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Published on January 9th 2004
The Mars Volta, while hated by many, cannot be denied the talent they displayed on 2003's De-loused In The Comatorium. Taking a page from Weezer's book, the band has issued a 4-song, limited edition live EP that is being distributed only in certain independent record store chains [a list of which is viewable here, if you scroll down a bit]. The first two songs on the EP, "Roulette Dates (the haunt of)" and fan favorite "Drunkship of Lanterns" are live studio recordings of the band in London. The final two cuts, "Cicatraz ESP" and "Televators," are taken from a concert in July of 2003, also in London. People who liked this also liked:           Please login or register to post comments. What are the benefits of having a Punknews.org account?
Man, The Mras Volta is just the best. Freaking crazy ass bony Omar is just crazy at the guitar. And Cedric hits some really high high notes. Dude they're just the best band of all time kinda like Pink Floyd, Led Zepplin shit man. Volta's badass, but ISIS is the shit!! I've seen them twice, one of the most amazing bands I've ever seen. I couldn't move.Totally in shock. Aaron Turner is a genius. Later fuckers. I dont think the long jams are a bad thing. i am smarter than all of you. That Pelican EP is excellent, I reviewed it a while back. somebody needs to review isis. has anybody heard the pelican ep? that is pretty fucking good. Isis is one of my favorite bands of all time. Great band. Mars is the red planet! so I never got a chance to hear their full length, and i waasn't looking forward to this or anyhting, but I LOVE this e.p. the problem is that people just dont' have the attention span for jams at a live show. too bad, but from a guy whos faortie band is ISIS this it the shit. crimson** oh yeah. i think my dad has a king crimpson record in the basement. never listened to it, but it sure does have some cool artwork. "oh yeah, i forgot to point out that the word 'amazing' is banned from punk rock and/or hardcore from here on out." Excuse me? Who's the Boss? Tony mother fucking Danza thats where you are wrong, everyone knows Charles is in Charge. To the assclown below, Who cares who invented this style? King Crimson was influenced by people before their time and so on. Just like in 20 years, bands may be influenced by the Mars Volta, who were influenced by King Crimson and so on..... No one says that you can't like modern punk bands because they were influenced by the clash, ramones, sex pistols, and dead kennodys. It's all music. scores for how much of a homo i am. Is anyone going to review any of the last Small Brown Bike shows? oooh hey im rob, and im such a mex... my space bar doesnt evenwork cuz im so mexican that i waste all my money on mexican booze and welfare checks, aka post stamps a friend of mine described this band as "sounding like Santana. . . psychodelic and mexican" TMV may be good, but they wouldn't convert on 4th & 26. These Fuck chops think they're YES! I agree with what Scott said, but I wouldn't even bother myself. It's not worth the effort. It's understandable though, sometimes people like 'Tater just get you really irritated and make you ventilate your irritation. I think we should all give Scott a hand for tearing down Tate on his own website. King Crimson is fucking genius, Greg Graffin likes them and so should you. comparing mahvishnu to the mars volta is really apt (i never thought about that), kudos mahavishnu orchestra=the kickass band.
I was reading Jason Tate's "end of year wrap-up" on ap.net and he actually wrote that the Mars Volta is underrated. Is there a bigger ass clown going round?? ok. i like this band a lot. deloused is a great cd. BUT I think people are giving them too much credit for making a "totally new sound that has never been done before". It's no different than if someone tried to tell me that Rancid was the first punk band to mix punk with reggae. There is a band (and i'm not trying to sound all hipster here) called King Crimson that has been doing this style of music for almost 30 years. the mars volta is shockingly similar to king crimson in the way they structure their songs and have weird interludes and stuff. check out their first few records if you wanna see who invented this style. That's from "Punk"RockVids.com by the way, which is made up of 92% big label "wanna-be-punk" emo videos. SICK! you dont get it because you have you dogs dick stuck in your ears oh yeah, i forgot to point out that the word "amazing" is banned from punk rock and/or hardcore from here on out. i know it makes you sound all artistic and musical but it's been used way too much... i do not get this band. they have some good songs, but geez, why does everyone have such a hard on for these guys? the mars volta are what all the stuck up musical elitists are listening to after they scoff at everyone else with lesser taste... Jessie Automatic, currently of The Epoxies, said I look like DuPlenty! I blushed. I've heard Iggy and Stiv and even Bowie at my glammiest....but to be compared to the lead Screamer.......and by someone in one of my favorite current bands...... Screamers= eat this band out and leave it crying. DuPlenty was a genius. Kick Ass band, saw them live last October in Chicago, they kicked ass, and did do things with their fans, so fuck off haters They do little for me.....Though I'm a big fag for keyboards. I guess only when the Spits, cripples, epoxies, screamers, piranhas, ect.... are behind 'em. The album cover's pretty nifty though. "dope band, great review, awesome cd. fuck all the haters. go listen to new found glory you fags." dope band, great review, awesome cd. fuck all the haters. go listen to new found glory you fags. Idiot....the purpose isnt supposed to be a complete recreation of the studio cd when u perform live....squeeze me macaroni if you dont love the mars volta you suck. Television was enough for me as far as prog-punk goes. I thought there were more than 2 people in this band. WOW, no wonder everyone calls them talented. you can also order the cd from this store the mars volta-music to listen to when you're constipated or a arrogant indie hipster. in either case, you just want it to go away. Mr. Bungle > Rage Against The Machine. I enjoyed this EP a lot. Since I have yet to see the mars volta this will have to tide me over till the next time they come around. They're just lazy. Mr. Bungle was able to recreate all their sounds like, of course it led to Trey Sprunance playing lead guitar and a keyboard at the same time, but still, they made it work. The Mars Volta kids aren't talented enough to make all these sounds and songs work without studio musician help. I'm not discrediting their ability to come up with pseudo-intellectual emo-prog ideas, but they aren't really able to communicate it that well. >>Exclusively sold at all: You said it exactly. Although, I was quite suprised when I saw them live for how well they made their stuff sound. They only thing lacking in the live shows was multiple guitar tracks and certain spacey sound effects. Omar = hottest guitar player in music right now. For being as talented as a guitar player he is, he also writes all the music for the band, and experiments with chords, dissonance, and synchopation. He adds a new level to guitar soloing that is generally lacking in mainstream rock. Tom Morello can suck Omar's balls. Word. |
