Juan Alderete
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Juan Alderete is an American
bassist
known for his work with the band The Mars Volta
. Prior to his work with that band, he was known for playing in Racer X, where he received credit as John Alderete.
the fourth of five children to Angel and Alicia Alderete. After moving from Los Angeles to San Francisco in the late '70s, he began to build interest in playing music when he was a teenager.
He was exposed to jazz
music on a weekly basis by his father who was a big fan of jazz music, and often played it around the Alderete household. Alderete's other early influences included his brother Carl's progressive rock
albums, which included bands such as Yes
, Rush
, King Crimson
, etc. He started learning the basics of the bass guitar
when he was 16, and was influenced by such players as Jaco Pastorius
, Geddy Lee
, and Stanley Clarke
. His fascination with the bass guitar revolved around it being a somewhat "underappreciated" instrument at the time.
After high school, Juan enrolled in Musicians Institute
in Hollywood
(Los Angeles, CA). He enjoyed his time in the school, explaining that he was able to learn techniques and styles that he had never even considered prior to his enrollment. Juan and fellow student Paul Gilbert
started their musical relationship during an audition that Paul held to find a drummer
. Juan showed up at the audition, bringing a Musician's Institute student and drum-playing friend named Bill Lescohier. Although Lescohier was turned down for the part, Paul was impressed with Juan's bass playing; the two quickly sought to form a speed metal
band that would incorporate Paul's advanced neo-classical metal
guitar technique with Juan's solid bass lines. To complete the band, Harry Gschoesser joined to fill the drummer position, and Jeff Martin
became the vocalist; the group named themselves Racer X (a title that Lescohier had suggested). With this lineup, the band released their debut album, Street Lethal, in 1986. Juan has been recording with Racer X ever since (note: there was a ten-year hiatus starting from 1989), and their latest album was released in 2002, titled Getting Heavier. Juan is credited as John Alderete on all Racer X albums.
However, four years after the creation of the band, Paul Gilbert left Racer X to form the band Mr. Big
. The remaining members of Racer X decided to stay active in music, although they went their separate ways. For the next ten years, Juan would be involved in several different bands (including The Scream, DC-10, Big Sir
, and Distortion Felix) as well as becoming an instructor at Musicians Institute. Not long after, he released his first instructional video on bass techniques and modulation
. Juan has also played with Metallica
(When? Citation?).
Although Extreme Volume II: Live was released in 1992, Racer X was not actually reunited. That year, Paul Gilbert was touring with Mr. Big, and Juan was recording with a hard rock
band called The Scream
. In actuality, the album was just a compilation of songs that were recorded in concert
s before the hiatus. However, around 1999, Juan got a telephone call from Paul Gilbert, who asked if there was any possibility of recording another Racer X album. Juan agreed, and Racer X reunited to record Technical Difficulties, which features new material as well as older songs that were never recorded.
In 2003, while working as a radio producer Alderete received a call from Omar Rodríguez-López
of The Mars Volta
while on their European tour with an offer to audition for the band:
He went on to record Frances The Mute
in 2004. He has recorded bass on every Mars Volta album since, as well as a number of solo albums by Omar Rodriguez-Lopez. Since joining the band, he has played at Madison Square Garden and was featured on the front cover of the March, 2005 issue of Bass Player Magazine.
Aside from The Mars Volta, Juan has been involved with his own musical projects. Big Sir
is a group composed of Juan and singer Lisa Papineau
. They have released two albums, and are currently recording a third. Vato Negro is a group with a revolving door of musicians, including Deantoni Parks
, Omar Rodriguez-Lopez, and Jon Theodore
. Juan has played shows with both groups in 2010, in California and Fuji Rock Festival in Japan.
In addition Alderete co-produced the film The Sentimental Engine Slayer
with Rodriguez-Lopez and former Mars Volta bandmate Paul Hinojos
.
. However he also mentioned that he is feeling fine, will experience no side effects from the medication, and will continue to play music.
