'Omar and Cedric: If This Ever Gets Weird' is set for theatrical release next month A new trailer for upcoming documentary Omar and Cedric: If This Ever Gets Weird has been released, showing glimpses of the friendship behind the bands The Mars Volta and At The Drive-In . Watch it below. READ MORE: The Mars Volta on going “pop” and those Kanye West rumours The clip, issued yesterday (October 31) by Oscilloscope Laboratories , comprises a montage of archival footage from the vault of Mars Volta co-founder and guitarist Omar Rodriguez-Lopez, with narration about his close and prolific – though stormy – relationship over the decades with Cedric Bixler-Zavala.
“I’m glad that God has put us in the same place and the same time,” he says. “At least this time, I guess.” Omar and Cedric: If This Ever Gets Weird is set for theatrical release in the US on November 20.
The official description for the film reads: “A film that charts the artistic and personal relationship between two era-defining artists, Omar Rodríguez-López and Cedric Bixler-Zavala (At the Drive-In/The Mars Volta), told almost entirely through hundreds of hours of self-shot footage filmed by Omar over the last 40 years.” The Texas-formed band released six studio albums between 2003 and 2012 before splitting due to a falling-out between founding members Bixler-Zavala and Rodríguez-López . In the years that followed, the pair formed new group Antemasque and resurrected At the Drive-In for a ne.
