Cedric Bixler-Zavala
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Cedric Bixler-Zavala is a Grammy Award-winning Mexican-American musician known for his work as frontman and lyricist of the progressive rock
band The Mars Volta
, and previously as frontman and occasional guitarist of the post-hardcore punk
group At the Drive-In
. Cedric has a High Tenor
vocal range, spanning from the G above Low C (G2) to Soprano C (C6). He has also played drums for a number of acts, including the dub act De Facto
and recently Big Sir
.
esque humour and writes in English
, Spanish
, and Latin. “I love to take common sayings, pervert them, mutate them a little. So you think I am singing one thing, but when you read it, it is different.”
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), throws objects such as cymbals, microphone stands, and trash cans into the audience, salsa dances, adjusts Omar Rodriguez’s effects pedals and occasionally plays the maracas.
Bixler-Zavala has been very vocal on and off-stage about audience behavior, including moshing, crowd surfing, slam-dancing, and throwing items on-stage. He walked off stage 10 minutes into an At The Drive-In performance at the 2001 Big Day Out
festival in Sydney
after previously having asked the audience to calm down and observe the safety rules ("Let's dance, rather than beat the shit out of each other..."). After their refusal, Zavala told the crowd, "I think it's a very very sad day when the only way you can express yourself is through slamdancing!" then after pointing at an audience member crowd surfing
saying, "Look at that... You learned that from the TV! You didn't learn that from your best friend!" and finally stating to the crowd, "You're a robot, you're a sheep!" before bleating at them several times, finishing with, "I have a microphone and you don't! You're a sheep, you watch TV way too much!" and leaving the stage. Later that same day, teenager Jessica Michalik
was crushed to death in a mosh pit that took place at a Limp Bizkit
set later on that day at the concert. Bixler-Zavala has not spoken of Big Day Out since then.
He has displayed a dislike of fans' smoking cigarette
s at Mars Volta shows.
group De Facto
and occasionally played guitar and drums with At the Drive-In
.
Under the pseudonym "Alavaz Relxib Cirdec" ("Cedric Bixler-Zavala" backwards), Bixler-Zavala contributed a two-song single to the GSL Special 12" Singles Series
, released in December 2005. Closer to the dub of De Facto
and the ambient experimentation shown in Omar Rodríguez-López
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." "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 subtler instrumentation.
Bixler has stated that he is working on a solo album with current Mars Volta drummer Deantoni Parks
even though he doesn't like his own work.
and since getting married has become a Scientologist.
Bixler-Zavala frequently used drugs until the death of Jeremy Michael Ward
in 2003, which convinced him (along with The Mars Volta bandmate Omar Rodriguez-Lopez
) to quit using opioids. He has since shown disapproval of recreational drugs as a whole, adding that they are not beneficial to the creative process.
In 1996, two of his fellow bandmates of the group The Fall on Deaf Ears
, Laura Beard and Sarah Reiser, died in a car accident.
Also in 1996, a close friend and band-mate of Cedric's named Julio Venegas committed suicide. It is said that De-Loused in the Comatorium
is about Venegas.
Shortly before the release of De-Loused, in May 2003, their sound engineer, Jeremy Michael Ward
, was found dead of apparent heroin overdose. Ward coined the term Amputechture
which is TMV's third full-length album, and Frances the Mute
was based on a journal Ward had discovered.
Progressive rock
Progressive rock is a subgenre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s as part of a "mostly British attempt to elevate rock music to new levels of artistic credibility." John Covach, in Contemporary Music Review, says that many thought it would not just "succeed the pop of...
band The Mars Volta
The Mars Volta
The Mars Volta is a Grammy award winning American progressive rock band from El Paso, Texas. Founded in 2001 by guitarist Omar Rodríguez-López and vocalist Cedric Bixler-Zavala, the band incorporates various influences including progressive rock, krautrock, jazz fusion, Latin American music, and...
