Omar Rodriguez-Lopez Group
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The Omar Rodriguez Lopez Group is the main side project of Omar Rodríguez-López
. The group is most often a live entity to perform the various outlets of his solo music aside from The Mars Volta
.
. The quintet included three other members of The Mars Volta: Juan Alderete
, Marcel Rodriguez-Lopez
and Adrián Terrazas-González as well as Money Mark
of Beastie Boys
fame. Omar began this group with these members within only a year or two of them joining The Mars Volta. The album features long, largely improvised instrumentals with Dutch titles. The quintet then collaborated with Damo Suzuki
on a 25-minute EP titled Please Heat This Eventually
, which was largely taken from a night recorded on their European tour in November 2005. The EP was released exclusively by Gold Standard Laboratories
on vinyl only in December 2006, then released widely in January 2007. Another collaborative EP followed later that year, this time between the quintet and Lydia Lunch
, as well as the full-length record, The Apocalypse Inside of an Orange
, which was a double album vinyl.
The quintet has been dubbed Omar Rodriguez Lopez Group since 2006, as indicated on the back cover of Please Heat This Eventually, even though they were known as the Quintet at the time of the performance. The group played a live show in 2007 at Fuji Rock Festival, Japan, and featured Cedric Bixler-Zavala
and Thomas Pridgen
in the group for the first time, both also of The Mars Volta. During "Rapid Fire Tollbooth" performance, Alfredo Ortiz
joined on percussion in addition to Marcel and Terrazas-González. Thomas Pridgen remained the group's drummer for the three years he was also in The Mars Volta, replacing Marcel, who became percussionist and second keyboardist, much like his role in The Mars Volta. 2008 was the last year that Terrazas-González toured with Rodriguez-Lopez, in The Mars Volta or otherwise, after a mutual split planned for a few years. In March 2009, the group got together for another tour in Europe, this time featuring Omar's girlfriend Ximena Sariñana
as the vocalist and Mark Aanderud
on keyboards instead of Money Mark. In September 2009, a five-track live recording of the March 11, London concert was released digitally and on limited vinyl, titled Los Sueños de un Hígado
. It featured songs from Rodriguez-Lopez's albums Se Dice Bisonte, No Bùfalo
, Old Money
, and Solar Gambling
, the last of which would be released 3 months later, with the final track remaining, "Victimas del Cielo," released in studio form on 2010's Cizaña de los Amores
. Los Sueños de un Hígado follows the Damo Suzuki and Lydia Lunch collaborative EPs in being the only releases under the name "Omar Rodriguez Lopez Group," two of which are essentially live recordings.
A new group, El Grupo Nuevo de Omar Rodriguez Lopez
, was announced in Spring 2009, featured on the Cryptomnesia
album (recorded in 2006, released in 2009). Rodriguez-Lopez also released Ciencia de los Inútiles
under the entity El Trío de Omar Rodriguez Lopez. This trio comprises Omar, Ximena and double bass
player Aaron Cruz Bravo. A quartet record was released digitally on May 30, 2010, including Juan, Marcel, and former Red Hot Chili Peppers
guitarist John Frusciante
, as well as a record of simply John and Rodriguez-Lopez, released April 30, 2010. Before this, the two had done a few collaborations and live guest appearances, even releasing a single titled "0=2" on The Special 12 Singles Series
as Omar A. Rodriguez-Lopez & John Frusciante in 2005 as 7" vinyl, and digitally in 2006. This was released before any of his group recordings, around the same time as Omar Rodriguez
.
The group was scheduled to be performing for the first time in the United States on May 2, 2010 at Highline Ballroom in New York, though the date was pushed back to September 17 due to "key members" not being available. It was speculated that Dave Elitch, the current drummer of The Mars Volta, would be performing as part of ORL Group in the future, as he has been credited as having recorded with Omar apart from The Mars Volta on his website. An official statement has since confirmed former collaborator Deantoni Parks
to be the drummer for the 2010 tour. He had previously performed as drummer of The Mars Volta in September/October 2006 as a temporary fill-in, and has since remained great friends with the band. Lars Stalfors also joined the group on stage as sound manipulator in 2010.
Omar Rodriguez Lopez Group has announced a performance at the Metamorphose
Festival in Tokyo
, Japan
on September 4, 2010. Also added were a Chicago date the night after New York, along with two west coast dates. Further touring of Russia and Europe were then scheduled for November/December, with The Mars Volta scheduled to play two festival shows in South America in October. Meanwhile, Deantoni had also performed as part of Juan Alderete's group Vato Negro for a California date, June 17, as well as the Fuji Rock Festival in Japan in July. Omar joined his friends for the festival show, as the three are working on a Vato Negro album. During December 2010, it was slowly revealed that Deantoni has returned as drummer of The Mars Volta, and has been working with them closely throughout the year.
During 2010, Omar had also released a record of older material performed along with Elvin Estela (DJ Nobody) featuring no guitars, Tychozorente
, and a collection of songs featuring Ximena & Lisa Papineau
as vocalists, Cizaña de los Amores
. Then, as surprise digital releases concluding the Group's 2010 touring, Mantra Hiroshima
, the second record to feature drumming by Zach Hill
, and the appreciatively titled Dōitashimashite
, the Group's second live release capturing the U.S. tour, were delivered. Next came the anticipated studio album, Un Escorpión Perfumado
, including Marcel, Deantoni, and more vocals by Omar by year's end.
2011 began with another ORLG tour, starting with the performance at the Rodriguez Lopez Productions and Sargent House
showcase at the SXSW Music Festival. A special guest was said to join the group on stage, which turned out to be Cedric in place of Ximena as vocalist. Most of the songs premiered during the tour are believed to be new TMV material. On several shows missed by Cedric due to his voice illness, songs from the upcoming Vato Negro record were performed instead.
Telesterion
, a Best Of collection of all of Omar's catalog, comprising 2 CDs or 4 LPs, was released for Record Store Day on April 16, which includes one unreleased track from upcoming record titled The Somnambulists.
