The Mars Volta

Style: Neo-Progressive Rock / Experimental Rock / Jazz Fusion

Origin: USA ( El Paso, Texas )

Years Active: 2001 - 2012

Last line-up:

Cedric Bixler-Zavala - vocal ( Zavalaz, Antemasque, ex-At The Drive In, ex-De Facto )

Omar Rodriguez-Lopez - guitar ( Omar Rodriguez-Lopez, Antemasque, Bosnian Rainbows, ex-At The Drive In, ex-De Facto, ex-Le Butcherettes )

John Alderete - bass ( Racer X, Zavalaz )

Marcel Rodriguez-Lopez - keyboard ( Eureka The Butcher )

Deantoni Parks - drums ( Deantoni Parks, Bosnian Rainbows )

Past members:

Michael "Flea" Balzary - bass ( Red Hot Chili Peppers, Flea, Atoms For Peace )

Isaiah Ikey Owens - keyboard R.I.P. ( ex-Isaiah Ikey Owens, ex-De Facto )

Dave Elitch - drums ( Antemasque, ex-Killer Be Killed )

Thomas Pridgen - drums ( The Memorials, ex-Suicidal Tendencies )

Jon Theodore - drums ( Queens of The Stone Age, Giraffe Tongue Orchestra )

Main discography:

[ 2003 ] De-Loused in The Comatorium

[ 2005 ] Frances The Mute

[ 2006 ] Amputechture

[ 2008 ] The Bedlam in Goliath

[ 2009 ] Octahedron

[ 2012 ] Noctourniquet