, and previously as frontman and occasional guitarist of the post-hardcore punk
Post-hardcore
Post-hardcore is a genre of music that developed from hardcore punk, itself an offshoot of the broader punk rock movement. Like post-punk, post-hardcore is a term for a broad constellation of groups...
group At the Drive-In
At the Drive-In
At the Drive-In was an American rock band from El Paso, Texas, considered part of the post-hardcore genre and active from 1993 to 2001. They were known for their extremely energetic stage shows which hearkened back to the 1980s hardcore scene...
. Cedric has a High Tenor
Tenor
The tenor is a type of male singing voice and is the highest male voice within the modal register. The typical tenor voice lies between C3, the C one octave below middle C, to the A above middle C in choral music, and up to high C in solo work. The low extreme for tenors is roughly B2...
vocal range, spanning from the G above Low C (G2) to Soprano C (C6). He has also played drums for a number of acts, including the dub act De Facto
De Facto (band)
De Facto was a dub reggae band which included Cedric Bixler-Zavala, Omar Rodríguez-López, Isaiah "Ikey" Owens and Jeremy Michael Ward.- Biography :...
and recently Big Sir
Big Sir (band)
Big Sir is a band that includes bassist Juan Alderete , singer Lisa Papineau, and producer Bruce Bouillet.-Discography:*Big Sir *Und Die Scheiße Ändert Sich Immer *TBA -External links:**...
.
Lyric style
Bixler-Zavala is fond of Frank ZappaFrank Zappa
Frank Vincent Zappa was an American composer, singer-songwriter, electric guitarist, record producer and film director. In a career spanning more than 30 years, Zappa wrote rock, jazz, orchestral and musique concrète works. He also directed feature-length films and music videos, and designed...
esque humour and writes in English
English language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
, Spanish
Spanish language
Spanish , also known as Castilian , is a Romance language in the Ibero-Romance group that evolved from several languages and dialects in central-northern Iberia around the 9th century and gradually spread with the expansion of the Kingdom of Castile into central and southern Iberia during the...
, and Latin. “I love to take common sayings, pervert them, mutate them a little. So you think I am singing one thing, but when you read it, it is different.”
On-stage behavior
Bixler-Zavala has been very vocal on and off-stage about audience behavior, including moshing, crowd surfing, slam-dancing, and throwing items on-stage. He walked off stage 10 minutes into an At The Drive-In performance at the 2001 Big Day Out
Big Day Out
The Big Day Out is an annual music festival held in several cities in Australia and New Zealand in late January. It started in Sydney in 1992, spread to Adelaide, Melbourne and Perth by 1993, with the Gold Coast and Auckland joining in 1994...
festival in Sydney
Sydney
Sydney is the most populous city in Australia and the state capital of New South Wales. Sydney is located on Australia's south-east coast of the Tasman Sea. As of June 2010, the greater metropolitan area had an approximate population of 4.6 million people...
after previously having asked the audience to calm down and observe the safety rules ("Let's dance, rather than beat the shit out of each other..."). After their refusal, Zavala told the crowd, "I think it's a very very sad day when the only way you can express yourself is through slamdancing!" then after pointing at an audience member crowd surfing
Crowd surfing
Crowd surfing is the process in which a person is passed overhead from person to person during a concert, transferring the person from one part of the venue to another...
saying, "Look at that... You learned that from the TV! You didn't learn that from your best friend!" and finally stating to the crowd, "You're a robot, you're a sheep!" before bleating at them several times, finishing with, "I have a microphone and you don't! You're a sheep, you watch TV way too much!" and leaving the stage. Later that same day, teenager Jessica Michalik
Jessica Michalik
Jessica Anna Michalik was an Australian teenage girl from Dee Why, Sydney who died as a result of asphyxiation five days after being crushed in a mosh pit during the 2001 Big Day Out music festival during a performance by nu metal band Limp Bizkit.-Incident:The Coroner's Court of New South Wales...
was crushed to death in a mosh pit that took place at a Limp Bizkit
Limp Bizkit
Limp Bizkit is an American rock band from Jacksonville, Florida. Formed in 1995, the group's lineup consists of Fred Durst , Wes Borland , Sam Rivers , John Otto and DJ Lethal . The band achieved mainstream success with their second studio album Significant Other, released in 1999...
set later on that day at the concert. Bixler-Zavala has not spoken of Big Day Out since then.