Since discovering his condition, Juan had agreed to become a spokesman for the MPD Foundation.
In 2007 Juan sold some of his Fender basses on ebay and donated money to the MPD Foundation for research on blood disorders.
The Laklands that Juan had on tour are:
Lakland had made Juan a bass that if popular, will become a signature model, assumed to be based on his modified 70's fretless Fender Jazz that he used during the "Frances the Mute" tour.
For live shows he was most recently using a white model with a white pickguard and maple fingerboard.
Amplifiers
Juan was featured on the first issue of the online magazine Resonate, talking about his Ampeg Rig.
Influenced by players like Jaco Pastorius
, Juan's main playing technique was to use the "standard" fingers to pluck the strings with his right hand (two fingers: index and middle). He would occasionally use Dunlop Gel picks
, as well as his signature picks. He was also known to use two-handed tapping
techniques and even slapping/popping
.
Effects Pedalshttp://www.talkbass.com/forum/showthread.php?t=202292&highlight=alderete
With The Scream
With Big Sir
With The Mars Volta
With Omar Rodríguez-López
With B'z
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bassist
Bassist
A bass player, or bassist is a musician who plays a bass instrument such as a double bass, bass guitar, keyboard bass or a low brass instrument such as a tuba or sousaphone. Different musical genres tend to be associated with one or more of these instruments...
known for his work with the 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...
. Prior to his work with that band, he was known for playing in Racer X, where he received credit as John Alderete.
Biography
Juan Alderete was born John Peter Alderete in Los Angeles, CALos Angeles, California
Los Angeles , with a population at the 2010 United States Census of 3,792,621, is the most populous city in California, USA and the second most populous in the United States, after New York City. It has an area of , and is located in Southern California...
the fourth of five children to Angel and Alicia Alderete. After moving from Los Angeles to San Francisco in the late '70s, he began to build interest in playing music when he was a teenager.
He was exposed to jazz
Jazz
Jazz is a musical style that originated at the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States. It was born out of a mix of African and European music traditions. From its early development until the present, jazz has incorporated music from 19th and 20th...
music on a weekly basis by his father who was a big fan of jazz music, and often played it around the Alderete household. Alderete's other early influences included his brother Carl's progressive rock
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...
albums, which included bands such as Yes
Yes (band)
Yes are an English rock band who achieved worldwide success with their progressive, art, and symphonic style of rock music. Regarded as one of the pioneers of the progressive genre, Yes are known for their lengthy songs, mystical lyrics, elaborate album art, and live stage sets...
, Rush
Rush (band)
Rush is a Canadian rock band formed in August 1968, in the Willowdale neighbourhood of Toronto, Ontario. The band is composed of bassist, keyboardist, and lead vocalist Geddy Lee, guitarist Alex Lifeson, and drummer and lyricist Neil Peart...
, King Crimson
King Crimson
King Crimson are a rock band founded in London, England in 1969. Often categorised as a foundational progressive rock group, the band have incorporated diverse influences and instrumentation during their history...
, etc. He started learning the basics of the bass guitar
Bass guitar
The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
when he was 16, and was influenced by such players as Jaco Pastorius
Jaco Pastorius
John Francis Anthony Pastorius III , known as Jaco Pastorius, was an American jazz musician and composer widely acknowledged as a virtuoso electric bass player....
, Geddy Lee
Geddy Lee
Gary Lee Weinrib, OC, better known as Geddy Lee , is a Canadian musician, best known as the lead vocalist, bassist, and keyboardist for the Canadian rock group Rush...
, and Stanley Clarke
Stanley Clarke
Stanley Clarke is an American jazz musician and composer known for his innovative and influential work on double bass and electric bass guitar as well as for his numerous film and television scores...
. His fascination with the bass guitar revolved around it being a somewhat "underappreciated" instrument at the time.
