The Mars Volta

[MicroWavesMeInsane]

Got the album
Seen em live
Amazin.
Any1 else?

[Sarah]

Twice.
Gets a bit boring or just hard to concentrate after the first hour of solos.

[MicroWavesMeInsane]

Suppose, pretty impressive Bass solo tho

[Larsen B]

have you ever read the lyrics to that album?

jeez talk about long complicated words, spouting an endless stream of emotions about the subject matter of his suicidal friend,

i can make no sense of any of it other than Televators, but its all good for me :D

[Sarah]

They have a meaning behind them?
Thought they might have been like Bowie lyrics.

[MicroWavesMeInsane]

Below the belt

[Larsen B]

go here and click on 'Band', it says it all there, the whole album is pretty much devoted to this guy

http://www.themarsvolta.com/index_main.html

[Sarah]

A comparison to Bowie lyrics is far from being an insult, dear.

[MicroWavesMeInsane]

Oh, sorry, darlin

[Corker]

I find the mars volta boring, sure there good at what they do and uch respect to that...but come on talk about indulgent music..give me at the drive in any day!

[Scuzzball]

This needs bumping... The Mars Volta are amazing!

I have the album and the EP, but have never seen them live. I've heard a load of audio from their shows, though. And they're supposed to be releasing a live DVD soon... that should be sweet!

[Larsen B]

cool that would be a dvd worth splashing out for,

and as for self indulgent, i thought thats what music was for anyway, to express your own feelings...

[Nat]

The Mars Volta :D it would be awesome if they would do a gig in Cardiff

[miss villkhu[TSP]]

i love the mars volta and i've only heard two of their songs. i'm going to download the album after i've done this geagraphy praject. i better get back to work!

[Neil]

']i love the mars volta and i've only heard two of their songs. i'm going to download the album after i've done this geagraphy praject. i better get back to work!

Hehe geagraphy

All their stuff is good

[Ketchup]

they've been to trondheim in norway where I live... a friend tried to drag me to the concert but I never went. think I ought to regret it now....?

[kylarai]

a friend of mine got me into Mars Volta. I've only heard a few tracks by them, and my most fave so far is Cicatriz Esp.. very very cool, can't get enough of it.

[Tedward Bear]

They rock, my Mars Volta t-shirt finally came through the post lastweek which i had ordered. It like took it over a month to arrive!

[Scuzzball]

I have a ton of Mars Volta mp3s from live shows and stuff, it's really good!

I missed them twice, once at Leeds because I didn't remember what time they were on and once in Manchester, because of school. ARGH!

Hope I'll be able to see them some time soon.

[blue_cheese]

Just bought the album today as it happens,
and on first impressions tis good!

[Neil]

Looking forward to the televators single...

[Larsen B]

yeah televators is great, im lovin the vid for it too :cool:

[uno]

QUESTION! HAVE YOU HEARD THE MARS VOLTA!!!!???


they are just fucking awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!
what do you think?

[Nancuk]

they rock. amazing band.

must listen to at the drive in as well.

[ruled by maggie]

the mars volta :cool: :cool:

cicatriz ESP (or something like that) is grrrrrrreat

freekin brilliant band :D

[Larsen B]

NO i havent heard them but i have read this thread

http://www.muse.mu/board/showthread.php?t=69

:D

[Spiral]

QUESTION! HAVE YOU HEARD THE MARS VOLTA!!!!???

Tehe, what kind of question is that??

[blue_cheese]

Liking the album more after several listens

[Cerpin]

Fucking brillitant album, with the best guitarplaying EVER, since hendrix. A must have if you love music.

[Cerpin]

Just bought the album today as it happens,
and on first impressions tis good!

I`ve heard the thing 40-50 times through, and it`s still amazing. I discover new interessting things every time.

[uno]

NO i havent heard them but i have read this thread

http://www.muse.mu/board/showthread.php?t=69

:D


ohhh!!
i had no idea it was done before, and i looked aroound !!!
whoops!!!

[uno]

Tehe, what kind of question is that??

it's a have you heard the mars volta question of course!!!

[Spiral]

it's a have you heard the mars volta question of course!!!

Yeah but it would have been better to ask "Who hasn't heard of them?" :p

I saw the new video ("Televators") last night - how confusing but very cute! :)

[Larsen B]

Yeah but it would have been better to ask "Who hasn't heard of them?" :p

I saw the new video ("Televators") last night - how confusing but very cute! :)

cute!? the guy kills himself at the end, thats what the song is about in fact, :p

[Spiral]

cute!? the guy kills himself at the end, thats what the song is about in fact, :p

Hm.. stop making fun of me, I was talking about the animals in the video and I was making my homework while I watched it so sorry for not getting the content.

[Larsen B]

Hm.. stop making fun of me, I was talking about the animals in the video and I was making my homework while I watched it so sorry for not getting the content.

aww i wasnt making fun, i was just jesting with you :( sorry

[uno]

yeah the whole idea of the cd is a tribute to a ex member or friend of'em that died couse he injected rat pison in his vains!!!

and the whole cd is the voyage of the incident to the moment he died!!!



deep stuff!!!

[Larsen B]

almost but not quite right, he survived the rat poison and went into a coma, then came out of it and threw himself off a bridge :D

check their website, it says it there

[Britrock]

Just got the album, and on the first play through it's sounding good. Was Inertiatic esp a single, because I recognise it?

[Larsen B]

yeah it was the first one, tremendous it is

[uno]

yeahhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!! it was!!!


that songsjust Awesom!!!!!!!!!!

[DarkEmerald]

Bought De-loused in the Comatorium the other day, and I was surprised. They're great, nothing on Muse, but they're still pretty good. Especially inertiatic esp.


Pumpkins, Muse and Mars Volta take the cake. My cake anyway...

[Tedward Bear]

What do you mean nothing on muse, The Mars Volta are easily better, well compared to Absoloution anyway! :D

[Sarah]

Heh. Better than all three. 'Cept Volta aren't a patch on Muse live. Too intense for me. In fact, too self-indulgent-macho-guitar wankery for me. Still ace, mind.

[BabyBliss]

I think the Mars Volta are great. I bought the album last month. I've seen them live aswell, and I gthought they where pretty cool actually. And :'( I lost my Mars Volta button this week...

[Larsen B]

Heh. Better than all three. 'Cept Volta aren't a patch on Muse live. Too intense for me. In fact, too self-indulgent-macho-guitar wankery for me. Still ace, mind.

:LOL: self indulgent guitar wankery!

That has got to be worth my time and money to see...though i've heard a recording of Inertiatic ESP live and it don't sound too great...

[Sarah]

You have to experience it. I have done so twice. Second time round I did not appreciate them being on stage for two hours.

[Larsen B]

Yeah it'd probably be great actually there, the intro thing sounded cool though, i think it was in German.

[Hoppipolla]

Bought De-loused in the Comatorium the other day, and I was surprised. They're great, nothing on Muse, but they're still pretty good. Especially inertiatic esp.


Pumpkins, Muse and Mars Volta take the cake. My cake anyway...

I think they've got far superior lyrics than muse,though.

Great band. Some songs not so strong, but soooo different.