(* annotates recorded in 2001, before formation of The Mars Volta
)
(A# annotates record sequence of those constituting the "Amsterdam Series," recorded whilst Omar lived there 2005-2006)
RLP002 Our Delicate Stranded Nightmare (by Zechs Marquise)
RLP003 Xenophanes
RLP004 Solar Gambling
RLP005 Los Sueños de un Hígado
RLP006 Ciencia de los Inútiles
RLP007 Sepulcros de Miel
RLP008 Octahedron
RLP009 Omar Rodriguez-Lopez & John Frusciante
RLP010 Un Escorpión Perfumado
RLP011 N/A
RLP012 Sin Sin Sin (by Le Butcherettes)
RLP013 Cizaña de los Amores
RLP014 Tychozorente
RLP015 N/A
RLP016 N/A
RLP017 N/A
RLP018 Mantra Hiroshima
RLP019 Dōitashimashite
RLP020 N/A
RLP021 Telesterion
[members of The Mars Volta: Omar A. Rodríguez-López, Juan Alderete, Adrián Terrazas-González, Marcel Rodríguez-López with the addition of Money Mark]
July 2007 Japanese one-off
[members of The Mars Volta: Omar A. Rodríguez-López, Juan Alderete, Adrián Terrazas-González, Marcel Rodríguez-López, Cedric Bixler Zavala, Thomas Pridgen with the addition of Money Mark]
March 2009 Europe tour (with Zechs Marquise, except #)
[members of The Mars Volta: Omar A. Rodríguez-López, Juan Alderete, Marcel Rodríguez-López, Thomas Pridgen with the addition of Ximena Sariñana Rivera and Mark Aanderud]
° without Ximena Sariñana Rivera
September to December 2010 Fall tour (US dates with Le Butcherettes; Russian dates originally scheduled for September, later dates of tour were subject to cancellation due to Rodriguez-Lopez family emergency)
[members of The Mars Volta: Omar A. Rodríguez-López, Juan Alderete, Marcel Rodríguez-López, Deantoni Parks, with the addition of Ximena Sariñana Rivera and Lars Stalfors]
° without Ximena Sariñana Rivera
Spring 2011 US/Mexico tour (with Zechs Marquise, except #)
[members of The Mars Volta: Omar A. Rodríguez-López, Cedric Bixler-Zavala, Juan Alderete, Marcel Rodríguez-López, Deantoni Parks, Lars Stalfors]
° Cedric Bixler-Zavala absent due to illness
Omar Rodriguez-Lopez
Omar Alfredo Rodríguez-López is a multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, producer, writer, actor and film director who was born in Bayamón, Puerto Rico...
. The group is most often a live entity to perform the various outlets of his solo music aside from The Mars Volta
The Mars Volta
The Mars Volta is a Grammy award winning American progressive rock band from El Paso, Texas. Founded in 2001 by guitarist Omar Rodríguez-López and vocalist Cedric Bixler-Zavala, the band incorporates various influences including progressive rock, krautrock, jazz fusion, Latin American music, and...
.
History
His group began as Omar Rodriguez Lopez Quintet, formed in 2005 when he toured Europe to support his self-titled solo recordOmar Rodriguez (album)
Omar Rodriguez is the self titled second solo album by The Mars Volta guitarist Omar Rodríguez-López and the first in the "Amsterdam series" . Most of the overdubs and mixing were done on the road in September 2005...
. The quintet included three other members of The Mars Volta: Juan Alderete
Juan Alderete
Juan Alderete is an American bassist known for his work with the band The Mars Volta. Prior to his work with that band, he was known for playing in Racer X, where he received credit as John Alderete.-Biography:...
, Marcel Rodriguez-Lopez
Marcel Rodriguez-Lopez
Marcellus Rodriguez-Lopez is a multi-instrumentalist musician and younger brother of Omar Rodríguez-López.- Biography :He has been noted as to playing the bongos, congas, Drums, cymbals, Maracas, keyboards and Shekere....
and Adrián Terrazas-González as well as Money Mark
Money Mark
Mark Ramos-Nishita aka Money Mark is a producer and musician who has collaborated with the Beastie Boys many times. He also appears on the first Banyan album in 1997 as the "Freeway Keyboardist".-Career:...
of Beastie Boys
Beastie Boys
Beastie Boys are an American hip hop trio from New York City. The group consists of Mike D who plays the drums, MCA who plays the bass, and Ad-Rock who plays the guitar....
fame. Omar began this group with these members within only a year or two of them joining The Mars Volta. The album features long, largely improvised instrumentals with Dutch titles. The quintet then collaborated with Damo Suzuki
Damo Suzuki
, universally known as Damo Suzuki , is a singer best known for his membership in the German krautrock group Can.-Biography:As a teenager, Suzuki spent the late 1960s wandering around Europe, often busking....
on a 25-minute EP titled Please Heat This Eventually
Please Heat This Eventually
Please Heat This Eventually is a 12" EP from Gold Standard Laboratories and is a collaboration between Omar Rodríguez-López Group and Damo Suzuki of the group Can. It features both live performance from a date of the group's first "Quintet" tour of Europe in 2005, and studio recorded elements...
, which was largely taken from a night recorded on their European tour in November 2005. The EP was released exclusively by Gold Standard Laboratories
Gold Standard Laboratories
Gold Standard Laboratories or GSL was an independent record label which was founded in 1993 in Boulder, Colorado by Sonny Kay. In 2000, it was relocated to San Diego, California, USA, and two years later, to Los Angeles. It was headquartered in L.A...
on vinyl only in December 2006, then released widely in January 2007. Another collaborative EP followed later that year, this time between the quintet and Lydia Lunch
Lydia Lunch
Lydia Lunch is an American singer, poet, writer, and actress whose career was spawned by the New York No Wave scene...
, as well as the full-length record, The Apocalypse Inside of an Orange
The Apocalypse Inside of an Orange
The Apocalypse Inside of an Orange is the fourth studio album by Omar Rodríguez-López, and the third released in the "Amsterdam series". The double LP was released on November 20, 2007. The CD version followed in March 2008...
, which was a double album vinyl.
The quintet has been dubbed Omar Rodriguez Lopez Group since 2006, as indicated on the back cover of Please Heat This Eventually, even though they were known as the Quintet at the time of the performance. The group played a live show in 2007 at Fuji Rock Festival, Japan, and featured Cedric Bixler-Zavala
Cedric Bixler-Zavala
Cedric Bixler-Zavala is a Grammy Award-winning Mexican-American musician known for his work as frontman and lyricist of the progressive rock band The Mars Volta, and previously as frontman and occasional guitarist of the post-hardcore punk group At the Drive-In...
and Thomas Pridgen
Thomas Pridgen
Thomas Armon Pridgen is an American drummer, best known for his role as the drummer of The Mars Volta from October 31, 2006 until October 23, 2009, and currently the drummer for his own project The Memorials as well as hard rock supergroup Giraffe Tongue Orchestra.-Biography:Pridgen won the Guitar...
in the group for the first time, both also of The Mars Volta. During "Rapid Fire Tollbooth" performance, Alfredo Ortiz
Alfredo Ortiz
Alfredo Ortiz is an American drummer, was the former drummer for New York group Morningwood and Los Angeles rockers Red Exiles. Previously Ortiz has toured with the Beastie Boys as a drummer and percussionist, and appeared in their film, Awesome; I Fuckin' Shot That! In previous years, he has lent...
joined on percussion in addition to Marcel and Terrazas-González. Thomas Pridgen remained the group's drummer for the three years he was also in The Mars Volta, replacing Marcel, who became percussionist and second keyboardist, much like his role in The Mars Volta. 2008 was the last year that Terrazas-González toured with Rodriguez-Lopez, in The Mars Volta or otherwise, after a mutual split planned for a few years. In March 2009, the group got together for another tour in Europe, this time featuring Omar's girlfriend Ximena Sariñana
Ximena Sariñana
Ximena Sariñana Rivera is a Mexican singer-songwriter and actress. Sariñana's musical career was launched in 2008 with the release of her first studio album Mediocre, an adult contemporary pop-rock/vocal jazz album that has been critically acclaimed and nominated for various awards, including two...