After high school, Juan enrolled in Musicians Institute
Musicians Institute
Musicians Institute is a privately owned for-profit music vocational school located in Hollywood, California. Although not a regionally accredited school, the school offers a variety of unaccredited Bachelor Degree, Associate Degree and Certificate programs in fields including contemporary music...
in Hollywood
Hollywood, Los Angeles, California
Hollywood is a famous district in Los Angeles, California, United States situated west-northwest of downtown Los Angeles. Due to its fame and cultural identity as the historical center of movie studios and movie stars, the word Hollywood is often used as a metonym of American cinema...
(Los Angeles, CA). He enjoyed his time in the school, explaining that he was able to learn techniques and styles that he had never even considered prior to his enrollment. Juan and fellow student Paul Gilbert
Paul Gilbert
Paul Brandon Gilbert is an American guitarist. He is well known for his technical guitar work with Racer X and Mr...
started their musical relationship during an audition that Paul held to find a drummer
Drummer
A drummer is a musician who is capable of playing drums, which includes but is not limited to a drum kit and accessory based hardware which includes an assortment of pedals and standing support mechanisms, marching percussion and/or any musical instrument that is struck within the context of a...
. Juan showed up at the audition, bringing a Musician's Institute student and drum-playing friend named Bill Lescohier. Although Lescohier was turned down for the part, Paul was impressed with Juan's bass playing; the two quickly sought to form a speed metal
Speed metal
Speed metal is a sub-genre of heavy metal music that originated in the late 1970s from NWOBHM and hardcore punk roots. It is described by Allmusic as "extremely fast, abrasive, and technically demanding" music....
band that would incorporate Paul's advanced neo-classical metal
Neo-classical metal
Neo-classical metal is a subgenre of heavy metal music that is heavily influenced by classical music. It refers to a very technical performanceExact quote from the french text: "L'arrivée du néoclassique remet au goût du jour la virtuosité et le travail de l'instrument", « Les secrets du metal-...
guitar technique with Juan's solid bass lines. To complete the band, Harry Gschoesser joined to fill the drummer position, and Jeff Martin
Jeff Martin (American musician)
Jeff Martin is a singer and drummer who has sung for the bands Surgical Steel, Racer X, Leatherwolf, and played drums for the bands Badlands, Blindside Blues Band, and RedSea....
became the vocalist; the group named themselves Racer X (a title that Lescohier had suggested). With this lineup, the band released their debut album, Street Lethal, in 1986. Juan has been recording with Racer X ever since (note: there was a ten-year hiatus starting from 1989), and their latest album was released in 2002, titled Getting Heavier. Juan is credited as John Alderete on all Racer X albums.
However, four years after the creation of the band, Paul Gilbert left Racer X to form the band Mr. Big
Mr. Big (band)
Mr. Big is an American rock supergroup, formed in Los Angeles, California in 1988. The band is a quartet composed of Eric Martin , Paul Gilbert , Billy Sheehan , and Pat Torpey ; Mr. Big also included Richie Kotzen, a reputable blues-based guitarist who replaced Gilbert in 1999...
. The remaining members of Racer X decided to stay active in music, although they went their separate ways. For the next ten years, Juan would be involved in several different bands (including The Scream, DC-10, 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:**...
, and Distortion Felix) as well as becoming an instructor at Musicians Institute. Not long after, he released his first instructional video on bass techniques and modulation
Modulation (music)
In music, modulation is most commonly the act or process of changing from one key to another. This may or may not be accompanied by a change in key signature. Modulations articulate or create the structure or form of many pieces, as well as add interest...
. Juan has also played with Metallica
Metallica
Metallica is an American heavy metal band from Los Angeles, California. Formed in 1981 when James Hetfield responded to an advertisement that drummer Lars Ulrich had posted in a local newspaper. The current line-up features long-time lead guitarist Kirk Hammett and bassist Robert Trujillo ...
(When? Citation?).
