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Omar Alfredo Rodriguez-Lopez (born September 1, 1975 in Bayamón, Puerto Rico) is the lead guitarist and composer for the progressive rock group The Mars Volta. Image File history File links Information_icon. ...
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Progressive rock (sometimes shortened to prog, prog rock, or progrock) is a subgenre of rock music which arose in the late 1960s, reached the peak of its popularity in the 1970s, but continues as a musical form long afterward. ...
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Biography Rodriguez-Lopez grew up in El Paso, Texas, but spent some of his childhood in South Carolina, where he got in touch with friend Cedric Bixler Zavala who suggested he come back to El Paso. With the help of Bixler Zavala, he was able to make it back to El Paso where he joined At The Drive-In as backup vocalist and bass guitarist. After receiving a record deal with Flipside Records and recording Acrobatic Tenement with the band, he became their full-time bassist before switching to guitar. While in At The Drive-In, he held some odd jobs, including a telemarketer for AT&T. He also worked as a secretary. A panoramic view of El Paso, Texas from the north. ...
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Cedric Bixler_Zavala from The Mars Volta onstage in San Francisco, 2002 Occupation: Lead singer of The Mars Volta Date of Birth: November 4, 1974 in Redwood City, CA Band History Phantasmagoria The Dregtones The Fall on Deaf Ears At The Drive-In De Facto The Mars Volta About Cedric Raised...
At the Drive-In (ATDI) was a post-hardcore band from El Paso, Texas from 1993 until 2001. ...
Flipside Records is a record company that specializes in house music. ...
Acrobatic Tenement is the debut album from At the Drive-In, released in 1996. ...
Telemarketing is a form of direct marketing where a salesperson uses the telephone to solicit prospective customers to sell products or services. ...
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Omar started his music career at 15 years of age when he became the singer for the El Paso hardcore band, Startled Calf, from 1990 to 1992. Rodriguez-Lopez has spent most of his career working with, and often living with his close friend, Cedric Bixler Zavala. While still playing in At the Drive-In, they formed a dub reggae outfit called DeFacto. In 2001 both left At the Drive-In, which they had been part of since 1993, on "indefinite hiatus" to form The Mars Volta. In addition, Cedric appears on Rodriguez-Lopez's A Manual Dexterity: Soundtrack Volume 1, the soundtrack to Rodriguez-Lopez's film. The release date of this film is unknown. This article is about the year. ...
1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday. ...
See De facto for the Latin expression DeFacto DeFacto were a dub reggae side project of Cedric Bixler Zavala, and Omar Rodriguez-Lopez of At The Drive-In, keyboardist Isaiah Ikey Owens, and soundman Jeremy Michael Ward. ...
Rodriguez-Lopez's compositional and playing style is characterized by, among other factors, unresolving dissonances (in particular a heavy use of the tritone), chromatic passages, serial composition and lengthy improvisation. He is also known for his vast array of effects pedals. Rodriguez-Lopez claims to be ignorant of any music theory. The augmented fourth between C and F# forms a tritone. ...
Philosophically, improvisation often focuses on bringing ones personal awareness into the moment, and on developing a profound understanding for the action one is doing. ...
Rodriguez-Lopez's style has been likened to that of King Crimson's Robert Fripp (who also uses tritones abundantly). It is likely that Fripp has had a considerable influence on Rodriguez-Lopez. However, Rodriguez has cited salsa pianist and bandleader Larry Harlow as his primary influence. Rodriguez cites the comedian Lenny Bruce, the film-maker Werner Herzog and the New Age anthropologist Carlos Castaneda as three other important influences. King Crimson is an English musical group founded by guitarist Robert Fripp and drummer Michael Giles in 1969. ...
Robert Fripp (born May 16, 1946 in Wimborne Minster, Dorset, England) is a guitarist and a composer, perhaps best known for his founding role in the band King Crimson. ...
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Lenny Bruce (October 13, 1925 â August 3, 1966), born Leonard Alfred Schneider, was a controversial American stand-up comedian, writer, social critic and satirist of the 1950s and 1960s. ...
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Carlos Castaneda, previously Castañeda, (December 25, 1925 â April 27, 1998) was an author of a controversial series of books that claimed to describe his training in traditional Native American shamanism (ancient sorcery of the Toltec people). ...