He has displayed a dislike of fans' smoking cigarette
Cigarette
A cigarette is a small roll of finely cut tobacco leaves wrapped in a cylinder of thin paper for smoking. The cigarette is ignited at one end and allowed to smoulder; its smoke is inhaled from the other end, which is held in or to the mouth and in some cases a cigarette holder may be used as well...
s at Mars Volta shows.
Instrumentalist and Alavaz Relxib Cirdec recordings
Bixler-Zavala played the drums in the experimental dub reggaeReggae
Reggae is a music genre first developed in Jamaica in the late 1960s. While sometimes used in a broader sense to refer to most types of Jamaican music, the term reggae more properly denotes a particular music style that originated following on the development of ska and rocksteady.Reggae is based...
group De Facto
De Facto (band)
De Facto was a dub reggae band which included Cedric Bixler-Zavala, Omar Rodríguez-López, Isaiah "Ikey" Owens and Jeremy Michael Ward.- Biography :...
and occasionally played guitar and drums with At the Drive-In
At the Drive-In
At the Drive-In was an American rock band from El Paso, Texas, considered part of the post-hardcore genre and active from 1993 to 2001. They were known for their extremely energetic stage shows which hearkened back to the 1980s hardcore scene...
.
Under the pseudonym "Alavaz Relxib Cirdec" ("Cedric Bixler-Zavala" backwards), Bixler-Zavala contributed a two-song single to the GSL Special 12" Singles Series
The Special 12 Singles Series
The Special 12 Singles Series is a series of twelve 7 inch singles released by Gold Standard Laboratories in 2005, one for each month. Subscriptions were available for either January through June, July through December, or all 12 singles...
, released in December 2005. Closer to the dub of De Facto
De Facto (band)
De Facto was a dub reggae band which included Cedric Bixler-Zavala, Omar Rodríguez-López, Isaiah "Ikey" Owens and Jeremy Michael Ward.- Biography :...
and the ambient experimentation shown in Omar Rodríguez-López
Omar Rodriguez-Lopez
Omar Alfredo Rodríguez-López is a multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, producer, writer, actor and film director who was born in Bayamón, Puerto Rico...
records than the prog-rock of The Mars Volta
The Mars Volta
The Mars Volta is a Grammy award winning American progressive rock band from El Paso, Texas. Founded in 2001 by guitarist Omar Rodríguez-López and vocalist Cedric Bixler-Zavala, the band incorporates various influences including progressive rock, krautrock, jazz fusion, Latin American music, and...
, 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." "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 subtler instrumentation.
Bixler has stated that he is working on a solo album with current Mars Volta drummer Deantoni Parks
Deantoni Parks
Deantoni Parks is a new wave/avant-garde/experimental drummer, songwriter, film director, actor and record producer born in Newnan, Georgia. He is the founder; producer and drummer of the New York band, KUDU, and one-half of the writing duo, Dark Angels with producer and keyboardist Nick Kasper,...
even though he doesn't like his own work.
Personal life
In 2009 Bixler-Zavala married actress and model Chrissie Carnell. He lives with his wife in Los AngelesLos Ángeles
Los Ángeles is the capital of the province of Biobío, in the commune of the same name, in Region VIII , in the center-south of Chile. It is located between the Laja and Biobío rivers. The population is 123,445 inhabitants...
and since getting married has become a Scientologist.