Although Extreme Volume II: Live was released in 1992, Racer X was not actually reunited. That year, Paul Gilbert was touring with Mr. Big, and Juan was recording with a hard rock
Hard rock
Hard rock is a loosely defined genre of rock music which has its earliest roots in mid-1960s garage rock, blues rock and psychedelic rock...
band called The Scream
The Scream (band)
The Scream was a Los Angeles-based hard rock band formed in 1989 as Saints Or Sinners. The band originally featured former Angora singer John Corabi and former Racer X members guitarist Bruce Bouillet, bassist Juan Alderete, and drummer Scott Travis. However, Scott Travis quickly left to join Judas...
. In actuality, the album was just a compilation of songs that were recorded in concert
Concert
A concert is a live performance before an audience. The performance may be by a single musician, sometimes then called a recital, or by a musical ensemble, such as an orchestra, a choir, or a musical band...
s before the hiatus. However, around 1999, Juan got a telephone call from Paul Gilbert, who asked if there was any possibility of recording another Racer X album. Juan agreed, and Racer X reunited to record Technical Difficulties, which features new material as well as older songs that were never recorded.
In 2003, while working as a radio producer Alderete received a call from 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...
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...
while on their European tour with an offer to audition for the band:
He went on to record 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...
in 2004. He has recorded bass on every Mars Volta album since, as well as a number of solo albums by Omar Rodriguez-Lopez. Since joining the band, he has played at Madison Square Garden and was featured on the front cover of the March, 2005 issue of Bass Player Magazine.
Aside from The Mars Volta, Juan has been involved with his own musical projects. 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:**...
is a group composed of Juan and singer Lisa Papineau
Lisa Papineau
Lisa Papineau is a songwriter from New England who now resides in Paris, France. She is the songwriter and vocalist for Los Angeles band Big Sir, who have released three albums...
. They have released two albums, and are currently recording a third. Vato Negro is a group with a revolving door of musicians, including 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,...
, Omar Rodriguez-Lopez, and Jon Theodore
Jon Theodore
Jon Philip Theodore is a drummer, formerly a member of The Mars Volta. He has become best known for his explosive, multi-textural and dynamic playing style.-History:...
. Juan has played shows with both groups in 2010, in California and Fuji Rock Festival in Japan.
In addition Alderete co-produced the film The Sentimental Engine Slayer
The Sentimental Engine Slayer
The Sentimental Engine Slayer is the directorial film debut of Omar Rodríguez-López, songwriter, guitarist and producer of rock group The Mars Volta. Rodríguez-López wrote, produced and scored the film, as well as starring as its protagonist, Barlam...
with Rodriguez-Lopez and former Mars Volta bandmate Paul Hinojos
Paul Hinojos
Pablo J. Hinojos-Gonzalez is a Grammy award winning musician, and former member of The Mars Volta, Sparta and At The Drive In. Sometimes credited under the name Paul Hinojos, he was the bass guitarist of At the Drive-In...
.
Personal life
On May 1, 2007 Alderete announced that he had been diagnosed with a rare blood disease called Polycythemia veraPolycythemia vera
Polycythemia vera is a blood disorder in which the bone marrow makes too many red blood cells. It may also result in the overproduction of white blood cells and platelets. Most of the health concerns associated with polycythemia vera are caused by the blood being thicker as a result of the...
. However he also mentioned that he is feeling fine, will experience no side effects from the medication, and will continue to play music.
Since discovering his condition, Juan had agreed to become a spokesman for the MPD Foundation.
Technique and equipment
Basses- 1971 Fretless Fender Precision BassFender Precision BassThe Fender Precision Bass is an electric bass.Designed by Leo Fender as a prototype in 1950 and brought to market in 1951, the Precision was the first electric bass to earn widespread attention and use. A revolutionary instrument for the time, the Precision Bass has made an immeasurable impact on...
(this was Juan's main bass on Frances the Mute.) - 1973 Fender Precision Bass
- 1977 Fender Jazz BassFender Jazz BassThe Jazz Bass was the second model of electric bass created by Leo Fender. The bass is distinct from the Precision Bass in that its tone is brighter and richer in the midrange and treble with less emphasis on the fundamental harmonic...
