The Mars Volta (ORLG) - Trinkets Pale of Moon - March 28th 2011 - TLA (Philadelphia)

[bobbyprince890]

Thomas Pridgen was a beast of a player but I think too heavy-handed for Mars Volta's style. I'm glad Deantoni will be the drummer on TMV's upcoming album. He is similar in some ways to my favourite TMV drummer Jon Theodore

[DrumBum561]

WHAT HAPPENED TO CEDRIC'S HAIR??

[doublehanded]

@DrumBum561 Umm... it's called a haircut. Whoopdi-friggen-do! Also, where have you been for 9 months? :P

[DrumBum561]

@doublehanded but why you mad tho?

[doublehanded]

@DrumBum561 It gets kinda frustrating when such a large percentage of the comments on this year's Volta videos are about Cedric's friggen haircut. Who cares??

[DrumBum561]

@doublehanded i mean, his hair was a part of his look. i understand "its about the music" but thats like if troy palamaulo or clay matthews cut their hair; it's how tey are known. dont be mad bro

[CultOfKingJeff]

thats a good mic on that camera.

[Sunjata0]

this is one of the rare videos of the new lineup that sounds good (doesnt have cedric fck up all over the place), one key ingredent is missing, IKEY!

[transposedemotions]

Take some time out to check this song out !

You might like :)

The Bicycle Days - Circles

Much love!

[isaacapeltz]

AGH! Where are their Afros!!!!

[HorribleSexyDrunk]

sounds amazing

[JMTvolta]

Thank You to watever lucky bastard saw this live an uploaded it for us to see I'm in awe seriously support this my favorite all-time artists can't wait for the new album restores my faith in music so many times! Makes me feel more emotion than anygirl ever could

[iwishiwasthercktmn]

serious disappointment seeing all these guys in this comment box not recognizing cedric

[jamesmochoa]

Looks like karaoke night...

[pander22]

He's a better live vocalist than Cedric.

[ijustfartedsoloud]

@pander22 was that a joke?

[pander22]

@ijustfartedsoloud Maybe a generalization but not a joke. I've seen Cedric live a few times and he's hit and miss. This was a solid performance by Omar.

[ijustfartedsoloud]

@pander22 thats cedric dude, i know that he ususally sucks. But thats him

[pander22]

@ijustfartedsoloud Oh shit, for real? Sounds and looks different.

[ijustfartedsoloud]

@pander22 i know, i didn't realize it at first, but u can see omar at 5:01

[GRNoam]

@pander22 He is Cedric. 

[pinkpop91764]

nice to see cedric cutt of the fro!(: old scool cedric!(:

[MPrint666]

Take that Warner Bros.!!!! 

[OregonLAA]

Sounds all right. I still miss the old Mars Volta. Glad they are still making music though. These guys are incredible musicians

[mountainflames]

i hope the new album sounds like this as the last album was not that great - after a few listens there was nothing to find and some of the lyrics ruined a few songs for me, like the end of TEFLON..."oval office.." This drummer looks like a good fit, i hope he stays, if they can't use Jon then this guy is a good choice, Thomas played too much, can't beat the first 2 albums for sound quality!!!!! ...this songs already better than the last album!!! ...i will be listening.

[BigTymerPimp]

This new album needs to come out within the next week or two or I'll rape a family of goats.

THE BALL IS IN YOUR FUCKING COURT MARS VOLTA!

[MPrint666]

@BigTymerPimp Rape some goats then cause Warner bros. has pushed it till 2012.

[BigTymerPimp]

@MPrint666 MOTHER FUCKER! These goats are going to fucking get it I swear and after that I'm going to rape Wiener Bros.! Fuck them! Literally!

Now I can get these fucking shitty goats out of my basement let me just go get some condoms, because you know I don't want to catch goat aids. Be right back.

