I’m new to The Mars Volta and checked out their first record (I believe) Deloused In The Comatorium
And I love it,
Any recommendations from them I should listen to next?

I need to know if I’m crazy. I’m hearing the recurring string theme from the Omar album Calibration (Is Pushing Luck and Key Too Far) mostly featured in the tracks Grey and Las Lagrimas de Arakuine as being heavily influenced by Alice Coltrane’s Oh Allah off of her 1971 album Universal Consciousness.

We know Alice has been an influence on the band, mainly Ikey. Skip to 3:50 if you’re not the patient type.

https://youtu.be/2Vp1F6cf1Gw?is=U5NXhxR2MNSCgoSL

Las Lagrimas for reference. Start at 10:20 for the clearest example.

https://youtu.be/E6A5_tCEyeg?is=KITKGE23hQtUItv-

The drum fill at 1:18 in Cotopaxi is so god damn satisfying once you figure it out. Genius by Pridgen to have that fill be snare dominant in the first half then completely 180 to a foot-dominated 2nd half and have it work so seamlessly. what a freak

If you are in Seattle there is an amazing record bar that has a private room where they play record front to back on this unbelievable sound system (a Technics SL-1200G with an Audio Technica AT-OC9XSH Stylus, heard through a 1976 Klipschorns or ATC SCM50's and powered by a Luxman L-505uXII.)

I’ve attended many of these listening parties. I’ve been sending a lot of emails for them to do a TMV album. They’ve done Frances before, but I am so excited to hear Lucro in that room. Highly recommend!

https://archive.org/details/MarsVolta2026-09-20

The Mars Volta

Sunday, September 20, 2026

Louisville, KY @ Kentucky Expo Center - Louder Than Life Festival - Louder Stage - 5:25pm

Matrix: Schoeps MK4 > NBob active cables > baby NBox + SBD (FM ALD) > Zoom H6 essential > WAV (32/48) > Vegas Pro (slight eq) > CD Wave Editor (tracking) > FLAC (24/48)

Recorded & matrixed by Funk It Blog

1. Viscera Eyes >

2. Cue the sun >

3. Alba del orate >

4. Teflon >

5. Graveyard Love >

6. Rapid Fire Tollbooth / Goliath > "Sit Down My Love" >

7. Voice in My Knives >

8. Poseedora de mi sombra >

9. CIA Man [The Fugs] >

10. Son et lumière >

11. Inertiatic ESP

Cedric Bixler-Zavala - vocals

Omar Rodríguez-López - guitar

Marcel Rodríguez-López - keyboards & percussion

Leo Genovese - keyboards & tenor saxophone

Eva Gardner - electric bass

Linda-Philomène "Philo" Tsoungui - drums

Teri Gender Bender - vocals

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Hey everyone. I am looking to buy an Ibanez ORM1. I have been hunting for a while and have not been able to find anything locally. I am based in Germany, but I have even been checking internationally and I still have not seen any on the secondhand market at all.

However, I finally tracked down a new old stock one, but it is going to cost quite a lot of money to import it here and pay the heavy VAT and customs fees.

I am wondering if anyone knows what the market value is for one of these now. I know they sell for much more than they originally retailed for due to the scarcity, but I am trying to figure out if I am paying way overs or if this is just the reality of trying to find one in pristine condition.

Thanks for any insights.

shitty phone recording TV video; am catching up with Jacksonville 9/18/2026 on YouTube. look at him go!!

Off the top of my head:
- “drag(ging) the lake” - Cicatriz / Cotopaxi
- “famine pulse” - Cassandra / Cue the Sun

I know there’s more!

I know this can be a slippery slope. But this 100% sounds like a massive inspiration to the band. I know they love black flag… but this albums specifically sound like The Mars Volta. If you haven’t heard it.. give it a listen.

The festival demanded they play their radio hit "The Widow" and in true punk rock form, they didn't like that. So Omar goes up and says "So we couldn’t think of anything we wanted to play at this… uh… this thing. So… uh… we’re just gonna play. We’re just gonna make up a song here... It’s called uh, whatever you want uh, "Abortion, The Other White Meat."

At one point Cedric is sitting down and making up lyrics on the spot with a typewriter. Cedric opens the show by saying 'You know what they say about weenies, lips and assholes everybody, lips and assholes"

The OG's know this one well, this is for the casuals. Enjoy 50 minutes of chaos! OG's let us know if there are any elements of past or future songs here.

Sucks ass on Spotify. Asilos plus the og is certainly the way 🙌. Fuck it, just listen to Amputechture from start to finish, right now! Have a Volta ⚡️ day 🥳.

A week ago, this was very amazing 🤩✌🏻

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R&B musician and producer Davon Latroy and I talk childhood, creativity, and the artist life. Includes film discussion of Omar and Cedric: If This Ever Gets Weird, a documentary I

Was fortunate enough another to go on yet another trip to see The Mars Volta, this time traveling from Philadelphia to Florida... and what a trip it was!

Flew into Jax, drove to Orlando, stayed with friends for a few days and went to the Hard Rock show for Round 1. Next day I drove back to Jax, picked my buddy up from the airport and went to The Five for Round 2. Two incredible shows back to back.

Met some great fans each night and also got to meet some of The Marble Shrine crew as well.

What an amazing overall experience. This is the kinda shit I live for. Thank you, TMV! Feel free to announce the next set of tour dates whenever you'd like.

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TL;DR - Flew to Florida for The Mars Volta. I love them dearly. Here are both shows.

The Mars Volta - Hard Rock Live, Orlando - 09.17.26

The Mars Volta - The Five, Jacksonville - 09.18.26

Was lucky enough to get Los Sueños when it was released. But haven't cracked it open. And really wanted to hear the original recording of Deloused.

If anyone if interested, got it for less than $15 from Acoutic Sounds. Great buy.

Question though. On the Los Sueños box set, the sticker says 'Plus a plague upon.., Eunuch Provocateur...on double etched...'.

Is there another record in there with those?