[cloud]

Mars Volta are great live. I'm going to go see them on wednesday. They aren't as good as Muse though. but then again not alot of bands are as good as Muse :)

[Britrock]

The album's great. But my brother saw them and said they played 5 songs in a 2 hour set, with, as noted above, much guitar wanking.

[Paul]

The question for me is this:

What exactly is a "manupod"?

[silver and cold]

you know, that is exactly what I sort of disliked about The Mars Volta. I mean, I love the band and the whole album, but THERE'S A LOT OF WORDS IN THE LYRICS THAT DON'T EXIST IN THE DICTIONARY!!! grrrr :'( :mad:

[Spiral]

you know, that is exactly what I sort of disliked about The Mars Volta. I mean, I love the band and the whole album, but THERE'S A LOT OF WORDS IN THE LYRICS THAT DON'T EXIST IN THE DICTIONARY!!! grrrr :'( :mad:

Do you like AFI?

[silver and cold]

Do you like AFI?
Umm, no idea. I just like the song "Silver and Cold".
Hehe.

[*glam*]

erm yeah they're cool. haven't seen them live ...

[Neil]

you know, that is exactly what I sort of disliked about The Mars Volta. I mean, I love the band and the whole album, but THERE'S A LOT OF WORDS IN THE LYRICS THAT DON'T EXIST IN THE DICTIONARY!!! grrrr :'( :mad:

Course they exist...

Some of them are riddles, you have to think :)

[Larsen B]

The question for me is this:

What exactly is a "manupod"?

Whatever you want it to be....

i think the apparently made up words are part of why they are so good, you can interpret it how you like

[Darkstar]

The whole album is dedicated to one of Cedrics close friends who killed himself, and the album is based on a story (fictional) that Cedric wrote which sees what happens when this friend went into a coma.

The album scares me. And for some reason, I love the lyric from Take the Veil, 'Its not over 'till the Tremulant sings'

[Hoppipolla]

Roulette Dares is just brilliant

[amuser]

i love them :o

[Neil]

OMG LEAKED ALBUM

[christoph]

hahahaarrar.

thank you neil.

this album is amazing so far, on the first song, and it's sublime. you know that feeling when you hear a certain part of a song, and you just get the warm sensation in your stomach, i've had that 5 times, in this one song.

there's 4 more to go yet.

:D

[ok_computer]

i found their new album yesterday and like him very!! gonna see and interview them 23feb in Amsterdam!! :)

[ummagumma]

ooh, Mars Volta are FANTASTIC!

I wanna see them live! :D

[concrete rapture]

The singing on The Widow is rather ooh-la-la.

[because]

Where can i find this new 'leaked' album?

[Neil]

in a puddle

[azima]

is it the final finished version, or is this like when hail to the thief (radiohead) was leaked, and the mixing had been completely finished??

oh, whoever asked where you can get it from..suprnova.org (you need a bittorrent client)

Xxx

[she_had_a_username]

New album leak? Ooooooooooo. I might download it, but I'll buy it when it comes out definately. I love the mars volta.

I wanted to see them live in march in london, but the gig is on a sunday night, and I have school the next day so wasn't allowed to go :indiff: Bah humbug.

[concrete rapture]

I've only heard The Widow and the bit that was on the radio of Cassandra Gemini. They seem to have lost a bit of their prog-ness. Oops.

[Half Life]

I've only heard The Widow and the bit that was on the radio of Cassandra Gemini. They seem to have lost a bit of their prog-ness. Oops.

:eek:

Must...have...prog-ness...

[Nat]

I managed to download all of Frances The Mute a few days ago, and I am pleased with it. I wish March would hurry up!

[Sarah]

Sexellent album. I should get my arse in gear & buy tickets, really.

[Sarah]

Haha. Classic comment from my darling mother:

"Jesus Christ. Even John Peel would think that was shite!"

I guess this proves great taste isn't in the genes.

[Muscle Mikez]

have De-loused in the Comatorium, great album
My fav is This Apperatus Must Be Unearthed. I'm going to see them live 23rd of february! :D

[TetrisMaster]

A couple weeks ago I got ahold of the unmastered new Mars Volta album, Frances The Mute. It's pretty good. It has way more parts dedicated to jamming, so it can be a little hard to listen to all the way through without having something else to do to keep you occupied.

[Darkstar]

Bloody hell Cassandra Gemini is scary. The Mars Volta have succeeded in scaring the shit out of me again. Fucking great music though.

[Josh =/]

I got the album a few weeks ago. Excellent but the lyrics are very hard to sing along to because there a helluva complicated!

[Dalton]

cicatriz ESP is great, john frusciante plays a guitar part in that song, but i can't figure out what parts, great song, my fav's are: This Apparatus Must Be Unearthed and Intertiatic ESP, i've got there new album . only the quality sucks.

[Nincy Face]

I was surprised to find two of their new songs today, the widow and Miranda, that ghost just isn't holy anymore.

the songs sound amazing and I want to hear more! Im still trying to get my tickets to see them live in paradiso 22th of februari

[Darkstar]

I was surprised to find two of their new songs today, the widow and Miranda, that ghost just isn't holy anymore.

the songs sound amazing and I want to hear more! Im still trying to get my tickets to see them live in paradiso 22th of februari
I have all the new ones, they are on www.torrentreactor.com or I could msn them to you.

[Nincy Face]

I have all the new ones, they are on www.torrentreactor.com or I could msn them to you.
what category?

[greymortis]

A particular favourite of mine, and here is the link to their new website., so clicky clicky!

http://fans.fanpimp.com/marsvolta/index.html?fuseaction=tools.invlink&u=greymortis&linkID=2

[les_muse]

the last track is like 30 mins long, currently listening to the first "tune" its quite good all 13 mins of it.

[runeoverlord]

i saw them on mtv2 and i was impressed

[christoph]

i love Mars Volta.

is this site in aid of the new album?

[greymortis]

Yes, it has been redesigned for the new album.

[Caro]

Guh, Mars Volta - The second worst band I have ever had the misfortune of seeing live.

*Disclaimer* This is my opinion, and my opinion alone. Please do not maul me, as I am aware that everyone else seems to love said band. Thankyou amd good night. *End of disclaimer*

[Erroneous Fiend]

I am certainly one of the ones who loves them and they are mental/brilliant live.

[Erroneous Fiend]

Got 'Frances The Mute' yesturday.

Just thought i would say.

[Skm]

Got 'Frances The Mute' yesturday.

Just thought i would say.
me too.

[Erroneous Fiend]

me too.
Brilliant yes?

[Skm]

Brilliant yes?
yes, better than the first one

[Erroneous Fiend]

yes, better than the first one
....and the first one was bloody good.

[Skm]

....and the first one was bloody good.
indeed it was

[berna_isct]

I personally think they are awesome, does anybody else like them?

[Larsen B]

Yes, that is why we have a thread on them. :)
http://board.muse.mu/showthread.php?t=15351&highlight=mars+volta

[berna_isct]

oops, thanx

[berna_isct]

Here in the states we get it until tomorrow, can't wait to listen to Frances!

[Truth_and_Smiles]

I've heard one or two songs by them, and they seem pretty damn good. But I haven't actually got either album...

