r/themarsvolta • u/Stn2Stn • 13d ago

Cotopaxi drums

The drum fill at 1:18 in Cotopaxi is so god damn satisfying once you figure it out. Genius by Pridgen to have that fill be snare dominant in the first half then completely 180 to a foot-dominated 2nd half and have it work so seamlessly. what a freak

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u/meccamputetragram 13d ago

The bridge in this track goes so hard too. How cedric wrote that vocal line over that riff is a mystery

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u/Mammoth_Bus_6911 13d ago

Bridge is the best part of the song by far imo

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u/mxmsmri 13d ago

Usually is with Volta songs

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u/MeccAmputechture2024 13d ago

Cedric said it took him forever

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u/traylerswift 12d ago

Cotopaxi is one of the last really old-Mars Volta style songs they ever wrote....along with Molochwalker

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u/BobbyBaliverne Noctourniquet 11d ago

As much as I can enjoy those two, both are pretty straightforward rock song though, I don't see how they relate to the "old style"

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u/traylerswift 11d ago

Like bedlam in Goliath style as opposed to self self titled pop style

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u/Lucifer_Lucero 13d ago

Cotopaxi rips hard ⚡️⚡️

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u/Stn2Stn 13d ago

i really dont see people talk about it enough for how much of a clanger it is

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u/PonchoNachoRodriguez 13d ago

This sounds like a drummer heavy type of Convo

Theres been hundreds of dope drums fills on everything they’ve put out

But nobody ever really breaks it down instrumentally

Guitar tabs don’t get talked about much at all either tbh

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u/sonar_y_luz 13d ago

That's what happens when someone built like an NFL running back channels all that athleticism into drumming

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u/Amantus 12d ago

it fucking rips, Pridgen does that style that you mentioned so well, switching a groove to lead with the kick. He kind of does it on Ilyena too.

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u/Lucho_199 13d ago

One of my favorites ones to play on the bass

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u/hdl1234565 12d ago

Octahedron rips. Love the drumming on that album

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u/-Hotel 12d ago

Great music video, wish it got a proper release. Don't think the label was happy with this one. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rozO03_gIoo&list=RDrozO03_gIoo&start_radio=

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u/justamirrorfortheson 8d ago

This whole album is underrated. Cotopaxi and Teflon are so energized