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	Cedric Bixler-Zavala - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Cedric Bixler-Zavala (born November 4, 1974 in Redwood City, CA) is the lead singer and lyricist of The Mars Volta, and was previously the lead singer and lyricist of At The Drive-In.
		Raised in El Paso, Texas, Cedric is the current frontman of the acclaimed rock group The Mars Volta, as well as the former lead-singer of the seminal punk band At the Drive-In.
		Cedrics critically aclaimed album Deloused in the Comatorium was accompanied by a short novel of the same name.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Cedric_Zavala (325 words)

	Cedric Bixler-Zavala - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Raised in El Paso, Texas, Cedric is the current frontman of the acclaimed 'prog'-punk group The Mars Volta, as well as the former lead-singer of the seminal post-punk/hardcore band At the Drive-In.
		While with At the Drive-In, Cedric's vocal performances were often aggressively shouted and spat out.
		Currently, Cedric has largely given up the shoutcore elements of his youth in favor of melismatic singing the higher register.
	www.arikah.net /encyclopedia/Cedric_Bixler_Zavala (278 words)

	Compare Prices and Read Reviews on De-Loused In The Comatorium - The Mars Volta at Epinions.com
		Cedric Zavala was the singer of "At the Drive In" (ATDI) and his obvious talent shines through on "De-Loused in the Comatorium." This album is not merely a collection of songs though, the entire album is a dedication to a close friend of Cedric's, Julio Venegas.
		Cedric has a voice that is loud, blunt, and penetrating at times (many times) - those special times - the times when the music amplifies - the times when you want - you wish - it would penetrate.
		Cedric has a way of singing so melodiously in the choruses of his songs, that they stand out over his lyrics (a thing about Cedric's lyrics - I am finding myself continually looking up many words - his vocabulary is amazing, and its not his fault if yours isnt).
	www.epinions.com /content_110235192964 (1374 words)

	The Mars Volta - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Mars Volta co-founders (l-r):Omar Rodriguez-Lopez and Cedric Bixler Zavala
		Members of the former band At the Drive-In, Cedric Bixler Zavala and Omar Rodriguez-Lopez were in DeFacto with audio technician Jeremy Michael Ward since the mid 90's.
		Cedric Bixler stated in an interview: "The Volta is taken from a Federico Fellini book about his films, what he characterizes as a changing of scene, a new scene to him is called Volta.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/The_Mars_Volta (1384 words)

	Encyclopedia: Cedric Bixler-Zavala (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		At the Drive-In: (l-r) Omar, Tony, Jim, Paul, Cedric At the Drive-In was a post-hardcore band from El Paso, Texas from 1993 until 2001.
		See De facto for the Latin expression DeFacto DeFacto were a dub reggae side project of Cedric Bixler Zavala, and Omar Rodriguez-Lopez of At The Drive-In, keyboardist Isaiah Ikey Owens, and soundman Jeremy Michael Ward.
		It is commonly used as opposed to de jure (meaning by law) when referring to matters of law or governance or technique (such as standards), that are found in the common experience as created or developed without...
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Cedric-Bixler-Zavala (1012 words)

	Just back form gig at Hi-Fi.......... - The Comatorium Community (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Cedric and Omar were the only ones playing at on stage through Cicatriz I think and they way cedric mixes it up with his voice and dynamics of the microphone was just great to watch and listen.
		Cedric had a drink of tea kept a mouthful and "spat it out" onto a guy at the frount.
		Through the first song sweat was just running off everyone esp Omar and cedric it was running all out of the bottom of Omars sleeves and Cedric at on stage rang his shirt out at the frount and it was like he had been swimming in his clothes.
	www.thecomatorium.com /board/index.php?showtopic=8112 (1889 words)