Bixler-Zavala frequently used drugs until the death of Jeremy Michael Ward
Jeremy Michael Ward
Jeremy Michael Ward was the sound technician and vocal operator for The Mars Volta and for the dub outfit De Facto. He created many of the soundscapes heard on The Mars Volta's album De-Loused in the Comatorium...
in 2003, which convinced him (along with The Mars Volta bandmate Omar Rodriguez-Lopez
Omar Rodriguez-Lopez
Omar Alfredo Rodríguez-López is a multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, producer, writer, actor and film director who was born in Bayamón, Puerto Rico...
) to quit using opioids. He has since shown disapproval of recreational drugs as a whole, adding that they are not beneficial to the creative process.
Deaths of associates
Cedric's life has been heavily impacted by the deaths of people who have been in close association with him, several of which have become themes for his lyrics.In 1996, two of his fellow bandmates of the group The Fall on Deaf Ears
The Fall on Deaf Ears
The Fall on Deaf Ears was a musical group from El Paso most notable for featuring Cedric Bixler-Zavala of At the Drive-In and The Mars Volta, who played drums, and Clint Newsom of Rhythm of Black Lines and The Hades Kick on guitar. The Fall on Deaf Ears played in the post-hardcore style typical of...
, Laura Beard and Sarah Reiser, died in a car accident.
Also in 1996, a close friend and band-mate of Cedric's named Julio Venegas committed suicide. It is said that De-Loused in the Comatorium
De-Loused in the Comatorium
De-Loused in the Comatorium is the debut studio album of the progressive rock band The Mars Volta. Released on June 24, 2003 on Gold Standard Laboratories and Universal Records, De-loused is based on a short story written by lead singer Cedric Bixler-Zavala and sound manipulation artist Jeremy...
is about Venegas.
Shortly before the release of De-Loused, in May 2003, their sound engineer, Jeremy Michael Ward
Jeremy Michael Ward
Jeremy Michael Ward was the sound technician and vocal operator for The Mars Volta and for the dub outfit De Facto. He created many of the soundscapes heard on The Mars Volta's album De-Loused in the Comatorium...
, was found dead of apparent heroin overdose. Ward coined the term Amputechture
Amputechture
-Notes:#"Vicarious Atonement" is the theory that the atonement of Jesus Christ was legal in God's eyes and that Jesus died in the place of the humans that sinned....
which is TMV's third full-length album, and Frances the Mute
Frances the Mute
Frances the Mute is the second studio album by progressive rock band The Mars Volta released in the US on March 1, 2005. Though not as commercially successful as De-Loused in the Comatorium, it received considerable critical praise...
was based on a journal Ward had discovered.
With Foss
- The El Paso Pussycats (1993) - 7"
- Foss (1993)
- Fewel St. (1994)
With At the Drive-In
- Hell PasoHell PasoHell Paso is the first EP released by the band At the Drive-In."In November of 1994, using Ward's college savings, the band released their first seven-inch single, 'Hell Paso', on their own Western Breed Records." The title is play on words of the band's hometown, El Paso.The track title "Grand...
(1994) - re-release EP - Alfaro Vive, Carajo!Alfaro Vive, Carajo!¡Alfaro Vive, Carajo! is the second EP by At the Drive-In, released in 1995. The title takes its name from the Eloy Alfaro Popular Armed Forces, a clandestine left-wing group in Ecuador....
(1995) - EP - Acrobatic TenementAcrobatic TenementAcrobatic Tenement is the debut album from At the Drive-In, released in 1996. Only one of the album's tracks made it to the 2005 compilation album This Station Is Non-Operational, with "Initiation" appearing as a live BBC recording...
(1996, re-release 2004) - LP - El Gran OrgoEl Gran OrgoEl Gran Orgo is the third EP by American post-hardcore band At the Drive-In. It was recorded and released in 1997 without the presence of Jim Ward, whose guitar duties were filled by Ben Rodriguez and Omar Rodríguez-López, who had previously played bass on Acrobatic Tenement.The Title "El Gran...
