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Welcome to Alternative Press’ 10 best punk vocalists of the ‘00s. When we counted down that decade’s finest punk guitarists, we noted that the beginning of the new century was a turning point. The ‘90s began with Nirvana breaking down the door for punk-influenced alternative acts to become the mainstream music of the decade, peaked […]

Kanye West has been incredibly active on social media over the past few weeks. As he continues his campaign for president, he is also continuing to spill some behind-the-scenes secrets. Now, the rapper claims that he has collaborated with the Mars Volta on an unfinished album. West took to Twitter on July 22 to reveal […]

Here at AltPress, we’ve learned a crucial lesson. Mainstream America doesn’t understand that the concept of “emo” is over 30 years old. We know it wasn’t invented in a Hot Topic store. But we also know that the Grammys don’t have a category for “Best Emo Performance By A Duo Or Group With A Minimum […]

The Mars Volta have previously teased that they’d eventually make a comeback, and now Cedric Bixler-Zavala revealed that it’s coming sooner than we thought. Last year, Bixler-Zavala said the band “would be back soon.” Read more: Alex Gaskarth shares Los Angeles property was robbed during open house The Mars Volta broke up back in 2013 […]

Cedric Bixler-Zavala has teased the return of progressive rock band the Mars Volta. Read more: “Please just be happy that it happened;” the Mars Volta announce break-up The Mars Volta broke up back in 2013 after frontman Bixler-Zavala and guitarist Omar Rodriguez-Lopez had a falling out. More recently (and after making up), the two musicians […]

[Photo by: Danny Masterson/Greg Gayne/Netflix] At The Drive In frontman Cedric Bixler-Zavala has taken to Twitter to accuse Church of Scientology member and actor Danny Masterson of raping his wife, Chrissie Carnell Bixler, saying the “Church of Scientology has been harassing us since last year when she pressed charges.” He explains that he mentions the incident […]

Anywhere Anywhere Apparently it's a race within the ranks of the Mars Volta to see how many side projects the members of the prog-rock group can release before Ragnarok kills us all. The latest salvo from within this camp is Anywhere, a supergroup featuring TMV singer Cedric Bixler-Zavala on drums, Triclops! guitarist Christian Eric Beaulieu, […]

The Mars Volta frontman Cedric Bixler-Zavala recently recorded an interview detailing a track-by-track of the band's new album, Noctournique. Check it out below.