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The Mars Volta announce Lucro Sucio; Unfinished Business, their first live album in over twenty years

By Jerry Ewing Published

The Mars Volta's new live album Lucro Sucio; Unfinished Business, is the result of an interactive campaign with the band's fans

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Omar Rodriguez Lopez and Cedric Bixler-Zavala of the Mars Volta pose for portraits backstage at the Big Day Out at Flemington Race Course on January 26th 2010 in Melbourne, Australia
That acclaimed movie about the Mars Volta and At The Drive-In is coming to UK cinemas

By Fraser Lewry Published

Omar & Cedric: If This Ever Gets Weird tells the story of the friendship between Omar Rodríguez-López and Cedric Bixler-Zavala

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It took The Mars Volta three years and several arguments to make Noctourniquet

By Ben Myers Published

Omar Rodriguez-Lopez challenged himself to stop aiming for perfection, and challenged old friend Cedric Bixler-Zavala to write direct lyrics. It wasn’t easy for either of them

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The anarchic early years of one of rock's most enigmatic groups, The Mars Volta

By Grant Moon Published

An interview with The Mars Volta's Omar Rodriguez-Lopez and Cedric Bixler-Zavala

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A still from the film Omar and Cedric: If This Ever Gets Weird
Watch trailer for Mars Volta documentary exploring intense friendship between band's two stars

By Stef Lach Published

Omar and Cedric: If This Ever Gets Weird takes deep dive into the friendship Mars Volta and At The Drive-In duo

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Album Of The Week Club review: De-Loused In The Comatorium by The Mars Volta

By Classic Rock Magazine Published

From the ashes of post-hardcore punks At The Drive-In something stirred, and it was proggy

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“You could record yourself on a computer”: John Frusciante once wrote Jimmy Page a letter asking him to appear on his best friend’s album

By Henry Yates Published

Red Hot Chili Peppers guitarist John Frusciante wanted Jimmy Page to appear on The Mars Volta’s Frances The Mute album

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How The Mars Volta's De-Loused In The Comatorium brilliantly rewired prog rock for a new generation of punk rock kids

By Stephen Hill Published

Released in June 2003, The Mars Volta's debut album De-Loused In The Comatorium is a prog-punk masterpiece

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The Mars Volta announce reimagined version of comeback album

By Fraser Lewry Published

Less than a year after the release of their reunion album, The Mars Volta detail acoustic reworking Que Dios Te Maldiga Mi Corazon

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The Mars Volta plot short summer UK tour

By Simon Young Published

Plus: the prog collective will release an exclusive 12" of Frances the Mute on Record Store Day

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