- (1997) - EP - In/Casino/OutIn/Casino/OutIn/Casino/Out is the second full-length LP by American post-hardcore band At the Drive-In, released in 1998. It was recorded as a live studio album, with the intention of better capturing the energy and sound of their live shows....
(1998, re-release 2004) - LP - VayaVayaVaya is the fourth EP by American post-hardcore band At the Drive-In, released in 1999. The sound of the album bridges the musical gap between In/Casino/Out and their following album, Relationship of Command....
(1999, re-release 2004) - EP - Sunshine / At the Drive-In (2000) - EP
- Relationship of CommandRelationship of CommandRelationship of Command is the third and final studio album by the post-hardcore band At the Drive-In, and was released in September 2000. The band reached mainstream success through the album, if only for a short time before their indefinite break-up....
(2000, re-release 2004) - LP - This Station Is Non-OperationalThis Station Is Non-OperationalThis Station Is Non-Operational is a compilation album by the El Paso, Texas-based post-hardcore band At the Drive-In, released May 24, 2005 by Fearless Records, four years after the band went on indefinite hiatus...
(2005) - Compilation
With De Facto
- How Do You Dub? You Fight For Dub, You Plug Dub InHow Do You Dub? You Fight for Dub, You Plug Dub InHow Do You Dub? You Fight for Dub. You Plug Dub In. is an album by De Facto, a side-project of At the Drive-In's Cedric Bixler-Zavala and Omar Rodríguez-López...
LP (1999/2001) - 456132015456132015-Personnel:*Omar Rodríguez-López – Bass*Cedric Bixler-Zavala – Drums*Isaiah Ikey Owens – Keyboards*Jeremy Michael Ward – Vocals, Sound Manipulation, Melodica, Guitar...
EP (2001) - Megaton ShotblastMegaton Shotblast¡Megaton Shotblast! is the debut album by De Facto. Largely instrumental, the album pulls influence from various genres, including electronica, dub, reggae, and jazz.-Track listing:#"Manual Dexterity" – 2:21#"Cordova" – 10:17...
LP (2001) - Légende du Scorpion à Quatre QueuesLegende du Scorpion a Quatre QueuesLégende du Scorpion à Quatre Queues is the last album by the experimental dub group, De Facto.-Track listing:#"Legend of the Four-Tailed Scorpion" – 3:02#"Mattilious Creed" – 0:17#"AMKHZ" – 3:16...
LP (2001)
With The Mars Volta
- Tremulant - EP (2002)
- De-Loused in the ComatoriumDe-Loused in the ComatoriumDe-Loused in the Comatorium is the debut studio album of the progressive rock band The Mars Volta. Released on June 24, 2003 on Gold Standard Laboratories and Universal Records, De-loused is based on a short story written by lead singer Cedric Bixler-Zavala and sound manipulation artist Jeremy...
- LP (2003) - Live - EP (2003)
- Frances the MuteFrances the MuteFrances the Mute is the second studio album by progressive rock band The Mars Volta released in the US on March 1, 2005. Though not as commercially successful as De-Loused in the Comatorium, it received considerable critical praise...
- LP (2005) - ScabdatesScabdates-CD pressing:-Source of recordings:05/12/2004 – Wiltern Theatre – Los Angeles, CA* "Haruspex"* "Cicatriz"05/13/2004 – Wiltern Theatre – Los Angeles, CA* "Caviglia"05/05/2005 – Roseland Ballroom – New York City, NY* "Abrasions Mount the Timpani"...
- LP (2005) - AmputechtureAmputechture-Notes:#"Vicarious Atonement" is the theory that the atonement of Jesus Christ was legal in God's eyes and that Jesus died in the place of the humans that sinned....
- LP (2006) - The Bedlam in GoliathThe Bedlam in GoliathThe Bedlam in Goliath is the fourth full-length studio album by American progressive rock band The Mars Volta. It was released on January 29, 2008, and January 26, 2008 in Australia through Universal Motown Records...