- 1986 Fender Jazz bass
- 1964 Fender Jazz Bass (recently with flatwound strings)
- Fender Geddy Lee Jazz basses
In 2007 Juan sold some of his Fender basses on ebay and donated money to the MPD Foundation for research on blood disorders.
The Laklands that Juan had on tour are:
- a white Darryl JonesDarryl JonesDarryl Jones , also known as "The Munch", is an American bass guitarist. Jones began his notable career as a session musician, where he gained the experience and confidence to play with some of the most highly regarded recording artists, in jazz, blues, and rock music...
Signature - a black custom fretless
- a red Bob Glaub signature
Lakland had made Juan a bass that if popular, will become a signature model, assumed to be based on his modified 70's fretless Fender Jazz that he used during the "Frances the Mute" tour.
- Darryl Jones model body
- Fretless neck with painted lines
- Volume/Volume/Tone. (Passive)
- Precision/Jazz pickup orientation
- "Curb" style thumb rest
- Killswitch
For live shows he was most recently using a white model with a white pickguard and maple fingerboard.
Amplifiers
- Mid-'70s Ampeg SVTAmpeg SVTThe Ampeg SVT is a bass amplifier made by Ampeg. The SVT, which stands for "Super Valve Technology", was designed by Bill Hughes and introduced in 1969. The SVT bass head produced 300 watts at a time when most amplifiers made less than 100. The SVT has been through many design changes over the...
Amplifier (now Ampeg SVT-VR heads with 8x10" SVT cabs) - Early '70s AcousticAcoustic Control CorporationAcoustic Control Corporation was a manufacturer of instrument amplifiers, founded by Steve Marks and based in Van Nuys, California. Its original location was a shack on Sunset Boulevard in Los Angeles, California....
360 preamp and folded 18" cabinet (the "Jaco rig")
Juan was featured on the first issue of the online magazine Resonate, talking about his Ampeg Rig.
Influenced by players like Jaco Pastorius
Jaco Pastorius
John Francis Anthony Pastorius III , known as Jaco Pastorius, was an American jazz musician and composer widely acknowledged as a virtuoso electric bass player....
, Juan's main playing technique was to use the "standard" fingers to pluck the strings with his right hand (two fingers: index and middle). He would occasionally use Dunlop Gel picks
Plectrum
A plectrum is a small flat tool used to pluck or strum a stringed instrument. For hand-held instruments such as guitars and mandolins, the plectrum is often called a pick, and is a separate tool held in the player's hand...
, as well as his signature picks. He was also known to use two-handed tapping
Tapping
Tapping is a guitar playing technique, where a string is fretted and set into vibration as part of a single motion of being pushed onto the fretboard, as opposed to the standard technique being fretted with one hand and picked with the other...
techniques and even slapping/popping
Slapping
In music, the term slapping is often used to refer to two different playing techniques used on the double bass and on the bass guitar.-Double bass:...
.
Effects Pedalshttp://www.talkbass.com/forum/showthread.php?t=202292&highlight=alderete
- MXRMXRMXR, also known as MXR Innovations, was a manufacturer of guitar effects units, co-founded in 1973 by Keith Barr and Terry Sherwood . MXR was based in the United States in Rochester, New York. MXR Innovations, Inc. was incorporated in 1974...
DC Brick - Electro-HarmonixElectro-HarmonixElectro-Harmonix is a New York-based company that makes high-end electronic audio processors. The company was founded by Mike Matthews in 1968. They are most famous for a series of popular guitar effects pedals introduced in the 1970s and 1990s....
Bass Synthesizer ('70s version) - Two DigiTech WhammyDigitech Whammy-Overview:The WH-1 Whammy pedal, the original whammy, first engineered and manufactured in 1989 by IVL Technologies and discontinued in 1993, remains the most sought-after.-Controls:...
IV Pedals - moogerfoogerMoogerfoogermoogerfooger is the trademark for a series of analog effects pedals manufactured by Moog Music. There are currently five different pedals produced, however one of these models is designed for processing control voltages rather than audio signal...
