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The Mars Volta, an American progressive rock group formed in 2001, The current lineup of The Mars Volta is composed of the two founding members Omar Rodríguez-López on guitar and production, Cedric Bixler-Zavala on vocals and lyrics, along with Isaiah "Ikey" Owens on keyboards, Juan Alderete on bass, Marcel Rodriguez-Lopez on percussion, and Thomas Pridgen on drums. John Frusciante collaborates playing guitar in the studio recordings.

The band's first studio album De-Loused in the Comatorium was released in 2003 after a European tour supporting the Red Hot Chili Peppers. This concept album was produced by Rick Rubin and is based on the death of El Paso, Texas artist Julio Venegas, who committed suicide in 1996. In early 2005, the band released their second full-length album, Frances the Mute, a concept album based on the story of band associate Jeremy Michael Ward, who died of an apparent heroin overdose in 2003. The album sold over 100,000 copies within the first week of release, and debuted at number four on the Billboard 200. The first single released from the album was "The Widow", which peaked at #20 on UK and became the band's only entry on the Billboard Hot 100 at #95. The live album Scabdates, was released later the same year. Their third studio album Amputechture was released in 2006 and debuted at #9 on the Billboard 200 selling over 59,000 copies in its opening week. The Bedlam in Goliath, the Mars Volta's fourth studio album, was released 2008 and debuted at a career-best #3 on the Billboard 200. On June 23, 2009, the Mars Volta released Octahedron, which is the band's first album through Warner Bros. Records. The album spawned two singles, "Cotopaxi" and "Since We've Been Wrong"

Current members
Omar Rodríguez-López on guitar and production, Cedric Bixler-Zavala on vocals and lyrics, along with Isaiah "Ikey" Owens on keyboards, Juan Alderete on bass, Marcel Rodriguez-Lopez on percussion, and Thomas Pridgen on drums. John Frusciante collaborates playing guitar in the studio recordings.


 * Omar Rodríguez-López
 * Active: 2001–present
 * Instruments: Guitar
 * Release contributions: all The Mars Volta releases


 * Cedric Bixler-Zavala
 * Active: 2001–present
 * Instruments: Vocals,
 * Release contributions: all The Mars Volta releases


 * Isaiah "Ikey" Owens
 * Active: 2001–present
 * Instruments: Keyboard
 * Release contributions: all The Mars Volta releases


 * Juan Alderete De La Peña
 * Active: 2004–present
 * Instruments: lead vocals, percussion
 * Release contributions: all The Mars Volta releases from Frances the Mute (2004) to present


 * Marcel Rodriguez-Lopez
 * Active: 2006–present
 * Instruments: Percussion
 * Release contributions: all The Mars Volta releases

Metropolis Pt. 2: Scenes from a Memory (1999) to present

The members of Dream Theater performing in 2007

Former members

 * Chris Collins
 * Active: 1985–1986
 * Instruments: lead vocals
 * Release contributions: Majesty Demos (1986)


 * Charlie Dominici
 * Active: 1986–1989
 * Instruments: lead vocals
 * Release contributions: When Dream and Day Unite (1989)


 * Kevin Moore
 * Active: 1985–1994
 * Instruments: keyboards
 * Release contributions: When Dream and Day Unite (1989), Images and Words (1992), Awake (1994)


 * Derek Sherinian
 * Active: 1994–1999
 * Instruments: keyboards, backing vocals
 * Release contributions: A Change of Seasons (1995 EP), Falling into Infinity (1997), Once in a LIVEtime (1998)