as the vocalist and Mark Aanderud
Mark Aanderud
Mark Aanderud is a Mexican born pianist, composer, arranger, producer, conductor.Mark Aanderud started piano studies at 8 years old at the Escuela Nacional de Musica in Mexico City. He started to perform professionally when he was 18 years old...
on keyboards instead of Money Mark. In September 2009, a five-track live recording of the March 11, London concert was released digitally and on limited vinyl, titled Los Sueños de un Hígado
Los Sueños de un Higado
Los Sueños de un Hígado is a live album by Omar Rodriguez Lopez Group which was recorded for the BBC on March 11, 2009 at Maida Vale Studios, England. The album features Omar Rodríguez-López, Thomas Pridgen, Juan Alderete de la Peña, Marcel Rodriguez-Lopez, Ximena Sariñana and Mark Aanderud and...
. It featured songs from Rodriguez-Lopez's albums Se Dice Bisonte, No Bùfalo
Se Dice Bisonte, No Bùfalo
Se Dice Bisonte, No Bùfalo is a 10-track full-length album by Omar Rodríguez-López and the second in the "Amsterdam series". It was written and recorded in 2005 in California and Amsterdam, and was released May 29, 2007 by Gold Standard Labs on both vinyl and CD. A limited edition, brown marble...
, Old Money
Old Money (album)
Old Money is a studio album by Omar Rodríguez-López released by Stones Throw Records in November 2008, and is the musician's first album on that label...
, and Solar Gambling
Solar Gambling
Solar Gambling is the thirteenth studio album by Omar Rodríguez-López as a solo artist. On December 1, 2009 the recording was released digitally via the Rodriguez Lopez Productions website along with a limited pressing of 1,500 colored vinyl...
, the last of which would be released 3 months later, with the final track remaining, "Victimas del Cielo," released in studio form on 2010's Cizaña de los Amores
Cizaña de los Amores
Cizaña de los Amores is the seventeenth studio album by Omar Rodríguez-López as a solo artist. The was released on October 18, 2010 on CD and vinyl by Rodriguez Lopez Productions on Koncurrent in Europe, then November 18 through the US hello merch store...
. Los Sueños de un Hígado follows the Damo Suzuki and Lydia Lunch collaborative EPs in being the only releases under the name "Omar Rodriguez Lopez Group," two of which are essentially live recordings.
A new group, El Grupo Nuevo de Omar Rodriguez Lopez
El Grupo Nuevo de Omar Rodriguez Lopez
El Grupo Nuevo de Omar Rodriguez Lopez is a band consisting of Omar Rodriguez Lopez , Cedric Bixler-Zavala , Juan Alderete de la Peña , Jonathan Hischke and Zach Hill .-History:...
, was announced in Spring 2009, featured on the Cryptomnesia
Cryptomnesia (album)
Cryptomnesia is the debut studio album by El Grupo Nuevo de Omar Rodriguez Lopez, released on May 5, 2009. The album is the first of three albums recorded by the band, and is Rodriguez-Lopez' eleventh solo record overall. According to Rodriguez-Lopez, the album was "recorded in the summer of 2006,...
album (recorded in 2006, released in 2009). Rodriguez-Lopez also released Ciencia de los Inútiles
Ciencia de los Inútiles
Ciencia de los Inútiles is the fourteenth solo album by Omar Rodríguez-López, this time under the name El Trío de Omar Rodríguez-López...
under the entity El Trío de Omar Rodriguez Lopez. This trio comprises Omar, Ximena and double bass
Double bass
The double bass, also called the string bass, upright bass, standup bass or contrabass, is the largest and lowest-pitched bowed string instrument in the modern symphony orchestra, with strings usually tuned to E1, A1, D2 and G2...
player Aaron Cruz Bravo. A quartet record was released digitally on May 30, 2010, including Juan, Marcel, and former Red Hot Chili Peppers
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Red Hot Chili Peppers is an American rock band, formed in Los Angeles in 1983. The group's musical style primarily consists of rock with an emphasis on funk, as well as elements from other genres such as punk, hip hop and psychedelic rock...
guitarist John Frusciante
John Frusciante
John Anthony Frusciante is an American guitarist, singer, songwriter, record and film producer. He is best known as the former lead guitarist of the rock band Red Hot Chili Peppers, with whom he had been for a number of years and recorded five studio albums...
, as well as a record of simply John and Rodriguez-Lopez, released April 30, 2010. Before this, the two had done a few collaborations and live guest appearances, even releasing a single titled "0=2" on The Special 12 Singles Series
The Special 12 Singles Series
The Special 12 Singles Series is a series of twelve 7 inch singles released by Gold Standard Laboratories in 2005, one for each month. Subscriptions were available for either January through June, July through December, or all 12 singles...
as Omar A. Rodriguez-Lopez & John Frusciante in 2005 as 7" vinyl, and digitally in 2006. This was released before any of his group recordings, around the same time as Omar Rodriguez
Omar Rodriguez (album)
Omar Rodriguez is the self titled second solo album by The Mars Volta guitarist Omar Rodríguez-López and the first in the "Amsterdam series" . Most of the overdubs and mixing were done on the road in September 2005...
.
The group was scheduled to be performing for the first time in the United States on May 2, 2010 at Highline Ballroom in New York, though the date was pushed back to September 17 due to "key members" not being available. It was speculated that Dave Elitch, the current drummer of The Mars Volta, would be performing as part of ORL Group in the future, as he has been credited as having recorded with Omar apart from The Mars Volta on his website. An official statement has since confirmed former collaborator Deantoni Parks
Deantoni Parks
Deantoni Parks is a new wave/avant-garde/experimental drummer, songwriter, film director, actor and record producer born in Newnan, Georgia. He is the founder; producer and drummer of the New York band, KUDU, and one-half of the writing duo, Dark Angels with producer and keyboardist Nick Kasper,...
to be the drummer for the 2010 tour. He had previously performed as drummer of The Mars Volta in September/October 2006 as a temporary fill-in, and has since remained great friends with the band. Lars Stalfors also joined the group on stage as sound manipulator in 2010.
Omar Rodriguez Lopez Group has announced a performance at the Metamorphose
Métamorphose
"Métamorphose" - a song by French singer Amanda Lear released in 1989 by Carrere Records.- Song information :"Métamorphose" was the first single from Amanda's French-Italian album Tant qu'il y aura des hommes. The album was actually a re-release of Uomini più uomini, and consisted mostly of down-...
Festival in Tokyo
Tokyo
, ; officially , is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan. Tokyo is the capital of Japan, the center of the Greater Tokyo Area, and the largest metropolitan area of Japan. It is the seat of the Japanese government and the Imperial Palace, and the home of the Japanese Imperial Family...
, Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
on September 4, 2010. Also added were a Chicago date the night after New York, along with two west coast dates. Further touring of Russia and Europe were then scheduled for November/December, with The Mars Volta scheduled to play two festival shows in South America in October. Meanwhile, Deantoni had also performed as part of Juan Alderete's group Vato Negro for a California date, June 17, as well as the Fuji Rock Festival in Japan in July. Omar joined his friends for the festival show, as the three are working on a Vato Negro album. During December 2010, it was slowly revealed that Deantoni has returned as drummer of The Mars Volta, and has been working with them closely throughout the year.
During 2010, Omar had also released a record of older material performed along with Elvin Estela (DJ Nobody) featuring no guitars, Tychozorente
Tychozorente
Tychozorente is an album by Omar Rodríguez-López. It was digitally released on September 14, 2010, and physically released by Rodriguez Lopez Productions in Europe on November 18, 2010. This record is Omar's first collaboration with DJ Nobody and, oddly enough, one of the few Omar's releases to...
, and a collection of songs featuring Ximena & Lisa Papineau
Lisa Papineau
Lisa Papineau is a songwriter from New England who now resides in Paris, France. She is the songwriter and vocalist for Los Angeles band Big Sir, who have released three albums...
as vocalists, Cizaña de los Amores
Cizaña de los Amores
Cizaña de los Amores is the seventeenth studio album by Omar Rodríguez-López as a solo artist. The was released on October 18, 2010 on CD and vinyl by Rodriguez Lopez Productions on Koncurrent in Europe, then November 18 through the US hello merch store...
. Then, as surprise digital releases concluding the Group's 2010 touring, Mantra Hiroshima
Mantra Hiroshima
Mantra Hiroshima is the eighteenth studio album by Omar Rodríguez-López as a solo artist. It is his second record to feature Zach Hill on drums, the first of which was by El Grupo Nuevo de Omar Rodriguez Lopez, titled Cryptomnesia....
, the second record to feature drumming by Zach Hill
Zach Hill
Zach Hill is a musician residing in Sacramento, California. Primarily known for his drumming, he performs/has performed in numerous Pacific Coast based groups, including his primary group, Hella, as well as Holy Smokes, Nervous Cop, and a diverse range of others including El Grupo Nuevo de Omar...
, and the appreciatively titled Dōitashimashite
Dōitashimashite
is a live album released by artist Omar Rodríguez-López which was recorded in USA over four nights in September 2010. It is the second live album to be released by the Omar Rodriguez Lopez Group, with the first being the live BBC studio session Los Sueños de un Hígado...
, the Group's second live release capturing the U.S. tour, were delivered. Next came the anticipated studio album, Un Escorpión Perfumado
Un Escorpion Perfumado
Un Escorpión Perfumado is the nineteenth studio album by Omar Rodríguez-López as a solo artist. Marcel Rodríguez-López and Deantoni Parks, who toured with the Omar Rodriguez Lopez Group in 2010, are featured on the album...
, including Marcel, Deantoni, and more vocals by Omar by year's end.
2011 began with another ORLG tour, starting with the performance at the Rodriguez Lopez Productions and Sargent House
Sargent House
Sargent House is a Los Angeles based management company and record label. It was founded in June 2006 by Cathy Pellow, who is a music video commissioner for Atlantic Records and who also owns a music video production company called Refused TV. Pellow began managing the rock outfit RX Bandits in 2006...
showcase at the SXSW Music Festival. A special guest was said to join the group on stage, which turned out to be Cedric in place of Ximena as vocalist. Most of the songs premiered during the tour are believed to be new TMV material. On several shows missed by Cedric due to his voice illness, songs from the upcoming Vato Negro record were performed instead.
Telesterion
Telesterion (album)
Telesterion is the first compilation album by Omar Rodríguez-López as a solo artist. It is a 2 CD, 4 LP release, featuring tracks throughout all of Omar's records and serves as an introduction to Omar's vast collection of solo releases: "Everything I do is a celebration...
, a Best Of collection of all of Omar's catalog, comprising 2 CDs or 4 LPs, was released for Record Store Day on April 16, which includes one unreleased track from upcoming record titled The Somnambulists.
Discographies
(number indicates order of release)(* annotates recorded in 2001, before formation of The Mars Volta
The Mars Volta
The Mars Volta is a Grammy award winning American progressive rock band from El Paso, Texas. Founded in 2001 by guitarist Omar Rodríguez-López and vocalist Cedric Bixler-Zavala, the band incorporates various influences including progressive rock, krautrock, jazz fusion, Latin American music, and...
)
(A# annotates record sequence of those constituting the "Amsterdam Series," recorded whilst Omar lived there 2005-2006)
Omar Rodriguez Lopez Group
- 04 Please Heat This EventuallyPlease Heat This EventuallyPlease Heat This Eventually is a 12" EP from Gold Standard Laboratories and is a collaboration between Omar Rodríguez-López Group and Damo Suzuki of the group Can. It features both live performance from a date of the group's first "Quintet" tour of Europe in 2005, and studio recorded elements...
(2006/2007 live release)A EP1 [digital/vinyl only, except as Japanese bonus disc of Se Dice Bisonte, No BùfaloSe Dice Bisonte, No BùfaloSe Dice Bisonte, No Bùfalo is a 10-track full-length album by Omar Rodríguez-López and the second in the "Amsterdam series". It was written and recorded in 2005 in California and Amsterdam, and was released May 29, 2007 by Gold Standard Labs on both vinyl and CD. A limited edition, brown marble...
] - 06 Omar Rodriguez-Lopez & Lydia LunchOmar Rodriguez-Lopez & Lydia LunchOmar Rodriguez Lopez & Lydia Lunch is a collaboration between Omar Rodriguez Lopez Group and spoken word artist Lydia Lunch. The EP was released on October 8, 2007 in Europe....
(2007)A EP2 [strictly European release by Willie Anderson Recordings] - 16 Los Sueños de un HígadoLos Sueños de un HigadoLos Sueños de un Hígado is a live album by Omar Rodriguez Lopez Group which was recorded for the BBC on March 11, 2009 at Maida Vale Studios, England. The album features Omar Rodríguez-López, Thomas Pridgen, Juan Alderete de la Peña, Marcel Rodriguez-Lopez, Ximena Sariñana and Mark Aanderud and...
(2009 live release) [digital/vinyl only, limited of 1,000 copies] - 25 DōitashimashiteDōitashimashiteis a live album released by artist Omar Rodríguez-López which was recorded in USA over four nights in September 2010. It is the second live album to be released by the Omar Rodriguez Lopez Group, with the first being the live BBC studio session Los Sueños de un Hígado...
