The Omar Rodriguez Lopez Group (often referred to by its acronym ORLG) is an American

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band, and the main side project of

Omar Rodríguez-López Omar Alfredo Rodríguez-López (born September 1, 1975) is an American guitarist and songwriter. He has formed or played in several bands, including the Mars Volta, At the Drive-In, Antemasque, and Bosnian Rainbows. He was the bassist for the ...

. Featuring an ever-changing lineup of musicians alongside Rodriguez-Lopez, the group is most often a live entity to perform the various outlets of his solo music aside from

the Mars Volta The Mars Volta is an American progressive rock band from El Paso, Texas, formed in 2001. The band's only constant members are Omar Rodríguez-López (guitar, producer, direction) and Cedric Bixler-Zavala (vocals, lyrics), whose partnership forms ...

. After the dissolution of the Mars Volta in 2012, Omar completed a few more solo records until 2013 before deciding to pursue only collaborative efforts with groups

At the Drive-In At the Drive-In was an American post-hardcore band from El Paso, Texas, formed in 1994. The band's most recent line-up consisted of Cedric Bixler-Zavala (vocals), Omar Rodríguez-López (guitar, vocals), Paul Hinojos (bass), Tony Hajjar (dru ...

Bosnian Rainbows Bosnian Rainbows was an American art rock band from El Paso, Texas, formed in 2012. The band consists of former the Mars Volta members Omar Rodríguez-López (guitar, backing vocals) and Deantoni Parks (drums, keyboards), alongside Le Butcherette ...

, Antemasque, and

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History

2005–2009

His group began as Omar Rodriguez Lopez Quintet, formed in 2005 when he toured Europe to support his self-titled solo record. The quintet included three other members of The Mars Volta:

Juan Alderete Juan Alderete de la Peña (born September 5, 1963) is an American musician, best known as the longtime bassist of Racer X, the Mars Volta and Marilyn Manson. Biography Alderete was born in Los Angeles, California the fourth of five children. ...

Marcel Rodriguez-Lopez Marcel may refer to: People * Marcel (given name), people with the given name Marcel * Marcel (footballer, born August 1981), Marcel Silva Andrade, Brazilian midfielder * Marcel (footballer, born November 1981), Marcel Augusto Ortolan, Brazilian ...

and

Adrián Terrazas-González Adrián Terrazas-González is a Mexican multi-instrumentalist who plays flute, tenor saxophone, bass clarinet, and percussion. He was a member of the progressive rock band The Mars Volta from 2005 to 2008. Discography As leader *''Cu Taan'' ...

as well as

Money Mark Mark Ramos Nishita (born February 10, 1960), known professionally as Money Mark, is an American producer and musician, best known for his collaborations with the Beastie Boys from 1992 until 2011. Early life Born in Detroit to a Japanese-Hawai ...

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fame. Omar began this group with these members within only a year or two of them joining The Mars Volta. The album features long, largely improvised instrumentals with Dutch titles. The quintet then collaborated with

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on a 25-minute EP titled ''

Please Heat This Eventually ''Please 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 (band), Can. It features both live performance of the group (then named Omar ...

'', which was largely taken from a night recorded on their European tour in November 2005. The EP was released exclusively by

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on vinyl only in December 2006, then released widely in January 2007. Another collaborative EP followed later that year, this time between the quintet and

Lydia Lunch Lydia Lunch (born Lydia Anne Koch; June 2, 1959)Martin Charles Strong. ''The Great Indie Discography''. 2003, page 85 is an American singer, poet, writer, actress and self-empowerment speaker. Her career began during the 1970s New York City no ...

, as well as the full-length record, ''The Apocalypse Inside of an Orange'', which was a double album vinyl. The quintet has been dubbed Omar Rodriguez Lopez Group since 2006, as indicated on the back cover of ''Please Heat This Eventually'', even though they were known as the Quintet at the time of the performance. The group played a live show in 2007 at Fuji Rock Festival, Japan, and featured

Cedric Bixler-Zavala Cedric Bixler-Zavala (born November 4, 1974) is an American singer and songwriter. He is the lead singer and lyricist of the progressive rock band The Mars Volta and the only constant member of the post-hardcore group At the Drive-In, for which ...

and

Thomas Pridgen Thomas Armon Pridgen (born November 23, 1983) is an American drummer, best known for his role as the drummer of The Mars Volta from October 2006 until October 2009. He is touring with rapper Residente and is the drummer for hardcore punk band T ...