But, there are tickets on sale now for them; so would it be worth going even if I don't have either album (normally I hate doing this, as you can't appreciate the music as much if hearing it for the 1st time)?
It will probably cost me about £35 (ticket + travel + food), which is quite a bit.
To get an idea of my music taste, the bands/artists I listen to a lot are: Muse, Radiohead, Faith No More, Portishead, David Bowie, Nirvana and Pink Floyd.

Any help from you Mars Volta fans would be appreciated :)

[Sarah]

Unless you are an avid fan, having the album or not makes little difference. Go & enjoy the progness of the night as it will undoubtedly be so far from the recording anyway that it wouldn't make any difference.

[Mellomeh]

I haven't got the album but I have listened to it looooads on winamp music. I think placing an entire album on there is a great marketing tool. Before, I hadn't heard anything much of them and didn't want to get the album, now the album is on the top of my most wanted list (yes I do have one).

[Wowee Zowee]

Faith No More

mike patton is a genius...still loving angel dust.

frances the mute is amazing at times...but goes "off on one" on Cassandra Gemini.....but then again L'Via L'Viaquez and Cygnus Vismund Cygnus brings back the bacon.

[Saaz]

The Mars Volta kick ass. Going to see them, in fact. Hehe.
Haven't bothered reading this whole thread so who has got Frances the Mute and is it good?

[Argeiphontes]

I've only heard a few of their things and I do like them.
However...a couple of days ago, I randomly had a dream in which i discovered that they had split up. It took me untill today to realise that I had dreamt this and that it wasn't actually real. :indiff:

[Wowee Zowee]

does anyone know who they were influenced by?

[Sarah]

Anything & everything. They did an influences thing on MTV2 once & it didn't really answer it.

[Stu]

Bought Frances the Mute today to find out what the fuss is all about :D

Only had a few mp3's beforehand (Televators, Eat the Sun? and a live version of Drunkship of Lanterns) as I haven't heard their 1st album in full.

Should I buy the other album now? or will it be disappointing compared to Frances' ...

[Paul]

Should I buy the other album now? or will it be disappointing compared to Frances' ...

Buy it :D

[christoph]

i still think De-loused is better than Frances, but apparently there's still one more song to come from Frances the Mute, and it's called Frances the Mute. apparently it's a "decypher" to the album. this is just what i've read tho.

Take The Veil Cerpin Taxt is my favourite song of theirs. the bass solo, the build up, that amazing funky riff, phwoar!

[Humphrey Goldenbollocks]

Seeing them in London on the 13th :D
Still have to buy Frances The Mute though, just haven't got round to it yet though, heard most of it round my friends house, sounds quality.

My favourite is probably the bonus track on Deloused (No idea what its called)

[Chaos Is Me!]

Got frances the mute today, its amazing.

[Apollo]

i could be wrong, but some of their influences are fela kuti, miles davis, and larry harlow (who guests on the new album)

[westeh_86]

off to see them on the 12th in manchester, been looking forward to it for ages. new album is absolutely amazing, love it

[Stu]

but apparently there's still one more song to come from Frances the Mute, and it's called Frances the Mute. apparently it's a "decypher" to the album.

a what now?!! :confused:

[christoph]

a track to decypher the meaning of the album or something. anyway, i have that song now. it's not on the album, it's 14:36 long. it's going to be released on the vinyl.

it's a pretty decent song, reminds me of Cut That City. they said in interviews they were gonna release a song that wasn't on the album, and this is it. here's the lyrics to it.

"it's been thirteen seconds since you all last said i've become the apparition you predicted for my death you said that flirting brings you closer to the end you can bait into the water but you'll never get the hint and like a stain of bricks goes dancing by your head plucked from an icebox grafted on my skin my coat has hid the marks mink hits the shovel fix near the sway of pendulums boar abrasions and a kiss she said i'll never let them hurt you i'll never let them in what you took from me is mine what is mine i'll never give mascara glass in the molar weeds herash a serpent infancy his eye patch pussed a gap of sand into his shine a sedative more and more the dirt collects you'll hever find her body now her closet festered in a secret air blonde underneath a blackened hair he never knew the colony gestated in his bed mingle with the carnivores you've something both in common now till one day his wasted breath swollen throat and karma debt set foot inside a parlor to find her drunken by receipts he held her by the ankles gutted at the nave yes gutted and depraves he tied a rope around her legs and let her hang for seven days this never happened but I saw you leave and crawl into a bed of broken windows this never happened"

if anyone really wants it, i can send over msn, if you got bband tho, otherwise it'll take a long time.

[Stu]

cheers for the info!

[Jook]

Holy fuck.

Last night was the best gig I've ever been to, just incredible.

[Neil]

a track to decypher the meaning of the album or something. anyway, i have that song now. it's not on the album, it's 14:36 long. it's going to be released on the vinyl.

it's a pretty decent song, reminds me of Cut That City. they said in interviews they were gonna release a song that wasn't on the album, and this is it. here's the lyrics to it.

"it's been thirteen seconds since you all last said i've become the apparition you predicted for my death you said that flirting brings you closer to the end you can bait into the water but you'll never get the hint and like a stain of bricks goes dancing by your head plucked from an icebox grafted on my skin my coat has hid the marks mink hits the shovel fix near the sway of pendulums boar abrasions and a kiss she said i'll never let them hurt you i'll never let them in what you took from me is mine what is mine i'll never give mascara glass in the molar weeds herash a serpent infancy his eye patch pussed a gap of sand into his shine a sedative more and more the dirt collects you'll hever find her body now her closet festered in a secret air blonde underneath a blackened hair he never knew the colony gestated in his bed mingle with the carnivores you've something both in common now till one day his wasted breath swollen throat and karma debt set foot inside a parlor to find her drunken by receipts he held her by the ankles gutted at the nave yes gutted and depraves he tied a rope around her legs and let her hang for seven days this never happened but I saw you leave and crawl into a bed of broken windows this never happened"

if anyone really wants it, i can send over msn, if you got bband tho, otherwise it'll take a long time.

That's on the album though? It's listed on the inside...

[Chris]

Im going to go see the maers volta tonight :happy:

[westeh_86]

saw the mars volta on saturday at manchester academy. it was absolutely brilliant, all of them are amazing muscians, and the drummer is one of the best drummers i have seen live.

[a320]

saw the mars volta on saturday at manchester academy. it was absolutely brilliant, all of them are amazing muscians, and the drummer is one of the best drummers i have seen live.

totally agre, best gig i've ever been too (the one in amsterdam that was)

[because]

who wants to be a darling and post a picture of the frances the mute album tracklist and times?

a print screen of an itunes playlist would be cool.

PLEASE????

[because]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v465/oligeohow/TMV.jpg

Check this track times to those on yours.

I know the song order is right, but i might have labeled the wrongs songs so the only way is to look at the track times.

[In/Casino/Out]

I was at the gig saturday and it was amazing, I've liked them since they first started out after the demise of At the drive-in, if anyone likes The Mars Volta they should definately check ATD-I out. And your damn right about Jon the drummer too hes amazing although I have seen him on better form, still great though. i was wearing 4 stupid layers all through the gig and i was right at the front so i nearly died from the heat lol. Anyone elwe right at the front?

[Nikora]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v465/oligeohow/TMV.jpg

Check this track times to those on yours.