(2010 live release) [digital, CD] - Woman Gives Birth to Tomato! (2011)
El Grupo Nuevo de Omar Rodriguez Lopez
- 15 CryptomnesiaCryptomnesia (album)Cryptomnesia is the debut studio album by El Grupo Nuevo de Omar Rodriguez Lopez, released on May 5, 2009. The album is the first of three albums recorded by the band, and is Rodriguez-Lopez' eleventh solo record overall. According to Rodriguez-Lopez, the album was "recorded in the summer of 2006,...
(2009)
El Trío de Omar Rodriguez Lopez
- 19 Ciencia de los InútilesCiencia de los InútilesCiencia de los Inútiles is the fourteenth solo album by Omar Rodríguez-López, this time under the name El Trío de Omar Rodríguez-López...
(2010) [digital/vinyl only, limited of 1,000 copies]
Omar Rodriguez Lopez Quartet
- 21 Sepulcros de MielSepulcros de MielSepulcros de Miel is the twenty-first release by Omar Rodríguez-López, guitarist, band leader, and producer of The Mars Volta Group. Released under the Omar Rodriguez Lopez Quartet name, this record features fellow Mars Volta members Juan Alderete & Marcel Rodriguez-Lopez as well as John Frusciante...
(2010) [digital/vinyl only, limited of 2,000 copies: 1,000 purple, 1,000 orange]
Omar Rodriguez Lopez Quintet
- 07 The Apocalypse Inside of an OrangeThe Apocalypse Inside of an OrangeThe Apocalypse Inside of an Orange is the fourth studio album by Omar Rodríguez-López, and the third released in the "Amsterdam series". The double LP was released on November 20, 2007. The CD version followed in March 2008...
(2007/2008)A3
Other Omar Rodriguez Lopez releases
(all as "Omar Rodriguez Lopez" unless otherwise noted)- 01 A Manual Dexterity: Soundtrack Volume OneA Manual Dexterity: Soundtrack Volume OneA Manual Dexterity: Soundtrack Volume One, the solo debut from The Mars Volta guitarist Omar Rodríguez-López, was recorded in 2001 after the breakup of former band At the Drive-In and released in 2004. A Manual Dexterity is the first of a two part soundtrack set to go along to a film directed by...
(2004)* as Omar A. Rodriguez-Lopez - 02 The Special 12 Singles SeriesThe Special 12 Singles SeriesThe Special 12 Singles Series is a series of twelve 7 inch singles released by Gold Standard Laboratories in 2005, one for each month. Subscriptions were available for either January through June, July through December, or all 12 singles...
(2005/2006) as Omar A. Rodriguez-Lopez & John Frusciante [digital/vinyl only, limited of 500 copies by GSLGold Standard LaboratoriesGold Standard Laboratories or GSL was an independent record label which was founded in 1993 in Boulder, Colorado by Sonny Kay. In 2000, it was relocated to San Diego, California, USA, and two years later, to Los Angeles. It was headquartered in L.A...
] - 03 Omar RodriguezOmar Rodriguez (album)Omar Rodriguez is the self titled second solo album by The Mars Volta guitarist Omar Rodríguez-López and the first in the "Amsterdam series" . Most of the overdubs and mixing were done on the road in September 2005...
(2005/2006)A1 [strictly European release except for limited of 2,000 copies picture disc by GSL in 2006] - 05 Se Dice Bisonte, No BùfaloSe Dice Bisonte, No BùfaloSe Dice Bisonte, No Bùfalo is a 10-track full-length album by Omar Rodríguez-López and the second in the "Amsterdam series". It was written and recorded in 2005 in California and Amsterdam, and was released May 29, 2007 by Gold Standard Labs on both vinyl and CD. A limited edition, brown marble...
(2007)A2 [brown marble limited of 750 vinyl by GSL] - 08 Calibration (Is Pushing Luck and Key Too Far)Calibration (Is Pushing Luck and Key Too Far)Calibration is the fifth studio album by Omar Rodríguez-López, and the fourth released in the "Amsterdam series". The album was released in Japan on December 15, 2007 with a following U.S. release later on February 5, 2008, merely a week after The Mars Volta's The Bedlam in Goliath...
(2007/2008)A4 [grey marble limited of 750 vinyl by N2O] - 09 Omar Rodriguez-Lopez & Jeremy Michael WardOmar Rodriguez-Lopez & Jeremy Michael WardOmar Rodriguez Lopez & Jeremy Michael Ward is a collaboration between Omar Rodríguez-López and the late Jeremy Michael Ward. It was recorded in May 2001 during the interim period following the demise of At the Drive-In and the formation of The Mars Volta and originally available only to friends and...
(2008)* - 10 Absence Makes the Heart Grow FungusAbsence Makes the Heart Grow FungusAbsence Makes the Heart Grow Fungus is an instrumental record by Omar Rodríguez-López released by Infrasonic Sound. It is one of four solo albums completed in 2001 by Omar Rodríguez-López during the interim period following the demise of At the Drive-In and the formation of The Mars Volta...
(2008)* - 11 Minor Cuts and Scrapes in the Bushes AheadMinor Cuts and Scrapes in the Bushes AheadMinor Cuts and Scrapes in the Bushes Ahead is a mostly instrumental record by Omar Rodríguez-López released by Willie Anderson Recordings. Recorded in 2001-2002, shortly after completing the Tremulant EP, the album was initially made available only to friends on minidisc format.-Track listing:#...
(2008)* [strictly European release] - 12 Old MoneyOld Money (album)Old Money is a studio album by Omar Rodríguez-López released by Stones Throw Records in November 2008, and is the musician's first album on that label...
(2008/2009) - 13 MegaritualMegaritualMegaritual is a record by Omar Rodríguez-López released by Willie Anderson Recordings.Megaritual is the fifth and final album in the series initiated and recorded by Omar Rodriguez Lopez in Amsterdam in 2005...
(2009)A5 [strictly European release] - 14 DespairDespair (Omar Rodriguez-Lopez album)Despair is the tenth solo record by The Mars Volta Guitarist/Composer Omar Rodríguez-López released by Willie Anderson Recordings. Prior to beginning the studio sessions for The Bedlam in Goliath, Rodriguez-Lopez recorded Despair, inspired by his experiences in and around Jerusalem and using...
(2009) [strictly European release] - 17 Xenophanes (2009) [pink limited vinyl of 2,000 USA, yellow vinyl Europe]
- 18 Solar GamblingSolar GamblingSolar Gambling is the thirteenth studio album by Omar Rodríguez-López as a solo artist. On December 1, 2009 the recording was released digitally via the Rodriguez Lopez Productions website along with a limited pressing of 1,500 colored vinyl...
(2009) [digital/vinyl only, limited of 1,500 copies: 750 clear blue, 750 clear yellow] - 20 Omar Rodriguez-Lopez & John FruscianteOmar Rodriguez-Lopez & John FruscianteOmar Rodriguez Lopez & John Frusciante is a collaborative studio album by Omar Rodríguez-López, guitarist of The Mars Volta Group, and the former Red Hot Chili Peppers guitarist, John Frusciante. The record was digitally released on April 30, 2010...