- LP (2008) - OctahedronOctahedron (album)Octahedron is the fifth full-length studio album by American progressive rock band The Mars Volta, released on June 23, 2009. The album was released by Warner Bros. Records in North America and Mercury Records worldwide...
- LP (2009) - TBA - LP (2012)
With Omar Rodríguez-López
- A Manual Dexterity: Soundtrack Volume 1 - Omar Rodríguez-LópezOmar Rodriguez-LopezOmar Alfredo Rodríguez-López is a multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, producer, writer, actor and film director who was born in Bayamón, Puerto Rico...
(2004) - Omar RodriguezOmar Rodriguez (album)Omar Rodriguez is the self titled second solo album by The Mars Volta guitarist Omar Rodríguez-López and the first in the "Amsterdam series" . Most of the overdubs and mixing were done on the road in September 2005...
- Omar Rodríguez-LópezOmar Rodriguez-LopezOmar Alfredo Rodríguez-López is a multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, producer, writer, actor and film director who was born in Bayamón, Puerto Rico...
(2005) - Se Dice Bisonte, No BùfaloSe Dice Bisonte, No BùfaloSe Dice Bisonte, No Bùfalo is a 10-track full-length album by Omar Rodríguez-López and the second in the "Amsterdam series". It was written and recorded in 2005 in California and Amsterdam, and was released May 29, 2007 by Gold Standard Labs on both vinyl and CD. A limited edition, brown marble...
- Omar Rodríguez-López GroupOmar Rodriguez-Lopez GroupThe Omar Rodriguez Lopez Group is the main side project of Omar Rodríguez-López. The group is most often a live entity to perform the various outlets of his solo music aside from The Mars Volta.-History:...
(2007) - Calibration (Is Pushing Luck and Key Too Far)Calibration (Is Pushing Luck and Key Too Far)Calibration is the fifth studio album by Omar Rodríguez-López, and the fourth released in the "Amsterdam series". The album was released in Japan on December 15, 2007 with a following U.S. release later on February 5, 2008, merely a week after The Mars Volta's The Bedlam in Goliath...
- Omar Rodríguez-LópezOmar Rodriguez-LopezOmar Alfredo Rodríguez-López is a multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, producer, writer, actor and film director who was born in Bayamón, Puerto Rico...
(2007) - Old MoneyOld Money (album)Old Money is a studio album by Omar Rodríguez-López released by Stones Throw Records in November 2008, and is the musician's first album on that label...
- Omar Rodríguez-LópezOmar Rodriguez-LopezOmar Alfredo Rodríguez-López is a multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, producer, writer, actor and film director who was born in Bayamón, Puerto Rico...
(2008) - CryptomnesiaCryptomnesia (album)Cryptomnesia is the debut studio album by El Grupo Nuevo de Omar Rodriguez Lopez, released on May 5, 2009. The album is the first of three albums recorded by the band, and is Rodriguez-Lopez' eleventh solo record overall. According to Rodriguez-Lopez, the album was "recorded in the summer of 2006,...
- El Grupo Nuevo De Omar Rodriguez-Lopez (2009) - Sympathy for DeliciousSympathy for DeliciousSympathy for Delicious is a 2010 drama film, and the directorial debut of Mark Ruffalo. Filming took place in Los Angeles.-Plot:A newly paralyzed DJ gets more than he bargained for when he seeks out the world of faith healing.-Cast:...
OST - Burnt the Diphthongs Feat. Cedric Bixler, Orlando Bloom, DJ Disk, Juliette Lewis, Omar Rodriguez-Lopez & Deantoni Parks (2011, selected tracks)
Guest appearances
- Rise Above: 24 Black Flag Songs to Benefit the West Memphis ThreeRise Above: 24 Black Flag Songs to Benefit the West Memphis Three-Band:*Marcus Blake – bass guitar ; backing vocals *Jason Mackenroth – drums ; backing vocals *Jim Wilson – guitar ; backing vocals -Vocalists:...