in the group for the first time, both also of The Mars Volta. During "Rapid Fire Tollbooth" performance,

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joined on percussion in addition to Marcel and Terrazas-González. Thomas Pridgen remained the group's drummer for the three years he was also in The Mars Volta, replacing Marcel, who became percussionist and second keyboardist, much like his role in The Mars Volta. 2008 was the last year that Terrazas-González toured with Rodriguez-Lopez, in The Mars Volta or otherwise, after a mutual split planned for a few years. In March 2009, the group got together for another tour in Europe, this time featuring Omar's girlfriend

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as the vocalist and

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on keyboards instead of Money Mark. In September 2009, a five-track live recording of the March 11, London concert was released digitally and on limited vinyl, titled ''Los Sueños de un Hígado''. It featured songs from Rodriguez-Lopez's albums ''

Se Dice Bisonte, No Búfalo ''Se Dice Bisonte, No Búfalo'' (''It's Called Bison, Not Buffalo'') is the third studio 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 ...

'', ''

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'', and ''

Solar Gambling ''Solar Gambling'' is the thirteenth studio album by Omar Rodríguez-López as a solo artist. On December 1, 2009 the recording was released digitally via the Rodriguez Lopez Productions website along with a limited pressing of 1,500 colored vinyl ...

'', the last of which would be released 3 months later, with the final track remaining, "Victimas del Cielo", released in studio form on 2010's ''Cizaña de los Amores''. ''Los Sueños de un Hígado'' follows the Damo Suzuki and Lydia Lunch collaborative EPs in being the only releases under the name "Omar Rodriguez Lopez Group", two of which are essentially live recordings. A new group, El Grupo Nuevo de Omar Rodriguez Lopez, was announced in Spring 2009, featured on the ''

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'' album (recorded in 2006, released in 2009). Rodriguez-Lopez also released ''Ciencia de los Inútiles'' under the entity El Trío de Omar Rodriguez Lopez. This trio comprises Omar, Ximena and

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player Aaron Cruz Bravo. A quartet record was released digitally on May 30, 2010, including Juan, Marcel, and

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guitarist

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, as well as a record of simply John and Rodriguez-Lopez, released April 30, 2010. Before this, the two had done a few collaborations and live guest appearances, even releasing a single titled "0=2" on ''The Special 12 Singles Series'' as Omar A. Rodriguez-Lopez & John Frusciante in 2005 as 7" vinyl, and digitally in 2006. This was released before any of his group recordings, around the same time as ''

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''.

2010–2012: Deantoni Parks joins ORLG & TMV

The group was scheduled to be performing for the first time in the United States on May 2, 2010 at Highline Ballroom in New York, though the date was pushed back to September 17 due to "key members" not being available. It was speculated that Dave Elitch, the current drummer of The Mars Volta, would be performing as part of ORL Group in the future, as he has been credited as having recorded with Omar apart from The Mars Volta on his website. An official statement has since confirmed former collaborator

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to be the drummer for the 2010 tour. He had previously performed as drummer of The Mars Volta in September/October 2006 as a temporary fill-in, and has since remained great friends with the band.

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also joined the group on stage as sound manipulator in 2010. Omar Rodriguez Lopez Group has announced a performance at the

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Festival in

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, Japan on September 4, 2010. Also added were a Chicago date the night after New York, along with two west coast dates. Further touring of Russia and Europe were then scheduled for November/December, with The Mars Volta scheduled to play two festival shows in South America in October. Meanwhile, Deantoni had also performed as part of Juan Alderete's group Vato Negro for a California date, June 17, as well as the Fuji Rock Festival in Japan in July. Omar joined his friends for the festival show, as the three are working on a Vato Negro album. During December 2010, it was slowly revealed that Deantoni has returned as drummer of The Mars Volta, and has been working with them closely throughout the year. During 2010, Omar had also released a record of older material performed along with Elvin Estela (DJ Nobody) featuring no guitars, ''

Tychozorente ''Tychozorente'' is the sixteenth studio album by Omar Rodríguez-López. The digital version was released on September 14, 2010, and the CD was released by Rodriguez Lopez Productions in Europe on November 18, 2010. This record is Omar's first c ...

