The Mars Volta | If It Makes You Feel Great, You Use It | 2009 | Toazted

Toazted had an interview with guitarist Omar Rodriguez-Lopez in Paradiso Amsterdam where he played in July 2009. He talks moving to Amsterdam and unreleased material. Subscribe for more!
He tells why he moved to Amsterdam, what's so special about the last record Octahedron and about the follow up of the record which will never be released. He speculated about the future of the band, the meaning of their music and he tells about his early drug use and the documentary he is currently making about The Mars Volta. Then he speaks about the new direction The Mars Volta want to take, why he hates playing festivals and about the artwork of the last three albums.
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[@missluna]

I had a crush on him back then and I still have a crush on him now.

[@redshiftproductions7158]

I love that he's saying no one is buying vinyl and the only Mars Volta album I have ever seen in person is Octahedron

[@garrettbabcock9024]

Man he's pretty chatty for this interview. I love it. In depth Omar brain.

[@Toaztedmedia]

Thanks! One of our all time favourites.

[@LexTNeville]

2018. Still nothing I've ever heard has got close to TMV for me. That's good.

[@utai4571]

you need to take a listen to Poly-Math kzbin.info/www/bejne/mWqYYayNhptle5Y no vocals there but musicaly speaking those guys are very volta influenced! To add to your comment, i'd like to say, yes the volta was the only band like that, and even if it's sad not to hear more guys as creative as this, it's also a great thing, because they were unique! They didn't sound like everyone else like it's too often the case.

[@stario]

The Phsyics House Band ooze TMV vibes and they also had some production help from ORL

[@LexTNeville]

@@stario I'm onto that vibe :D

[@LexTNeville]

@@utai4571 Epic, but missing the storyteller iygwim

[@chennforajido]

2021

[@jonward4366]

"music is therapy"

[@jbasti227]

Simple but wonderfully stated

[@QwayczarMusic]

The Mars Volta is so unique, original and really just inspiring.

[@Z0011-]

Una persona muy sabia, con los pies en la tierra

[@mrsa4824]

Celebrate your internal monolog

[@ankigonzalez]

An amazing mind!

[@tommcmahon3200]

Omar's mind is a thing to behold

[@Mr.Meowgical]

Fast forward to last year when TMV actually dropped a pop album, haha! It's a killer album. I wonder what's next for them.

[@fredericcorriveau8180]

pretty good interview

[@Toaztedmedia]

thanks!

[@Aunt_Jemima]

If you look at him close you could see his puertoricaness.

[@dyr234]

He is my biggest infuence along with kurt cobain and mike einziger.

[@mrdonovan213]

I feel like not enough people know who mike einziger is but have heard plenty of incubus. Mike is an amazing musician

[@TropicalCaterpillar]

Does anyone else notice that little bit of mustache on his right side he doesn't have shaved? It is driving me bonkers

[@emmanueljimenez1574]

It gave me a boner.

[@olllloollllo]

He needed at the drive and the mars volta because all his solo stuff has been garbage.

[@uriahfiiya]

Haters gonna hate

[@olllloollllo]

@@uriahfiiya I guess no one ever tells the truth. Everything has to have positive reviews at all times. HAHAHA!!!

[@beekan8787]

Did you listen to all 35 of them? Lol

[@olllloollllo]

@@beekan8787 Omar is a has been.

[@Hhhhhh-sz9ud]

Have you considered that it might just not be your thing?