MF-102 Ring Modulator - DigiTech Digital Delay
- BossBoss CorporationBoss is a manufacturer of effects pedals for electric guitar and bass guitar. It is a division of the Roland Corporation, a Japanese manufacturer that specializes in musical equipment and accessories...
LS-2 Line Selector - Fulltone Fuzz
- Musitronics MutronMutronMusitronics, often shortened to Mu-tron, was a manufacturer of electronic musical effects active in the 1970s. Their product line focused on filtering and processing effects derived from synthesizer components...
III - Musitronics Mutron Micro V
- Electro-Harmonix Sovtek Fuzz (second issue)
- MXR Phase 100
- Digitech Bass Synth Wah
- Boss PN-2 Pan Tremolo
- Boss TU-2 Chromatic Tuner
- Two Boss CS-2 Compressor/Sustainers
- Dunlop Bass Crybaby Wah
- Boss OC-2 Octave
- Boss DD-3 Digital Delay
- Line 6 DL4 Delay
- Ernie BallErnie BallErnie Ball was an American entrepreneur, musician, and innovator, widely acclaimed as a revolutionary in the development of guitar-related products. He began as a club and local television musician and small business entrepreneur, building an international business in guitars and accessories that...
Volume Pedal
With Racer X
- Street LethalStreet LethalStreet Lethal is the debut album by Racer X. It introduced the original band lineup featuring drummer Harry Gschoesser.-Background:Street Lethal was recorded in Prairie Sun Studio, in Cotati, California. Guitarist Paul Gilbert used two borrowed guitars to record the album - a Squier Strat and a...
(1986) - Second HeatSecond Heat (album)Second Heat is the second studio album by heavy metal band Racer X, released on February 11, 1987 through Shrapnel Records. The album introduced two new bandmembers in guitarist Bruce Bouillet and drummer Scott Travis.-Track listing:-Personnel:...
(1988) - Extreme Volume Live (1988)
- Extreme Volume II Live (1992)
- Technical Difficulties (2000)
- Superheroes (2000)
- Snowball of DoomSnowball of Doom (album)Snowball of Doom is the third live album by Racer X. It was recorded on May 25, 2001 at the Whisky a Go Go in West Hollywood, California at Racer X's first live concert since their hiatus.The concert was also recorded and released on DVD.-Track listing:...
(2002) - Getting HeavierGetting Heavier (album)-Track listing:#"Dr. X" - 5:31#"Lucifer's Hammer" - 3:43#"Golden God" - 4:23#"Bucket of Rocks" - 4:27#"Go-GG-Go" - 4:19#"Heaven in '74" - 3:26#"Everything's Everything" - 3:46#"Empty Man" - 4:57#"The Siren's Eye" - 6:23#"Ghost Dance" - 5:03#"Endless" - 5:24...
(2002) - Snowball of Doom 2Snowball of Doom 2 (album)Snowball of Doom 2 is a double album released by Racer X. It is the band's fourth live album, and was recorded in Japan. It was initially released alongside Getting Heavier.-Disc one:#"Superheroes"#"Phallic Tractor"#"Fire of Rock"...
(2002)
With The ScreamThe Scream (band)The Scream was a Los Angeles-based hard rock band formed in 1989 as Saints Or Sinners. The band originally featured former Angora singer John Corabi and former Racer X members guitarist Bruce Bouillet, bassist Juan Alderete, and drummer Scott Travis. However, Scott Travis quickly left to join Judas...
- Let It ScreamLet It ScreamLet It Scream is the first album of the band The Scream.The song "I Don't Care" was co-written by the band's original drummer Scott Travis, who left The Scream, who were at the time known as Saints Or Sinners, to replace drummer Dave Holland in Judas Priest before Let It Scream was recorded.After...
(1991) - Takin' It To The Next Level (unreleased)
With Distortion Felix
- Record (1999)
- I'm An Athlete (1999)
With Big SirBig 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:**...