I know the song order is right, but i might have labeled the wrongs songs so the only way is to look at the track times.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v101/PanDaemonium/MarsVolta.jpg

Well that's mine :unsure:

[because]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v101/PanDaemonium/MarsVolta.jpg

Well that's mine :unsure:

I love you.

:D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D

[Nikora]

:D was no trouble

[westeh_86]

I was at the gig saturday and it was amazing, I've liked them since they first started out after the demise of At the drive-in, if anyone likes The Mars Volta they should definately check ATD-I out. And your damn right about Jon the drummer too hes amazing although I have seen him on better form, still great though. i was wearing 4 stupid layers all through the gig and i was right at the front so i nearly died from the heat lol. Anyone elwe right at the front?

i was about half way back, about level with omar. i got a few pictures not all of them came out very well, but take a look at them here (http://photobucket.com/albums/y48/adam_weston/The%20Mars%20Volta%2012th%20March%202005%20Manches ter%20Academy/)

[azima]

hmm, with the tracklisting. i thought that the last two tracks (miranda... and cassandra geminni) were divided up into their respective sub-sections. why whould cassandra... have 8 sections to it, when on the back there are only 5 (Tarantism; Plant a nail in the navel stream; faminepulse; mulriple spouse wounds and sarcophagi)? this is confused slightly by the fact that the lyrics to track 5 (Miranda...b) Pour another icepack) are listed under the lyrics for casssandra geminni......i'm confused :p also, my i-tunes divides it how i think its done (and no, i haven't messed with it)


Xxx

[Stu]

The track listing confuses me terribly :confused:
I now realise I fucked it up while copying it to my PC, so I need to do some editing now,
cheers for posting it people!

[Bai-Lee]

someone confirm the rumour of them playing at reading? grrrr!

[Ernest]

ok dudes.. I got Frances The Mute, an its awsome... anymore recomended listening...

:cool:

[Stu]

you got De-Loused?

[Plug_In_Bellamy]

im getting their album soony...for my bday actually...2moro...hopefully...meh i have heard a couple and im loving it...

[Simone]

and as for self indulgent, i thought thats what music was for anyway, to express your own feelings...


I think he meant indulgent as in, jam-band crap non-music at times.

it gets annoying. Sure it might be okay as backround sounds to some sci-fi movie, but not worth my money spent on a cd.

however, I am talking about their 2nd cd which I bought a week ago. There are more unnecessary minutes of noise on it than on the first record.
I loved every song on the first record enough to not be maddened by the unnecessary minutes. but, with the second album, they went too far.

[Beast Love]

I had only really heard little snippets of The Mars Volta, but all my friends raved about them...
and then today i got hold of my friends ipod and whacked on thier first album I think, and it was just great. Might have to buy it now.

[roblepp]

I just had the unbelievable opportunity to sit down for the full 75 minutes and listen to every beat of The Mars Volta's newest masterpiece. The only thing I can say is....wow. Unbelievable. That, my friends, is the art of music displayed at it's highest level. The CD is like a book or journey. One in which you cannot open it up to any point and once you've started you have to finish. Unbelievable listen. I reccomend this CD to all music aficionados.

Has any else expereinced The Mars Volta yet? What do you think?

[€ngel]

http://board.muse.mu/showthread.php?t=15351

And yes, I like 'em. ;)

[Erroneous Fiend]

The Mars Volta rock!

[springa]

Wow.

I just got a hold of Frances the Mute and it's VERY different from anything i ever listened to.
I think it's brilliant, i can listen to it without trying to figure out the "higher meaning" of every world even though most of the time it's pretty clear what he wants to say. LOL, and i don't even speak spanish, but there're enough sites that will transpate it for you.

I actually was expecting something more like L'Via L'Viaquez throughout the whole album coz that's the first song that i heard. Well, it doesn't exactly go like that but i like it anyway. The only problem is that i can't just pick a song to listen and then switch to something else coz every song is like 10 min long and very contagious, so once i put it on - i'm gone for like half an hour at least

Simply brilliant

[Auron]

Those guys are absolutly amazing

probibly the only other band I Like as much as I like muse.

[2 many Coffees]

Those guys are absolutly amazing

probibly the only other band I Like as much as I like muse.
I havent got any records but i do like the songs iv heard of theirs :D

[Beast Love]

look here (http://board.muse.mu/showthread.php?t=15351)

done and done.

and yes, they are amazing. i havn't heard thier new album though.

[Kajeeves]

look here (http://board.muse.mu/showthread.php?t=15351)

done and done.Gah, beat me to it :p

[Beast Love]

i've always wanted to redirect someone to another thread.

i feel like a big boy









:stunned:

[Auron]

oh someone already made a thread,

i had a scroll down too see but I didnt see any it must have been a few pages back.


there new album Frances the mute is the best album I've heard this year.
not that I have anything to compare it too I havn;t heard their earlier one.

now when people ask me what sort of rock music I listen too, Ill be able to say Mars volta and muse instead of just muse. :)

[Beast Love]

oh someone already made a thread,

i had a scroll down too see but I didnt see any it must have been a few pages back.


there new album Frances the mute is the best album I've heard this year.
not that I have anything to compare it too I havn;t heard their earlier one.

now when people ask me what sort of rock music I listen too, Ill be able to say Mars volta and muse instead of just muse. :)

they're first album is genius. i'm gonna listen to it now.

[retardedgenius]

I hate them.

This automatically means a lot of people hate me.

[Erroneous Fiend]

I hate them.

This automatically means a lot of people hate me.
Not hate, just think that you are dumb.

[springa]

I hate them.

This automatically means a lot of people hate me.
:stunned:

That was a bit random

[springa]

Mats Volta are touring in the States right now. Has anyone been on their concert lately?

[retardedgenius]

:stunned:

That was a bit random
Yeah, but not as random as The Mars Volta's perception of what music is.

[springa]

Yeah, but not as random as The Mars Volta's perception of what music is.
:LOL: That's exactly what i like about their music, lol!

Anyway, there're a lot of people who's way of expressing themselves is, hmm, a bit too random :confused: and it's difficult to listen/look at them without going like "what the hell?!" It happends with people much more often than with music though

EDIT:
I wasn't refering to you ;)
there's a prof that i have to listen to every other day at the university, who's way too wierd. His perception of what and most importantly how things should be done is so out of place that when i listen to him my eyes are ready to jump out of the orbits :eek:
I end up looking at the window, or he may catch me when my eyes are of a small ball size

Ok, back to my projects now :(

Less than two weeks left...

[Bakesh]

I like them, but sometimes they seem to be torn between making good music or uninteresting background noises (like the first 4 or 5 minutes of track 4 :indiff: )

L'Via is a great track....i've probably listened to it more than any "song" they have.

