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The Mars Volta is neither a concept album band nor a prog band. Sure, they
excel at both, but Omar Rodriguez-Lopez and Cedric Bixler-Zavala formed the
Mars Volta in 2001 in order to dispose of labels and limitations of any
kind, to move beyond genres strip-mined into obsolescence--be they dinosaur
prog or 2-D punk.
"We are really tired of those labels and questions," says guitarist,
co-founder and producer Rodriguez-Lopez. "Concept album? How can any huge
project that takes up most of your life for a year not have a concept? Prog?
How can any innovative, forward-thinking art or music not be progressive? It
reminds me of when I first heard the label "Emo," which was the most
ridiculous label ..
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