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* NeoclassicalPunkZydecoRockabilly: their genre is hard to define, Prog, Post-hardcore, Latin, Electronic
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* OneOfUs: Both Omar and Cedric have admitted to being Doctor Who fans, which is evident when they used to use The Axons as props on stage and appeared in publicity photos with Daleks
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* OneOfUs: Both Omar and Cedric have admitted to being Doctor Who ''DoctorWho'' fans, which is evident when they used to use The Axons as props on stage and appeared in publicity photos with DaleksDaleks.
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-->'''Cedric (during some live show, possibly one of the Wiltern shows):''' 09/13/2004 show):''' Hey, listen, man, if you guys came to see us, don't throw shit on the stage. Someone over there, one of you assholes, whoever threw it - I know you’re not all assholes - I mean, what the fuck were you thinking? When I go see my favorite band, I’m not gonna throw shit at them. You go do that at, like, ThreeDoorsDown or fuckin’ LimpBizkit. I bet you guys are the ones who drive really bad too.
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-->'''Cedric (during some live show):''' show, possibly one of the Wiltern shows):''' Hey, listen, man, if you guys came to see us, don't throw shit on the stage. Someone over there, one of you assholes, whoever threw it - I know you’re not all assholes - I mean, what the fuck were you thinking? When I go see my favorite band, I’m not gonna throw shit at them. You go do that at, like, ThreeDoorsDown or fuckin’ LimpBizkit. I bet you guys are the ones who drive really bad too.
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-->'''Cedric (during some live show):''' Hey, listen, man, if you guys came to see us, don't throw shit on the stage. Someone over there, one of you assholes, whoever threw it - I know you’re not all assholes - I mean, what the fuck were you thinking? When I go see my favorite band, I’m not gonna throw shit at them. You go do that at, like, ThreeDoorsDown or fuckin’ LimpBizkit. I bet you guys are the ones who drive really bad too.
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-->'''Cedric (during some live show):''' Hey, listen, man, if you guys came to see us, don't throw shit on the stage. Someone over there, one of you assholes, whoever threw it - I know you’re not all assholes - I mean, what the fuck were you thinking? When I go see my favorite band, I’m not gonna throw shit at them. You go do that at, like, ThreeDoorsDown or fuckin’ LimpBizkit.
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* AwesomeMcCoolname: Try telling anyone the name Cedric Bixler-Zavala is dull-sounding. Omar Rodríguez-López is no slouch either.
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* AwesomeMcCoolname: Try telling anyone the name Cedric Bixler-Zavala is dull-sounding. and Omar Alfredo Rodríguez-López is no slouch either.dull-sounding.
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* AwesomeMcCoolname: Try telling anyone the name Cedric Bixler-Zavala is dull-sounding.
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* AwesomeMcCoolname: Try telling anyone the name Cedric Bixler-Zavala is dull-sounding. Omar Rodríguez-López is no slouch either.
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* MindScrewdriver: The [[http://fools-gold.org/marsvolta.html#deloused story]] the band wrote to explain the plot of ''De-Loused in the Comatorium''. YourMileageMayVary on whether it's effective.
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* MindScrewdriver: The [[http://fools-gold.org/marsvolta.html#deloused story]] the band wrote to explain the plot of ''De-Loused in the Comatorium''. YourMileageMayVary on whether it's effective.
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** Also their live cover of [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F-H55V_oma0 "Broken English"]] by Marianne Faithfull, which takes an uptempo but dreary synthpop number and turns it into a [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qxrMiV4vR9E#t=3m27s Santana-esque groove]].
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** Also their live cover of [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F-H55V_oma0 "Broken English"]] by Marianne Faithfull, which takes an uptempo but dreary synthpop number and turns it into a [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qxrMiV4vR9E#t=3m27s com/watch?v=vG25JUoh8kQ Santana-esque groove]].
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* EpicRocking: They have some pretty lengthy songs, but topping them all is the 32-minute "Cassandra Gemini" from ''Frances the Mute''. Also notable because many of its musical themes were taken from live jams done in the middle of their previous longest song from ''De-Loused in the Comatorium'', "Cicatriz ESP", which would extend its length from 12 minutes (buffered by an ambient section in the middle) to 40 minutes ([[BeyondTheImpossible all music]]).