[springa]

I like them, but sometimes they seem to be torn between making good music or uninteresting background noises (like the first 4 or 5 minutes of track 4 :indiff: )

hahaha
I remembered your post at Avalon, when they seemed to be doing nothing, and some of the "songs" (hehe) sounded like an instrument tuning! Two days ago i went to their concert at Boston and at some point i was absolutely certain that no one in a clear mind would refer to those noises as music. (Except for those ceazy people who were there, including me)

I was actually seriously considering not to go! If I wouldn't, I could blame Muse for that later on, lol. On the other hand, if it wasn’t for Muse, I wouldn’t even know who Mars Volta were. I first heard L’Via a few weeks back, when Matt and Dom thought to educate American public in the musical arena as DJs at some radio station that was broadcasted on the web. I heard the song, loved it, checked few sample tracks, liked them, bought the new album, loved it, went online to check Muse touring dates, somehow ended up at ticketmaster.com and… i saw that Mars Volta would be in Boston in 2 weeks time! Of course the concert was sold out, but there’s always ebay, just for the special cases like mine ;).

With all anagram and enigma codes chaos, together with the projects that i left till the last minute i realized on Monday that the concert’s going to be in two days and that I’m in no way going to finish everything that I absolutely have to finish AND to go to the concert on Wednesday. Grrrrr! I had the ticket, I knew about it for two weeks and I couldn’t go cos I had a final exam the next day that I didn’t study for! Fortunately, I wasn’t the only one who struggled with time and our prof. rescheduled the exam for the day after. Thanks God there're teachers who are considering of their students, who don't study the material, to postpone the final!

When i got there i managed to find an ok spot from where i could occasionally see the stage. After half an hour several people in front of me moved aside and i had a good view of what was going on in front of me. And, hmm, for some time nothing was going on there, which was a bit strange. When I listen to the “uninteresting background noises” on the album, i'm at home and there’s always something to distract me when the music isn’t intense enough. Over there, I had nothing else to do but to look at the band that seemingly was doing nothing or to examine the crowd that I‘d examined enough already, so kept looking at the stage.

Mars Volta have very dedicated fans. I didn’t hear many people talk during the quiet moments and when it got rocky and loud all heads at the venue seemed to move with the beat anywhere I looked. Someone tried to mosh during the first song, but then the singer asked the “assholes in the crowd” not to hurt other people and i didn’t see any further attempts.

I think that they played the whole “Frances the Mute”, plus few other songs that I didn’t know. I’m sure that I heard Cygnus.., The Widow, Cassandra Geminni, and L’via, and they probably played them in full, cos the concert was 2 hours and 15 minutes long. I think if it was just an hour, like Muse concert that was there half a year ago, i wouldn't enjoy the concert nearly as much as i did. Those quieter moments, the “instrument tunings” as i called them at first, intensified this massive chaotic stream of sounds when it suddenly erupted.

Hehe. My dad would never understand this music. I doubt if he would even call it a music, lol. He’s not a stranger to “odd” melodies, but when all 6 members of the band start playing at once, furiously ripping apart any hint of melody that one may produce it’s hard to know how to call it. Even so, the last part that they played was awesomely insane. I couldn’t hear the drums for the guitar squeaks, the saxophone, keyboards, bass and intense wailing, which would be too much for an unprepared listener. All of us in the crowd were more than just prepared and this chaotic stream of "undistinguishable noises" was exactly what we’ve been waiting for.

And I didn’t notice how quickly time went by. I went home right away after the concert but the feeling of pure ecstasy was so fresh in my mind, i didn’t go to bed till 4am. Mars Volta is definitely one of the bands that you MUST NOT miss if you have a chance to see them live. I obviously compare every concert i see with Muse but in the end i can’t really say that one is better than the other. They’re both great bands, and they’re both awesome live.
Hmmm. Muse are fantastic, everytime I see them I'm so overwhelmed my jaw drops to the floor and Mars Volta are hypnotically insane (in a good way) :D

That took me quite a while to write it all, lol.
I hope it wasn't compeletely waseteful, if it was--well... i enjoyed it and i thought you would do too.

Cheers :)

[ʘ]

heh, i guess i'm a bit late, but i've bought their "new" album about a week ago, and it took me a couple of days to fully apreciate it, but i now realize that's probably the best album i've heard in months! it's just awesome. just amazing how every part come together and create a perfect album, as a whole...

brilliant.

is their first album anything like this one? i've only heard "intergalactic SP" (actually not really sure that's the name) and i quite like it....

[Kazuya vs Ummagumma]

Mars Volta are silly.

[Neil]

heh, i guess i'm a bit late, but i've bought their "new" album about a week ago, and it took me a couple of days to fully apreciate it, but i now realize that's probably the best album i've heard in months! it's just awesome. just amazing how every part come together and create a perfect album, as a whole...

brilliant.

is their first album anything like this one? i've only heard "intergalactic SP" (actually not really sure that's the name) and i quite like it....

Inertiactic ESP

The first album is good, if you like the new one then you should like it

[Thessi]

Inertiactic ESP

The first album is good, if you like the new one then you should like it
Good, with a big G. That album is wonderful :happy:

[ʘ]

Inertiactic ESP

The first album is good, if you like the new one then you should like it


heh heh.. i was close...
yeah, i've recieved a nice sum of mone quite unexpectedly a week ago, and so i'm on little shopping spree, which means i might buy that album ....

[Erroneous Fiend]

heh heh.. i was close...
yeah, i've recieved a nice sum of mone quite unexpectedly a week ago, and so i'm on little shopping spree, which means i might buy that album ....
Buy it. Every intelligent person should own that album.

[Neil]

Buy it. Every intelligent person should own that album.

That's a silly thing to say.. :stunned:

Makes fans sound like arrogant tossers who think they're smart :LOL:

[Fluky]

The Mars Volta totally rule. :cool:

my favourite track is definately televators!

but the first album deloused..is better by far compared to frances the mute, how ever that one is good too :D

What do ppl think of At The Drive In? :fro:

[Black Mamba]

The Mars Volta totally rule. :cool:

my favourite track is definately televators!

but the first album deloused..is better by far compared to frances the mute, how ever that one is good too :D

What do ppl think of At The Drive In? :fro:
Yes,but they get boring sometimes.

[Fluky]

Yes,but they get boring sometimes.

I guess you gotta be in the mood to listen to them...

I would love to see Mars volta live - it'd be so cool :cool:

[christoph]

at the drive-in are ace, i think Heliotrope is my favourite song by them.

with Frances the Mute, listen on a CD player with headphones on, lie down on a bed, in a dark room and then listen. you just get overwhelmed by the music, and just get lost. it's the most amazing experience.

that's how i like to listen to that album.

[Stu]

at the drive-in are ace, i think Heliotrope is my favourite song by them.


are these non-album tracks? :confused: I haven't heard of them :confused:

[DJ Stay]

I keep telling myself to go to the store and buy At the Drive-In's cds. I'll do that tomorrow, which is their best one?

[Stu]

hang on thats the side-project right?

[SmashingTool]

At the Drive-in was the band that came before the mars volta. It split in 2, forming The Mars Volta and Sparta.

[Alec Trevelyan]

The Mars Volta are f*cking epic! Their music is hypnotic and the lyrics are amazing.Anyone that calls The Mars Volta strange or boring is just simple minded and can't comprehend the greatness of the band. I listen to their albums(Tremulant EP, De-loused In Comatorium, and Frances The Mute) over and over and never do I get bored of them.As for guitar playing and singing Omar just slays on guitar (I wish I could play as good as him)and Cedric with his lovely voice. I just wish I could see them live once and I could die a happy man!