Other notable comparisons can be drawn between Rodriguez and guitarist John McLaughlin of Mahavishnu Orchestra and Miles Davis fame. It is very likely that Rodriguez was influenced by McLaughlin as evident in his abundant use of complex time signatures and frequent meter changes in his playing. Many jazz and rock elements originally fused by pioneers such as McLaughlin are present in Rodriguez's playing as well. John McLaughlin John McLaughlin during a Shakti concert John McLaughlin (born January 4, 1942), also Mahavishnu John McLaughlin, is a jazz fusion guitar player from Yorkshire in England. ...
The original lineup in 1972, featuring Billy Cobham, John McLaughlin, Jerry Goodman, Jan Hammer and Rick Laird. ...
Miles Dewey Davis III (May 26, 1926 â September 28, 1991) was one of the most distinguished jazz musicians of the latter half of the 20th century. ...
Rodriguez-Lopez is credited as writing all the music heard on The Mars Volta's 2005 release CD, Frances the Mute, as well as acting as record producer, arranging and recording all of the music. He also produced the first and only LP from the defunct LA-based band Radio Vago. It has been suggested that Cassandra Gemini be merged into this article or section. ...
Rodriguez-Lopez's playing style has been acknowledged by guitar legends such as Joe Satriani and Kirk Hammett.[citation needed]
The Omar Rodriguez-Lopez Quintet The Omar Rodriguez-Lopez Quintet is a side project of Omar Rodriguez-Lopez. Taking some free time out of his busy schedule with The Mars Volta, Rodriguez-Lopez plays live shows with his quintet. A self-titled album exists, recorded mostly in Amsterdam. The album, Omar Rodriguez, features long, improvisational songs with Dutch titles. This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...
Omar Rodriguez is the self titled second solo album by The Mars Volta guitarist. ...
Omar's latest work is a collaboration between him and Damo Suzuki entitled "Please Heat This Eventually". The collaboration features members of Omar's Quintet and will be released under Omar's GSL recordings on special edition 12" vinyl in December 2006, a proper release will come in early 2007. Kenji Suzuki â nickname Damo - (born January 16, 1950, Japan) is a rock music / Psychedelic music / Art rock / krautrock singer probably best known for his membership in German group Can. ...
Members - Omar Rodriguez-Lopez : Guitar
- Juan Alderete de la Peña : Bass
- Marcel Rodriguez-Lopez : Drums
- Adrian Terrazas-Gonzales : Saxophone and percussion
- Money Mark : Keyboards and Synths
Juan Alderete, circa 2001. ...
Marcellus Rodriguez-Lopez is a musician of many talents. ...
Adrián Terrazas-González is a musician who plays flute, tenor saxophone, bass clarinet and percussion in The Mars Volta; leader of The Regimen. ...
Money Mark is a producer and musician who has collaborated with the Beastie Boys from America many times, and his album Push the button was well received by the music press. ...
Discography Solo / Omar Rodriguez-Lopez Quintet Omar Rodriguez is the self titled second solo album by The Mars Volta guitarist. ...
Please Heat This Eventually is the new 12 EP from Gold Standard Laboratories and is a collaboration between The Mars Volta Guitarist/Composer Omar Rodriguez-Lopez and Damo Suzuki of the group CAN. It will be released commercially in early January 2007. ...
- I Love Being Trendy (1991) - EP
At the Drive-In (ATDI) was a post-hardcore band from El Paso, Texas from 1993 until 2001. ...
Acrobatic Tenement is the debut album from At the Drive-In, released in 1996. ...
El Gran Orgo is the third EP by At the Drive-In. ...
In/Casino/Out is the second album by the El Paso post-hardcore band At the Drive-In, released in 1998. ...
Most experimental release by At The Drive-In, released 1999. ...
Relationship of Command is the third and final album by At the Drive-In, released in 2000 through Grand Royal. ...
This Station Is Non-Operational: Anthology is a righteous compilation by the now-defunct post-hardcore band At the Drive-In. ...
See De facto for the Latin expression DeFacto DeFacto were a dub reggae side project of Cedric Bixler Zavala, and Omar Rodriguez-Lopez of At The Drive-In, keyboardist Isaiah Ikey Owens, and soundman Jeremy Michael Ward. ...