	Echo Online :: Features :: The Mars Volta has energetic performance
		This, however, is not entirely surprising considering Cedric Bixler Zavala and Omar Rodriguez-Lopez's history together.The afroed used to be in the eccentric post-punk outfit At The Drive-In, who, near the climax of their mainstream breakthrough, dropped directly off of the face of the earth.
		Zavala, the feistiest and most memorable frontman to emerge in recent memory, did not forget to dance uncontrollably and flail the microphone stand whenever he felt necessary.
		In the end, Zavala, who replaced his ATDI wrist-tattoo with a new Mars Volta design, appreciates the overwhelming acclaim his band has recently received, while also requiring a bit of space to breathe.
	www.easternecho.com /cgi-bin/story.cgi?4006 (769 words)

	Ambitious Omar, Cedric leave the Drive-In for a musical mission to Mars (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Former ATDI vocalist Cedric Bixler Zavala and former ATDI guitarist Omar Rodriguez Lopez often felt limited by the creative differences in their band and made the decision to undertake a new, adventurous project of their own: the Mars Volta.
		Cedric croons into the microphone, and the sound of a cowbell can be heard in the distance along with the ambient guitar and slow-paced drum and bass.
		The image that sticks with me is Cedric biting down on the drum cymbals (something he did during the band’s earlier tours).
	maroon.uchicago.edu /voices/articles/2005/05/20/ambitious_omar_cedri.php (1150 words)

	Rock Circus Interview with Cedric Bixler Zavala from The Mars Volta
		RC: The ghosts Cedric: Oh well, Houdini's house is across the street and his wife's house is the house where we recorded it at, and where I did all the vocals.
		Cedric: Well he knew what we wanted and Omar is just very good with a lot of that stuff.
		Cedric: No, no, you know they're people too, they do their style.
	rockcircustv.com /rcpages/marsvoltint.html (1948 words)

	The Mars Volta Interview - SoundsXP (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		CEDRIC BIXLER - The ‘Volta’ is taken from a (Frederico) Felini book about his films, what he characterises as a changing of scene, a new scene to him is called ‘Volta’.
		CEDRIC BIXLER - Uhh some of it and some of it was kind of hard going and we got kind of stuck as well.
		CEDRIC BIXLER - Y’know, people are in it to get their name and no one wants to make a band and make a family out of it and play.
	www.soundsxp.com /336.shtml (3568 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		The Mars Volta is the child of former At The Drive In's vocalist Cedric and guitarist Omar.
		Cedric had already written one song for Julio with At The Drive In, he felt however that a whole record would do Julio more justice.
		The statements of Cedric and Omar to be wanting to open up their minds musically again and start from scratch are heartfelt and true.
	www.mtvhell.com /reviews/delousedinthecomatorium.html (505 words)

	JamBase \| DE-LOUSED WITH THE MARS VOLTA
		While still fronting At The Drive-In, the indie/emo band many critics were claiming to be the next big thing, Cedric wrote the lyrics to "Embroglio" about Venegas, but felt the song did not do him justice and that an entire album should be dedicated to him.
		Zavala often didn't sing words (although he does sing in both English and Spanish) but rather just hit notes, moaning, crying, screeching, adding little fucked up accents.
		The fact that Zavala is a Chicano and Lopez was born and raised in Puerto Rico leads one to expect a Latin flavor, but it's only apparent for those who are really listening.
	www.jambase.com /headsup.asp?storyID=5772 (2092 words)

	math lessons - At the Drive-In
		Despite this undoubtedly impressive set, it has often been remarked of At the Drive-In that they struggled to recreate their live experience in the studio, although they certainly tried to (their second full-length, In/Casino/Out, for example, was a live studio album).
		At the Drive-In were also noted, by certain sections of the music press, for the afros that Cedric Bixler and Omar Rodriguez-Lopez sport.
		All five former members continue to make music, Cedric and Omar with The Mars Volta, and Jim, Paul and Tony in Sparta.
	www.mathdaily.com /lessons/At_the_Drive-In (360 words)

