…
02 Cygnus...Vismund Cygnus: Umbilical Syllables The ocean floor is hidden From your viewing lens A…
02 Son et lumiere Clipside of the pinkeye flight I'm not the percent you…
03 Cicatriz ESP Do you recall it's name As it suggested beck and…
03-Roulette Dares Transient jet lag ecto mimed bison This is the haunt…
04-Wax Simulacra Came back to tell yourself I broke in twos, Define the…
06 Tourniquet Man I've seen the only living traces Flicker in the sulfur The…
7 Cicatriz Esp Do you recall it's name? As it suggested beck and call This…
A Plague Upon Your Hissing Sawing at the pavement Repented their past lives Might not b…
A Vicarious Atonement Don't you pretend That I'm not alive My bones never ache …
Aberinkula Have you seen the living Tired of their own shells All the…
Aegis The days are catching up to me My unconscious fear unbound I…
Agadez I should have always known You'd scratch that itch When you …
Ambuletz Oh lord, Oh lord, You've made it.... You wanna drag your…
Asilos Magdalena Enfermo llegue Y para componerme ando de vago No me des tu…
Askepios I'll be there waiting with the hook in your neck…
Back Up Against the Wall You yell out in defiance You're backed up against that…
Blank condolences I heard it moving through tiny blades of grass Nursed in…
Candy And A Currant Bun Oh my, girl sitting in the sun Go buy, candy and…
Cassandra Gemini I think I’ve become one of the others I think I’ve…
Cassandra Gemini (Digital Version) I think I've become like one of the others I think…
Cassandra Gemini I I think I've become one of the others Oh, oh, oh Think…
Cassandra Gemini II Brick by brick, the night eclipsed Pricked by the cuticle th…
Cassandra Gemini III Twenty five wives in the lake tonight Raw bark in the…
Cassandra Gemini IV I think I've become one of the others Oh, oh, oh I…
Cassandra Gemini VI Brick by brick, the night eclipsed Pricked by the cuticle th…
Cassandra Gemini VII No there's no light, In the darkest of your furthest reaches…
Cassandra Gemini: Con Safo Brick by brick the night eclipsed Pricked by cuticle thorns …
Cassandra Geminni Tarantism (1) I think I've become one of the other…
Cassandra Geminni a) Tarantism I think i've become like one of the others I think…
Cassandra Geminni c) Faminepulse You can't bend your crooked arms Or fold your punctured proo…
Cassandra Geminni d) Multiple Spouse Wounds No, there's no light In the darkest of your furthest reaches…
Cassandra Geminni: Tarantism Tarantism (1) I think I've become one of the other…
Cassandra Geminni: A. Tarantism I think i've become like one of the others I think…
Cassandra Geminni: E. Sarcophagi The ocean floor is hidden from your viewing lens A depth…
Cassandra Geminni: Sarcophagi The ocean floor is hidden From your viewing lens A depth…
Caught In The Sun I am coming this way Caught in this world Caught in this…
Cavalettas A salty ring of night fatigue When I get the sweats From…
Cicatriz Do you recall it's name As it suggested beck and…
Cicatriz E.S.P Do you recall it's name As it suggested beck and…
Cicatriz ESP Do you recall it's name As it suggested beck and…
Cicatriz ESP part1 Do you recall it's name As it suggested beck and…
Con Safo Brick by brick The night eclipsed Pricked by cuticle thorns …
Concertina In denial who will come clean All the ravenous debris…
Conjugal Burns The horseman you have brought deserve me Somehow they've mad…
Copernicus Close the doors If you want to seen her breathing again Blur…
Cotopaxi When sanskrit was my mother tongue Scarabs filled my pillow …
Cut That City Neonecropopulace has no reflection Neocaeczaristic phallic …
Cygnus Vismund Cygnus The ocean floor is hidden From your viewing lens A depth p…
Cygnus....Vismund Cygnus The ocean floor is hidden From your viewing lens A depth per…
Cygnus...Vismund Cygnus The ocean floor is hidden From your viewing lens A depth p…
Cygnus...Vismund Cygnus: Sarcophagi/Umbilical Syllables/Facilis ... The ocean floor is hidden From your viewing lens A…
Cygnus...Vismund Cygnus: Umbilical Syllables The ocean floor is hidden From your viewing lens A…
Day of the Baphomets Sawing off the pavement Repenting their past lives Might I b…