How Do You Dub? You Fight for Dub, You Plug Dub In is the debut album by De Facto, a side-project of At the Drive-Ins Cedric Bixler Zavala and Omar Rodriguez-Lopez. ...
Megaton Shotblast is the first album released by DeFacto, a side-project of At the Drive-Ins Cedric Bixler Zavala and Omar Rodriguez-Lopez. ...
De Facto Legende du Scorpion a Quatre Queues Modern City, 2001 1. ...
456132015 is the final release by DeFacto, a side-project of At the Drive-Ins Cedric Bixler Zavala and Omar Rodriguez-Lopez. ...
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Cover of Tremulant EP Release on April 2nd, 2002 by Gold Standard Labs, Tremulant EP is the first EP release by the innovative emo progressive rock band The Mars Volta Track Listing 1. ...
De-Loused in the Comatorium is the first LP and concept album by the progressive rock band The Mars Volta. ...
Live EP is the first officially released live recording from the band The Mars Volta. ...
It has been suggested that Cassandra Gemini be merged into this article or section. ...
Released on July 12, 2005 and distributed only to radio stations, A Missing Chromosome is a compilation of various non-LP tracks and b-sides by The Mars Volta. ...
Scabdates is the second official live recording from the band The Mars Volta. ...
Amputechture is the third full length studio album by The Mars Volta released on September 12, 2006. ...
Guest Appearances John Frusciante conceived and created Shadows Collide With People (2004) during the recording of By the Way. It was his fourth solo album and is widely regarded as his most accessible work, featuring an eclectic mix of guitar-driven alternative rock, folk ballads, and electronica. ...
John Anthony Frusciante (IPA pronunciation: ) (born March 5, 1970) is the guitarist of the Californian band Red Hot Chili Peppers, with whom he has performed on five studio recordings (Mothers Milk, Blood Sugar Sex Magik, Californication, By The Way and Stadium Arcadium), three compilation packages (What Hits!?, Greatest Hits...
Inside Of Emptiness is the fourth album of a six album series that John Frusciante undertook from June 2004 to February 2005. ...
John Anthony Frusciante (IPA pronunciation: ) (born March 5, 1970) is the guitarist of the Californian band Red Hot Chili Peppers, with whom he has performed on five studio recordings (Mothers Milk, Blood Sugar Sex Magik, Californication, By The Way and Stadium Arcadium), three compilation packages (What Hits!?, Greatest Hits...
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John Anthony Frusciante (IPA pronunciation: ) (born March 5, 1970) is the guitarist of the Californian band Red Hot Chili Peppers, with whom he has performed on five studio recordings (Mothers Milk, Blood Sugar Sex Magik, Californication, By The Way and Stadium Arcadium), three compilation packages (What Hits!?, Greatest Hits...
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Radio Vago is a Los Angeles, California based rock band currently signed to Buddyhead records. ...
Radio Vago is a Los Angeles, California based rock band currently signed to Buddyhead records. ...
Stadium Arcadium is the first double album, and ninth studio album, by funk rock / rock quartet, the Red Hot Chili Peppers. ...
Red Hot Chili Peppers are a Grammy Award-winning, four-piece rock band, formed in Los Angeles, California in 1983. ...
Equipment
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With The Mars Volta Live: - Guitars:
- Ibanez AX120 Custom Model with .012 gauge strings. (This is Omar's main guitar for live on-stage with TMV. They have an Ibanez Artcore series bolt-on neck, a single volume control knob, and a single Seymour Duncan JB Jr. pickup in the bridge position. He has many of these guitars, and at one point had one with a Floyd Rose installed, which has since broken.) As taken from: http://www.ibanez.com/artists/default.asp?s=e
- Ibanez JTK2 Jet King Custom Model in black with red tortoise shell pickguard and one Seymour Duncan JB Jr. pickup. (As seen played on October 23rd show: http://i145.photobucket.com/albums/r217/ChompOnThat/DSC00208.jpg)
- Amplifiers:
- 4 x Orange AD140HTC into 4 x 4x12 Orange Cabinets (lately the orange fleck covering has been stripped off the heads and cabs)
(Omar has a huge range of effects pedals which he uses both live and in the studio. The above is a list of identified pedals, however the list is not complete and may never be complete.) The classical guitar typically has nylon strings. ...
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Seymour Duncan is a company that is most famous for manufacturing of guitar pickups, and currently has a line of effects pedals. ...
