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[[The Mars Volta]] is a [[Progressive Rock]] band from El Paso, Texas (
'''Members:'''
* Omar Rodríguez-López: guitar, production
* Cedric Bixler-Zavala: lyrics, vocals
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* Lars Stalfors: sound manipulation, keyboards
'''Former members:'''
* Dave Elitch: drums
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* Jeremy Michael Ward: sound technician
'''Collaborators:'''
* [[Stage Names|Flea]] of the [[Red Hot Chili Peppers]]: Bass
{{Discography
* 2001 - ''Tremulant (EP)
* 2003 - ''De-Loused in the Comatorium''
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* 2012 - ''Noctourniquet''
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* [[Awesome McCoolname]]: Try telling anyone the name Cedric Bixler-Zavala is dull-sounding.
* [[Berserk Button]]: Cedric tends to get vocal about his dislikes, like moshing, and cigarettes
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** Granted, Cedric's Spanish is mostly mispronounced on purpose to fit his vocal range.
* [[Book Ends]]: The "Sarcophagi" section on ''Frances the Mute'' opens and closes the album; a whistling kettle in the first instance is also taken off the stove in the second.
* [[Careful
* [[Concept Album]]: Four of them, in fact:
** ''De-Loused in the Comatorium'': A man named Cerpin Taxt attempts suicide via a mix of morphine and rat poison, but instead falls into a coma for a week and experiences ''very'' strange hallucinations during this time. {{spoiler|He ultimately jumps off a bridge onto a freeway during rush hour.}} Very loosely based on the life and death of the band's friend, Julio Vanegas.
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** Most notably, however, is probably [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7AFXuoqwfeQ "Tourniquet Man"]. Being the only quiet spot on the otherwise cacophonic ''The Bedlam In Goliath'', however, this was probably to be expected. Starting off slow but ominous, the vocals suddenly become horribly distorted halfway through, the backing synths slow down and slur, the drumming grows erratic, and the saxophone keeps on playing as if nothing had happened (although Omar has a proud tradition of not letting the other musicians hear the rest of the piece, so for all Adrian knew nothing ''had'' happened).
* [[Leave the Camera Running]]: this is used on ''Frances the Mute'' with the endings of songs like Cygnus...Vismund Cygnus, The Widow, and L'Via L'Viaquez most likely for an ambient effect
* [[Loudness War]]: Every single album has clipping, which in many cases is audible. ''Noctourniquet'' was so bad that even the mastering engineer [https://twitter.com/#!/hebakadryy/status/185105490387275777 criticised it], claiming she was forced (by either the label or the band; it's not clear which) to master it that way. At least some of the vinyl editions also have clipping. Luckily there are [[wikipedia:Audacity|programs]] that can be used to [https://web.archive.org/web/20131029011000/http://fools-gold.org/forum/showthread.php?p=1574535#post1574535 remedy this].
* [[Mind Screw]]: Most of their lyrics and quite a bit of their music.
* [[Mind Screwdriver]]: The [https://web.archive.org/web/20141119084626/http://fools-gold.org/marsvolta.html#deloused story] the band wrote to explain the plot of ''De-Loused in the Comatorium''. [[Your Mileage May Vary]] on whether it's effective.
* [[Neoclassical Punk Zydeco Rockabilly]]: their genre is hard to define, Prog, Post-hardcore, Latin, Electronic
* [[Nightmare Fuel (
* [[One of Us]]: Both Omar and Cedric have admitted to being Doctor Who fans, which is evident when they used to use The Axons as props on stage and appeared in publicity photos with Daleks
* [[Portmanteau]]: At least three album titles bear one, let alone their song names.
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