The Mars Volta is the creative partnership formed in 2001 between bandleader/composer/guitarist Omar Rodriguez-Lopez and lyricist/vocalist Cedric Bixler-Zavala.
The Mars Volta's first recorded output was the three-song Tremulant EP, released April 2002 on the Gold Standard Laboratories label.
De-Loused In The Comatorium, the first full-length album by The Mars Volta, was released in June 2003. Produced by Omar Rodriguez-Lopez and Rick Rubin, De-Loused In The Comatorium served as a celebration of the life of Julio Venegas, a local artist...
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