Floyd Rose Original Floyd Rose is the organization that licenses, distributes and manufactures the Floyd Rose Locking Tremolo invented by Floyd D. Rose. ...
This article is about the guitar manufacturer. ...
An amplifier is a device which changes a small movement into a larger movement. ...
Corporate logo of Orange Amplification Usage of these images is restricted. ...
Corporate logo of Orange Amplification Usage of these images is restricted. ...
An effects pedal, or stomp box, is an effects unit housed in a small metal chassis, used by musicians, usually electric guitar players as a guitar effects pedal, but sometimes players of other instruments including keyboards, violin, or cello. ...
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A typical compact effects pedal. ...
This article is about the guitar manufacturer. ...
Danelectro DC-3 reissue. ...
The Electro Harmonix logo Electro Harmonix is a company that makes electronic sound processors based in New York. ...
NYC re-issue & a Russian Sovtek version The Big Muff is a famous distortion box produced in New York City by the Electro-Harmonix company, along with their Russian sister company Sovtek, primarily for use with the electric guitar. ...
The Line 6 logo. ...
The Digitech Logo DigiTech is an audio company that specialises in effects pedals and consoles for guitars and basses. ...
A 4th Generation Whammy Pedal A Whammy Pedal is an effects pedal produced by Digitech that bends the pitch of a guitars signal. ...
The Electro Harmonix logo Electro Harmonix is a company that makes electronic sound processors based in New York. ...
Mu-Tron III exterior The Musictronics Mu-Tron III was a auto-wah effects pedal produced by Musitronics. ...
The Jim Dunlop Logo Dunlop Manufacturing, Inc. ...
The Jim Dunlop Cry Baby (also known as the Crybaby) is a highly popular wah-wah pedal, manufactured by Dunlop Manufacturing, Inc. ...
The Electro Harmonix logo Electro Harmonix is a company that makes electronic sound processors based in New York. ...
moogerfooger is the trademark for a series of analog effects pedals manufactured by Moog Music. ...
The Electro Harmonix logo Electro Harmonix is a company that makes electronic sound processors based in New York. ...
A typical compact effects pedal. ...
The Electro Harmonix logo Electro Harmonix is a company that makes electronic sound processors based in New York. ...
A typical compact effects pedal. ...
The Digitech Logo DigiTech is an audio company that specialises in effects pedals and consoles for guitars and basses. ...
The Line 6 logo. ...
Doepfer Musikelektronik GmbH Doepfer is a manufacturer of audio hardware based in Gräfelfing/Germany, founded in 1992 by Dieter Döpfer. ...
Studio: De-Loused In The Comatorium De-Loused in the Comatorium is the first LP and concept album by the progressive rock band The Mars Volta. ...
Frances The Mute The classical guitar typically has nylon strings. ...
The Gibson SG is a popular model of solid-bodied electric guitar that was introduced in the early 1960s. ...
It has been suggested that Cassandra Gemini be merged into this article or section. ...
The classical guitar typically has nylon strings. ...
The Fender Telecaster, also known as a Tele, is a typically dual-pickup, solid-body electric guitar made by Fender. ...
The Fender Jaguar guitar was introduced in 1962. ...
2005 Mustang The Fender Mustang is an electric guitar by the Fender Musical Instruments Company, introduced in 1964 as the basis of a major redesign of Fenders student models then consisting of the Musicmaster and Duo-Sonic. ...
- Guitars:
- Squier Super-Sonic (Right-handed model, strung left-handed)
- Fender Mustang
- Maton MS542 (Discontinued model, used in the Bochum, Germany video)
At the Drive-In (ATDI) was a post-hardcore band from El Paso, Texas from 1993 until 2001. ...
The classical guitar typically has nylon strings. ...
// Squier Super-Sonic As part of Fenders 1997 Vista Series all Squier Super-Sonics came with a white/black/white sandwich pick guard and 24â³ scale, 22 fret neck with rear âskunk stripeâ. This was made of maple. ...
2005 Mustang The Fender Mustang is an electric guitar by the Fender Musical Instruments Company, introduced in 1964 as the basis of a major redesign of Fenders student models then consisting of the Musicmaster and Duo-Sonic. ...
Maton is an Australian manufacturer of guitars and other fretted musical instruments. ...
