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JellyrollsJellyrolls Posts: 523
edited May 2006 in Other Music
I just started listening to them this week...and the Widow is one of my favorite tunes of all time..i dont know i have waited this long to give them a listen
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  • foxymopheadfoxymophead Posts: 7
    i saw them in concert a few years ago and at first iwas like who the hell are these guys!?!?!? by the end of the show i was a fan.
  • NoLongerOverwhelmedNoLongerOverwhelmed Posts: 82
    I bought their first cd on a whim and was pleasantly surprised. They are greatness.

    I've loaned it to several friends. They're either instantly on board, or I get confused looks when they return it.
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  • pj_zombiepj_zombie Posts: 272
    I, too, recently got into them. I bought their first album in the middle of January and I love it. I'm planning on getting Frances the Mute real soon. I love Televators.
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  • El_KabongEl_Kabong Posts: 4,141
    NoLongerOverwhelmed wrote:
    I bought their first cd on a whim and was pleasantly surprised. They are greatness.

    I've loaned it to several friends. They're either instantly on board, or I get confused looks when they return it.


    lmao!

    it is either love em or hate em! i got their first record on a whim, too, and i loved it musically but i hate the way he sings sometimes when he sounds like that guy from rush...but overall i dig em

    saw em open up for system of a down last year and thought they sounded great (altho the drums sorta drowned out the guitar)! 2 friends who had seats(we had GA tix) said they thought they sucked and we had an argument on the way home whether or not the singer was a girl.
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    someone above the crowd
    someone who seemed to feel the same
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  • ms11781ms11781 Posts: 88
    Check out At The Drive In.
  • whatsthefreezerwhatsthefreezer Posts: 347
    ms11781 wrote:
    Check out At The Drive In.

    Check out Sparta. In particular Wiretap Scars.
  • Red LukinRed Lukin Posts: 2,994
    The Mars Volta are probably my favorite band right now. They put on one of the best shows I've ever seen.
  • Red LukinRed Lukin Posts: 2,994
    oh, and Casandra Gemini is amazing!
  • intodeepintodeep Posts: 7,228
    Red Lukin wrote:
    oh, and Casandra Gemini is amazing!
    Oh yes.
    I was surprised Frances the Mute did not get more consideration on critics album of the year lists that i saw. I thought it was a great album not perfect but great.
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  • boroff89boroff89 Posts: 786
    intodeep wrote:
    Oh yes.
    I was surprised Frances the Mute did not get more consideration on critics album of the year lists that i saw. I thought it was a great album not perfect but great.

    I had it as my top album in my column at http://www.whatcharockin.com. Absolutely fantastic album.
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  • toastertoaster Posts: 152
    Frances The Mute was my soundtrack to last spring. Lost track of how many times I played that album. Supposed to see them last summer, but then they cancelled. I was so bummed out. L'Via is one of the best songs ever made in my opinion.
  • catefrancescatefrances Posts: 29,003
    when i discovered TMV a few years back, it was through 'inertiatic'. even though i knew they'd sprouted from the most excellent ATD-I. then i saw them live and thought "what the fuck is this". so way could i be wrong about a band, my instincts are usually so spot on.
    then i heard 'the widow' and i loved it. i knew could not be wrong about these guys. so i bought de- loused.
    next of course came frances, by which time i was totally besotted with them.
    no one could say a bad word about them to me. i heard they were coming out for the BDO and i was thrilled. i was ready. i understood them (well as much as anyone can understand them) and i figured whatever they did on stage was for them and we were just along for the ride. i'd bought scabdates towards the end of last year and had spent the summer assaulting my ears with it. the day after the BDO,i again saw them. this time at the enmore theatre here in sydney. i tell you it was one of the most amazing concerts i have ever been to. there were moments where the crowd just stood mesmerised by it all. and their drummer, i have never seen anything like him before. he was just just brilliant.
    describe them to people? i don't think i could. they are a band you have to experience and then you either love them or you think cedric and omar are pretensious little wankers.
    so yeah i guess you could call me an very enthusiastic fan of TMV.
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  • enharmonicenharmonic Posts: 1,917
    They're extremely talented. It would be an interesting show if you could get them and PJ on the same bill.
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  • Sludge FactorySludge Factory Posts: 976
    foxymophead wrote:
    i saw them in concert a few years ago and at first iwas like who the hell are these guys!?!?!? by the end of the show i was a fan.