(2010) [digital/vinyl only, limited of 1,000 copies] - 22 TychozorenteTychozorenteTychozorente is an album by Omar Rodríguez-López. It was digitally released on September 14, 2010, and physically released by Rodriguez Lopez Productions in Europe on November 18, 2010. This record is Omar's first collaboration with DJ Nobody and, oddly enough, one of the few Omar's releases to...
(2010) [strictly European release] - 23 Cizaña de los AmoresCizaña de los AmoresCizaña de los Amores is the seventeenth studio album by Omar Rodríguez-López as a solo artist. The was released on October 18, 2010 on CD and vinyl by Rodriguez Lopez Productions on Koncurrent in Europe, then November 18 through the US hello merch store...
(2010) [strictly European release] - 24 Mantra HiroshimaMantra HiroshimaMantra Hiroshima is the eighteenth studio album by Omar Rodríguez-López as a solo artist. It is his second record to feature Zach Hill on drums, the first of which was by El Grupo Nuevo de Omar Rodriguez Lopez, titled Cryptomnesia....
(2010) - 26 Un Escorpión PerfumadoUn Escorpion PerfumadoUn Escorpión Perfumado is the nineteenth studio album by Omar Rodríguez-López as a solo artist. Marcel Rodríguez-López and Deantoni Parks, who toured with the Omar Rodriguez Lopez Group in 2010, are featured on the album...
(2010) [clear red limited vinyl of 1,000] - 27 TelesterionTelesterion (album)Telesterion is the first compilation album by Omar Rodríguez-López as a solo artist. It is a 2 CD, 4 LP release, featuring tracks throughout all of Omar's records and serves as an introduction to Omar's vast collection of solo releases: "Everything I do is a celebration...
(2011) [4LP vinyl, limited of 1,500] - The Somnambulists (2011)
- Octopus Kool Aid (2011)
- Bailan por que no Pueden Hablar (2011)
- Aryabhatiya (2011)
Rodriguez Lopez Productions catalog
RLP001 CryptomnesiaCryptomnesia (album)
Cryptomnesia is the debut studio album by El Grupo Nuevo de Omar Rodriguez Lopez, released on May 5, 2009. The album is the first of three albums recorded by the band, and is Rodriguez-Lopez' eleventh solo record overall. According to Rodriguez-Lopez, the album was "recorded in the summer of 2006,...
RLP002 Our Delicate Stranded Nightmare (by Zechs Marquise)
RLP003 Xenophanes
RLP004 Solar Gambling
Solar Gambling
Solar Gambling is the thirteenth studio album by Omar Rodríguez-López as a solo artist. On December 1, 2009 the recording was released digitally via the Rodriguez Lopez Productions website along with a limited pressing of 1,500 colored vinyl...
RLP005 Los Sueños de un Hígado
Los Sueños de un Higado
Los Sueños de un Hígado is a live album by Omar Rodriguez Lopez Group which was recorded for the BBC on March 11, 2009 at Maida Vale Studios, England. The album features Omar Rodríguez-López, Thomas Pridgen, Juan Alderete de la Peña, Marcel Rodriguez-Lopez, Ximena Sariñana and Mark Aanderud and...
RLP006 Ciencia de los Inútiles
Ciencia de los Inútiles
Ciencia de los Inútiles is the fourteenth solo album by Omar Rodríguez-López, this time under the name El Trío de Omar Rodríguez-López...
RLP007 Sepulcros de Miel
Sepulcros de Miel
Sepulcros de Miel is the twenty-first release by Omar Rodríguez-López, guitarist, band leader, and producer of The Mars Volta Group. Released under the Omar Rodriguez Lopez Quartet name, this record features fellow Mars Volta members Juan Alderete & Marcel Rodriguez-Lopez as well as John Frusciante...
RLP008 Octahedron
Octahedron (album)
Octahedron is the fifth full-length studio album by American progressive rock band The Mars Volta, released on June 23, 2009. The album was released by Warner Bros. Records in North America and Mercury Records worldwide...
RLP009 Omar Rodriguez-Lopez & John Frusciante
Omar Rodriguez-Lopez & John Frusciante
Omar Rodriguez Lopez & John Frusciante is a collaborative studio album by Omar Rodríguez-López, guitarist of The Mars Volta Group, and the former Red Hot Chili Peppers guitarist, John Frusciante. The record was digitally released on April 30, 2010...
RLP010 Un Escorpión Perfumado
Un Escorpion Perfumado
Un Escorpión Perfumado is the nineteenth studio album by Omar Rodríguez-López as a solo artist. Marcel Rodríguez-López and Deantoni Parks, who toured with the Omar Rodriguez Lopez Group in 2010, are featured on the album...
RLP011 N/A
RLP012 Sin Sin Sin (by Le Butcherettes)
RLP013 Cizaña de los Amores
Cizaña de los Amores
Cizaña de los Amores is the seventeenth studio album by Omar Rodríguez-López as a solo artist. The was released on October 18, 2010 on CD and vinyl by Rodriguez Lopez Productions on Koncurrent in Europe, then November 18 through the US hello merch store...
RLP014 Tychozorente
Tychozorente
Tychozorente is an album by Omar Rodríguez-López. It was digitally released on September 14, 2010, and physically released by Rodriguez Lopez Productions in Europe on November 18, 2010. This record is Omar's first collaboration with DJ Nobody and, oddly enough, one of the few Omar's releases to...
RLP015 N/A
RLP016 N/A
RLP017 N/A
RLP018 Mantra Hiroshima
Mantra Hiroshima
Mantra Hiroshima is the eighteenth studio album by Omar Rodríguez-López as a solo artist. It is his second record to feature Zach Hill on drums, the first of which was by El Grupo Nuevo de Omar Rodriguez Lopez, titled Cryptomnesia....
RLP019 Dōitashimashite
Dōitashimashite
is a live album released by artist Omar Rodríguez-López which was recorded in USA over four nights in September 2010. It is the second live album to be released by the Omar Rodriguez Lopez Group, with the first being the live BBC studio session Los Sueños de un Hígado...
RLP020 N/A
RLP021 Telesterion
Telesterion (album)
Telesterion is the first compilation album by Omar Rodríguez-López as a solo artist. It is a 2 CD, 4 LP release, featuring tracks throughout all of Omar's records and serves as an introduction to Omar's vast collection of solo releases: "Everything I do is a celebration...
2005 tour line-up
- Omar Rodríguez-LópezOmar Rodriguez-LopezOmar Alfredo Rodríguez-López is a multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, producer, writer, actor and film director who was born in Bayamón, Puerto Rico...
– guitar, band leader, composer - Juan Alderete de la Peña – bass
- Marcel Rodríguez-LópezMarcel Rodriguez-LopezMarcellus Rodriguez-Lopez is a multi-instrumentalist musician and younger brother of Omar Rodríguez-López.- Biography :He has been noted as to playing the bongos, congas, Drums, cymbals, Maracas, keyboards and Shekere....
