Omar Alfredo RodrÃguez López (born September 1, 1975 in Bayamón, Puerto Rico) is the composer, lead guitarist and producer for the progressive rock group The Mars Volta, and was the former bassist/guitarist for the post-hardcore outfit At the Drive-In. He also frequently releases his own solo material. RodrÃguez López grew up in El Paso, Texas, United States but spent some of his childhood in South Carolina.
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 | OMAR RODRIGUEZ LOPEZ OLD MONEY www.stonesthrow.com Omar Rodriguez Lopez's Old Money is the first album that The Mars Volta guitarist/producer/writer/arranger will release with Stones Throw Records. The addictive melodies and passionate execution of each performance render Old Money perhaps the most accessible of his non-Volta recordings, and the perfect entry point to anyone not yet familiar with what this prolific artist has to offer. The album fits comfortably between the guitarist's monumental work with The Mars Volta, and his prior rock-based solo releases such as 2007's The Apocalypse Inside Of An Orange. Loosely based on the concept of exploitative industrialists and, well, their old money, the album presents a 10-track collection of concise rock compositions, which range from progressive to psychedelic to downright funky. Many of these sounds could easily be at home on a Volta record proper had they meshed with Cedric Bixler-Zavala's vocals; Rodriguez Lopez has hinted that this record was a potential follow up to the 2006 Volta release Amputechture until he changed his musical direction. Through the assistance of many of the players familiar to any fan of his "day gig", Rodriguez Lopez goes straight for the jugular with an unrelenting trio of opening tracks: the lead-in "The Power of Myth", the haunting, Middle Eastern-psych flavored "How to Bill the Bilderberg Group", and the blistering "Population Council's Wet Dream." The results are formidable and easily rank among the most exciting moments ... |
 | OMAR RODRIGUEZ LOPEZ - CALIBRATION - OFFICIAL VIDEO AS PROMISED WE ARE PRESENTING THE OFFICIAL VERSION IN IT'S ENTIRETY OF OMAR'S VIDEO FOR THE SINGLE "CALIBRATION" WHICH INCLUDES ALL OF THE CREDITS, AND FULL RESOLUTION AND THIS TEXT DESCRIPTION WHICH IS THE WAY OMAR INTENDED IT TO BE PRESENTED. THIS MUSIC VIDEO OF THE TITLE TRACK "CALIBRATION" WAS FILMED DURING THE MANY MARS VOLTA AND OMAR RODRIGUEZ TOURS WHICH FEATURES CLIPS FROM BACKSTAGE, STUDIO, TRAVEL, JAPAN, REHEARSAL, SKATING, AND ALL KINDS OF CAMEOS BY OMAR'S FRIENDS, FAMOUS PEOPLE AND TECHS. WE ARE HAPPY TO PRESENT THIS VIDEO THE WAY OMAR HANDED IT OFF TO US AND REPRESENT THE CALIBRATION PROJECT. THE ALBUM IS NOW IN STORES NATIONWIDE AT MOST CHAINS AND INDIE RECORD STORES. CONTACT US AT MYSPACE.COM/OMARCALIBRATION |
With the help of Bixler-Zavala, he was able to return to El Paso where he could begin to reclaim his life from addiction and join At the Drive-In as backup vocalist and bass guitarist. After receiving a record deal with Flipside Records and recording Acrobatic Tenement with the band, he became their full-time bassist before switching to guitar. After several years, a combination of excessive hype, relentless touring, artistic differences, and RodrÃguez López & Bixler-Zavala's drug habits eventually caused the band to implode. In 2001, RodrÃguez López and Bixler-Zavala left At the Drive-In and the band went on "indefinite hiatus". Hinojos, Ward, and Hajjar went on to form Sparta while the duo focused on other projects, most notably De Facto and The Mars Volta. Omar has collaborated with many people, including Lydia Lunch, Damo Suzuki, Hella drummer Zach Hill, and possibly most notably his close friend John Frusciante. Omar also tends take on the role of producing his own material. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License and may also be available under the GNU FDL. . .
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