'', and a collection of songs featuring Ximena &

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as vocalists, ''Cizaña de los Amores''. Then, as surprise digital releases concluding the Group's 2010 touring, ''Mantra Hiroshima'', the second record to feature drumming by

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, and the appreciatively titled ''Dōitashimashite'', the Group's second live release capturing the U.S. tour, were delivered. Next came the anticipated studio album, ''Un Escorpión Perfumado'', including Marcel, Deantoni, and more vocals by Omar by year's end. 2011 began with another ORLG tour, starting with the performance at the Rodriguez Lopez Productions and

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showcase at the

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. A special guest was said to join the group on stage, which turned out to be Cedric in place of Ximena as vocalist. Most of the songs premiered during the tour turned out to be new songs of

The Mars Volta The Mars Volta is an American progressive rock band from El Paso, Texas, formed in 2001. The band's only constant members are Omar Rodríguez-López (guitar, producer, direction) and Cedric Bixler-Zavala (vocals, lyrics), whose partnership forms ...

, eventually released a year later on ''

Noctourniquet ''Noctourniquet'' is the sixth studio album by American progressive rock band the Mars Volta, released on March 26, 2012 on Warner Bros. Records, Warner Bros. Produced by guitarist and songwriter Omar Rodriguez-Lopez, it is the band's only studio ...

''. On several shows missed by Cedric due to his voice illness, the band played all instrumental material consisting mostly of the compositions which are believed to be from the upcoming Vato Negro album. In December 2011, the Omar Rodriguez-Lopez Trio (Rodriguez-Lopez, Alderete, Parks) toured Australia, playing 7 concerts in as many days through 5 cities. On this tour they were supported by

Le Butcherettes Le Butcherettes is a Mexican garage punk band formed in 2007 in Guadalajara by Teri Gender Bender. History Le Butcherettes was created by vocalist/guitarist Teri Gender Bender, who later recruited drummer Auryn Jolene to form a duo. Their liv ...

, with Omar Rodriguez-Lopez pulling double duty and playing bass for them. For the performance at 2012 Metamorphose Festival in Japan the trio was joined for the first time by Teri Gender Bender, Le Butcherettes vocalist, playing 3 songs from then-unreleased album ''Octopus Kool Aid''.

2012: Bosnian Rainbows, hiatus during At the Drive-In & 2018 resurgence

A new ORLG tour was announced in summer of 2012, consisting of more than 40 dates in Europe, USA and Japan. The group line-up was originally said to be Omar Rodriguez-Lopez, Deantoni Parks and Teri Gender Bender (this time not including bassist Juan Alderete who was present in all the previous line-ups). Just before the first show of the tour it was revealed that new line-up is actually the whole new band called

, also featuring Nicci Kasper, member of Dark Angels alongside Parks, on synthesizers/keyboards. The band released their debut album, recorded live at Clouds Hill Recordings in Hambourg, in June 2013.http://www.facebook.com/pages/Clouds-Hill-Recordings/113576448708515 A live album of the 2012 one-off concerts was released in 2017 as ''Chocolate Tumor Hormone Parade''. Along with this new live album were 22 other releases in 2016-2017 during which time Omar's attention had primarily shifted to At the Drive-In and film work. No concerts were performed in support of these bi-weekly album releases and no physical editions of the records have yet to be produced. They were largely recorded between 2008-2013, although a couple records contain portions dating back as far as 2001. After a 6-year hiatus during which time Omar was occupied with Bosnian Rainbows, Antemasque, At the Drive-In, Crystal Fairy, and his film work, a ORLG concert was announced in May 2018 for 8 de Diciembre 2018 at Festival Catrina (El Festival Más Importante De Puebla) in Puebla, México. Omar's first solo performance in 6 years was at the

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Festival in Hamburg, Germany on the 23rd of November during which he debuted songs from ''Arañas en la Sombra'', '' Weekly Mansions'', ''Roman Lips'', and ''Killing Tingled Lifting Retreats'' all released in 2016/2017 through the

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series, as well as one unreleased song. He was joined by brother Marcel along with a female vocalist and female drummer previously unaffiliated with any of his work.

