METALHEAD ENVIES| THE MARS VOLTA| "ROULETTE DARES (THE HAUNT OF)"

[@aformidablebean]

A lot of their music requires a non-stop listening for the energy and experience.

[@beatlebum7057]

The Mars Volta are definitely an acquired taste, but if you stick with em, the chaos starts to make more sense, and you understand their brilliance. That is probably my favorite album of the last 20+ years.

[@iota4542]

I'm glad youre checking this out! The Mars Volta definitely is definitely an aquired taste, but after listening to them for a while they have become one of my favorite bands

[@tillzillz]

couple of fun facts (I hope): it all started with the band At The Drive-In, ("One Armed Scissor" probably their biggest song)... they broke up, half started a band called Sparta the other started The Mars Volta. Flea from RHCP plays bass on this album, and John Frusciante from RHCP plays on a song as well. The Mars Volta's guitarist, and basically the band leader, Omar Rodríguez-López, has A TON of albums (he's probably more prolific than Gizz!)

[@michellelee3379]

John plays on hellllla Omar tracks and vice versa. Omar is all over solo frusciante.

[@michellelee3379]

Especially inside of emptiness

[@AbsolutelyInsaneStatement]

In my opinion this drummer's best performance is on their song "Tetragrammaton" which is one of their most fun songs.

[@michellelee3379]

@@AbsolutelyInsaneStatement that's my all time favorite song ever

[@lenni-hazels]

Tetra is genious, one of my favs as well cause it's so out there.

[@michellelee3379]

The guitar is Omar and he's the composer of all of their music

[@lenni-hazels]

I love his music so much. I don't know if Hendrix or Page or anyone else could have come up with his parts.

[@josoffat7649]

Basically, a jazz band found Hunter S Thompson's stash and this album was their recording of the events. I listened to ths 20 years ago and had no idea Flea was on bass until now. lol

[@walterlippmann6292]

Jon Theodore is an absolute beast. The drummer after him was probably more *technically* proficient, but imo Theodore served the songs better. I love that guy.

[@Triv91]

@@walterlippmann6292 100%

[@Triv91]

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[@blakemeads9225]

And he’s drumming for Queens Of The Stone Age now! 🥰

[@radioactivetrees9626]

"playing like they have a loaded gun to their head." -anonymous

[@varisfinndesign]

You need to listen to "Cygnus....Vismund Cygnus" by The Mars Volta

[@neoncobra1976]

They have some amazing stuff. I THINK Flea from RHCP is playing bass on this album.

[@walterlippmann6292]

Yea Flea played on the whole album, and Frusciante was on some of it. Must be nice!

[@devon8419]

Hell yes! You should do their discography after king gizz.

[@arealhuman2409]

High Visceral pfp goes hard

[@blasecorrea8350]

@@arealhuman2409 I was wondering if that was from high visceral, funny because I think of crumpets when I listen to mars Volta

[@MrNoubari]

Yooooo the Mars Volta! If you wanna keep with them You should check Inertiatic ESP or Eritarka, those 2 are killer tracks from the same album

[@gamechub]

Take the veil cerpin taxt has a great instrumental section! I recommend the whole album! You will like the guitar sections I think.

[@dan.j.boydzkreationz]

There's some colossal tMV tracks

[@Emily_Terra]

I used to be obsessed with this band lol, there's nothing quite like them. Seconding Son Et Lumiere/Inertiatic ESP (it's one song) if you want to do another off this album, it's maybe even more chaotic but has some of my favorite drumming. Jon Theodore was the drummer for the first 3 albums, he's currently with Queens of the Stone Age.

[@writingalias4401]

Omar Rodriguez-Lopez, the guitarist, he's sort of the mastermind. I love Cedric, whatever, lol (the singer.) But when it comes to TMV, you come for the drums and stay for the guitar. :D (every sound effect, almost without question, is a pedal on Omar's board)

[@dan.j.boydzkreationz]

Cassandra Geminni parts 1 thru 8 would be fanfuckingtastic

[@miky8788]

With the reaction videos , better with reaction channels , you already know that somebody discover the hot water everyday originality and effort to the sky

[@edgarrodriguez9753]

The widow is my favorite Mars Volta. song.

[@snarfbomber298]

I’m convinced TMV and the Fall of Troy are the only bands in whatever genre this is

[@devon8419]

It takes a bit to get into, but eventually you'll get the bug. There's a lot of effects on the vocals, but it's mostly pedals. It takes a second to get used to.

[@neoncobra1976]

And Jon Theodore on drums I'm pretty sure.

[@reyreyalldayday5708]

Live versions > everything else

[@gonzalodavidvazquezgonzale5796]

Tmv is not for the "untrained ear", and as other have said it is an acquired taste, but daaaamn they really deliver in their compositions if you give them some time and get used to the "chaos" at the surface

[@snarfbomber298]

Flea from rhcp on bass btw

[@tillzillz]

man, I was obsessed with this band for a while (probably fell off some time after Bedlam)... live shows were very loose and could be the best thing you've seen or it could be a rough evening depending on the many factors, but mostly they were pretty great!! for a mostly chaotic band they have some really cool straight forward tracks like "Televators" or "The Widow" (minus that ending) as well!

[@nrran6835]

@@tillzillz You should give the most recent record a shot, the self titled. It’s.. different, and might be my favorite of theirs in a long time

[@vidarthorsby2052]

The reason you where not recomended the live version is NOT because they can not play live. It is because seeing them live is like getting caught in a sound tornado that exstracts your soul through the eardrums.

[@banjoj8579]

There's really no way a person can get a true first impression of a song when you have to pause it multiple times during your first listen (you pausing right when the first chorus hit--a musical high--killed my soul a little bit haha). You might consider listening to the song uninterrupted off camera and then doing a reaction on the second listen where you can pause a lot.

[@rockdariff]

That sorta defeats the purpose of a blind react though, plus I disagree and do believe I get a great first impression of these tracks, my whole goal is too analyze

[@bigwengz914]

yea vocals are waaay to ambitious for live - his vocals are usually awful live, probably doesn't help he was probably on another planet on stage.