Bixler-Zavala, who has taken responsibility for the split, saying that the band was holding him back creatively, went off with ATDI guitarist Omar Rodriguez-Lopez and formed The Mars Volta.

And while they're about to drop their fifth studio album, Octahedron, on 23 June, the frontman indicates that he's feeling nostaglic for the old days and the old gang. "We've been making amends with a lot of the members and having some really good talks with them," Bixler-Zavala told Drowned In Sound - more on this story

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