Cedric Bixler Zavala

Post-hardcore and progressive rock have merged in various aways over the past few decades and continue to do so. This edition of In Defense of the Genre looks at 15 2000s albums that shaped this sound.

The Mars Volta have been broken up since 2013, but Cedric Bixler-Zavala has previously hinted at the possibility of a reunion, and it looks like the band has something afoot...

Cedric Bixler-Zavala has spoken out against Danny Masterson, and Scientology, on social media before; Chrissie Carnell-Bixler, who he is married to, accused Masterson of rape.

This edition of 'In Defense of the Genre' looks at 15 albums that defined the melodic style of post-hardcore that took off in the early 2000s thanks to bands like At the Drive-In, Thursday, and Glassjaw, many of whom are still breaking ground and/or influencing new bands today

Recent daily episodes of 'The Trap Set' have featured guests Flea, Laura Veirs, Cedric Bixler-Zavala, Joan as Police Woman, Buzz Osborne (Melvins), Har Mar Superstar, ZZ Top's Billy Gibbons and more.

Chrissie Carnell-Bixler (wife of At The Drive-In frontman Cedric Bixler-Zavala, who is also a plaintiff in the suit) is one of four women who are suing Danny Masterson and the Church of Scientology, saying they've been stalked and harassed after accusing Masterson of rape.

Psych rock icon and 13th Floor Elevators frontman Roky Erickson sadly passed away at the age of 71 on Friday (5/31), and his fellow artists have taken to social media to pay tribute to the hugely influential musician.

”What it’s NOT going to be,” Cedric Bixler-Zavala says of a potential reunion of The Mars Volta, ”is your ‘fav member lineup’ playing their ‘classic records’ in full etc. Maybe we’ll play old shit, who knows how we feel.”

Beto O'Rourke, who's battling Ted Cruz in the Texas Senate race, has also shared a rarity by his old punk band Foss, who counted At the Drive In's Cedric Bixler-Zavala as a member.

Lee Ranaldo, Thurston Moore, John Lurie, Cedric Bixler Zavala (ATDI, Mars Volta), Geoff Rickly (Thursday), Ryley Walker, Blanck Mass, Sarah Lipstate (Noveller), Chris Traynor (Orange 9mm, Helmet) and more pay tribute to the late legend.