CONCERT
Omar A. Rodriguez-Lopez |
Written 30 January |
Thursday 12 March, 20:00Point Ephémère, 75010 [map]Omar A. Rodriguez-Lopez and Zechs Marquise
A solo performance by
The Mars Volta writer, singer, guitarist and producer
Omar Alfredo Rodríguez-López. Puerto Rican Rodríguez-López grew up in Texas, only leaving El Paso in the early nineties to hitch around the USA. During this time, he began what would become a defining influence on his career - an addiction to heroine and crack which would eventually break up his first serious musical project
At The Drive In. From those ashes, Rodríguez-López and
Cedric Bixler-Zavala arose to form The Mars Volta, and collaborations with
Damo Suzuki,
Lydia Lunch and
John Frusciante have solidified Rodríguez-López's reputation.
Zechs Marquise, one of Rodríguez-López's most recent projects (he plays bass) apply improv thinking to rock aesthetics.
