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Mars Volta Attacked With Urine! (Pitchfork)
 
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The Mars Volta Holy piss projectiles, kids! According to reports from the Seattle Post-Intelligencer and astute Pitchfork reader and festival attendee Keaton Bell, prog-monsters the Mars Volta were driven from the stage at Saturday's KNDD-sponsored Endfest 15 in Seattle-- by some bloke chucking urine! And, ostensibly, by technical problems, but that's far less exciting and controversial.
 
The MV were reportedly only 30 minutes into their set at Endfest-- a gig already hurtin' from a Modest Mouse cancellation and a Snow Patrol no-show (detained at the airport by the damn terrorists, they was)-- when a frustrated Omar Rodriguez-Lopez smashed his guitar into his amp and stormed offstage, prompting singer Cedric Bixler-Zavala to say thanks and farewell-- but not before offering money, merch, and friendship to anyone who brought him the "head" of the agitator! Rock'n'fucking roll, dudes!
 
Here's Bixler-Zavala's departing quote in full: "I will pay $100-1,000 to somebody to find the person that's throwing urine up here. I will give you free merchandise and a lifetime supply of tickets to a Mars Volta show. Find that person and kick his ass for me, bring me his head-- and we'll be friends!" As of press time, no heads had been delivered.