- The Mars Volta discography
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The Mars Volta discography 
The Mars Volta live at Carling Academy BirminghamReleases ↙Studio albums 5 ↙Live albums 1 ↙EPs 2 ↙Singles 9 ↙Music videos 11 The discography of The Mars Volta, an American progressive rock group formed in 2001,[1] consists of five studio albums, one live album, two extended plays, and nine singles. 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 synthesizers and percussion, and Deantoni Parks on drums.
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.[1] 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.[2] The first single released from the album was "The Widow", which peaked at #20 on UK[3] and became the band's only entry on the Billboard Hot 100 at #95.[4] 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.[5] 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.[2] 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".
Contents
Albums
Studio albums
Year Album details Peak chart positions Certifications
(sales thresholds)US
[2]AUS
[6]BEL
[7]FIN
[8]NLD
[9]NZ
[10]NOR
[11]SWE
[12]SWI
[13]UK
[3]2003 De-Loused in the Comatorium 39 47 — — 74 — — — — 43 2005 Frances the Mute - Released: March 1, 2005
- Label: GSL (GSL #96), Strummer,
Universal (B#0004129-02) - Format: CD, LP
4 9 13 14 34 21 1 12 81 23 2006 Amputechture - Released: September 12, 2006
- Label: GSL (GSL #126),
Universal (B#0007214-02) - Format: CD, LP
9 6 39 18 54 16 12 27 88 49 2008 The Bedlam in Goliath - Released: January 29, 2008
- Label: Universal (B#0010617-02)
- Format: CD, LP, USB
3 3 35 9 42 13 10 32 57 42 2009 Octahedron - Released: June 23, 2009
- Label: Warner Bros.
- Format: CD, LP
12 41 78 27 27 33 20 51 54 64 "—" denotes a release that did not chart. Live albums
Year Album details 2005 Scabdates[I] - Released: November 8, 2005
- Label: GSL (GSL #118), Strummer,
Universal (B#0005644-02) - Formats: CD, LP
^ I Appeared on the Billboard 200 charts at number 76.[2]
Extended plays
Year Album details 2002 Tremulant - Released: April 2, 2002
- Label: GSL (GSL #54)
- Formats: CD, LP
2003 Live - Released: July 1, 2003
- Label: GSL, Strummer, Universal
- Formats: CD
Singles
Year Single Peak chart positions Album US
[4]US
Alt.
[17]US
Main.
[4]AUS
[6]UK
[3]2004 "Inertiatic ESP" — — — — 42 De-Loused in the Comatorium "Televators" — — — 64 41 2005 "The Widow" 95 7 25 — 20 Frances the Mute "L'Via L'Viaquez" — — — — 53 2006 "Viscera Eyes" — — — — — Amputechture 2007 "Wax Simulacra" — — — — — The Bedlam in Goliath 2008 "Goliath" — — — — — 2009 "Cotopaxi" — — — — — Octahedron "Since We've Been Wrong" — — — — — "—" denotes a release that did not chart. Videography
Films
Year Title Director 2009 All Tomorrow's Parties All Tomorrow's People & Jonathan Caouette Music Videos
Year Title Director Album 2003 "Son et Lumière/Inertiatic ESP" Omar Rodríguez-López[18] De-Loused in the Comatorium 2004 "Televators" The Saline Project[18] 2005 "The Widow" Jim Agnew [18] & Simon Chan [19] Frances the Mute "L'Via L'Viaquez" Omar Rodríguez-López[18] 2007 "Wax Simulacra" Jorge Hernandez[20] The Bedlam in Goliath 2008 "Aberinkula" Omar Rodríguez-López "Goliath" "Askepios" "Ilyena" 2009 "Cotopaxi" Octahedron "Since We've Been Wrong" See also
- At the Drive-In discography
- De Facto discography
- Omar Rodríguez-López discography
- Omar Rodríguez-López filmography
References
- General
- Robert Johnson, Jeremy (2007-10-28). "A Very Brief History of The Mars Volta" (PDF). The Mars Volta. http://www.themarsvolta.com/TBIG.pdf. Retrieved 2008-07-13.[dead link]
- "The Mars Volta > Discography". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. http://www.allmusic.com/artist/p519950/discography/main. Retrieved 2008-07-01.
- "The Mars Volta – Discography". The Mars Volta. Archived from the original on 2008-04-19. http://web.archive.org/web/20080419014954/http://www.thebedlam.net/discography. Retrieved 2008-07-01.
- Specific
- ^ a b Fink, Matt. "The Mars Volta > Biography". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. http://www.allmusic.com/artist/the-mars-volta-p519950/biography. Retrieved 2008-07-01.