	Untitled (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		When Cedric sang for At The Drive-In, he wrote a lyric--‘Embroglio’ on 1996’s Acrobatic Tenement--about Venegas, who had killed himself while that band were rehearsing.
		Based on a story written by Cedric, it is a concept album in which the hero tries to commit suicide by overdosing on morphine.
		The result is this passionate, elaborate, relentlessly inventive and utterly rewarding album, one of those rare records where musical innovation is matched, move for move, by a profound emotional pull.
	www.marsvolta.com /band (927 words)

	The Mars Volta - PopMatters Concert Review
		Hearing this ecstatic mash-up of prog, salsa, and jazz as Cedric swings his hips in rocked-up salsa moves, I was struck by these thoughts: This is what America Nuevo sounds like; damn, it sounds good; I urgently need to learn Spanish.
		So you've got Cedric over there growling out these weird English lyrics over a chill salsa groove, when suddenly the drums kick in big-time and it's back to keening Spanish competing with Zeppelin-ish guitar psychedelics.
		Zavala's wounded vocals brought to mind the inspirations for both of the band's albums: the deaths of close friends.
	popmatters.com /music/concerts/m/mars-volta-050507.shtml (1269 words)

	BBC Manchester - Music - Interview with Cedric Bixler Zavala of The Mars Volta
		Born from the ashes of At The Drive-In, The Mars Volta are setting about progressing the course of rock.
		Cedric Bixler Zavala found a moment or two to tell Chris Long about playing festivals, being the dictionary definition of prog rock and not giving up.
		The Mars Volta (Cedric is on the left)
	www.bbc.co.uk /manchester/music/2003/07/10/mars_volta_interview.shtml (350 words)

	Mars Volta Discography at CD Universe
		The Mars Volta: Jon Theodore, Amery Smith, Pablo Gonzalez, Omar A. Rodriguez-Lopez, Isaiah "Ikey" Owens, Juan Alderette, Marcell Rodriguez-Lopez, Henry Trejo, Adrian Gonzalez, Cedric Bixler Zavala.
		The Mars Volta: Omar Alfredo Rodriguez-Lopez, Isaiah Owens, Jon Philip Theodore, Cedric Bixler Zavala...
		Though Omar Rodriguez-Lopez and Cedric Bixler Zavala did time in popular Emo band At The Drive-In, their subsequent project, the Mars Volta, is a horse of an entirely different color.
	www.cduniverse.com /search/xx/music/artist/Mars+Volta/a/Mars+Volta.htm (256 words)

	village voice > music > Grace Bastidas on Celia Cruz (1925-2003); Nick Catucci on Mars Volta; Richard Gehr on the Zen ...
		In clawing out deep meaning concerning hobbits, spaceships, and munchies, prog bands from Rush to Euro-metal champs Opeth actually become all surface, detaching from a pop-cult reality that dictates three-minute songs and faith in something other than teen fantasy novels.
		Zavala wailed nonsense with the same abandon that defined At the Drive-In, but instead of paranoia, he projected an almost spiritual expansiveness, pitched on high.
		During a mid-album four-song cycle stretched to a half-hour, he tossed his mic stand offstage, did a split, and surfed over the seizing, ebbing, and exploding surfaces below.
	www.villagevoice.com /music/0331,sotc,45883,22.html (878 words)

	Gaming World Forums - Once Upon A Time... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Omar started out as guitar in At The Drive- In, and when he went along with Cedric to form The Mars Volta, he branched off quite well.
		Now lets discuss anything from ATD-I, The Mars Volta, Cedric, Omar, or anything tying in with their musical projects.
		Cedric screams the narrative lyrics about stories and concepts, Omar and his custom Ibanez (and abuse of effects) transcipts the feelings into sounds to the beats of Jon Theadore and the rest band members, who additionally help construct emotions after every psychedelic round.
	www.gamingw.net /forums/printthread.php?t=23454 (894 words)

	Chord Magazine
		Cedric [Bixler-Zavala] was singing, but it was difficult to tell the difference between him and Robert Plant," recalls John Frusciante, guitarist for the Red Hot Chili Peppers, of The Mars Volta's prolific frontman.
		It was at his band's rehearsal space where he would eventually come to meet Cedric Bixler-Zavala.
		As one of his priorities at the helm, he "pushed Cedric to write in Spanish" as a sign of their Chicano pride.
	www.chordmagazine.com /issue/febmar_05/cover.shtm (2288 words)

