http://obnoxiouslisteners.disqus.com/We Gave Up on the Radio a Long Time AgoenMon, 01 Feb 2010 03:14:59 -0000http://www.obnoxiouslisteners.com/profile/the-mars-volta/#comment-32267828<p>Been listening to them since they were "at the drive-in" ...</p><p>De-Loused in the Comatorium, is my favorite album of all time... It is gorgeous music, every album since hasn't rung true to this sound for me, I enjoy De-loused and everything that came before it...</p><p>and like paul said, they are "structured but loose" it's got the yin-yang thing going on very well, incredibly dynamic... the guy who wrote this article said he got tired of the drones, yes in the newer work they are a bit contrived, in de-loused however, they got it just right... it's chaotic, gritty, metallic, but also smooth warm and living. it is "organismal"</p>10001110101Mon, 01 Feb 2010 03:14:59 -0000http://www.obnoxiouslisteners.com/profile/the-mars-volta/#comment-16018973<p>I bought the Mars Volta live album after hearing it in a shop. It caught me off balance. There was something enticingly strange about it - metallic but not metal, structured but loose. I got it home and played it a couple of times with the same feeling and then suddenly everything just fell into place and it sounded like dreary and pretentious old prog that I didn't need to hear any more and I wondered what I was ever thinking of.</p>paul_h_42Sat, 05 Sep 2009 08:05:48 -0000http://www.obnoxiouslisteners.com/profile/the-mars-volta/#comment-1703956<p>I got into The Mars Volta after I saw them live in support of A Perfect Circle so I bought Deloused in the Comatorium and fell in love. Unfortunately I haven't enjoyed their following 3 albums all that much other than the song The Widow on Frances the Mute. I guess they just went too experimental for me.</p><p>My recommendation for any potential TMV fans is to start with Deloused in the Comatorium. It's a concept album dealing with their At The Drive-In band member's suicide and it seems to be more accessible to me than the others.</p>evilaardvarkWed, 20 Aug 2008 15:03:58 -0000http://www.obnoxiouslisteners.com/profile/the-mars-volta/#comment-863574<p>Yes they are... but they definitely had the wrong sound engineer. Way too much going on for him apparently. Does this mean you might like them now?</p>DanFri, 11 Jul 2008 08:50:38 -0000http://www.obnoxiouslisteners.com/profile/the-mars-volta/#comment-859066<p>Are these the guys that performed System of a Down?</p>Nirav ShethThu, 10 Jul 2008 17:39:50 -0000