– drums - Adrián Terrazas-González – tenor saxophone, bass clarinet, flute, percussion
- Money Mark Ramos-Nishita – keyboards & synths
- Damo SuzukiDamo Suzuki, universally known as Damo Suzuki , is a singer best known for his membership in the German krautrock group Can.-Biography:As a teenager, Suzuki spent the late 1960s wandering around Europe, often busking....
- vocals (special guest, November 14, 2005)
2007 one-off line-up
- Omar Rodríguez-LópezOmar Rodriguez-LopezOmar Alfredo Rodríguez-López is a multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, producer, writer, actor and film director who was born in Bayamón, Puerto Rico...
– guitar, band leader, composer - Cedric Bixler-ZavalaCedric Bixler-ZavalaCedric Bixler-Zavala is a Grammy Award-winning Mexican-American musician known for his work as frontman and lyricist of the progressive rock band The Mars Volta, and previously as frontman and occasional guitarist of the post-hardcore punk group At the Drive-In...
– lead vocals - Juan Alderete de la Peña – bass
- Marcel Rodríguez-LópezMarcel Rodriguez-LopezMarcellus Rodriguez-Lopez is a multi-instrumentalist musician and younger brother of Omar Rodríguez-López.- Biography :He has been noted as to playing the bongos, congas, Drums, cymbals, Maracas, keyboards and Shekere....
– percussion, keyboards & synths - Adrián Terrazas-González – tenor saxophone, bass clarinet, flute, percussion
- Thomas PridgenThomas PridgenThomas Armon Pridgen is an American drummer, best known for his role as the drummer of The Mars Volta from October 31, 2006 until October 23, 2009, and currently the drummer for his own project The Memorials as well as hard rock supergroup Giraffe Tongue Orchestra.-Biography:Pridgen won the Guitar...
– drums - Money Mark Ramos-Nishita – keyboards & synths
- Alfredo OrtizAlfredo OrtizAlfredo Ortiz is an American drummer, was the former drummer for New York group Morningwood and Los Angeles rockers Red Exiles. Previously Ortiz has toured with the Beastie Boys as a drummer and percussionist, and appeared in their film, Awesome; I Fuckin' Shot That! In previous years, he has lent...
– percussion (guest)
2009 tour line-up
- Omar Rodríguez-LópezOmar Rodriguez-LopezOmar Alfredo Rodríguez-López is a multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, producer, writer, actor and film director who was born in Bayamón, Puerto Rico...
– guitar, band leader, composer - Juan Alderete de la Peña – bass
- Marcel Rodríguez-LópezMarcel Rodriguez-LopezMarcellus Rodriguez-Lopez is a multi-instrumentalist musician and younger brother of Omar Rodríguez-López.- Biography :He has been noted as to playing the bongos, congas, Drums, cymbals, Maracas, keyboards and Shekere....
– keyboards & synths - Thomas PridgenThomas PridgenThomas Armon Pridgen is an American drummer, best known for his role as the drummer of The Mars Volta from October 31, 2006 until October 23, 2009, and currently the drummer for his own project The Memorials as well as hard rock supergroup Giraffe Tongue Orchestra.-Biography:Pridgen won the Guitar...
– drums - Mark AanderudMark AanderudMark Aanderud is a Mexican born pianist, composer, arranger, producer, conductor.Mark Aanderud started piano studies at 8 years old at the Escuela Nacional de Musica in Mexico City. He started to perform professionally when he was 18 years old...
– keyboards - Ximena SariñanaXimena SariñanaXimena Sariñana Rivera is a Mexican singer-songwriter and actress. Sariñana's musical career was launched in 2008 with the release of her first studio album Mediocre, an adult contemporary pop-rock/vocal jazz album that has been critically acclaimed and nominated for various awards, including two...
– lead vocals
2010 tour line-up
- Omar Rodríguez-LópezOmar Rodriguez-LopezOmar Alfredo Rodríguez-López is a multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, producer, writer, actor and film director who was born in Bayamón, Puerto Rico...
– guitar, vocals, keyboards, band leader, composer - Juan Alderete de la Peña – bass
- Marcel Rodríguez-LópezMarcel Rodriguez-LopezMarcellus Rodriguez-Lopez is a multi-instrumentalist musician and younger brother of Omar Rodríguez-López.- Biography :He has been noted as to playing the bongos, congas, Drums, cymbals, Maracas, keyboards and Shekere....
– keyboards & synths - Deantoni ParksDeantoni ParksDeantoni Parks is a new wave/avant-garde/experimental drummer, songwriter, film director, actor and record producer born in Newnan, Georgia. He is the founder; producer and drummer of the New York band, KUDU, and one-half of the writing duo, Dark Angels with producer and keyboardist Nick Kasper,...
– drums - Ximena SariñanaXimena SariñanaXimena Sariñana Rivera is a Mexican singer-songwriter and actress. Sariñana's musical career was launched in 2008 with the release of her first studio album Mediocre, an adult contemporary pop-rock/vocal jazz album that has been critically acclaimed and nominated for various awards, including two...
– lead vocals - Lars Stalfors – sound manipulation, keyboards, engineer
2011 tour line-up
- Omar Rodríguez-LópezOmar Rodriguez-LopezOmar Alfredo Rodríguez-López is a multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, producer, writer, actor and film director who was born in Bayamón, Puerto Rico...
– guitar, backing vocals, band leader, composer - Cedric Bixler-ZavalaCedric Bixler-ZavalaCedric Bixler-Zavala is a Grammy Award-winning Mexican-American musician known for his work as frontman and lyricist of the progressive rock band The Mars Volta, and previously as frontman and occasional guitarist of the post-hardcore punk group At the Drive-In...
– lead vocals - Juan Alderete de la Peña – bass
- Marcel Rodríguez-LópezMarcel Rodriguez-LopezMarcellus Rodriguez-Lopez is a multi-instrumentalist musician and younger brother of Omar Rodríguez-López.- Biography :He has been noted as to playing the bongos, congas, Drums, cymbals, Maracas, keyboards and Shekere....
– keyboards & synths - Deantoni ParksDeantoni ParksDeantoni Parks is a new wave/avant-garde/experimental drummer, songwriter, film director, actor and record producer born in Newnan, Georgia. He is the founder; producer and drummer of the New York band, KUDU, and one-half of the writing duo, Dark Angels with producer and keyboardist Nick Kasper,...
