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  Review by: Aubin See others by this writer ![[staff]](/images/icons/staffsticker.gif){kind=icon}
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Published on September 12th 2006
I've been harder on the Mars Volta than most. Much of that stems from frontman Cedric Bixler-Zavala's confession that he split up At the Drive-In because he felt “punk” and “hardcore” were too limiting. That kind of thing smacks of condescension to a scene which he both contributed and took from, and as a result, I couldn't help but take things personally. It wasn't until later that I gave De-Loused a fair listen and realized the strength of the songwriting, performances and its own particular charms.
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i like day of the baphomets alot Fans of punk music don't throw out the red carpet to a prog-fusion band? This me displaying mock horror. me want orgcore. me want against me! and rise against. me think nofx are god. me hate everything but orgcore. Why are people on these message boards so gay? seriously. Scruffy: I'm sorry I didn't mean to say unintelligent, I was just angry at reading all the posts and I was being immature. I apologize for that. "Conclusion: Obviously punk fans (being one of the easiest genres to listen to, and one of the simplest to play, most of the time) are not intelligent enough to listen to this album, or anything that has been progressive (Yes, King Crimson, Gentle Giant, Van Der Graaf Generator, ect.)" "As someone that mainly listens to talented musicians and composers the Mars volta is one of the modern bands that I actually find respect for in trying new ideas. If you don't hear the new ideas on Amputechture compared to "Deloused" I don't know what your hearing. Deloused is way too ammaturish when compared to Amputechture. The cover kind of looks like 2 dudes carrying a big penis, which since I'm flamming gay, makes me pitch a huge tent, than I jerk off and shoot my HIV load all over pictures of Fall Out Boy and Panic at the Disco. As someone that mainly listens to talented musicians and composers the Mars volta is one of the modern bands that I actually find respect for in trying new ideas. If you don't hear the new ideas on Amputechture compared to "Deloused" I don't know what your hearing. Deloused is way too ammaturish when compared to Amputechture. I haven't listened to this album nor will I, but I feel the review of this record that SomethingAwful did is worth mentioning. Behold the introduction to quite possibly one of the best album reviews ever written: The scarred vulva eats cock, and are bad at it. My 2 cents. I don't have the patience to listen to this album, but your review was very informative, it told me everything that I needed to know (like i need to just keep listening to At The Drive-In) good job Aubin, I guess that's why you run this site. Score = review *throws pee on this band and this review* aubin - great review. have the same feelings regarding the previous two albums.while frances had its moments the cd could have been cut in half. de-loused however is very very good in my opinion. i have a feeling they left a lot of the soundscape behind on frances and went for the more melody driven de-loused on this one. i think dante, ape, and godfather summed it up best. Sparta > TMV, easy, and without all the long-haired bragging. It's even better to listen to when you're on drugs. i dont care much for the mars volta....even if atdi was from my hometown.....i just nod my head and pretend i care so i dont have the "what you dont love the mars volta" conversation with people. You cant really compare todays underground "punk" scene to how it was when ATDI disbanded. i think punk rock has majorly progress since then, and in alot of ways it probably was limiting to some people. maybe if he would have just stuck it out and explored his ideas through ATDI, im sure most of their fans would have accepted it. i mean, ATDI wasnt ever your typical "hardcore" or "punk" band... "I've put off listening to this on downloads. I feel I get the best experience from a Mars Volta by laying in my bed w/ the final product and really taking it in. Hahaha, another post by WilliamWhatshisface that makes it sound like he knows what he's talking about. This album was super boring. It would have bummed me out, but I was reading the press releases that were sent out and they all focused on "This album is 74 minutes long!! The songs clock in around 8-14 minutes each!!!" There was nothing saying "The Mars Volta wrecks anal cavities with their aural assault on contemporary music." that any band who likes their album would say. In the end, they knew they wrote a bad album but wanted to take the Walmart approach, "Sure, the quality may be shitty, but you will get 74 minutes of music! That's using the whole CD!! You will get more music for your $10 that if you bought a good album!" A good and solid record, i don't know why everynody seems to hate Frances, the Mute, this record si still great and even though Cedric zavala seems a bit over the top he is a great musician I wish hipsters would leave James Joyce fucking alone. The man was a pure genius... Those douches should stick with Willam S. Burroughs and his random meaninglessness. Besides the fact that I love this album, this is one of the most informed and