- Big SirBig Sir (album)Big Sir is the first album by Big Sir, which includes The Mars Volta and Racer X bassist, Juan Alderete, and Lisa Papineau of Air and M83.-Track listing:# "Speedy's Lament" - 1:25# "Lisa's Theme" - 4:42# "The Pistol Chasers" - 2:41...
(2000) - Now That's What I Call Big SirNow That's What I Call Big SirNow That's What I Call Big Sir is the second album by Big Sir. It consists of various remixes of songs from their first self titled album.-Track listing:# "Nonstop Drummer " by Mickey Petralia - 4:35...
(2001) - Und Die Scheiße Ändert Sich ImmerUnd Die Scheiße Ändert Sich ImmerUnd Die Scheiße Ändert Sich Immer is the third album by Big Sir, which includes The Mars Volta bassist, Juan Alderete, and Lisa Papineau of Air and M83.-Track listing:#"Blutrausch – 3:15...
(2006) - TBA (2012)
With 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...
- Live (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...
(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"...
(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....
(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...
(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...
(2009) - TBA (2012)
With 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...
- 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...
(2005) - Please Heat This EventuallyPlease Heat This EventuallyPlease Heat This Eventually is a 12" EP from Gold Standard Laboratories and is a collaboration between Omar Rodríguez-López Group and Damo Suzuki of the group Can. It features both live performance from a date of the group's first "Quintet" tour of Europe in 2005, and studio recorded elements...
(2007) - 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...
(2007) - Omar Rodriguez-Lopez & Lydia LunchOmar Rodriguez-Lopez & Lydia LunchOmar Rodriguez Lopez & Lydia Lunch is a collaboration between Omar Rodriguez Lopez Group and spoken word artist Lydia Lunch. The EP was released on October 8, 2007 in Europe....
(2007) - The Apocalypse Inside of An OrangeThe Apocalypse Inside of an OrangeThe Apocalypse Inside of an Orange is the fourth studio album by Omar Rodríguez-López, and the third released in the "Amsterdam series". The double LP was released on November 20, 2007. The CD version followed in March 2008...
(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...
(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...
(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,...
(2009) - Los Sueños de un Higado (2009)
- XenophanesXenophanes (Omar Rodriguez-Lopez album)-Release history:...
(2009) - Sepulcros de MielSepulcros de MielSepulcros de Miel is the twenty-first release by Omar Rodríguez-López, guitarist, band leader, and producer of The Mars Volta Group. Released under the Omar Rodriguez Lopez Quartet name, this record features fellow Mars Volta members Juan Alderete & Marcel Rodriguez-Lopez as well as John Frusciante...
(2010) - Cizaña de los AmoresCizaña de los AmoresCizaña de los Amores is the seventeenth studio album by Omar Rodríguez-López as a solo artist. The was released on October 18, 2010 on CD and vinyl by Rodriguez Lopez Productions on Koncurrent in Europe, then November 18 through the US hello merch store...
(2010) - Mantra HiroshimaMantra HiroshimaMantra Hiroshima is the eighteenth studio album by Omar Rodríguez-López as a solo artist. It is his second record to feature Zach Hill on drums, the first of which was by El Grupo Nuevo de Omar Rodriguez Lopez, titled Cryptomnesia....
(2010) - どういたしまして (2010)
With B'zB'zis a Japanese hard rock duo, composed of and .B'z has released 45 consecutive #1 singles, 24 #1 albums, and sold more than 79 million records in Japan alone...
- ACTIONAction (B'z album)Action is the sixteenth album by Japanese hard rock band B'z, released on December 5, 2007. It sold 292,687 copies in its first week, reaching #1 at Oricon....
- (2007) - Ichibu to Zenbu/DiveIchibu to Zenbu/Diveis the forty-sixth single by B'z, released on August 5, 2009 as a double A-side. This is one of the many number-one singles by B'z at Oricon charts. Chad Smith, from Red Hot Chili Peppers, and Juan Alderete, from The Mars Volta, guest appeared on this single on the drums and the bass guitar,...
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