| Cedric Bixler-Zavala | |
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 Cedric Bixler-Zavala in 2008
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| Background information | |
| Born | November 4, 1974 Redwood City, California, U.S. |
| Origin | El Paso, Texas, U.S. |
| Genre(s) | Progressive rock Psychedelic rock Post-hardcore Experimental rock Alternative rock Dub Electronica Reggae |
| Occupation(s) | Musician, Songwriter, Vocalist |
| Instrument(s) | Vocals, Drums, Bass, Maracas, Guitar, Tambourine |
| Years active | 1993–present |
| Associated acts | The Mars Volta De Facto At the Drive-In |
Cedric Bixler-Zavala (born November 4, 1974 in Redwood City, California) is the lead singer and lyricist of The Mars Volta, and was previously the lead singer, lyricist and occasional guitarist of At the Drive-In, and also, the drummer of De Facto. Events 1333 - Flood of the Arno River, causing massive damage in Florence as recorded by the Florentine chronicler Giovanni Villani Year 1974 ( MCMLXXIV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the 1974 Gregorian calendar. Redwood City is a suburb located on the San Francisco Peninsula in the San Francisco Bay Area of California California ( is a US state on the West Coast of the United States, along the Pacific Ocean. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the The United States of America —commonly referred to as the A music genre is a categorical and typological construct that identifies musical sounds as belonging to a particular category and type of music that can be distinguished from other Progressive rock (often shortened to " progressive " " prog " or " prog rock " is a form of Rock music that evolved Psychedelic rock is a style of Rock music that attempts to replicate the mind-altering experiences of hallucinogenic drugs. Post-hardcore evolved from Hardcore punk, itself an offshoot of the broader Punk rock movement Experimental rock or avant-garde rock is a type of music based on rock which experiments with the basic elements of the genre and/or which pushes the boundaries Alternative rock (also called alternative music, alt-rock or simply alternative; known primarily in the UK as indie) is a genre of Dub is a form of music which evolved from Reggae in the late 1960s Electronica includes a wide range of contemporary Electronic music designed for a wide range Reggae is a Music genre first developed in Jamaica in the late 1960s A musician is a person who plays or writes Music. Musicians can be classified by their roles in creating or performing music An instrumentalist plays a A songwriter is someone who writes the Lyrics to songs the Musical composition (chords or Melody to songs or both A musical instrument is a device constructed or modified for the purpose of making Music. Singing is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice, which is often contrasted with Speech. A drum kit (also drum set or trap set) is a collection of Drums Cymbals and sometimes other Percussion instruments such as cowbells The electric bass guitar (also called electric bass, or simply bass; ˈbeɪs as in "base" is a Stringed instrument played primarily with the Maraca is also a genus of Tarantula. Maracas ( sometimes called rumba The guitar is a Musical instrument with ancient roots that is used in a wide variety of musical styles The tambourine or Marine is a Musical instrument of the percussion family consisting of a frame often of wood or plastic with pairs of small metal jingles The Mars Volta is the name of a partnership between guitarist Omar Rodríguez-López and singer Cedric Bixler-Zavala founded in 2001 De Facto was a dub reggae band which included Cedric Bixler-Zavala, Omar Rodríguez-López, Isaiah "Ikey" Owens and Jeremy Michael At the Drive-In was an influential American Post-hardcore band from El Paso, Texas, that was active from 1993 to 2001 Events 1333 - Flood of the Arno River, causing massive damage in Florence as recorded by the Florentine chronicler Giovanni Villani Year 1974 ( MCMLXXIV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the 1974 Gregorian calendar. Redwood City is a suburb located on the San Francisco Peninsula in the San Francisco Bay Area of California California ( is a US state on the West Coast of the United States, along the Pacific Ocean. The Mars Volta is the name of a partnership between guitarist Omar Rodríguez-López and singer Cedric Bixler-Zavala founded in 2001 At the Drive-In was an influential American Post-hardcore band from El Paso, Texas, that was active from 1993 to 2001 De Facto was a dub reggae band which included Cedric Bixler-Zavala, Omar Rodríguez-López, Isaiah "Ikey" Owens and Jeremy Michael
