The Mars Volta
Line-up:
Cedric Bixler-Zavala (vocals); Adrián Terrazas-González (flute, bass clarinet, tenor sax); Pablo Hinojos-Gonzalez (guitar, electronics); Omar Rodriguez-Lopez (guitar); Isaiah 'Ikey' Owens (keyboards); Juan Alderete de la Pena (bass); Thomas Pridgen (drums); Marcel Rodriguez-Lopez (percussion).
About The Mars Volta
The progressive rock band The Mars Volta is in outsider in every
respect, and that includes this festival. The band of Cedrix Bixler
and guitarist/composer Omar Rodriguez-Lopez, former members of At
the Drive-In, has a reputation of knowing no bounds in every
aspect: the artists enthusiastically fling themselves into punk,
rock, free jazz, hard rock, Latin and psychedelic music with
concepts that are farfetched and always remarkable. Sometimes their
music is funky, at other times it's groovy; to be honest, the music
of this Texan ensemble can hardly be captured in one single style.
A lot of bombast, heavy jamming, screeching guitar solos and a
singer who moves across the stage as if his life depended on it.
Their fourth studio CD, The Bedlam in Goliath, successor of
Amputechture from 2006, includes a contribution by the Red Hot
Chili Peppers' guitarist John Frusciante.