	KLUDGE MAGAZINE - Review - The Mars Volta: De-loused in the Comatorium
		Rate It The moment the music switches from the opening track "Son et Lumiere," Cedric Zavala screams "Now I'm lost" throughout the beginning of "Inertiatic esp." Until the cd ends, everything is lost in an adventurous cd that is really pushing new ground.
		Though this band came from the ashes of the average band At the Drive-in, the Mars Volta secretes talent; the playing, the choices and the massive structure in their songs make the Mars Volta one of the best acts you'll hear this year.
		Singer Cedric Zavala is much more creative now than his days spent with At the Drive-in.
	www.kludgemagazine.com /reviews.php?id=328 (1115 words)

	Frances the Mute (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		If one needed further proof of the contemporary revival/reassessment of the ambitiously overwrought sensibilities once so reviled in '70s rock, this aggressively mindbending second album by the Mars Volta offers it up in spades.
		Band mainstays Omar Rodriguez-Lopez and Cedric Bixler-Zavala insist that labels like "prog" don't interest them, and that this is emphatically not a "sequel" to 2003's De-Loused in the Comatorium.
		What it is was thematically inspired by a stranger's diary allegedly found by late bandmate Jeremy Ward, the basis for an expansive, often amorphous musical head-trip that brews psychedelia, trance, hard-rock and free-jazz into a daunting new whole.
	www.softforall.com /store/P-B0007GAEW6.html (430 words)

	Loserkids: The Mars Volta
		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.
		But Cedric consciously omitted anything with too much clarity or resolution, It's like when he was singing 'Now I'm lost...' on the first record: It could be literal or it could apply to anything!
	artistdirect.com /loserkids/store/artist/bio/0,,1622327,00.html?... (900 words)

	Blogcritics.org: The Mars Volta at The Greek Theater, Hollywood - June 4
		Mars Volta vocalist Cedric Bixler-Zavala is a good dancer, and there's plenty of Robert Plant in his vocal delivery.
		Cedric writes the songs, and I have it on good authority that they make sense if you know what they're about before you start listening.
		Cedric and Omar grew up about 3 hours from where I grew up and so I have been a follower from the begining.
	blogcritics.org /archives/2005/06/05/192711.php (1424 words)

	Mars Volta Music, News, Concerts, and More from SonicBreakdown (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Members of the former band At the Drive-In, Cedric Bixler Zavala and Omar Rodriguez-Lopez recruited audio technician Jeremy Michael Ward in 1998 to form DeFacto, seeking to experiment with previously suppressed ideas, and break loose of the image they received from At the Drive-In.
		The Mars Volta released Tremulant in 2002, a collection of three songs - including "Concertina", a condemnation of a former ATDI member - that explored prog rock,salsa, free and avant-garde.
		In addition a new full length live album named Scabdates is scheduled to be released on November 8th.
	sonicbreakdown.com /Z/artistDetails/selectedArtistId_126510.html (1267 words)

	LA Weekly: Music: Live in L.A.: Unleashed
		Zavala and his similarly underfed guitarist foil, Omar Rodriguez, have already helmed, in At the Drive-In and now the Mars Volta, two of the greatest live acts of the last decade, but this latest vehicle is fast becoming a true band.
		Through his Astaire-on-uppers shimmy and Plantesque feral yelp, Zavala opens a portal between Rodriguez’s cinematic ambitions and the back rows, his inadvertent porno posing and bizarre bunny-hop aerobics eliciting smiles from this sellout crowd.
		Few bands are as relaxed and real-time-creative live as the Mars Volta, and though their elongated whack-attacks can alienate anyone remotely this side of sobriety, when they find the flame they fan it with an unlearnable stream-of-consciousness integrity.
	www.laweekly.com /ink/04/27/live-rogers.php (1191 words)

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