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Omar Rodriguez-Lopez Group

Omar Rodriguez Lopez Group
Also known as Omar Rodriguez-Lopez Quintet
Omar Rodriguez-Lopez Trio
Omar Rodriguez-Lopez Quartet
Genres Experimental rock, Psychedelic rock, electronica, progressive rock, art rock
Years active 2005–2012
Labels Sargent House, Rodriguez Lopez Productions
Associated acts The Mars Volta
Bosnian Rainbows
Zechs Marquise
Vato Negro
El Grupo Nuevo de Omar Rodriguez Lopez
Ximena Sariñana
Le Butcherettes
Dark Angels
Kimono Kult
John Frusciante
Beastie Boys
Website Omar Rodriguez Lopez Quintet
Omar Rodriguez-Lopez
Members Omar Rodríguez-López
Juan Alderete
Deantoni Parks
Teri Gender Bender

The Omar Rodriguez Lopez Group (often referred to by its acronym ORLG) was an American experimental rock band, and the main side project of Omar Rodríguez-López. Featuring the ever-changing lineup of musicians alongside Rodriguez-Lopez, the group was most often a live entity to perform the various outlets of his solo music aside from The Mars Volta. After the dissolution of The Mars Volta in 2012, Omar completed a few more solo records until 2013 before deciding to pursue only collaborative efforts with groups At the Drive-In, Bosnian Rainbows, Antemasque, and Crystal Fairy.

His group began as Omar Rodriguez Lopez Quintet, formed in 2005 when he toured Europe to support his self-titled solo record. The quintet included three other members of The Mars Volta: Juan Alderete, Marcel Rodriguez-Lopez and Adrián Terrazas-González as well as Money Mark of Beastie Boys fame. Omar began this group with these members within only a year or two of them joining The Mars Volta. The album features long, largely improvised instrumentals with Dutch titles. The quintet then collaborated with Damo Suzuki on a 25-minute EP titled Please Heat This Eventually, which was largely taken from a night recorded on their European tour in November 2005. The EP was released exclusively by Gold Standard Laboratories on vinyl only in December 2006, then released widely in January 2007. Another collaborative EP followed later that year, this time between the quintet and Lydia Lunch, as well as the full-length record, The Apocalypse Inside of an Orange, which was a double album vinyl.


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