The Mars Volta: Dixie Martians?

[daddysangbassdude]

The Mars Volta ... not exactly "good ol' boy" Southern-style music.

http://thecrossovermusicchannel.blog...lta-dixie.html

[Andre C]

No it's not. But they're from the south.

I suppose, we all need to work to expand the concept of what "Southern Music" is.......

[MudShark22]

TMV isn't from the south; they're from Texas which is essentially another country!

[Andre C]

LOL. well yes, they;d like to secede, even

But believe me, TX is VERY much the south in all the ways that there is "Southern-ness".

The GOOD and the bad. the foods, the religiosity, the resistance to change and evolution in school books etc.

All the southern culture is there -- and as far as the BIG stuff -- loving the rebel flag, and fighting the Confederate fight etc, It's all there.

Don't be black or brown on the highway in a LOT of small towns -- no worse than Alabama or South Carolina.

The barbeque, the drinkin, the spicy foods, the greens. All there. It's the South.

[mnprogger]

Between the Buried and Me have their little country sections
House of Fools are from North Carolina

The Mars Volta use *salsa* or *latin* elements, but "South" or "Southern" doesn't exactly fit.