Desperate Graves The swarms that I speak are the wrists I have…
Drunkship of Lanterns You've got the lot to burn A shelf of pig-smothered…
Dyslexicon Nature red in tooth and claw I haven't seemed to keep…
El Ciervo Vulnerado I've been drinking black myrrh again The closer we part I ne…
Empty Vessels Make the Loudest Sound If I trust in the wind she will pave me…
Eria Tarka And there are those who Hadn't found the speaking so…
Eriatarka And there are those who Hadn't found the speaking so…
Eunuch Provocateur The Al Sirat hides behind A wardrobe of eunuchs Seconds…
Faminepulse You can't bend your crooked arms Or fold your punctured proo…
Frances The Mute A. In thirteen seconds B. Nineteen sank, while six would swi…
Goliath That night I remember what you slipped in my glass We…
Graveyard Love There's a little house on the outskirts of town Tilted in…
Halo of Nembutals When the earth let you go When the verdict is vermin By…
Haruspex Do you recall my name? Beyond the anthills Of the dawnin…
Ilyena (When the chants have cycled) (How can I go wrong?) (There w…
Imago My anguish told you A persistent lie The parasitic psych…
In Absentia There was once a boy With knives stuck in his voice All…
Inertiatic Now I'm lost Last night I heard lepers Flinch like birth…
Inertiatic ESP Now I'm lost Now I'm lost Now I'm lost Now I'm lost Last ni…
Inertiatic Esp-Eos Now I'm lost Last night I heard lepers Flinch like birth…
L L'Via Hija de Miranda, Tu Apellido se cambió L'Via Sin ojos …
L' Via L' Viaquez L'Via Hija de Miranda Tu Apellido se cambió L'Via Sin ojos m…
L' Via L' Viaquez feat. John Frusciante L'Via Hija de Miranda, Tu Apellido se cambió L'Via Sin ojos …
L' Via l'Viaquez L'Via Hija de Miranda Tu Apellido se cambió L'Via Sin ojos m…
L'Via L'Via Hija de Miranda, Tu Apellido se cambió L'Via Sin ojos …
L'Via L'Viaquez L'Via Hija de Miranda Tu Apellido se cambió L'Via Sin ojos m…
L'Via L'Viaquez (Previously Un L'Via Hija de Miranda, Tu apellido se cambió L'Via Sin o…
Lapochka How long must I wait How long must I wait Til the…
Luciforms How much do you make In that death factory Severance hold …
L’Via L’Viaquez L’ Via Hija de Miranda Tu Apellido se cambió L’ Via Sin Ojos…
Meccamputechture Amputechture came Philistine praise Bottomless pit of empty …
Memories I know I cannot leave this place Full of memories Things l…
Metatron Maybe I'll breakdown Maybe I'll try Circumvent inoculation A…
Miranda I've always wanted To eat glass with you again But…
Miranda That Ghost Just Isn't Holy Anymore I’ve always wanted To eat glass with you again But I never…
Miranda That Ghost Just Isn't Holy Anymore B. Pour Another Icepick I think I've become one of them I think I've become…
Miranda That Ghost Just Isn't Holy Anymore Pour Another Icepick I think I've become one of them I think I've become…
Miranda That Ghost Just Isn't Holy Anymore A) Vade Mecum I've always wanted To eat glass with you again But…
Miranda That Ghost Just Isn't Holy Anymore b) Pour Another Icepick I think I've become one of them I think I've become…
Miranda That Ghost Just Isn't Holy Anymore c) Pisacis I've always wanted To eat glass with you again But…
Miranda That Ghost Just Isn't Holy Anymore: B. Pour Another Icepick I think I've become one of them I think I've become…
Miranda That Ghost Just Isn't Holy Anymore: C. Pisacis I've always wanted To eat glass with you again But I never…
Miranda That Ghost Just Isn't Holy Anymore: D. Con Safo I've always wanted To eat glass with you again But…
Miranda That Ghost Just Isn't Holy Anymore: Pour Another Icepick I think I've become one of them I think I've become…
Miranda That Ghost Just Isn't Holy Anymore: Vade Mecum I've always wanted To eat glass with you again But…
Miranda That Ghost Just Isnt Holy Anymore I've always wanted To eat glass with you again But I never…
Miranda That Ghost Just Isn’t Holy Anymore I’ve always wanted To eat glass with you again But I never…
Miranda the Ghost that Isn I've always wanted To eat glass with you again But…
Molochwalker The world is burned, it never hurts Shanks round the bend…
