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The Mars Volta: "The most revolutionary thing we could do was to make a pop record."

John Doran, The Guardian, 12 August 2022

After their 2013 split left fans in shock, Cedric Bixler-Zavala and Omar Rodríguez-López reveal how the Church of Scientology drove them apart – and inspired their surprise new album.

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