How The Mars Volta Built A Live LP With Its Fans The Mars Volta (photo: Clemente Ruiz) For most bands, a live album is a souvenir. For the Mars Volta, it’s an existential conundrum. The El Paso, Tx.-born rock institution has spent more than two decades building a reputation on the idea that no performance […]

New Mars Volta Mystery Deepens With Fan-Powered Vote New Mars Volta Mystery Deepens With Fan-Powered Vote The Mars Volta continues to keep fans guessing. After launching a cryptic teaser site on June 8 featuring a countdown clock that expired the following day, the Omar Rodriguez-Lopez, and Cedric Bixler-Zavala-led band has slowly been revealing pieces of […]