Discographies

number indicates order of release
* annotates recorded in 2001, before formation of

^A# annotates record sequence of those constituting the "Amsterdam Series," recorded whilst Omar lived there 2005-2006

Omar Rodriguez Lopez Group

* 04 ''

'' (2006/2007)^{A EP1} [digital/vinyl only, except as Japanese bonus disc of ''

''] * 06 ''Omar Rodriguez-Lopez & Lydia Lunch'' (2007)^{A EP2} [strictly European release by Willie Anderson Recordings] * 16 ''Los Sueños de un Hígado'' (2009 live release) igital/vinyl only, limited to 1,000 copies/small> * 25 ''Dōitashimashite'' (2010 live release) igital, CD/small> * 31 '' Woman Gives Birth to Tomato!'' (2013) igital/small> * 50 ''Chocolate Tumor Hormone Parade'' (2017 live release) igital/small>

El Grupo Nuevo de Omar Rodriguez Lopez

* 15 ''

'' (2009)

El Trío de Omar Rodriguez Lopez

* 19 ''Ciencia de los Inútiles'' (2010) igital/vinyl only, limited of 1,000 copies/small>

Omar Rodriguez Lopez Quartet

* 21 ''

Sepulcros de Miel ''Sepulcros de Miel'' (English: ''Tombs of Honey'') 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 ...

'' (2010) igital/vinyl only, limited of 2,000 copies: 1,000 purple, 1,000 orange/small>

Omar Rodriguez Lopez Quintet

* 07 ''The Apocalypse Inside of an Orange'' (2007/2008)^A3

Other Omar Rodríguez López releases

(all as "Omar Rodriguez Lopez" unless otherwise noted) * 01 '' A Manual Dexterity: Soundtrack Volume One'' (2004)* as Omar A. Rodriguez-Lopez * 02 ''The Special 12 Singles Series'' (2005/2006) as Omar A. Rodriguez-Lopez & John Frusciante GSL">Gold_Standard_Laboratories.html" ;"title="igital/vinyl only, limited of 500 copies by Gold Standard Laboratories">GSL/small> * 03 ''

'' (2005/2006)^A1 [strictly European release except for limited of 2,000 copies picture disc by GSL in 2006] * 05 ''

'' (2007)^A2 rown marble limited of 750 vinyl by GSL/small> * 08 ''

Calibration (Is Pushing Luck and Key Too Far) ''Calibration (Is Pushing Luck and Key Too Far)'' 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 ...

'' (2007/2008)^A4 rey marble limited of 750 vinyl by N20/small> * 09 ''Omar Rodriguez-Lopez & Jeremy Michael Ward'' (2008)* * 10 ''Absence Makes the Heart Grow Fungus'' (2008)* * 11 ''Minor Cuts and Scrapes in the Bushes Ahead'' (2008)* trictly European release/small> * 12 ''

'' (2008/2009) * 13 ''Megaritual'' (2009)^A5 trictly European release/small> * 14 ''Despair'' (2009) trictly European release/small> * 17 ''

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'' (2009) ink limited vinyl of 2,000 USA, yellow vinyl Europe/small> * 18 ''

'' (2009) igital/vinyl only, limited of 1,500 copies: 750 clear blue, 750 clear yellow/small> * 20 '' Omar Rodriguez-Lopez & John Frusciante'' (2010) imited of 2,000 copies: 1,000 black, 1,000 clear red/small> * 22 ''

'' (2010) trictly European release/small> * 23 ''Cizaña de los Amores'' (2010) trictly European release/small> * 24 ''Mantra Hiroshima'' (2010) igital, CD/small> * 26 ''Un Escorpión Perfumado'' (2010) lear red limited vinyl of 1,000/small> * 27 ''Telesterion'' (2011) LP vinyl compilation, limited of 1,500/small> * 28 ''Un Corazón de Nadie'' (2012) igital, CD/small> * 29 ''Saber, Querer, Osar y Callar'' (2012) igital, CD/small> * 30 ''Octopus Kool Aid'' (2012) imited vinyl of 1,000/small> * 32 ''Equinox'' (2013) igital/small> * 33 ''Unicorn Skeleton Mask'' (2013) igital/small> * 34 ''¿Sólo Extraño?'' (2013) igital/small>

Ipecac Series 2016/2017

* 35 ''Sworn Virgins'' (2016) * 36 ''Corazones'' (2016) * 37 ''Blind Worms Pious Swine'' (2016) * 38 ''Arañas en la Sombra'' (2016) * 39 ''Umbrella Mistress'' (2016) * 40 ''El Bien y Mal Nos Une'' (2016) * 41 ''Cell Phone Bikini'' (2016) * 42 ''

Infinity Drips ''Infinity Drips'' is the thirty-fourth studio album by Omar Rodríguez-López as a solo artist, released on 21 October 2016. It is his eighth release in the 12 album series initiated by Ipecac Recordings. "Zuben El Genubi" was uploaded in advanc ...