– drums - Lars Stalfors – sound manipulation, keyboards, engineer
Concerts
November 2005 [Omar Rodriguez-Lopez Quintet] Europe tour[members of The Mars Volta: Omar A. Rodríguez-López, Juan Alderete, Adrián Terrazas-González, Marcel Rodríguez-López with the addition of Money Mark]
- 2005-11-11 Rotown, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
- 2005-11-12 Hof Ter Lo, Antwerp, Belgium
- 2005-11-13 Melkweg, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- 2005-11-14 Gebaeude 9, Cologne, Germany
- 2005-11-15 L'Usine, Geneva, Switzerland
- 2005-11-16 Abart, Zurich, Switzerland
- 2005-11-17 Szene Wien, Vienna, Austria
- 2005-11-18 Orto, Ljubljana, Slovenia
- 2005-11-19 Matrix, Prague, Czech Republic
2005-11-20 BlueNote, Poznan, Poland- 2005-11-21 Magnet Club, Berlin, Germany
- 2005-11-22 Weltbuehne, Hamburg, Germany
- 2005-11-23 Vera, Groningen, The Netherlands
- 2005-11-24 De Kreun, Kortrijk, Belgium
- 2005-11-25 93 Feet East, London, United Kingdom
July 2007 Japanese one-off
[members of The Mars Volta: Omar A. Rodríguez-López, Juan Alderete, Adrián Terrazas-González, Marcel Rodríguez-López, Cedric Bixler Zavala, Thomas Pridgen with the addition of Money Mark]
- 2007-07-28 Fuji Rock Festival, Mount Naeba, Japan
March 2009 Europe tour (with Zechs Marquise, except #)
[members of The Mars Volta: Omar A. Rodríguez-López, Juan Alderete, Marcel Rodríguez-López, Thomas Pridgen with the addition of Ximena Sariñana Rivera and Mark Aanderud]
- 2009-03-09 Vera, Groningen, The Netherlands
- 2009-03-10 Botanique, Brussels, Belgium
- 2009-03-11 Dingwalls, London, United Kingdom
- 2009-03-12 Point FMR, Paris, France
- 2009-03-13 Fri-Son, Fribourg, Switzerland
- 2009-03-14 An Club, Athens, Greece
- 2009-03-15 Festsaal Kreuzberg, Berlin, Germany
- 2009-03-16 Ubel und Gefahrlich, Hamburg, Germany
- 2009-03-17 Gebaude 9, Cologne, Germany
- 2009-03-18 Melkweg, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- 2009-03-20 Cicterna Hall, Moscow, Russia #°
° without Ximena Sariñana Rivera
September to December 2010 Fall tour (US dates with Le Butcherettes; Russian dates originally scheduled for September, later dates of tour were subject to cancellation due to Rodriguez-Lopez family emergency)
[members of The Mars Volta: Omar A. Rodríguez-López, Juan Alderete, Marcel Rodríguez-López, Deantoni Parks, with the addition of Ximena Sariñana Rivera and Lars Stalfors]
- 2010-09-04 MetamorphoseMétamorphose"Métamorphose" - a song by French singer Amanda Lear released in 1989 by Carrere Records.- Song information :"Métamorphose" was the first single from Amanda's French-Italian album Tant qu'il y aura des hommes. The album was actually a re-release of Uomini più uomini, and consisted mostly of down-...
Festival, TokyoTokyo, ; officially , is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan. Tokyo is the capital of Japan, the center of the Greater Tokyo Area, and the largest metropolitan area of Japan. It is the seat of the Japanese government and the Imperial Palace, and the home of the Japanese Imperial Family...
, JapanJapanJapan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south... - 2010-09-13 Great American Music HallGreat American Music HallThe Great American Music Hall is a concert hall in San Francisco, California. It is located on O'Farrell Street in the Tenderloin neighborhood on the same block as the Mitchell Brothers O'Farrell Theater...
, San Francisco, CA - 2010-09-14 The Troubadour, Los Angeles, CA
- 2010-09-17 Highline Ballroom, New York, NY
- 2010-09-18 Congress Theater, Chicago, IL
- 2010-11-18 GlavClub, St. Petersburg, Russia°
- 2010-11-19 TeleClub, Ekaterinburg, Russia°
- 2010-11-21 Tochka, MoscowMoscowMoscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent...
, Russia° 2010-11-24 A38, BudapestBudapestBudapest is the capital of Hungary. As the largest city of Hungary, it is the country's principal political, cultural, commercial, industrial, and transportation centre. In 2011, Budapest had 1,733,685 inhabitants, down from its 1989 peak of 2,113,645 due to suburbanization. The Budapest Commuter...
, Hungary- 2010-11-25 Big Hall Arena, ViennaViennaVienna is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Austria and one of the nine states of Austria. Vienna is Austria's primary city, with a population of about 1.723 million , and is by far the largest city in Austria, as well as its cultural, economic, and political centre...
, Austria - 2010-11-26 Gagarin 205, AthensAthensAthens , is the capital and largest city of Greece. Athens dominates the Attica region and is one of the world's oldest cities, as its recorded history spans around 3,400 years. Classical Athens was a powerful city-state...
, Greece - 2010-12-03 Vera, Groningen, Netherlands
- 2010-12-05 Lido, BerlinBerlinBerlin is the capital city of Germany and is one of the 16 states of Germany. With a population of 3.45 million people, Berlin is Germany's largest city. It is the second most populous city proper and the seventh most populous urban area in the European Union...
, Germany
° without Ximena Sariñana Rivera
Spring 2011 US/Mexico tour (with Zechs Marquise, except #)
[members of The Mars Volta: Omar A. Rodríguez-López, Cedric Bixler-Zavala, Juan Alderete, Marcel Rodríguez-López, Deantoni Parks, Lars Stalfors]
- 2011-03-19 SXSW, Austin, TX
- 2011-03-21 Fitzgerald's, Houston, TX
- 2011-03-22 House of Blues, New Orleans, LA
- 2011-03-24 Bijou Theatre Center, Knoxville, TN
- 2011-03-25 Variety Playhouse, Atlanta, GA
- 2011-03-26 The Orange Peel, Asheville, NC
- 2011-03-27 9:30 Club, Washington, DC
- 2011-03-28 Theater Of The Living Arts, Philadelphia, PA
- 2011-03-29 Highline Ballroom, New York, NY
- 2011-03-30 Middle East, Boston, MA
- 2011-03-31 The Town Ballroom, Buffalo, NY
- 2011-04-01 Grog Shop, Cleveland, OH°
- 2011-04-02 Southgate House, Newport, KY°
- 2011-04-03 Bottom Lounge, Chicago, IL°
- 2011-04-10 Vive Latino Festival, Mexico City, MX #
- 2011-04-12 Great American Music Hall, San Francisco, CA
- 2011-04-15 Coachella Festival, Indio, CA #
- 2011-04-28 South Side Music Hall, Dallas, TX
- 2011-04-29 Austin PsychFest, Seaholm West Power Plant, Austin, TX
- 2011-04-30 Neon Desert Music Festival, Cleveland Square Park/San Jacinto Plaza, El Paso, TX
° Cedric Bixler-Zavala absent due to illness
External links
- http://www.myspace.com/omarrodriguezlopezquintetOmar Rodriguez-Lopez Quintet on MySpaceMySpaceMyspace is a social networking service owned by Specific Media LLC and pop star Justin Timberlake. Myspace launched in August 2003 and is headquartered in Beverly Hills, California. In August 2011, Myspace had 33.1 million unique U.S. visitors....
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