Multiple Spouse Wounds No, there's no light In the darkest of your furthest reaches…
Noctourniquet Make my bed in droughts of beryl I haven't shot this…
Ouroboros It appears to me quoting alarms guillotine smirks In your…
Ouroborous It appears to me Quoting alarms Guillotine smirks In your ho…
plant a nail in the navel stre Ah-ah-ah-ah Ah-ah-ah-ah 25 wives in the lake tonight Raw ba…
Roulette Dares Transient jet lag Ecto mimed bison This is the haunt…
Roulette Dares Live Transient jet lag ecto mimed bison This is the haunt of…
since we Do you remember how you wore that dress? It slipped my…
Since We've Been Wrong Do you remember how you wore that dress? It slipped my…
Since We’ve Been Wrong Do you remember how you wore that dress? It slipped my…
Son Et Lumiere Clipside of the pinkeye flight I'm not the percent you…
Soothsayer My love becomes a mange Dyeing autumn in its leaves When it…
Take the Veil Cerpin Taxt You must have been phlegmatic in stature The gates of Thanos…
Tarantism Tarantism (1) I think I've become one of the other…
Teflon Just don't know the layman's terms To call the mess you…
televator Just as he hit The ground They lowered a tow that Stuck i…
Televators Just as he hit the ground They lowered a tow that Stuck…
Tetragrammaton Tell me it's over Rusbel awaits I've been to the surface And…
the bible and the breathalyzer Among the tattered dwelling of the new found home, in…
The Malkin Jewel I must have crawled through your bedroom door In a fit…
The Whip Hand When you leave the nights on Contagions bind your doublespea…
The Widow He's got fasting black lungs Made of clove splintered shards…
Things Behind the Sun Please beware of them that stare They'll only smile to see…
This Apparatus Must Be Unearth I've been waiting for so long For someone to Mend…
This Apparratus Must Be Unearthed I've been waiting for so long For someone to Mend…
Tourniquet I've seen the only living traces flicker in the sulfur And…
Tourniquet Man I've seen the only living traces Flicker in the sulfur The o…
Trinkets Pale of Moon By the landfill I rest I burn their clothing before I…
Vedamalady Here it comes again Mesh of arms travels up my neck Morn…
Vermicide There with them is error We are sacrosanct A taunting of rav…
Vicarious Atonement Don't you pretend That I'm not alive My bones never ache Unl…
Vigil I know the way he makes you hide Even when the…
Viscera Eyes Por cuando te vi enfermo con mentiras Este ladron cuenta se…
Wax Simulacra Came back to doubt yourself but broke in two They find…
With Twilight as My Guide I'm bolted from within From long conniving heights The hal…
Zed and Two Naughts I'm not breathing any better My lips crack with every grin,…
[intro] He's got fasting black lungs Made of clove splintered sharde…
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Joel Godinez
Rediculeous how good they were!
Vanessa Montoya
Ridiculous...
Either way they're wonderful! B)
Chimberto Caviglia
After knowing what The Mars Volta were and owning some of their albums I have to admit that Scabdates really fucked me up and still is one of my favorite live records ever.
Jerry rumorhasIT
bought this cd when i was a sophomore. rite after frances the mute came outZ the mars volta was on fucking fire. 10:30 seconds in is like my favorite part of any tmv piece ever.
Iron Lung
Yup right after school straight to best buy
Alvin Duran
Have you guys never heard Cassandra gemini??? Haha
Matthew Britt
Jerry Escatel same!!! Sophomore year baby!! Picked up Frances the day it came out at an fye lol... will always be my favorite Volta album
Erik H
This is so amazing...everything about the sound of these songs. Cedric's voice, Ikey's keys, Omar's weird ass shit...it's so good!! An experience
Erik H
They always change up their live performances. I feel like I'm missing out on the best music ever because it's not all recorded! Thank God or the Universe or whatever that they were so creative. So many musicians perform their songs as recorded (tho still great!) with no difference live. Mars Volta really fucked me up by changing up shit all of the time!
Jim Bennett
Still my favorite band