- Various Artists backed by the Rollins BandRollins BandRollins Band was an American rock band led by singer and songwriter Henry Rollins.They are best known for the songs "Low Self Opinion" and "Liar", which both earned heavy airplay on MTV in the early 1990s...
(2002) - DecompositionDecompositionDecomposition is the process by which organic material is broken down into simpler forms of matter. The process is essential for recycling the finite matter that occupies physical space in the biome. Bodies of living organisms begin to decompose shortly after death...
- Thavius BeckThavius BeckThavius Beck is an electronic musician, producer, MC, saxophone/bass guitar player, and a certified trainer of Ableton Live. He currently lives in Los Angeles, California.-Work:... - Plasticity Index - Sand Which Is
- White PeopleWhite PeopleWhite People is the second and final album by Handsome Boy Modeling School.-Track listing:# "Intro" – 1:08# "If It Wasn't For You" – 4:37...
- Handsome Boy Modeling SchoolHandsome Boy Modeling SchoolHandsome Boy Modeling School was a collaborative project between renowned hip hop producers Dan the Automator and Prince Paul...
(2004) - Blood MountainBlood Mountain (album)-Story notes:* The main character is in search of the Crystal Skull which he hopes to place at the top of Blood Mountain. In the making of DVD, the Crystal Skull is supposed to remove "the reptile brain" causing its owner the ability to achieve the next step of human evolution.* In an interview...
- MastodonMastodon (band)Mastodon is an American heavy metal band from Atlanta, Georgia, formed in 1999. The band is composed of bassist/vocalist Troy Sanders, guitarist/vocalist Brent Hinds, guitarist Bill Kelliher and drummer/vocalist Brann Dailor...
(2006) - I'll Sleep When You're DeadI'll Sleep When You're Dead-Credits:*Executive Producers: El-P and Amaechi Uzoigwe*Mastering: Michael Sarsfield*Mixing, engineering: Joey Raia*Layout and design: Brad Smith*Photography: Timothy Saccenti*Project Manager: Jesse Ferguson-External links:***...
- El-PEl-ProductoEl-P is an American hip hop artist and entrepreneur from Brooklyn, New York City. Originally a member of Company Flow, El-P has been a major driving force in alternative hip hop for over a decade. He is the co-founder, owner and CEO of the Definitive Jux record label...
(2007)
As producer
- Hell PasoHell PasoHell Paso is the first EP released by the band At the Drive-In."In November of 1994, using Ward's college savings, the band released their first seven-inch single, 'Hell Paso', on their own Western Breed Records." The title is play on words of the band's hometown, El Paso.The track title "Grand...
by At the Drive-InAt the Drive-InAt the Drive-In was an American rock band from El Paso, Texas, considered part of the post-hardcore genre and active from 1993 to 2001. They were known for their extremely energetic stage shows which hearkened back to the 1980s hardcore scene...
(1994) co-produced with other members of At the Drive-In - ¡Alfaro Vive, Carajo! by At the Drive-In (1995) co-produced with other members of At the Drive-In
- El Gran OrgoEl Gran OrgoEl Gran Orgo is the third EP by American post-hardcore band At the Drive-In. It was recorded and released in 1997 without the presence of Jim Ward, whose guitar duties were filled by Ben Rodriguez and Omar Rodríguez-López, who had previously played bass on Acrobatic Tenement.The Title "El Gran...
by At the Drive-In (1997) co-produced with Bryan Jones and other members of At the Drive-In - Sunshine / At the Drive-In by At the Drive-In (2000) co-produced with other members of At the Drive-In
- Live by The Mars VoltaThe Mars VoltaThe Mars Volta is a Grammy award winning American progressive rock band from El Paso, Texas. Founded in 2001 by guitarist Omar Rodríguez-López and vocalist Cedric Bixler-Zavala, the band incorporates various influences including progressive rock, krautrock, jazz fusion, Latin American music, and...
(2003) co-produced with Omar Rodriguez Lopez