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Undeterred by the band’s rocky start, core members Cedric Bixler-Zavala and Omar Rodrí- guez-López turned up the conceptual aspect of their new band on the Rick Rubin-produced De- Loused in the Comatorium in 2003. Since then, all of The Mars Volta’s albums centered around a unifying musical theme if not an all-encompass- ing lyrical narrative. All until 2012, that is. After the band released Noctourniquet, its core mem- bers disbanded for nearly a decade before com- ing back together to work on a new album. For the band’s self-titled release that dropped Sept. 16, The Mars Volta declared a clean slate for the band, making a conscious effort to leave pro- gressive rock in the past and make music with just a bit more pop. DAVID FLETCHER Roxy Music 7 P.M. FRIDAY, SEPT. 23, AMERICAN AIRLINES CENTER, 2500 VICTORY AVE. $85.50+ AT TICKETMASTER.COM Formed in 1970, Roxy music helped shape the look and feel of the glam rock that would take over England in the early ’70s. Over the course of 10 years and eight albums, Roxy Music often stood out from its contemporaries, reaching the top spots on U.K. charts at a time when classic rock and family pop bands dominated the music world. Building its music on romantic lyrics and synth-in- fused rock, Roxy Music’s legacy reaches deep into the post-punk movement, inspiring new wave bands and particularly those of the New Romantic persuasion like The Smiths, Depeche Mode and Duran Duran. The band went out with a bang in 1982, releasing its most widely recognized single “More Than This” before singer Bryan Ferry dis- solved the band and its members went on to pur- sue other projects. The band has reunited for live shows several times in the past. Roxy Music is cur- rently touring in celebration of its 50th anniversary with Dallas-raised art rocker St. Vincent. DF 20 ZZ Top 5 P.M. SATURDAY, SEPT. 24, DOS EQUIS PAVILION, 1818 FIRST ST. $29.50+ AT LIVENATION.COM From 1970 all the way up until last year, Texas boogie rock band ZZ Top included guitarist Billy Gibbons, drummer Frank Beard and bassist Dusty Hill. Hill died in his sleep at the age of 72 at home in Houston last July. He had been suf- fering from a number of health problems in the days leading up to his death including a hip in- ZZ Top play Saturday, Sept. 24, at Dos Equis Pavilion. Neil Zlozower jury that forced him to leave the band’s tour last year just five days before his death. Knowing that he would likely not be able to continue with the band for the rest of the tour, Hill handpicked his bass technician, Elwood Francis, to take his place. When it became clear that he would never return to the band, Hill indicated his wishes that Francis remain with the band. Be- fore his death, Hill had already laid down the bass parts for a new ZZ Top album that is still in the works. Opening for ZZ Top are English guitar god Jeff Beck and Heart vocalist Ann Wilson. DF Collective Soul 7 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 25, The Factory in Deep Ellum, 2713 Canton St. $35+ at axs.com Collective Soul got a raw deal in the ’90s. The band had the great misfortune of forming in 1992, right when every record label in the coun- try began searching near and far to find the next Nirvana. Grunge had always been something of a nebulous term to describe alternative music with a heavy feel to it, so when Collective Soul was signed to Atlantic in 1993 and its song “Shine” was released across the country in 1994, the band got pigeonholed into the look of grunge while never actually meeting the public’s definition for whatever grunge was supposed to be. Alt-rockers might have been displeased with the marketing behind Collective Soul, but those who preferred mainstream rock loved it. The band has been going strong as a rock ‘n’ roll band since the mid-’90s and released its 11th al- bum, Vibrating, in August. Making the Sunday night concert even more special, Christian rock band Switchfoot opens the show. DF Wu-Tang Clan 7 P.M. MONDAY, SEPT. 26, DOS EQUIS PAVILION, 1818 FIRST ST. $29.50+ AT LIVENATION.COM They really pulled out all the stops for this NY State of Mind Tour, so let’s start at the top and move down. The Wu-Tang Clan is, without hesi- tation or question, the greatest hip-hop collec- tive of all time. Comprising nine (10 before the death of Ol’ Dirty Bastard in 2004) of the illest MCs to ever rock the mic, Wu-Tang Clan and its members’ individual influence on hip-hop has shaped everything that we have come to love about the genre. Then there is Nas, hip-hop’s single greatest poet and prophet. To this day, the 1994 release Illmatic is still seen as the gold standard to which all hip-hop albums aspire. Fi- nally, there is the night’s opener, none other than Busta Rhymes — the man who has the most rec- ognizable and unduplicated flow in the entirety of rap history. This isn’t a lineup of great hip-hop artists. This is truly a lineup of the greatest art- ists to ever rap. t Music SEPTEMBER 22–28, 2022 DALLAS OBSERVER CLASSIFIED | MUSIC | DISH | CULTURE | UNFAIR PARK | CONTENTS dallasobserver.com WE ARE OPEN!
