ROBIN LAANENEN/PRESS
When Omar Rodriguez-Lopéz and Cedric Bixler-Zavala diverged from the much-loved post-hardcore band At The Drive-In, they went on a two-man mission to out-prog the proggiest proggers in progland with The Mars Volta, an outfit designed to give life to their unique inner visions through often baffling tricks of the guitar and stretchedto-the-limit human voice. It’s not for nothing that this box’s title translates as ‘the reality of dreams’.