[DJ Stay]

The Mars Volta are f*cking epic! Their music is hypnotic and the lyrics are amazing.Anyone that calls The Mars Volta strange or boring is just simple minded and can't comprehend the greatness of the band. I listen to their albums(Tremulant EP, De-loused In Comatorium, and Frances The Mute) over and over and never do I get bored of them.As for guitar playing and singing Omar just slays on guitar (I wish I could play as good as him)and Cedric with his lovely voice. I just wish I could see them live once and I could die a happy man!
They're touring in Canada with System of a Down in late August. Get tickets.

[Alec Trevelyan]

I keep telling myself to go to the store and buy At the Drive-In's cds. I'll do that tomorrow, which is their best one?

They just released a greatest hits and it has some new remixes and unreleased songs and it comes with a DVD, but my favourite At The Drive-In album has to be their most recent one Relationship Of Command or Vaya EP actually DJ Stay I think you should buy them all. There is no such thing as a bad At The Drive-In album.

At The Drive-In Discography
1-Acrobatic Tenement (1996)
2-In/Casino/Out (1998)
3-Vaya EP (1999)
4-Relationship Of Command (2000)
5-This Station Is Non-Operational (Greatest Hits 2005)

? -El Gran Orgo (This album is not reconized by ATD-I because the swithed labels but it still got released with out permission from the band or something)

[DJ Stay]

They just released a greatest hits and it has some new remixes and unreleased songs and it comes with a DVD, but my favourite At The Drive-In album has to be their most recent one Relationship Of Command or Vaya EP actually DJ Stay I think you should buy them all. There is no such thing as a bad At The Drive-In album.

At The Drive-In Discography
1-Acrobatic Tenement (1996)
2-In/Casino/Out (1998)
3-Vaya EP (1999)
4-Relationship Of Command (2000)
5-This Station Is Non-Operational (Greatest Hits 2005)

? -El Gran Orgo (This album is not reconized by ATD-I because the swithed labels but it still got released with out permission from the band or something)

Well I'm going to buy Relationship of Command.

[Fluky]

at the drive-in are ace, i think Heliotrope is my favourite song by them.

with Frances the Mute, listen on a CD player with headphones on, lie down on a bed, in a dark room and then listen. you just get overwhelmed by the music, and just get lost. it's the most amazing experience.

that's how i like to listen to that album.

Im going to try that way! i rekon you definately need to listen to it properly to get the full effects...i did a few weeks after i got the album.

i just find the under water affects he uses hillarious :$ :LOL:

[Bakesh]

You'll like them more if you read up on what the albums are about (especially De-Loused). Both albums are like, set in their own little worlds, and it's just so fascinating to listen and to visualize what's going on.

At first, I thought that Frances the Mute had too much noise and not enough music. In a way, I still think that, but now I barely hear the noise as noise, and it's kinda faded and blends in as part of the song. Anyway, they are my favorite band atm, sorry Muse :rolleyes:

[Beast Love]

*still waiting for copy of Frances the Mute to come through the post*

There's a big fat article in UK Kerrang magazine this week about them...

I saw a cd in my local music shop that was under "omar rodriguez-lopez". I've heard he does solo work, so i was guessing that was it. has anyone heard it?

[Alec Trevelyan]

*still waiting for copy of Frances the Mute to come through the post*

There's a big fat article in UK Kerrang magazine this week about them...

I saw a cd in my local music shop that was under "omar rodriguez-lopez". I've heard he does solo work, so i was guessing that was it. has anyone heard it?

Thats what I want to know too, how is Omar's solo album? I might just end up ordering it anyways without hearing it. Omar is my hero! :fro:

[Beast Love]

Ok, windows media managed to completely fuck my brain up tonight.

Got my copy of Frances the Mute, and then after a while I figured the lyrics didn't fit the tracks...but I've sorted it out now...

[Sophie.]

Heh. Anyone else with the L'Via single notice similarities between 'The Bible and The Breathalyzer' and Tom Waits stuff?

I'm in love with this single. L'Via is definitely my favourite track off the album...

[Microshines]

the mars volta are an amazing band, both musically and lyrically very talented, but none of their stuff is as good as At The Drive-In

[White_Ego_Box]

Oh I love the mars Volta! :O
But my fav album is de-loused in the comatorium. I like son et lumiere, inertiatic esp, cicatriz esp, and my fav is this apparatus must be unearthed :) ...
Frances the mute isn't a bad album, i like l'via l'viaquez and The widow! But i think i have to listen more concentrate the last album so that i like it :p
hehehe...(sorry my english :'( )

[xSpecialKx]

I saw a cd in my local music shop that was under "omar rodriguez-lopez". I've heard he does solo work, so i was guessing that was it. has anyone heard it?

Yeah, that would be the first volume of the soundtrack to his movie, "A Manual Dexterity". I believe the film is in the process of getting edited in the Netherlands (he's been spotted around Amsterdam a lot recently and apparently that's where the editor he's using lives). The film's been quite a long time coming though so don't hold your breath. The soundtrack is quite good, I recommend picking it up. It's mainly instrumental with guest appearances from his friends and family and Cedric sings on the final song.

[Alec Trevelyan]

Yeah, that would be the first volume of the soundtrack to his movie, "A Manual Dexterity". I believe the film is in the process of getting edited in the Netherlands (he's been spotted around Amsterdam a lot recently and apparently that's where the editor he's using lives). The film's been quite a long time coming though so don't hold your breath. The soundtrack is quite good, I recommend picking it up. It's mainly instrumental with guest appearances from his friends and family and Cedric sings on the final song.

Sounds great! I am going to buy it as soon as I can. :fro:

[Beast Love]

Sounds great! I am going to buy it as soon as I can. :fro:
I got it on wednesday. I havn't had a chance to play it all the way through, but it's pretty great what i've got up to so far.

[Rall]

are there any tracks under under 2 hours long?

[RadioBread]

are there any tracks under under 2 hours long?


Hopefully

[Alec Trevelyan]

Hopefully

Whats wrong with The Mars Volta's 30 minute epic masterpieces?

[Bakesh]

Crazy feeling that Omar's movie will make absolutely no sense whatsoever :happy: no offense to him though, more power to him for being creative imo :)

[emila]

Heh. Anyone else with the L'Via single notice similarities between 'The Bible and The Breathalyzer' and Tom Waits stuff?

I'm in love with this single. L'Via is definitely my favourite track off the album...

Wohoo I bought L'Via L'Viaquez 7" single and wow The Bible and The Brathalyzer is nice. I gotta say L'Via is hot. But Cassandra is hotter. Woh.

[Clunge]

I am absolutely fucking addicted to TMV at the moment :happy:

[Beast Love]

http://www.answers.com/main/content/wp/en/thumb/1/1c/240px-10-07-02bottomofthehill25.jpg

i'm sure it's not his real voice...he just doesn't look built to be able to sing like that...

[Rall]

he has the nerdiest tat ever.

Where did the hat go?!

[Alec Trevelyan]

http://us.ent1.yimg.com/images.launch.yahoo.com/000/010/424/10424063.jpg

Omar and Cedric are my heros! :rolleyes:

[Auron]

Every intelligent person should own that album.

i just had to quote that one, it's true, the mars volta really don't care about anyone who dosn't get their music.

