Does anyone else

by chuckhayesALLSTAR2010 on Sep 2, 2010 12:42 PM CDT

listen to The Mars Volta? Damn, what an awesome band! I just got into them about a month or two ago, and I'm uber-glad my cousin introduced me to their major 2003 debut album, De-loused in the Comatorium. Of course, this ultimately drove me to research their "spititual prequel" of a band, if you will, At-the-Drive In. I like them even better now! I firmly believe that "One Armed Scissor" from ATDI or "Inertiac ESP" from Mars would rock the Toyota Center during warm-ups much harder than (insert trendy alt. rock station single here). What else is cool is that they're sorta local, from El Paso!

I ask this question to gather if my fellow rockets fans have the same taste in rock music..other fave recent (as opposed to classic) bands include but are not limited to: Modest Mouse, MGMT, Alkaline Trio, Phoenix, Chevelle, Tool, Deathcab for Cutie, Liam Lynch, The Black Keys.

I am also actually interested in any other artist from any particular genre you guys can think of! (know Batman713 is also a Z-ro fan).

No cursing in title. No pirated material, such as links to online game streams. Do not cut/paste entire sections of content from other websites. Thanks.

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not basketball related but...

I love music. If you are just now digging the mars volta, welcome to prog rock. Coheed and Cambria will define you next. Get some dream theater, the dear hunter, and porcupine tree.

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by BD34 on Sep 2, 2010 2:52 PM CDT via mobile reply actions

yea

i am aware of the “prog-rock” tag, and im also a fan of coheed! Ill check those other band out as well, thanks man!

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by chuckhayesALLSTAR2010 on Sep 2, 2010 3:15 PM CDT up reply actions

Not basketball related?

Sure it is….Rappers want to be ball players, and ballers want to be rappers. lol

Coheed is awesome. Start with their early stuff and go forward. I’ll also suggest Deftones. My favorite band all-time. Their new CD blew my mind. They’re a lttle harder than MarsVolta and Coheed tho.

by ItsNot ROCKETScience on Sep 2, 2010 5:05 PM CDT up reply actions

DEFTONES!

like them too..be quiet and drive was all i listened for the longest time years ago lol

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by chuckhayesALLSTAR2010 on Sep 2, 2010 5:34 PM CDT up reply actions

Mars Volta is prog?

Where are the poofy shirts?
Where are the synthesizers that sound like farts?
Where are the boring drum solos celebrated for their “technical” merit?

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by Xiane on Sep 2, 2010 7:40 PM CDT up reply actions

Progressive is like socialism

You’ll never hear the same definition out of two fans.

Also, another good recommendation, Dredg, that band will change your life.

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by BD34 on Sep 2, 2010 10:27 PM CDT up reply actions

coheed and cambria is a step back from mars volta

but yea dude, the way number 1 on the cd transitions to number 2 is fu(king amazing. Cicatriz ESP is my fav song. Great song for being stoned, but can be a little too intense for acid, which is its only weakness.

by lukeistaylor on Sep 7, 2010 11:58 PM CDT up reply actions

i love that midpoint

where its like 5 min of just faint noises and computer beeps. Its so random and unnecessary but still tight lol

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by chuckhayesALLSTAR2010 on Sep 8, 2010 12:15 PM CDT up reply actions

i have to say first and foremost

I’m getting sick and tired of posts that have nothing to do with the Rockets.

Now that’s out of the way…

I gotta say I love all the bands that you guys have named so far. I don’t have my iPod in front of me, otherwise I’d contribute. De-loused is a great album. I’m glad you’re opening your horizons :-)

by basketball is cool on Sep 3, 2010 12:26 AM CDT via mobile reply actions

i mentioned the toyota center

how is not related? and are you really “sick and tired” of it? Or is it actually the melo-trade ideas and “power rankings” you’re frustrated over? But I digress..

Yea, my taste in music goes from Outkast to Immortal Technique (not that I also dont appreciate H-town as well..Trae, Z-ro, etc.), Led Zeppelin to Heart, Enrique Iglesias to Lady Gaga (gf material), Jason Mraz to Common, etc, etc. (including dancehall, jazz, country, reggae, house, dance, espanol, indie, alt)

If anyone says Nickelback, I’m quitting Dreamshake forever.

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by chuckhayesALLSTAR2010 on Sep 3, 2010 8:24 AM CDT up reply actions

OMG I LOVE Nickelback

I had an ant farm once, but them fellas didn't grow shit

by Bighaircut on Sep 6, 2010 6:27 PM CDT up reply actions

Nickelback isn't too bad

ROCKETS!!!!!!!!!!!!

by Roxbybirth on Sep 6, 2010 7:16 PM CDT up reply actions

never expected that but.....

was into at the drive in and when they split into sparta and mar volta it became clear who the better memebers were. compare cut your ribbon to any volta song and ull catch my drift. deloused was my life’s soundtrack for a few months when it first came out. my friends and i are drummers so we tend to follow notable talent, i remeber by the time the second album dropped, my boy came over later the same day and alrdy knew the beats to almost all the songs…..i hated him for that. never thought they would take off like they have and now that they did i feel betrayed, funny how that works.

by ShookednShanghaied11 on Sep 3, 2010 1:00 AM CDT reply actions