Grammy Award-winning rock guitarist known for his work with multiple bands, including The Mars Volta.
Before Fame His earliest successful band was called At the Drive-In, in which he played bass.
Trivia He has collaborated with Cody Votolato of The Blood Brothers in the band, Jaguar Love.
Family Life He reunited with his At the Drive-In bandmates in 2011.
Associated With Like most modern rock guitarists, he is influenced by Keith Richards. Read More...
The Cannes Film Festival loves a good scandale, and it got a mini one on Friday night when festival director Thierry Frémaux was caught, via a bystander’s cell phone, pitching a “Do you know who I am?”-style fit when a municipal police officer reprimanded him for riding his electric bicycle on the sidewalk. With outre hilarity like that, who needs Sam Levinson’s The Idol? But the festival must go on. And so a two-episode chunk of Levinson’s designed-to-shock television series premiered in Cannes on Monday evening. Read More...
Senegalese news organisations widely heeded a call Tuesday for a news blackout to protest against economic measures by the new government which they say threaten the industry.
Most newspapers did not publish and two popular private radio stations played music instead of broadcasting the news.
Private television stations such as TFM, ITV and 7 TV demonstrated solidarity with the protest by displaying its slogan and image -- three raised fists gripping a pencil. Read More...