Cedric Bixler-Zavala

Musician + Guitarist + Singer

Male

Born Nov 4, 1974

Age 38

Hometown California

Genres Art rock + Altern...

Instruments Guitar + Maracas ...

Performed With The Fall on Deaf ...

Cedric Bixler-Zavala is an Grammy Award-winning American musician known for his work as frontman and lyricist of the progressive rock band The Mars Volta, and as frontman and occasional guitarist of the post-hardcore emotive group At the Drive-In as well… Read More

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Chrissie Carnell

Married 2009 - Present
Sydney Pollack
Fling 2008
Niki Reiser

Fling 2008 - 2009
Sarah Jane Morris
Dated 2007 - 2008

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The Mars Volta Splitting Up
Calgary Sun - Jan 24, 2013

Cult rockers The Mars Volta are splitting up after the departure of singer Cedric Bixler-Zavala.
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So here we stand in the ever reliable O2 Academy, Brixton, to catch a real moment in recent rock history – post hardcore giants At the Drive-In taking care of some unfinished business. It’s been almost twelve years since the band’s messy break up, not so hushed whispers of drug abuse, artistic conflicts and good old fashioned exhaustion amounting to the five-piece stepping down at the height of their powers. With interviews as recent as 2009 laughing off the idea of a reunion as s...
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45 Rpm: At The Drive In
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Hell Paso EP/¡Alfaro Vive, Carajo! EP (1994/1995) At the Drive-In were recording the same demos in 1994 that your friend’s punk band are recording now. Muddy bass, typical teenagers-in-a-garage guitar strumming and distortion, all recorded live in a domestic refrigerator. Hear those tinny tape pops over Hell Paso? Omar Rodriguez-Lopez hasn’t met these guys yet, and it shows through the demos’ simplicity. It’s all raw aggression with some tempo changes and start/stop dynamics. Both demo EPs...
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Coachella 2012: At The Drive In Leads The Punk Rock Field
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For all the attention paid to hip-hop and arena-sized EDM at Coachella this year, the resurgence of punk rock at the 2012 fest has received relatively little attention. Whether Goldenvoice was so successful with its three-day GV30 punk fest last December, or just needed a volatile corrective to glossed-up rave acts, punk acts were in good supply at Coachella 2012, including At the Drive In, Refused, fIREHOSE and Greg Ginn, suggesting that this furious, whip-smart rock has a past and a futu...
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Timeline

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CHILDHOOD

1974 Birth Born on November 4, 1974.

TWENTIES

1996 21 Years Old In 1996, two of his bandmates of the group The Fall on Deaf Ears, Laura Beard and Sarah Reiser, died in a car accident. Also in 1996, a close friend and band-mate of Cedric's named Julio Venegas committed suicide. … Read More

2003 28 Years Old Shortly before the release of De-Loused, in May 2003, their sound engineer, Jeremy Michael Ward, was found dead of apparent heroin overdose. … Read More

THIRTIES

2010 35 Years Old In 2010, he commented on Facebook about the recording process: … Read More

2012 37 Years Old Their self-titled debut album was released by ATP Records in June 2012. … Read More

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