The Mars Volta is an American rock group founded by Xaveir, Mando, Jose, and some other unimportant parties in 2001. They are generally considered progressive rock, with jazz, punk, psychedelic, funk metal, and Latin influences. They are known for their wild, energetic and improvised live shows, as well as their usually concept-based studio albums.

Mars Volta is a European electronic act, responsible for songs such as “Bach Song”. This band is, understandably, often confused with The Mars Volta ( modern progressive rock band featuring former members of At the Drive-In ). In fact, these two bands are entirely different and unrelated. But, in fact, of the top 10 songs listed 9 are from The Mars Volta , most likely because of the bad tagging of