Tremulant

The Mars Volta is the newest vehicle of former At the Drive-In members Omar Rodriguez and Cedric Bixler, and the remarkable group of musicians they have teamed-up with. Upping the ante once again, Rodriguez, Bixler, and co. have gone above and beyond even the most liberal of expectations, virtually reinventing the idea of rock music for an entire generation of young fans whose interest in the duo (in particular) seems inexhaustible. With any justice, The Mars Volta will be the leak that sinks the Good Ship Nu-Metal once and for all. The band are a technical tour-de-force, a "riveting melee of psychedelic rock, free-jazz entropy, and urgent hardcore" taking cues from Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, The Birthday Party, Fugazi, and Sly and the Family Stone.