If you ain't smart enough to keep up, just go listen too pink or something.

i just recently got my hands on the decoder single ( it was called "frances the mute" but didn't appear on the frances the mute album)
here are some of the more important sections of lyrics
for those of you interested in the goings on of L'via & Vismund and the others:

...And like a stain of bricks goes
Dancing by your head
Plucked from an icebox
Grafted on my skin

My coat has hid the marks
Mink hits the shovel fix
Near the sway of pendulums
Boar abrasions and a kiss”
She said, “I’ll never let them hurt you
I’ll never let them in
What you took from me is mine
(and)What is mine I’ll never give”

...His eye patch pussed, a gap of sand
Into his shine a sedative
More and more (and more) the dirt collects
You’ll never find her body now
Her closet festered in a secret air
Blonde underneath a blackened hair
He never knew the colony
Gestated in his bed
Mingle with the carnivores
you’ve something both in common now

...Till one day his wasted breath
Swollen throat and karma debt
Set foot inside a parlor, to find her drunken by receipts
He held her by the ankles
Gutted at the nave, yes gutted and depraves
He tied a rope around her legs
And let her hang for seven days

Class stuff, it explains alot of the scenes described in both Cassanda gemini & Cynus...Vismund Cygnus

those last to lines are sung at full volume after 5 minutes or so of near whisper, and hit you like a tonne of bricks.

[Alec Trevelyan]

I want Frances The Mute (the song) after reading those great lyrics, but isn't it only vinly. :'(

[Auron]

Omar and Cedric are my heros!
first photo I've ever seen of them, they look like a pair of twats! :LOL:

[Auron]

Yes frances the mute is a vinyl only single. how mean.

it's a three part song, the first is just a very long creapy bell noise, until about 5 minutes in the song start's in ernest, after a few minutes however it just goes right back to nothing except Omar doing some mental picking on his guitar behind some lyrics, thne the final push, it's a chorus of :

This never happened, but I saw you leave, aand crawl into a bed of broken windows,x4

[NoteToSelf]

some of their stuff really scares me *lol* but the widow is just one of the most amazing songs I ever heard <3

[Alec Trevelyan]

Yes frances the mute is a vinyl only single. how mean.

it's a three part song, the first is just a very long creapy bell noise, until about 5 minutes in the song start's in ernest, after a few minutes however it just goes right back to nothing except Omar doing some mental picking on his guitar behind some lyrics, thne the final push, it's a chorus of :

This never happened, but I saw you leave, aand crawl into a bed of broken windows,x4

Very mean if you ask me! :'( When does Omar not do something mental on his guitar, I only dream of playing the guitar as good as Omar does.

[xSpecialKx]

The 'Frances the Mute' song was cut from the album because there simply wasn't enough room for it and Universal wouldn't pay for a double cd. It's available in cd format on the Widow single.

[Alec Trevelyan]

I'm going to get The Widow single right away. :happy:

[Lanks]

Yeah Mars Volta are amaZIng btu how good are At The Drive-In!!! They are soooooooo awesome!!!! i love them so much!

[Alec Trevelyan]

^
Yes At The Drive-In was great but now we have two awesome bands, The Mars Volta and Sparta :happy: Or maybe I'm the only person that loves Sparta :unsure:

[Wowee Zowee]

just got the Omar -A Manual Dexterity solo album back after having it last year....its pretty nice experimental music. also finally checked out De Facto and Free Moral Agents(guy who does the keyboards for volta) all goood.

[expanding_universe]

just got the Omar -A Manual Dexterity solo album back after having it last year....its pretty nice experimental music. also finally checked out De Facto and Free Moral Agents(guy who does the keyboards for volta) all goood.

That CD (Manual Dexterity) has to have the coolest cover ever. :fro:

[Tracee]

Sorry if this has already been posted, no time to read through the whole thread (or I just can't be arsed to), but you can preorder The Mars Volta's next album now, it's called Scab Dates. Nice. Live recordings apparently. Can't wait!


When I first bought DITC I had it on repeat for weeks. I 'get' them, or rather I 'get' Cedric's lyrics - more so after reading the Deloused storybook. That's the only clear reason I can give for liking those two wee aliens and all their friends so much :) it's not my usual style of music at all, too much random noise. Omar's a genius with that guitar though. Mmmmm, L'via....

[Wowee Zowee]

Sorry if this has already been posted, no time to read through the whole thread (or I just can't be arsed to), but you can preorder The Mars Volta's next album now, it's called Scab Dates. Nice. Live recordings apparently. Can't wait!

yea I cant wait to get it. you can go on there offical site and preview two tracks and they sound pretty great.

http://www.marsvolta.com/

[Tracee]

yea I cant wait to get it. you can go on there offical site and preview two tracks and they sound pretty great.

http://www.marsvolta.com/
Ooh thanks! Last time I went to their website it was blank. Good of them to post sound clips, that's kind of unusual isn't it... Will soothe myself to sleep with them later :LOL:

[Beast Love]

That CD (Manual Dexterity) has to have the coolest cover ever. :fro:

oh. yes.


I've had that album for a few months, I've never really got round to listening to it all the way through though.



Sorry if this has already been posted, no time to read through the whole thread (or I just can't be arsed to), but you can preorder The Mars Volta's next album now, it's called Scab Dates. Nice. Live recordings apparently. Can't wait!

*goes to look*


When I first bought DITC I had it on repeat for weeks. I 'get' them, or rather I 'get' Cedric's lyrics - more so after reading the Deloused storybook. That's the only clear reason I can give for liking those two wee aliens and all their friends so much :) it's not my usual style of music at all, too much random noise. Omar's a genius with that guitar though. Mmmmm, L'via....

I listened to DITC for hours when I first got it. It really is a masterpiece. I printed off the Deloused novel type thing from the net, and got about half way through it, and I seem to have misplaced it. I'll have to read it from the beggining again though, as it's been a few months since I first picked it up and a lot has happened [/mind blank]

[Tracee]

Yeah, there's no way you'd be able to read it as a stop-and-start job. I read it laid out in my garden sunbathing one day :D - and then I had to read most pages twice to make sure I'd understood it all.

I think they're just beyond most people, and it's easy to dismiss them as I dunno, a pair of nutters, or whatever insult people tend to give them. Hell they're beyond me too, and yet.. I 'get' it :)

[Wowee Zowee]

Ooh thanks! Last time I went to their website it was blank. Good of them to post sound clips, that's kind of unusual isn't it... Will soothe myself to sleep with them later :LOL:
wouldnt call it soothing music :LOL:

oh. yes.


I've had that album for a few months, I've never really got round to listening to it all the way through though.

last track is amazing. have you got De Facto - Megaton Shotblast? its worth looking into if you havnt.

[Beast Love]

last track is amazing. have you got De Facto - Megaton Shotblast? its worth looking into if you havnt.

I'll have a looksie into it.



Those live volta tracks are amazing. I really want to see them live. I think they're playing in manchester or something later this year. bit out of the way for me though...

[Wowee Zowee]

I'll have a looksie into it.



Those live volta tracks are amazing. I really want to see them live. I think they're playing in manchester or something later this year. bit out of the way for me though...
i'm going to order afew tickets for the manchester gig.

