ya rly.

Check yo PMs

Awesome.

Nick Drake cover is amazing, so is Candy and a Currant Bun.

I didnt even know i was a member of this forum. But anyways, the mars volta are probably my fave band, bedlam is pretty sick.

The story behind this album is an obvious marketing ploy. If you haven't heard the band claims this album was made under the influence of evil spirits released in the band's studio by a Ouija board.

I know they have a history of basing albums on found objects, but the concept for this record is pure fabrication.

The Mars Volta
 

Well, I'm sure a lot of us have been listening to them for some time, but I never really gave much thought to their music, until I found out the meanings behind the albums. As such, they've recently become one of my favorite bands, but I was wondering what everyone else thought of Omar and Cedric's post-ATDI stuff.

What's all this hate of Amp for imho.

There's alot to be said for the Mars Volta, I saw them at the Electric Ballroom in London for the Deloused tour. The bloke I brought along complained that they 'sounded like a airplane landing', or something. He was obviously wrong, but I have found that four albums in their brand of progressive/punk can be a bit much.
Whatever your complaints, the world needs them, as they are the last bastion of prog rock, in the eclectic King Crimson sense.
Plus the round of 'promos' they did for Bedlam were brilliant.

I'm a huge Mars Volta fan....I work for a band that sounds similar to them called Program the Dead....

Cicatriz ESP is their best song IMO.