'' (2016) * 43 '' Weekly Mansions'' (2016) * 44 ''

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'' (2016) * 45 ''

Nom de Guerre Cabal ''Nom de Guerre Cabal'' is the thirty-seventh studio album by Omar Rodríguez-López as a solo artist, released on 2 December 2016. It is his eleventh release in the 12 album series initiated by Ipecac Recordings. Similar to the preceding albu ...

'' (2016) * 46 ''

Some Need It Lonely ''Some Need It Lonely'' is the thirty-eighth studio album by Omar Rodríguez-López as a solo artist, released on 16 December 2016. It is his twelfth and last release in the 12 album series initiated by Ipecac Recordings, although before its rel ...

'' (2016) * 47 ''A Lovejoy'' (2016) * 48 ''Roman Lips'' (2017) * 49 ''Zen Thrills'' (2017) * 50 ''Chocolate Tumor Hormone Parade'' (2017) * 51 ''Ensayo de un Desaparecido'' (2017) * 52 ''Azul, Mis Dientes'' (2017) * 53 ''Gorilla Preacher Cartel'' (2017) * 54 ''Killing Tingled Lifting Retreats'' (2017) * 55 ''Solid State Mercenaries'' (2017) * 56 ''Birth of a Ghost'' (2017) * 57 ''Doom Patrol'' (2017)

Clouds Hill

* 58 ''The Clouds Hill Tapes Parts I, II & III'' (2020)

Live Group members

2005 tour line-up (Omar Rodriguez-Lopez Quintet)

– guitar *

Juan Alderete de la Peña Juan Alderete de la Peña (born September 5, 1963) is an American musician, best known as the longtime bassist of Racer X, the Mars Volta and Marilyn Manson. Biography Alderete was born in Los Angeles, California the fourth of five children. ...

– bass * Marcel Rodríguez-López – drums *

– tenor saxophone, bass clarinet, flute, percussion * Money Mark Ramos-Nishita – keyboards & synths *

– vocals (special guest, November 14, 2005)

2007 one-off line-up

– guitar *

– lead vocals *

– bass * Marcel Rodríguez-López – percussion, keyboards & synths *

– tenor saxophone, bass clarinet, flute, percussion *

– drums * Money Mark Ramos-Nishita – keyboards & synths *

– percussion (guest)

2009 tour line-up

– guitar *

– bass * Marcel Rodríguez-López – keyboards & synths *

– drums *

– keyboards *

– lead vocals

2010 tour line-up

– guitar, vocals *

– bass * Marcel Rodríguez-López – keyboards & synths *

– drums *

– lead vocals *

– sound manipulation, keyboards, engineer

2011 US/Mexico tour line-up (The Mars Volta)

– guitar, backing vocals *

– lead vocals *

– bass * Marcel Rodríguez-López – keyboards & synths *

– drums *

– sound manipulation, keyboards, engineer

2011 Australian tour/2012 Panama one-off line-up

– guitar, vocals *

– bass *

– drums

2012 Japanese/Spanish one-offs line-up

– guitar, vocals, keyboards *

– bass *

– drums *

Teri Gender Bender Teresa Suárez Cosío (born May 15, 1989), commonly known by her stage name Teri Gender Bender, is an American singer and musician, known primarily as the founding member, lead singer, and guitarist of Guadalajara-based rock band Le Butcherettes ...

– vocals

2012 tour line-up (Bosnian Rainbows)

– guitar, backing vocals, keyboards *

– vocals *

– drums, keyboards *Nicci Kasper – synthesizer, keyboards

2018 tour line-up

– Guitar * Marcel Rodríguez-López – Keyboards, Mellotron *Audrey Johnson – Drums *Virginia Alves – Vocals *

Leo Genovese Leo Genovese (born 1979) is an Argentine jazz pianist, keyboardist, and composer. He has played with The Mars Volta. Life and career Genovese was born in Venado Tuerto, Argentina, in 1979.

– Piano

References

External links

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