Mars Volta, The - Octahedron Dug Dug's author Dan Epstein telling the

author Dan Epstein telling the group's story in the McDonalds' unmistakable (and occasionally contrary) voices

shortly before Little's own premature death

4 Rastaman Chant

Retrospective features The Weight That You Buried and While I Stay Secluded EPs on a 12" and Don't Come Home EP on a 7"

11 Till Forever

Mars Volta, The - Octahedron Dug Dug's author Dan Epstein telling theEach of the Mars Volta albums that preceded Octahedron had pushed the envelope further, their music growing larger, more intense, more complex. Each had delivered an implied, unspoken challenge to it's makers within milliseconds of it's final notes: "top this". And with each subsequent album, Omar and Cedric had turned their creative dials up one more notch, a further step past "eleven". With the addition of new drummer Thomas Pridgen, and their ranks