[Watchugonedo27]

saw them at the house of blues in new orleans a little while back. cedric is using an in ear monitor now so i think thats helping him to not strain his voice and really hear his notes. he and the band were on. it was a great thing to experience

[woobiehastelly]

Sounds fantastic. I love it.

[kangor44]

#themarsvolta2011

[psychopomp88]

So apparently this new album won't come out for another year now. I don't know why when it was finished a year ago.

[Benprogfuse]

@psychopomp88

No shit. It has been finished since February 2011. Their fans will buy any album that they release no matter what or when. I think that it is their label's fault. It is going to cause people to try and download bootlegs from the internet and because they will have been performing a bunch of the songs live for a year before the album comes out, it will ruin the integrity of the album when it is finally released.

[revolver188]

Psyched for the new album to come up, hope they at least give information on a release date. The studio version of this song's gotta be awesome.

[ShizoluckyShizostar]

That must be the worst haircut ever.

[hurley1]

Not feeling the new direction they've taken.. Oh well.

[xInDiieKiiDx]

deatoni's owning those accented notes. favorite of their drummers

[nclempark]

I can smell the thick sweet coming off of Cedrics body. It doesn't smell very good.

[tomtwed]

good stuff, now let's rush back from Twin Peaks

[TheDanification]

this is my favorite of all the new stuff so far

[12toedfeet]

Just so that everybody knows, apparently The Mars Volta played this (and a number of the other songs from the ORLG spring 2011 tour) at their concert in Finland. Looks like this is going to be on their new album!

[doublehanded]

@12toedfeet I knew it. ORLG tour was a Volta warmup tour.. :)

[12toedfeet]

@doublehanded I can't wait for the album! :D

[keaton223]

@doublehanded The MArs Volta is the collaboration of Omar and Cedric

[doublehanded]

@keaton223 Thanks for that, Wikipedia.

[keaton223]

@doublehanded dude they say it in alot of interviews

[clmarek1]

@doublehanded that's pretty funny.

[woobiehastelly]

@12toedfeet YAYYYYYYYY

[oldyounglady]

♥

i love them

[The4thGuy]

When I heard the end to this clip, I was all like: "What? That was it?"

[Dietpill]

Yeah this is awesome, I will always be down for the Mars Volta. Fuck the haters, can't get past Deloused, you gotta adapt or find a new band.

[dirtygibbons]

they better keep ikey

[jessy8281]

para cuando ARGENTINAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!!TMV

[BrandonChamberlin]

this song is perfect, especially live. pretty stoked to hear the studio version though

[TheRy2113]

is Juan playing on a fretless bass?

[doublehanded]

@TheRy2113 Sure is. One of his signature models I think?

[TheRy2113]

@doublehanded that's badass. Juan is one awesome bassist.

[yehigota5inchtaint]

@doublehanded he has a sig. model? whaaa???? are you sure? and yeh, it's totally fretless, I play fretless and he played fretless on the finnish version of this song.

[doublehanded]

@yehigota5inchtaint Just did some research... "Lakland had made Juan a bass that if popular, will become a signature model". So no, he doesn't have one available as yet, sorry! But he plays his own custom fretless! :)

[Benprogfuse]

@TheRy2113

Yes, he plays them all of the time.

[trenken]

@supermilk116 I post nice comments for the good songs they have, not the shitty ones.

[trenken]

Sounds like poop. These guys are pushing 40. Most bands are washed up by then, and so is TMV.

[doublehanded]

@trenken Fuck off man, this song is incredible and they're only getting more interesting and dynamic.

[trenken]

@doublehanded Good for you that you like it. I'm just stating my opinion just like you are. I think it sounds like ass. Old band is old. Get over it bro.

[Volterator]

@trenken Granted it is an opinion, but you're waving around the fact that they're in their mid-30s as a way of adding weight to your argument, like that means anything. Makes you look a bit, y'know... help me out guys, what does it make him look? Bro.

