The Mars Volta

Biography

The Mars Volta is usually described as one of the strangest rock-groups in America. The band became known for usually concept-based studio albums, psychedelic and hardly understandable lyrics as well as for wild, energetic and improvised live shows. The Mars Volta started as the side project of At the Drive-In members Cedric Bixler-Zavala and Omar Rodriguez-Lopez named De Facto, which also included audio technician Jeremy Michael Ward. The band released several rock-albums, but then Rodriguez-Lopez claimed he felt tired of it. This is how De Facto turned to The Mars Volta in 2001. The group quickly developed its own experimental sound, which combined progressive rock, jazz, punk, psychedelic and Latin influences.

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