An amplifier is a device which changes a small movement into a larger movement. ...
The Marshall Logo Marshall Amplification is a British company which designs and manufactures electric guitar amplifiers. ...
Corporate logo of Orange Amplification Usage of these images is restricted. ...
With Omar Rodriguez-Lopez Quintet The classical guitar typically has nylon strings. ...
This article is about the guitar manufacturer. ...
The Gibson SG is a popular model of solid-bodied electric guitar that was introduced in the early 1960s. ...
An amplifier is a device which changes a small movement into a larger movement. ...
Vox is a musical equipment manufacturer based in Britain, which is most famous for making the AC30 guitar amplifier and the Vox organ. ...
An effects pedal, or stomp box, is an effects unit housed in a small metal chassis, used by musicians, usually electric guitar players as a guitar effects pedal, but sometimes players of other instruments including keyboards, violin, or cello. ...
Ibanez Tube Screamer exterior The Ibanez Tube Screamer is a distortion effects pedal produced by Ibanez. ...
The Line 6 logo. ...
The Line 6 logo. ...
moogerfooger is the trademark for a series of analog effects pedals manufactured by Moog Music. ...
A typical compact effects pedal. ...
The Electro Harmonix logo Electro Harmonix is a company that makes electronic sound processors based in New York. ...
A typical compact effects pedal. ...
The Line 6 logo. ...
This article is about the guitar manufacturer. ...
- Basses
- Fender Jazz basses (Omar used a black with white scratchplate model and white with red tortoise-shell scratchplate model)
See De facto for the Latin expression DeFacto DeFacto were a dub reggae side project of Cedric Bixler Zavala, and Omar Rodriguez-Lopez of At The Drive-In, keyboardist Isaiah Ikey Owens, and soundman Jeremy Michael Ward. ...
Martin EB18 Bass Guitar in flight case. ...
The Jazz Bass was the second model of electric bass guitar created by Leo Fender. ...
An amplifier is a device which changes a small movement into a larger movement. ...
Ampeg is an American instrument amplifier manufacturer. ...
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Ampeg is an American instrument amplifier manufacturer. ...
An effects pedal, or stomp box, is an effects unit housed in a small metal chassis, used by musicians, usually electric guitar players as a guitar effects pedal, but sometimes players of other instruments including keyboards, violin, or cello. ...
A typical compact effects pedal. ...
moogerfooger is the trademark for a series of analog effects pedals manufactured by Moog Music. ...
The Digitech Logo DigiTech is an audio company that specialises in effects pedals and consoles for guitars and basses. ...
A 4th Generation Whammy Pedal A Whammy Pedal is an effects pedal produced by Digitech that bends the pitch of a guitars signal. ...
The Electro Harmonix logo Electro Harmonix is a company that makes electronic sound processors based in New York. ...
Notes | The Mars Volta | | Omar Rodriguez-Lopez | Cedric Bixler-Zavala Isaiah Ikey Owens | Juan Alderete de la Pena | Deantoni Parks | Marcel Rodriguez-Lopez | Adrian Terrazas-Gonzales | Pablo Hinojos-Gonzalez This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...
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Isaiah Ikey Owens Isaiah Ikey Owens is the keyboardist in The Mars Volta, and was a member of Cedric Bixler Zavala and Omar Rodriguez-Lopezs side project, DeFacto. ...
Juan Alderete, circa 2001. ...
Deantoni Parks (born November 2nd, 1977) is a free-jazz/avant-garde/experimental drummer based in Brooklyn, New York City. ...
Marcellus Rodriguez-Lopez is a musician of many talents. ...
Adrián Terrazas-González is a musician who plays flute, tenor saxophone, bass clarinet and percussion in The Mars Volta; leader of The Regimen. ...
Paul Hinojos (born on July 17, 1975 in Los Angeles, California) was first introduced to the mainstream music scene as the bassist of the highly influential band At the Drive-In from El Paso, Texas. ...
| | Former members | | Eva Gardner | Jeremy Ward | Jon Theodore | | Discography | Albums: De-Loused in the Comatorium | Frances the Mute | Scabdates | A Missing Chromosome | Amputechture Extended plays: | Tremulant EP | Live EP Singles: "Inertiatic ESP" | "Televators" | "The Widow" | "L'Via L'Viaquez" | "Viscera Eyes" | |