# The Best Mars Volta Guitar Solos

> The 18 best Mars Volta guitar solos, ranked. #1 is Cicatriz ESP (2003), then L'Via L'Viaquez and Drunkship of Lanterns. Every video starts at the solo.

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The Mars Volta fused Latin rhythms, psychedelia and punk energy into sprawling prog epics, with Omar Rodríguez-López's unpredictable guitar at the center. Guest turns from John Frusciante and Omar's chaotic, effects-soaked improvising made them one of the most adventurous guitar bands of the 2000s.

Informed by: [Wikipedia: The Mars Volta discography](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mars_Volta_discography)

1. [Cicatriz ESP](https://greatestsolos.com/song/the-mars-volta-cicatriz-esp/) — The Mars Volta · solo by John Frusciante · 2003
2. [L'Via L'Viaquez](https://greatestsolos.com/song/the-mars-volta-lvia-lviaquez/) — The Mars Volta · solo by Omar Rodríguez-López, John Frusciante · 2005
3. [Drunkship of Lanterns](https://greatestsolos.com/song/the-mars-volta-drunkship-of-lanterns/) — The Mars Volta · solo by Omar Rodríguez-López · 2003
4. [Inertiatic ESP](https://greatestsolos.com/song/the-mars-volta-inertiatic-esp/) — The Mars Volta · solo by Omar Rodríguez-López · 2003
5. [The Widow](https://greatestsolos.com/song/the-mars-volta-the-widow/) — The Mars Volta · solo by John Frusciante · 2005
6. [Cassandra Gemini](https://greatestsolos.com/song/the-mars-volta-cassandra-gemini/) — The Mars Volta · solo by Omar Rodríguez-López · 2005
7. [Roulette Dares (The Haunt Of)](https://greatestsolos.com/song/the-mars-volta-roulette-dares-the-haunt-of/) — The Mars Volta · solo by Omar Rodríguez-López · 2003
8. [Goliath](https://greatestsolos.com/song/the-mars-volta-goliath/) — The Mars Volta · solo by Omar Rodríguez-López · 2008
9. [Wax Simulacra](https://greatestsolos.com/song/the-mars-volta-wax-simulacra/) — The Mars Volta · solo by Omar Rodríguez-López · 2008
10. [Cygnus....Vismund Cygnus](https://greatestsolos.com/song/the-mars-volta-cygnus-vismund-cygnus/) — The Mars Volta · solo by Omar Rodríguez-López · 2005
11. [Take the Veil Cerpin Taxt](https://greatestsolos.com/song/the-mars-volta-take-the-veil-cerpin-taxt/) — The Mars Volta · solo by Omar Rodríguez-López · 2003
12. [Eriatarka](https://greatestsolos.com/song/the-mars-volta-eriatarka/) — The Mars Volta · solo by Omar Rodríguez-López · 2003
13. [Viscera Eyes](https://greatestsolos.com/song/the-mars-volta-viscera-eyes/) — The Mars Volta · solo by Omar Rodríguez-López · 2006
14. [Tetragrammaton](https://greatestsolos.com/song/the-mars-volta-tetragrammaton/) — The Mars Volta · solo by Omar Rodríguez-López · 2006
15. [Ilyena](https://greatestsolos.com/song/the-mars-volta-ilyena/) — The Mars Volta · solo by Omar Rodríguez-López · 2008
16. [Aberinkula](https://greatestsolos.com/song/the-mars-volta-aberinkula/) — The Mars Volta · solo by Omar Rodríguez-López · 2008
17. [Cotopaxi](https://greatestsolos.com/song/the-mars-volta-cotopaxi/) — The Mars Volta · solo by Omar Rodríguez-López · 2009
18. [Blacklight Shine](https://greatestsolos.com/song/the-mars-volta-blacklight-shine/) — The Mars Volta · solo by Omar Rodríguez-López · 2022

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