well-written reviews on punknews.org I've ever read. At points it kicks you in the face like Deloused but a lot of the album really seems forced and busy Wow, I would slap anyone who told me that Sparta was superior to The Mars Volta. But then again, it's almost 1am on a weeknight and I'm sitting behind my computer. Still, you have just been electronically bitchslapped. It seemed like everything the band said about this album bragged about the length of the songs and album instead of addressing the music. http://www.somethingawful.com/index.php?a=4023 Read this review. It's better. He got through the whole first line without an ATDI reference. I"m impressed. On the other hand, these guys are gimmicky. Their music reminds me of the glitter you see on the cheeks of little girls. Cedric and Omar were not just what ATDI had going for them, and the superiority of Sparta to TMV demonstrates that. One of the best reviews you've ever written. the first paragraph of this review is quite interesting. The tetragrammatron that you're thinking of is indeed the true name of G-d in the Jewish faith. Spelled "Yud-Heh-Vav-Heh," it is said as Adonai and is what is most commonly misconstrued as "Yahweh." So if any of you pirates actually bought this, were any of you disappointed by the album art? I mean the booklet.....the cover is cool, but the booklet is all lyrics and nothing else. I just had high expectations for it I guess. this shit is fucking weak. Hideously self-indulgent noise. Equilibrium and At The Drive-In are probably equally pretentious, but ATD-I is actually good, and Equlibrium is 1984 with badly edited fight scenes and leather. The movie was Equilibrium. And it was vastly more intriguing than the wanna-be-profound wankery of ATDI and its progeny. Good review. never got into this band and never will, i loved at the drive-in but this shit is just a bunch of feedback and artsy song titles I think Frances had one song that was almost all quiet atmospherics, and while I'm typically a fan of moody drone, it could have been cut completely from the album to its benefit, and if they had replaced it with the title track, which languished as a vinyl 12 inch extra, it would have been much better. Yes. Yes you do. Really gay. You've really got to love plowing the brown furrow. Riding up the chocolate highway. In fact, I hear that's going to be the title of the next record. It's a concept album about what happened when one of their gay burlesque dancer friends OD'd and nearly died. I guess you have to be gay to REALLY like this band... I broke out in a sweat after making it half way down the first page of Finnegan's Wake, and promptly shut the book. Fuck that shit. best album of 2006. and obviously I've never read Finnegan's Wake, because I can't even spell it correctly. To the guy right underneath me. If the bet was "Dubliners" then I might take it. But no, I doubt this dude has read "Finnigan's Wake." He might have attempted to read it at one point, and even pretended to understand it, but if he had read it, I'm assuming he wouldn't be writing reviews for pitchfork media as a job. I am willing to bet 10,000 dollars that the guy below me has never actually read Finnegan's Wake. The Mars Volta Progtentious! great review. Not a revolutionary band by any means, but definitely good in their own right and worth a listen. Excellent review. Pretty much sums up my feelings about the record. *this might be the worst band on earth right now* Anything > those really fucking lame ATDI vs TMV vs Sparta battles in these threads. "frusciante's guitar work..." If there was No Relationship of command, noone would give a shit about The Mars Volta. this might be the worst band on earth right now what a review. i want to pick it up just to hear the sitar chaos and frusciante's guitar work. Everything I loved about Frances was forgotten on here, I really cannot get into this. Frusciante played guitar but he didnt write anything.... Lopez wrote the whole thing. Frusciante was just some tool that played the parts because they felt he was "worthy" I've put off listening to this on downloads. I feel I get the best experience from a Mars Volta by laying in my bed w/ the final product and really taking it in. the first guy in the picture looks like a less ass kicking version of stephen king's gunslinger Why does this band exsist? pretentious wankery. too much wankering these guys lose points immediately just for looking like a bunch of che guevara-sympathizing hippies Progtentious Amputechture is truly the genre blurring album The Mars Volta were destined to make. I like how they have all these 16 minute tracks and then the one or two 3-4 minute singles. Aubin is even smart when he's being nice. Its like the dude with super x-ray vision leading the blind. Trying to read that review was a lot like trying to listen to Frances The Mute. I read the first few lines "Aubin's interpretation of how I'll feel even dumber for not getting into this album." I don't have the patience to listen to this band anymore, let alone read Aubin's interpretation of how I'll feel even dumber for not getting into this album. I'll just take his word for it. that's what aubz will do to ya That's weird; I had absolutely no interest in hearing this before, and now I feel like checking it out. at this point, there's absolutely no reason to ever listen to this album |
