Hey everyone!
Time to check out this week's edition of Artist Spotlight! This week, we're centered on a prog rock group emanating from El Paso, Texas named Zech's Marquise. The band consists of Marcos Smith on guitar, Matthew Wilkinson on guitar, Manfred Rodriguez-Lopez on bass, Marcel Rodriguez-Lopez on drums, and Rikardo Rodriguez-Lopez on keyboards. The band plays an eerie, delicate blend of prog-rock very similar to the likes of The Mars Volta. And if you're probably wondering, Manfred, Marcel, and Ricardo are brothers of Omar Rodriguez-Lopez of The Mars Volta, and Marcel also plays in Omar's side project, The Omar Rodriguez Lopez Group. One thing you might notice about the group is that there are no vocals whatsoever, just instrumental solos that shows each members' contribution to the group and how they each devote time, energy, and space to every composition that they make. It appears that success runs through the bloodline of each of the members of the Rodriguez-Lopez family, as each of the brothers contribute a great deal to their music and are extremely talented gentlemen with bright futures ahead of them. I had the pleasure of seeing these guys twice in concert, once last year with RX Bandits and I Am The Avalanche at the old Harper's Ferry in Boston and just last month at The Middle East Downstairs along with the Omar Rodriguez Lopez Group. While watching them perform, I noticed that the band had alot of The Mars Volta's striking influence embedded within them and I honestly didn't know until afterwards that Marcel was Omar's brother, and then it started to become more clear to me where they got their influence from. Some of my favorite tracks from these guys include "Sirenum Scopuli" and "Rotten Candy".
For more info on Zech's Marquise, go over to their official website at http://www.zechsmarquise.com/ To check out the music of Zech's Marquise, head on over to their Facebook page at http://www.facebook.com/zechsmarquiseofficial and you can also follow the band on Twitter by going over to http://www.twitter.com/zechsband
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