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Lyrical and vocal style
Bixler-Zavala's lyrics are often abstract to the point of seeming nonsensical. These lyrics often blend contrasting metaphors, usually dealing with grotesque, speculative fiction imagery. Speculative fiction is a term used as an inclusive descriptor covering a group of Fiction Genres that speculate about worlds that are unlike the real world in He has been praised for his extensive vocabulary yet once commented that despite such praise, he is a high school dropout [2]. The vocabulary of a person is defined either as the set of all Words that are understood by that person or the set of all words likely to be used by that person when constructing He has cited a variety of influences, such as Werner Herzog, Luis Buñuel, Neu!, Doctor Who, Syd Barrett, Damo Suzuki, and Mexican folk tales. Werner Herzog (born Werner H Stipetić; September 5 1942 is a German Film director, Screenwriter, actor and Opera director Luis Buñuel Portolés (22 February 1900 &ndash 29 July 1983 was a Spanish -born Filmmaker and naturalized Mexican who worked mainly in Mexico Doctor Who is a British science fiction television programme produced by the BBC. Syd Barrett (born Roger Keith Barrett; 6 January 1946 - 7 July 2006 was an English singer songwriter guitarist and artist popularly nicknamed Damo Suzuki (ダモ鈴木 is a singer probably best known for his membership in the German Krautrock group Can. He has also experimented with bilingual lyrics, switching from English to Spanish several times within the course of a song. English is a West Germanic language originating in England and is the First language for most people in the United Kingdom, the United States The Mars Volta's album De-Loused in the Comatorium was accompanied by a short novel of the same name, written in the same metaphorical style. De-Loused in the Comatorium is the first Studio album by the Progressive rock band The Mars Volta. His lyrics are arranged by Cedric and Jeremy Ward. Much of his vocal work operates in the higher register (displayed in songs such as Inertiatic ESP), but he also operates competently at a normal pitch and sometimes drops down in range. " Inertiatic ESP " is the somewhat cryptic opening song (excluding the introduction on the Mars Volta album De-Loused in the Comatorium.
On-stage behavior
Bixler-Zavala is renowned for his on-stage behavior. He frequently does somersaults on stage, swings his microphone (once unintentionally hitting band mate Ikey Owens in the head), salsa dances, sarcastically mocked an audience once due to not complying with safety rules, adjusts Omar Rodriguez's effects pedals and plays the maracas. Previously Bixler-Zavala was a heavy drug user and his antics were credited to this, however, he quit using opioids (along with bandmate Omar Rodriguez-Lopez) following the overdose and death of Jeremy Michael Ward and the antics have continued. An opioid is a chemical Substance that has a Morphine -like action in the body Omar Alfredo Rodríguez-López (born September 1, 1975) is a Multi-instrumentalist, Songwriter, Lead guitarist and producer The term drug overdose (or simply overdose or OD) describes the Ingestion or application of a Drug or other substance in quantities Jeremy Michael Ward ( May 5 1976 – May 25 2003) was the sound technician and vocal operator for The Mars Volta and for
Bixler-Zavala demonstrated very strong views on moshing and crowd surfing. Moshing or slamming refers to the activity in which audience members at live music performances aggressively push or slam into each other He infamously walked off stage 10 minutes into an At The Drive-In performance at the 2001 Big Day Out festival. The Big Day Out ( BDO) is an annual Music festival that tours Australia and New Zealand which originated in Sydney in 1992 He had previously asked the audience to calm down and observe the safety rules. After the refusal of the crowd, Zavala told the crowd, "I think it's a really sad day when the only way you can express yourself is by slam-dancing!", followed by cries of, “You're a robot, you're a sheep!” and proceeded to baa like a sheep at them several times before the band left the stage. [1] Later that day Jessica Michalik died of asphixiation after being crushed in a mosh pit; At The Drive-In broke up not long after this incident, but the incident itself was not one of the few reasons At The Drive-In disbanded. Jessica Anna Michalik ( 7 January, 1985 - 26 January 2001 in Concord New South Wales) was an Australian teenage girl
Despite these views, Bixler-Zavala has been known to venture out into crowds, disturb security guards, and grab/toss various objects found in the venue.
