1. Cedric Bixler-Zavala

Cedric Bixler-Zavala

Instruments: Microphone, Guitar, Drums / percussion, Electronics

Born: November 4, 1974

Plays in: Anywhere , Phantasmagoria , Marcellus Wallace , THEE GAMBEDE MEATLEAK , The Fall on Deaf Ears , Foss , Los Dregtones , Big Sir , Zavalaz , Alavaz Relxib Cirdec , ANTEMASQUE , Omar Rodriguez-Lopez Group , At The Drive-In , Omar Rodriguez-Lopez , De Facto , The Mars Volta

Cedric Bixler-Zavala (born November 4, 1974 in Redwood City, California) is a Grammy Award-winning American musician known for his work as frontman and lyricist of the progressive rock band The Mars Volta, frontman of Antemasque, frontman and occasional guitarist of the post-hardcore group At the Drive-In as well as psychedelic rock supergroup Anywhere, in which he both sings and plays drums.

Bixler-Zavala has a High Tenor vocal range, spanning from the G above Low C (G2) to Soprano C (C6), which contrast his vocal work for At the Drive-In which consisted mainly of a screaming style. He has also played drums for a number of acts, including the dub act De Facto, Los Dregtones, The Fall on Deaf Ears, Big Sir, and Anywhere.  

Gear

Microphone

  • Audix om6

    Dave Rat, founder of Rat Sound Systems and live sound engineer to the Red Hot Chili Peppers for 16 years, was approached by a roadie from The Mars Volta as they hit the west coast leg of their 2006 tour with a unique proposition: combine the hardware of the Audix om6 with the look and feel of a Sennheiser 421.

    As Dave breaks down in his blog:

    Check out the third revision of the Audix om6 inside of a Sennheiser 421 shell. And to start with we have a nice assortment of both old and new 421 parts:

    And by cutting the threaded ring off of the om6 grill and screwing it to the back of a 421 grill we get:

    and the om6 can now be screwed into the 421 grill

    And after boring out the 421 shell with a Dremel tool so the Audix shaft slides inside:

    And we end up with what looks like a beat up old 421 but is actually a perfect condition Audix om6!

    Now that was an adventure I really and truly enjoyed! Thank you roadie Shaun!

Guitar

  • Gibson SG Junior

    Used when playing Rolodex Propaganda

Drums / percussion

  • LP Pro Maracas

Electronics

  • Korg KP2 Kaoss Pad 2

Bands

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