[trenken]

@Volterator It does mean something. How many bands are still great in their late 30s to 40s? Uh, not many. With every single band it always gets to a point some time where the creative well runs dry but they keep making albums to pay the bills. Happens to every band some point or another. I'm hearing it here.

[computervidsfromme]

@trenken dude ive seen you comment on like 10 other mars volta videos. Do you not have a life?

[brianshepherd15]

@trenken i thought i saw you bashing one of their other videos too. if you really dislike them that much why are you watching it? i feel bad you wont enjoy this music like the reast of us

[TheDanification]

@trenken haha I see your comments on SO MANY TMV vids bashing them. I don't know about you, but I don't listen to music I don't like.

[Watchugonedo27]

why cant they release the new album already...it's killing me

[marsyvolty1]

@Watchugonedo27 me too ... it hurts i know

[RobRoyMH]

2:05 - 2:14 is such sick drumming.

[MrsBixlerZavala]

Is this new?? That cant be Cedric! His hair is gone!!! =(

[katel88]

@MrsBixlerZavala ...so your only comment on this video is about cedrics hair....well considering your handle, that sounds about right...yes this is new and yes cedric cut his hair...but more importantly, can you believe how damn amazing this song is!?!?!?

[cboymusc]

it's like they're always trying to come out with something for a first time listener. this band will never play to the crowd they already have. if you can't handle that concept, you can just go listen to nickelback.

[doublehanded]

@cboymusc Fucking well said. :o)

[damnitalltohell100]

@cboymusc i think you are not getting the full idea of what a PROGRESSIVE band does.

[Yeahyeahyeah1964]

@cboymusc Cedric (The Mars Volta) is going down a path called life. Listen well, and you can go down it with him.

[marsyvolty1]

@cboymusc i totally agree... i have waiting for their new album to come out for a long time ... i look to see if there is anything new everyday :(

[ArmenianBlueberry]

holy shit, haircut

[Mcruled]

lol at people who cant count time signatures. if you dont know what your talking about dont post then.

[LifeSon777]

@k0stilI don't wanna be a troll here but judging a band by the tempo is absolutely stupid.Every band uses 4/4 and most of the greatest songs and the most complex bands use that tempo.From Meshuggah to Periphery and Nile to I don't know who else.This standar tempo helps the musicians keep all the chaos together and sound massive IMO.I used to think like that and I think it is wrong,it doesnt matter if the band is using a standar tempo or more sophisticated ones as long as he expresses himself

[boboso34]

awh he cut his hair.............. oh well

[TheWobbuffet3]

i was at this show and after i left i came to the conclusion that cedric is not human his voice is too incredible . i totally agree he is on point for sure so freaking good

[WeAreGroundedAgain]

if it was 22/8 couldnt it just be 4+4+3/4 ?or if it was 17/4 couldnt it just be 4+4+4+5/4?

either way, I was at this show, and was blown away from the moment Zechs Marquise went on until the end of ORLG.

[egale10]

Beautiful!

[canthinkverywell]

i wanna hear volta try 2 drummers like the grateful dead.

[j2ptupy]

shit deantoni, amazing drumming!

[mhb1313]

rorycomm, I totally agree. Deantoni and him would be great together

[rorycomm]

Where's Ikey? No Ikey, no Volta.

[canthinkverywell]

@rorycomm ikey's almost positively not gonna be on the next volta album.

[rorycomm]

@canthinkverywell Really? That's too bad. I love this band but it feels like they're disintegrating.

[canthinkverywell]

@rorycomm i don't think it really matters, omar's gonna keep doing what he's doing and if our tastes match his tastes hooray, if not we've got the old albums. so far everything's been sounding good to me, it doesnt much matter who plays the material the way omar controls it. after the next album that method might change tho

[MrJaab]

Deantoni makes me giddy like a fucking schoolgirl. Thank you so much. Thank you Omar Rodriguez Lopez Group. This made my day.

