The Michigan-born virtuoso shares his secrets for getting the perfect jazz tone on a metal guitar, the parallels between jazz and prog, and why jazz guitar isn’t as scary as it seems
I came to At The Drive-In late. They were already broken up by the time I heard Relationship Of Command. I heard the name the Mars Volta comparatively early, though, because Cedric Bixler-Zavala was one of the guest vocalists on Rise Above: 24 Black Flag Songs To Benefit The West Memphis Three, a 2002 benefit album put together by Henry Rollins. His voice was a quavering, upper-register wail with an unhinged quality that reminded me of the Cramps’ Lux Interior, and when he leapt all the way to a shriek I was fascinated. I wanted to hear more from this guy right away, and I decided that I needed to find out who the Mars Volta were.
The Mars Volta is arguably THE biggest band out of El Paso. But there's some things you probably didn't know about. Here are 12 facts about The Mars Volta
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