What is The Mars Volta?
{{Infobox musical artist | Name = The Mars Volta | Img = Tmvwholeband.jpg | Img_alt = | Img_capt = The Mars Volta on stage at the Vegoose Festival. | Img_size = | Landscape = | Background = group_or_band | Birth_name = | Alias = | birth_date = | birth_place = | Origin = [[El Paso, Texas]], [[United States]] | death_date = | death_place = | Instrument = | Genre = [[Progressive rock]], [[psychedelic rock]], [[experimental rock]] | Occupation = | Years_active = 2001–2012 | Label = [[Universal Music Group|Universal]], [[Gold Standard Laboratories|GSL]], [[Warner Bros. Records|Warner Bros.]] | Associated_acts = [[At the Drive-In]], [[De Facto (band)|De Facto]], [[Omar Rodriguez Lopez Group]], [[Red Hot Chili Peppers]], [[John Frusciante]], [[Free Moral Agents]], Zechs Marquise, [[Big Sir (band)|Big Sir]], [[Racer X (band)|Racer X]], [[Sparta (band)|Sparta]], [[El Grupo Nuevo de Omar Rodriguez Lopez]], [[One Day As a Lion]], [[Vato Negro]], [[Laddio Bolocko]] | URL = {{URL|http://www.themarsvolta.com/}} | Notable_instruments = | Current_members = * [[Omar Rodríguez-López]] * [[Cedric Bixler-Zavala]] * [[Eva Gardner]] * [[Marcel Rodríguez-López]] * [[Leo Genovese]] * Linda-Philomène Tsoungui * Jared Palkowski | Past_members = See: [[#Band members|Former members]] }} '''The Mars Volta''' is a [[Rock and roll|rock]] band from [[El Paso, Texas|El Paso]], [[Texas]] formed by [[Omar Rodriguez-Lopez]] and [[Cedric Bixler-Zavala]]. They were called the 'Best Prog-Rock Band' in 2008, by [[Rolling Stone]] magazine. Omar and Cedric had earlier played in another rock band called [[At the Drive-In]], but the band did not want to play anymore since they liked different types of music. They have released five studio albums, some of them on the [[record label]] [[Universal Music Group|Universal]]. They are famous for their wild live shows, their psychede