[Concertardis]

Cedrics sounding REALLY good

[williamreinsch]

OMG this song is fucking incredible! cant wait to hear a studio version!

[k0stil]

4/4? not mars volta -_-

[doublehanded]

@k0stil Open your mind dude... Volta is about the unexpected!

[QueLub]

@k0stil This is apart of a longer song and it goes into multiple time sigs. They have several songs that have sections in 4/4. Even on Frances...

[PyrofreakStudios]

@k0stil a lot of volta is 4/4

[canthinkverywell]

@k0stil omar writes all he music and doesn't even know what 4/4 means. he knows no theory. there are plenty of great 4/4 songs, like almost every beatles song. but there was some interesting timing in sgt pepper...but now i'm just rammbling.

[k0stil]

@canthinkverywell

i dont think if a person doesnt know the theory,he doesnt know what 4/4 means.

i dont know theory and i know what 4/4 means.

i mean,he plays guitar for almost 20 years!

how come he cant know whats 4/4?

[canthinkverywell]

@k0stil 4/4 is a part of theory, omar knows nothing other than the chromatic scale (meaning all the musical notes). he's actually said before he didn't know what 4/4 meant, he doesn't understand timing at all. if you know 4/4, you know a part of theory. not a lot, but you've got at least an important chunk of the basics.

[k0stil]

@canthinkverywell

can you give me that interview?

[canthinkverywell]

@k0stil which one? he says these things all the time. there's one i remember when some1 asked him the time sig of since we've been wrong, and he said he has no dea and he remembers some1 telling him it was "3 with a 4 feel or 4 with a 3 feel or something, i dont really know cuz i dont really know how these things work" or something like that. i could try to find that one

[k0stil]

@canthinkverywell

i figured out since we`ve been wrong main riff time signature:

17/4

[canthinkverywell]

@k0stil that looks i think its more like 22/8. doesn't really matter as long as you can play it

[k0stil]

@canthinkverywell

nah.

i checked it out with guitar pro.

its 17/4

[amputech]

They finally have an awesome drummer again!!

[pesely]

@amputech they've always had phenomenal drummers. in the studio at least. haven't seen them live yet, sadly.

[OS17CAR]

I miss Isaiha :/

[thegmnx]

Living legends.

[prioridadconfusa]

wow deantoni 

[eyecantnow]

MAN DEANTONI!!!! It's like each of his limbs are a drummer! 4 drummers at once!

[HOWARD8881]

I walked right past Marcel on south st a couple hours before the show....pretty cool

[a1gold176]

@HOWARD8881

Hahaha as did I!

[a1gold176]

One of the greatest concerts i have ever seen

[chawn5]

Deantoni sounds like ?uestlove on this shit I fucking love this new sound!

[simon4815]

This MUST be on LP6. It sounds a bit like Copernicus, but more gaudy. A bit like Cedric said LP6 WOULD be ;)

[NicolausDRobinson]

So interesting to see Cedric with short hair

[QueLub]

Cedric's voice has been ridiculously on point during this tour.

[kimsey123]

@QueLub it was probably the haircut that helped ;P

[salmonphatshoes]

@QueLub Tru dat.

[Ktrump5]

What an awesome show! So full of Energy. And probably the best I've ever heard Cedric sing live!

[jansconlon]

@Ktrump5 KEEGS HAHAHA

[phillramirez]

"There is no difference. I use my name as a solo act only because Warner Bros. owns the name The Mars Volta. But all of the processes are the same – I write the music, Cedric sings on it, I put the record out, I plan our tour, I plan our video, and so on. " - Omar

The stuff that is released on the big label is just the best of the best.

[THarvey0890]

This was definitely not TMV, but it was about as close as was possible. I really loved each and every moment of this set.

[southgallatin]

thx for the vid...so nice to see a vid of juan, Dp, and Ced for a change..usually its 10 mins of the camera zoomed in on omar

[AdamINAmsterdam]

They're back with a vengeance! :)