He has also displayed a dislike of smoking at Mars Volta shows [3].
Instrumentalist and Alavaz Relxib Cirdec Recordings
Bixler-Zavala played the drums in the experimental reggae dub group De Facto, and occasionally played guitar and drums with At the Drive-In. De Facto was a dub reggae band which included Cedric Bixler-Zavala, Omar Rodríguez-López, Isaiah "Ikey" Owens and Jeremy Michael
Under the pseudonym "Alavaz Relxib Cirdec" ("Cedric Bixler Zavala" with the order of the letters reversed), Bixler-Zavala contributed a 2-song single to the GSL Special 12 Singles Series, released in December 2005. The inversion of his name is very appropriate, seeing as the musical styles shown on his GSL single would be unexpected to an uninformed fan of his more mainstream contributions. Closer to the Dub of De Facto and the ambient experimentation shown in Omar Rodriguez-Lopez records than the prog-rock of The Mars Volta, the two songs Bixler-Zavala has produced under this alias are entirely instrumental, with the exception of samples of speech that can be heard on "Live Private Booths". De Facto was a dub reggae band which included Cedric Bixler-Zavala, Omar Rodríguez-López, Isaiah "Ikey" Owens and Jeremy Michael Omar Alfredo Rodríguez-López (born September 1, 1975) is a Multi-instrumentalist, Songwriter, Lead guitarist and producer The Mars Volta is the name of a partnership between guitarist Omar Rodríguez-López and singer Cedric Bixler-Zavala founded in 2001 "Live Private Booths" is a funky Fela Kuti-style jam featuring flute, drums, bass, guitars and samples, while "Sapta-Loka" is a more ambient exploration of eastern-style drones, with subtle, haunting instrumentation.
Discography
With Foss
- El Paso Pussycats
With Los Dregtones
- 5 Song Alibi (1994)
With Phantasmagoria
With The Fall on Deaf Ears
- The Fall on Deaf Ears EP (1996)
With At the Drive-In
- Hell Paso (1994) - re-release EP
- Alfaro Vive, Carajo! (1995) - EP
- Acrobatic Tenement (1996, re-release 2004) - LP
- El Gran Orgo - (1997) - EP
- In/Casino/Out (1998, re-release 2004) - LP
- Vaya (1999, re-release 2004) - EP
- Relationship of Command (2000, re-release 2004) - LP
- This Station Is Non-Operational (2005) - Compilation
With De Facto
- How Do You Dub? You Fight For Dub, You Plug Dub In LP (1999/2001)
- 456132015 EP (2001)
- Megaton Shotblast LP (2001)
- Légende du Scorpion à Quatre Queues LP (2001)
With The Mars Volta
- Tremulant - EP (2002)
- De-Loused in the Comatorium - LP (2003)
- Live - EP (2003)
- Frances the Mute - LP (2005)
- Scabdates - LP (2005)
- Amputechture - LP (2006)
- The Bedlam in Goliath - LP (2008)
As Alavaz Relxib Cirdec
- The Special 12 Singles Series - Single (2005)
Guest appearances
- Rise Above: 24 Black Flag Songs to Benefit the West Memphis Three - Various Artists backed by the Rollins Band (2002)
- Decomposition - Thavius Beck
- Plasticity Index - Sand Which Is
- A Manual Dexterity: Soundtrack Volume 1 - Omar Rodriguez-Lopez (2004)
- White People - Handsome Boy Modeling School (2004)
- Omar Rodriguez - Omar Rodriguez-Lopez (2005)
- Blood Mountain - Mastodon (2006)
- I'll Sleep When You're Dead - El-P (2007)
- Se Dice Bisonte, No Bùfalo - Omar Rodriguez-Lopez Group (2007)
- Calibration (Is Pushing Luck and Key Too Far) - Omar Rodriguez-Lopez (2007)
References
- ^ [1] At the Drive-In at Big Day Out 2001
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