    Haha, yeah, the exact same thing happened to me, only it was at a concert they had last year opening for System of a Down.
    El_Kabong wrote:
    lmao!

    it is either love em or hate em! i got their first record on a whim, too, and i loved it musically but i hate the way he sings sometimes when he sounds like that guy from rush...but overall i dig em

    saw em open up for system of a down last year and thought they sounded great (altho the drums sorta drowned out the guitar)! 2 friends who had seats(we had GA tix) said they thought they sucked and we had an argument on the way home whether or not the singer was a girl.

    My uncle and I had an argument on whether or not the singer was a girl. I thought it was a guy at first, but then he was trying to convince me it was a girl (I wasn't too sure about the bands name when we saw them play, but after the concert I saw some signs stating it was "The Mars Volta" and then I knew I was right about the singer being a guy). To prove my point I looked it up on the internets when we got home and he was astounded.

    Addendum: I don't really like "Sparta" or "At the Drive-In" at all, but I for some reason dig The Mars Volta.
  • CicatrizCicatriz Posts: 3
    The Mars Volta is the best band around period. However it really isnt for the casual listener. Ive loaned cds to a couple of friends who just couldnt get into it. You really have to engulf yourself in the music. Frances the Mute is the best concept album of all time.
  • Brisk.Brisk. Posts: 11,561
    good band!!
  • karma defectkarma defect Posts: 5,483
    I love them, especialy De-loused. Live they are kick ass.
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  • audiodaveaudiodave Posts: 1,623
    Awesome band. One of the best around.

    Also put on a fantastic live show, even if no one ever wants to go with me!

    Both their albums are great, and I can't wait for a new one.

    ATD-I are legends, though i've never been able to get into Sparta.
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  • funkymonkfunkymonk Posts: 279
    They're opening for the Chili Peppers on their upcoming North American tour. I saw them open for the Peppers and QOTSA on their last tour and wasn't really impressed. The sound was terrible so maybe that had something to do with it but I'm willing to give them another chance.
  • Oh, JimmyOh, Jimmy Posts: 957
    I advise people to listen to Deloused in the Comatorium first. Get to where you really love it. Then go buy Frances the Mute and forget what you heard on the first album.

    Frances is so abstract you really have to be a fan of that kind of music or be able to appreciate good musicianship. The drummin and guitar on that album is some of the best I have heard in awhile. Really fresh.

    Scabdates(live album) is more like Frances musically. Seems more like one long song.


    Get the Frances the Mute single too, if you can find it.
  • MCGMCG Posts: 780
    whatsthefreezer wrote:
    Check out Sparta. In particular Wiretap Scars.

    WIRETAP SCARS!!! great record. 'Porcelin' was not a great follow up imo.

    At the Drive-In's 'Relationship of Command' is one of my all time favorite records. Some of the best vocal stylings I have ever heard and probably ever will. 'In-Casino-Out' isn't bad either.

    As for Mars Volta, "Deloused in the Comatorium" is a must have cd. The best way to get to know it is to listen to it all the way through in a dark room and just go with it. I liked "Frances the Mute" too, it has a real groove to it, some of the voice alterations that were just weird for the sake of weird I could have done without though.
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  • yenraekyenraek Posts: 21
    i saw them at the last big day out. amazing crazy band. in the middle of the show cedric stole a security guards headset and threw it into the crowd, i almost got it 2.
    needless to say they neva got it bak.
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  • bharQbharQ Posts: 1,201
    hugggge mars volta fan... not so much sparta.. they are pretty good but not a lot of energy live.. mars volta on the other hand are amazing both live and on CD.. i used to be a huge huge at the drive in fan in my youth so its only natural i progressed to MV
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