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* EpicRocking: They have some pretty lengthy songs, but topping them all is the 32-minute "Cassandra Gemini" from ''Frances the Mute''. Also notable because many of its musical themes were taken from live jams done in the middle of their previous longest song from ''De-Loused in the Comatorium'', "Cicatriz ESP", which would extend its length from 12 minutes (buffered by an ambient section in the middle) to 40 minutes ([[BeyondTheImpossible all music]]).(all music).
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** ''The Bedlam In Goliath'': The lyrics are based on sayings and events that the band encountered while using an old ouija board they found in Jerusalem, and the string of unpleasant events that they thought were due to a curse from the board.
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** ''The Bedlam In Goliath'': The lyrics are based on sayings and events that the band encountered while using an old ouija board they found in Jerusalem, and the string of unpleasant events that they thought were due to a curse from the board. Bixler-Zavala later said it was a commentary on how women are treated in Islamic countries.
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* BookEnds: The "Sarcophagi" section on ''Frances the Mute'' opens and closes the album; a whistling kettle in the first instance is also taken off the stove in the second.
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* 2009 - Octahedron
* 2012 - Noctourniquet
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** ''Frances the Mute'': Based on a diary found by the band's late audio manipulator, Jeremy Ward, in the backseat of a car in his days as a repo man. It described a man's search for his biological parents. The names of those who led him to his parents were altered to create the titles of the songs. Probably as close to a RockOpera as they've come.
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** ''Frances the Mute'': Based on a diary found by the band's late audio manipulator, Jeremy Ward, in the backseat of a car in his days as a repo man. It The journal described a man's search for his biological parents. The names of those who led him to his parents were altered to create the titles of the songs. Probably as close In the album's story, Vismund Cygnus goes searching for his mother Frances. [[spoiler: Turns out Cygnus and the people he spoke to a RockOpera as they've come.were split personalities of Frances' that came about after she was raped by priests, hence every character's aversion to the church and why Frances went mute; she (or her personality Cassandra) ends up killing the priests at the end of the narrative.]]
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** ''Amputechture'', while not having any specific story, is all about organized religion [[ReligionIsWrong and the things they don't like about it]].
** ''Octahedron'' wasn't particularly a concept album besides maybe one or two songs being about reacting to the Republicans winning the election at the time, or the Salem witch trials.
** The newest album ''Noctourniquet'' is said to be a concept album, somehow relating to Solomon Grundy from DCU, and Hyacinthus from Greek myth.
** ''Octahedron'' wasn't particularly a concept album besides maybe one or two songs being about reacting to the Republicans winning the election at the time, or the Salem witch trials.
** The newest album ''Noctourniquet'' is said to be a concept album, somehow relating to Solomon Grundy from DCU, and Hyacinthus from Greek myth.
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** ''Amputechture'', while not having any specific story, is all about organized religion [[ReligionIsWrong and the things they don't like about it]].
** ''Octahedron'' wasn't particularly a concept album besides maybe one or two songs being about reacting to the Republicans winning the election at the time, or the Salem witch trials.
** The newest album''Noctourniquet'' is said to be a concept album, somehow relating to Solomon Grundy from DCU, and Hyacinthus from Greek myth. myth.
** As for the other two albums, ''Amputechture'' didn't have a specific story but was all about organized religion [[ReligionIsWrong and the things the band didn't like about it]]; while ''Octahedron'' had one or two songs being about reacting to the Republicans winning the election at the time, or the Salem witch trials.
** ''Octahedron'' wasn't particularly a concept album besides maybe one or two songs being about reacting to the Republicans winning the election at the time, or the Salem witch trials.
** The newest album
** As for the other two albums, ''Amputechture'' didn't have a specific story but was all about organized religion [[ReligionIsWrong and the things the band didn't like about it]]; while ''Octahedron'' had one or two songs being about reacting to the Republicans winning the election at the time, or the Salem witch trials.
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* EpicRocking: They have some pretty lengthy songs, but topping them all is the 32-minute "Cassandra Gemini" from ''Frances The Mute''. Also notable because many of its musical themes were taken from live jams done in the middle of their previous longest song from ''De-Loused In The Comatorium'', "Cicatriz ESP", which would extend its length from 12 minutes (buffered by an ambient section in the middle) to approaching 40 ([[BeyondTheImpossible all music]]).
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* EpicRocking: They have some pretty lengthy songs, but topping them all is the 32-minute "Cassandra Gemini" from ''Frances The the Mute''. Also notable because many of its musical themes were taken from live jams done in the middle of their previous longest song from ''De-Loused In The in the Comatorium'', "Cicatriz ESP", which would extend its length from 12 minutes (buffered by an ambient section in the middle) to approaching 40 minutes ([[BeyondTheImpossible all music]]).
