Great sessions for these summer days.. You won't be penitent..
"Live is the first officially released live recording from the band The Mars Volta. The EP was released in limited quantities in 2003 and is now difficult to find. Due to this, the EP has become a collectors item among Volta fans, sometimes selling for up to $150 on eBay. The first two tracks were recorded live at the XFM Studio in London, 2003. The last two tracks were recorded at the Electric Ballroom in London on July 9, 2003. During the jam in "Drunkship," part of "Cygnus...Vismund Cygnus" from Frances the Mute is played. The album artwork is from the fable of Arachne (also Arachné). It has also been used as the backdrop during the band's live performances." - Wikipedia
"L'Via L'Viaquez is the second single from the album Frances the Mute by The Mars Volta. The song in its unedited form is 12:22, but was stripped down to receive radio play. The song in total features three guitar solos, John Frusciante (Red Hot Chili Peppers, Ataxia), performs the first two guitar solos with Omar Rodriguez-Lopez performing the last solo. It is also features a piano solo towards the end by Larry Harlow. The song ends with The Coqui Of Puerto Rico which connects it Miranda That Ghost Just Isn't Holy Anymore. The song is partially sung in Spanish." - Wikipedia
"Viscera Eyes is the first single from the album Amputechture by The Mars Volta. Viscera Eyes evolved from a song originally written for the band At the Drive-In. The full song (as found on the album) is 9 minutes and 23 seconds long. Pictures from a music video recording session surfaced in early September 2006, with Blake Fleming on drums and John Frusciante on guitar, but the video was never released." - Wikipedia
"Inertiatic ESP is the somewhat cryptic opening song (excluding the introduction) on the Mars Volta album, De-Loused in the Comatorium. Inertiatic refers to the physical state of inertia. The ESP is a phrase created by the band itself, short for Ectopic Shapeshifting Penance-propulsion.
Spain's Rolling Stone Magazine called "Inertiatic ESP" the 67th greatest song of the 21st century." - Wikipedia
"Wax Simulacra is the first single from the album The Bedlam in Goliath by The Mars Volta. The single debuted November 18, 2007 on San Francisco's Live 105 FM. It has previously been played live by the band under the name "Idle Tooth." The B-side "Pulled to Bits" is a cover of a Siouxsie & the Banshees song." - Wikipedia
"The Mars Volta is an American Progressive rock group founded by Cedric Bixler-Zavala and Omar Rodríguez-López in 2001. They are generally considered progressive rock, with jazz and Latin influences. They are known for their wild, energetic and improvised live shows, as well as their usually concept-based studio albums.." - Wikipedia
