The Mars Volta crash land in England

Mars Volta sandwich of happiness

Hands shaking, rash forming, sweat dripping, I was on my way to Universal HQ to meet the two men who made me the girl I am today. Musically obsessed, that is.

Omar Rodríguez-López and Cedric Bixler-Zavala were once in the greatest band I have lived through. At the Drive-In were Hendrix-reincarnate and changed my life the day I saw them on Later with Jools Holland in 2000. I watched Rolodex Propoganda from the  Relationship of Command record so many times it wore the video out. And here I was about to meet them. I was shaking.

They always say don’t meet your heroes. In this case, that advice was wrong. They were everything I imagined them to be. Charming, funny, friendly, and above all pure rock and roll.

I could not be in the same room with Omar and Cedric without asking them the million pound question… are At the Drive-In getting back together? The answer is not as black and white as the question. But there sure is promise there. ‘Never say never’ in the words of the true great guitarist Omar.

Gigwise posted the first news story on the reunion rumour and the full feature will appear next week.