The Mars Volta

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Digging through over 40 years of characteristically extensive track lengths, intricate arrangements and fantastical lyricism.

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Two decades and they still hold up.

Misfortune can sometimes lead to fortune.

They're back.

He claims the Church of Scientology is trying to silence them.

Former Red Hot Chili Peppers guitarist John Frusciante and At the Drive-In / Mars Volta guitarist Omar Rodriguez-Lopez have teamed up to create the new project Kimono Kult. Both eccentric musicians have put out some odd forms of rock in the past, and from what we've learned about Kimono Kult, it has the potential to out-weird them all.

Texas prog heavies the Mars Volta have broken up. News of their demise came last night (Jan. 23) via a series of tweets from singer Cedric Bixler-Zavala, who founded the group in 2001 with multi-instrumentalist and producer Omar Rodríguez-López, his former compatriot in post-hardcore faves At the Drive-In.

The Mars Volta have ended speculation as to what their new album is named, what songs are on it, and when it comes out. As for what any of the songs are about, you're on your own.

The band that split into The Mars Volta and Sparta over ten years ago will reunite to perform at Indio, California's Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival this April.