- ^ a b c d "The Mars Volta > Charts & Awards > Billboard Albums". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. http://www.allmusic.com/artist/the-mars-volta-p519950/charts-awards/billboard-albums. Retrieved 2011-03-02.
- ^ a b c "Chart Stats - The Mars Volta". Chart Stats. http://www.chartstats.com/artistinfo.php?id=558. Retrieved 2008-07-01.
- ^ a b c "The Mars Volta > Charts & Awards > Billboard Singles". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. http://www.allmusic.com/artist/the-mars-volta-p519950/charts-awards/billboard-singles. Retrieved 2011-03-02.
- ^ Cheng, Jim (2006-09-20). "Lifeline: Quick Hits". USA Today. http://www.usatoday.com/life/2006-09-20-lifeline_x.htm?csp=34. Retrieved 2008-07-14.
- ^ a b Peak chart positions for The Mars Volta in Australia:
- "The Mars Volta discography". Hung Medien. http://www.australian-charts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=The+Mars+Volta. Retrieved 2008-07-01.
- ^ "The Mars Volta discographie" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. http://www.ultratop.be/en/showinterpret.asp?interpret=The+Mars+Volta. Retrieved 2008-07-01.
- ^ "The Mars Volta diskografia" (in Finnish). Hung Medien. http://finnishcharts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=The+Mars+Volta. Retrieved 2008-07-01.
- ^ "The Mars Volta discografie" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. http://dutchcharts.nl/showinterpret.asp?interpret=The+Mars+Volta. Retrieved 2008-07-01.
- ^ "The Mars Volta discography". Hung Medien. http://charts.org.nz/showinterpret.asp?interpret=The+Mars+Volta. Retrieved 2008-07-01.
- ^ "The Mars Volta diskografi" (in Norwegian). Hung Medien. http://norwegiancharts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=The+Mars+Volta. Retrieved 2008-07-01.
- ^ "Diskografi The Mars Volta" (in Swedish). Hung Medien. http://swedishcharts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=The+Mars+Volta. Retrieved 2008-07-01.
- ^ "Diskographie The Mars Volta" (in German). Hung Medien. http://hitparade.ch/showinterpret.asp?interpret=The+Mars+Volta. Retrieved 2008-07-01.
- ^ "Search Certification Database". Canadian Recording Industry Association. http://www.cria.ca/cert_db_search.php. Retrieved 2008-07-01. Note: User must define search parameters as "The Mars Volta".
- ^ a b "The BPI - Search the Awards Database". British Phonographic Industry. http://www.bpi.co.uk/platinum/platinumright.asp?rq=search_plat&r_id=32075. Retrieved 2008-07-01.[dead link]
- ^ "Searchable Database". Recording Industry Association of America. http://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?table=SEARCH. Retrieved October 21, 2009.
- ^ "The Mars Volta Album & Song Chart History: Alternative Songs". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. http://www.billboard.com/#/artist/the-mars-volta/chart-history/476394?f=377&g=Singles. Retrieved 2011-03-02.
- ^ a b c d Holy, Kevin. "Athens Music Video – Archive 2". Athens Music Video. Archived from the original on 2008-05-17. http://web.archive.org/web/20080517125750/http://www.director-file.com/amv/archive2.html. Retrieved 2008-07-13.
- ^ "Simon Chan - Spindrift premiere new video on IFC.com, first of series". MVRemix. http://mvremix.com/rock_blogs/2011/02/09/spindrift-premiere-new-video-on-ifc-com-first-of-series/. Retrieved 2011-04-14.
- ^ "The Mars Volta – "Wax Simulacra"". MTV Networks. http://www.mtv.com/overdrive/?artist=1227538&vid=203463. Retrieved 2008-07-13.
External links
The Mars Volta Omar Rodríguez-López · Cedric Bixler-Zavala · Juan Alderete · Marcel Rodríguez-López · Deantoni Parks · Lars Stalfors
Isaiah "Ikey" Owens · John Frusciante · Eva Gardner · Jeremy Michael Ward · Jon Theodore · Adrián Terrazas-González · Paul Hinojos · Thomas Pridgen · Dave ElitchStudio albums EPs Live albums Singles "Inertiatic ESP" · "Televators" · "The Widow" · "L'Via L'Viaquez" · "Viscera Eyes" · "Wax Simulacra" · "Goliath" · "Cotopaxi" · "Since We've Been Wrong"Related articles Discography · Tours · At the Drive-In · De Facto · Omar Rodriguez-Lopez Group · Gold Standard Laboratories · Sparta · Money Mark · One Day as a Lion · El Grupo NuevoCategories:- Rock music group discographies
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