[Beast Love]

i'm going to order afew tickets for the manchester gig.

Damn you!!!

Infact, damn anyone north of me!

[christoph]

Faminepulese II is such a good song. It kinda reminds me of The National Anthem when it goes crazy.

[Alec Trevelyan]

Sorry if this has already been posted, no time to read through the whole thread (or I just can't be arsed to), but you can preorder The Mars Volta's next album now, it's called Scab Dates. Nice. Live recordings apparently. Can't wait!

New material!!! Holy sh*t!!! :D

[Teh Man v1.2]

Seeing them in Manchester on Dec 1st :D

Who else?

[christoph]

I would so love to see them live.

[she_had_a_username]

I would so love to see them live.

I've been wanting to see them since 2003, but can never make any of the dates they play near me.

I WILL see them before I'm 70.

*imagines omar and cedric with grey afros*

[Tracee]

New material!!! Holy sh*t!!! :D
A mixed bag of old and new

Track list (I imagine it will all run as one though, being recorded live..will have to wait and see!):

1. abrasions mount the timpani
2. take the veil cerpin taxt
3. a) gust of mutts
4. b) and ghosted pouts
5. caviglia
6. concertina
7. haruspex
8. cicatriz
9. a) pt I
10. b) pt II
11. c) pt III
12. d) pt IV


LOL @ grey afros... hehee.. I'll be married to Ceddy by then though, so I'll make sure you get to see them live :)

[she_had_a_username]

LOL @ grey afros... hehee.. I'll be married to Ceddy by then though, so I'll make sure you get to see them live :)

Yay :D

I'll be moshing with my zimmer frame :cool:

[Alec Trevelyan]

A mixed bag of old and new

Track list (I imagine it will all run as one though, being recorded live..will have to wait and see!):

1. abrasions mount the timpani
2. take the veil cerpin taxt
3. a) gust of mutts
4. b) and ghosted pouts
5. caviglia
6. concertina
7. haruspex
8. cicatriz
9. a) pt I
10. b) pt II
11. c) pt III
12. d) pt IV


LOL @ grey afros... hehee.. I'll be married to Ceddy by then though, so I'll make sure you get to see them live :)

Sounds good to me!!!Its released in Canada Nov 8th, Hooray :D

[Wowee Zowee]

New material!!! Holy sh*t!!! :D
it isnt new material...its just songs that have been divided up mainly due to them being too long etc etc. I think theres some b-sides around.

[Jook]

Seeing them in Manchester on Dec 1st :D

Who else?

The night before in Brum :D

Can't wait.

[Beast Love]

Seeing them in Manchester on Dec 1st :D

Who else?
:'(
i want to goooo!!!


I think it's time to repost my smilies where they might be apreciated.

being here.



http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y189/Beast_Love/omarsmiley.gif http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y189/Beast_Love/cedric.gif

Omar and Cedric

[Alec Trevelyan]

it isnt new material...its just songs that have been divided up mainly due to them being too long etc etc. I think theres some b-sides around.

Its another Mars Volta album, so I'm still happy, hell yeah B-sides :D

[Wowee Zowee]

scabdates is leaked if you want to download it...or you could wait ;)

[Ril]

Are they good live? I heard they're touring by me soon.

[Bakesh]

Wow there's like 20+ people in the Mars Volta band hehe :fro:

[2 many Coffees]

Wow there's like 20+ people in the Mars Volta band hehe :fro:
and im one of them

:fro:

[Jook]

Are they good live? I heard they're touring by me soon.

Best live band I've EVER seen. You HAVE to go and see them

[Wowee Zowee]

listened to scabdates afew times now tis a pretty good recording with some good songs on there. Ghosted Pouts, Gust Of Mutts being pretty damn good but then again I find theres far too much "wankery"...i.e solos that just are pointless and crazy noises that go on for 20 minutes..otherwise its a good listen.
not sure if its worthy of a purchase though.

[Alec Trevelyan]

Best live band I've EVER seen. You HAVE to go and see them

Yes! They're amazing live! I saw them with System Of A Down in a big venue (hockey rink), I would like to see them in a smaller venue. I heard Some f**king System Of A Down fans after Mars Volta played say "Man, that The Mars Volta bands sucks!" I almost blew up!, those f**cking fouls that only know System Of A Down singles couldn't understand the greatness of The Mars Volta because they're too f**king stupid, that really pissed me off :D

[Tracee]

Yes! They're amazing live! I saw them with System Of A Down in a big venue (hockey rink), I would like to see them in a smaller venue. I heard Some f**king System Of A Down fans after Mars Volta played say "Man, that The Mars Volta bands sucks!" I almost blew up!, those f**cking fouls that only know System Of A Down singles couldn't understand the greatness of The Mars Volta because they're too f**king stupid, that really pissed me off :D
Easy tiger ;) You get it at least, so never mind what they think. When people as obscure as TMV make 'music' as crazy as they do, it's bound to fly straight over most people's heads! Isn't that why we love them though?

[Alec Trevelyan]

Easy tiger ;) You get it at least, so never mind what they think. When people as obscure as TMV make 'music' as crazy as they do, it's bound to fly straight over most people's heads! Isn't that why we love them though?

Ok :happy: Your so right, thats exactly why we love them :D

[Beast Love]

I watched the video for "The Widow" today. Wierdy beardy. Cool to actually see cedric singing...as I've never seen them live...


love his voice...

[Fezb0b]

heard they have a new live album or something out monday
going to see them in manchester apollo december 1st :)

[Tracee]

I watched the video for "The Widow" today. Wierdy beardy. Cool to actually see cedric singing...as I've never seen them live...


love his voice...
You can find some live videos on Google Vids now :)

[DJ Stay]

Just purchased Scab Dates. Haven't listened to it all yet but I've enjoyed it.

[Bewilders]

<3

[Clunge]

Tarantism, This Apparatus..., Con Safo are the unspoken great Mars Volta moments :happy:

[she_had_a_username]

Someone I know is going to see them tonight in Birmingham...

I am not happy. I am very, very jealous.

:'(

[Beast Love]

Someone I know is going to see them tonight in Birmingham...

I am not happy. I am very, very jealous.

:'(

As am I.


:indiff:

[Tracee]

Someone I know is going to see them tonight in Birmingham...

I am not happy. I am very, very jealous.

:'(
Hmph, lucky so-and-sos.

I think my head would near-explode, but I'd still like to experience the mighty Volta in person. Must ask for Scab Dates for Christmas.

[she_had_a_username]

Hmph, lucky so-and-sos.

I think my head would near-explode, but I'd still like to experience the mighty Volta in person. Must ask for Scab Dates for Christmas.

I'll have to buy it soon methinks.

*dreams of the day when she will actually get to see the mars volta*

*swoons*

[she_had_a_username]

As am I.


:indiff:

Group hug :( *hug*

[Beast Love]

Group hug :( *hug*

I missed out on them playing in London cos I wasn't into them that much when they played there.

Same happened with System of a down...I loved them from about 2001-2003. Then they didnd't release anything, so my musical tastes changed a bit...Then in 2005, they play in London, and i don't care...but then I get thier new album when it came out in July..and I was fuming that i'd missed them...