16 January Is For Videos: The Mars Volta – Televators

Ready for a creepy video with non-sense lyrics and really cool music? No? Well, you’re getting it anyway. The Mars Volta (commonly and erroneously referred to as just Mars Volta) are notoriously known for creating their own blend of crack-laced Spanglish progressive rock. They, along with Sparta, are the offspring of the band At The Drive-In. There’s some bad blood between the two bands resulting from monstrous drug abuse and the politely phrased “creative differences.” Here’s “Televators” from their disc “De-loused in the Comatorium,” an epic (and undecypherable) story about a man named Cerpin Taxt. Trying to wrap your mind around this is like trying to fully understand “Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas.” Best of luck to you.