Mars Volta guitarist Omar Rodriguez-Lopez bought a Ouija board in Jerusalem. Shortly afterward, their studio was flooded twice, “equipment was ruined,” the band and their engineer watched tracks disappear from computers at random, and the board “spoke” to the band.
- “All other things being equal, the simplest solution is the best.” – William of Ockham (paraph.)
- “The Ouija board we bought contained supernatural powers that we choose to identify as a curse, so we will bury it at an undisclosed location, finish our album a few months behind schedule, and then tour.” – The Mars Volta (paraph.)
- “Are you afraid of the dark?” - Nickelodeon (verbatim)
The Bedlam in Goliath will be released January 29, with a tour coming up that my colleague 8bit was kind enough to write up here.
Anyway, if any of you readers are recording what will no doubt be a sprawling, psychedelic, prog-influenced LP this holiday season, you might want to ask for a new octave pedal or something instead of that Ouija board from an age-old holy land.