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* WordOfGod: The song "Frances the Mute" is a "[[AllThereInTheManual decoder ring]]" for the album of the same name.
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* LoudnessWar: Every single album has clipping, which in many cases is audible. ''Noctourniquet'' was so bad that even the mastering engineer [[https://twitter.com/#!/hebakadryy/status/185105490387275777 criticised it]], claiming she was forced (by either the label or the band; it's not clear which) to master it that way. Luckily there are [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Audacity programs]] that can be used to remedy this. At least some of the vinyl editions also have clipping.
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* LoudnessWar: Every single album has clipping, which in many cases is audible. ''Noctourniquet'' was so bad that even the mastering engineer [[https://twitter.com/#!/hebakadryy/status/185105490387275777 criticised it]], claiming she was forced (by either the label or the band; it's not clear which) to master it that way. At least some of the vinyl editions also have clipping. Luckily there are [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Audacity programs]] that can be used to [[http://fools-gold.org/forum/showthread.php?p=1574535#post1574535 remedy this. At least some of the vinyl editions also have clipping.this]].
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* LoudnessWar: Every single album has clipping, which in many cases is audible. Luckily there are [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Audacity programs]] that can be used to remedy this. Averted on the vinyl versions, naturally, although somehow the vinyl version of ''De-Loused'' got screwed up in mastering so it still doesn't sound that great. The others are pretty much perfect.
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* LoudnessWar: Every single album has clipping, which in many cases is audible. ''Noctourniquet'' was so bad that even the mastering engineer [[https://twitter.com/#!/hebakadryy/status/185105490387275777 criticised it]], claiming she was forced (by either the label or the band; it's not clear which) to master it that way. Luckily there are [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Audacity programs]] that can be used to remedy this. Averted on At least some of the vinyl versions, naturally, although somehow the vinyl version of ''De-Loused'' got screwed up in mastering so it still doesn't sound that great. The others are pretty much perfect.editions also have clipping.
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* TextlessAlbumCover: Thus far, none of their full-length albums have had the band name or album title on the front, although the packaging will typically include a sticker with that information on it.
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* TextlessAlbumCover: Thus far, none of their full-length studio albums have had the band name or album title on the front, although the packaging will typically include a sticker with that information on it.it. Most of their singles or [=EPs=] do have a title and artist name on the front, as does the LiveAlbum ''Scab Dates''.
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* HoYay: Honestly Omar and Cedric are very guilty of this.
** It's gotten to the point where Omar acknowledged it in an interview
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* LoudnessWar: Every single album has clipping, which in many cases is audible. Luckily there are [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Audacity programs]] that can be used to remedy this. Averted on the vinyl versions, naturally, although somehow the vinyl version of ''De-Loused'' got screwed up in mastering so it still doesn't sound that great. The others are okay.
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* LoudnessWar: Every single album has clipping, which in many cases is audible. Luckily there are [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Audacity programs]] that can be used to remedy this. Averted on the vinyl versions, naturally, although somehow the vinyl version of ''De-Loused'' got screwed up in mastering so it still doesn't sound that great. The others are okay.pretty much perfect.
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** Octahedron wasn't particularly a concept album besides maybe one or two songs being about reacting to the Republicans winning the election at the time, or the Salem witch trials.
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** Octahedron ''Octahedron'' wasn't particularly a concept album besides maybe one or two songs being about reacting to the Republicans winning the election at the time, or the Salem witch trials.
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* LoudnessWar: Every single album has clipping, which in many cases is audible. Luckily there are [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Audacity programs]] that can be used to remedy this. Averted on the vinyl versions, naturally.naturally, although somehow the vinyl version of ''De-Loused'' got screwed up in mastering so it still doesn't sound that great. The others are okay.
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* AwesomeMcCoolname: try looking this troper in the eye and telling him the name Cedric Bixler-Zavala is dull sounding.
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* Octahedron wasn't particularly a concept album besides maybe one or two songs being about reacting to the Republicans winning the election at the time, or the Salem witch trials.
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* RecordOfLoudnessWar: Every single album has clipping, which in many cases is audible. Luckily there are [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Audacity programs]] that can be used to remedy this. Averted on the vinyl versions, naturally.