FUSE TV - Cedric Bixler-Zavala Announces Mars Volta Breakup

It's a sad day for fans of hardcore/prog rock group the Mars Volta, as frontman Cedric Bixler-Zavala, last seen having the greatest stage banter in music, announced on his Twitter page that he was leaving the band.

"I tried my hardest to keep it going… But Bosnian Rainbows was what we all got instead," said Bixler-Zavala, referencing his fellow member Omar Rodriguez-Lopez's side project. "Thank u a million times over for ever giving a f-ck about our band."

The pair, who reunited their original band At the Drive-In last year to massive critical acclaim, probably won't be hitting the same stage anytime soon, as Bixler-Zavala blamed his departure on his bandmate's refusal to tour. "For the record I tried my hardest to get a full-scale North American tour going for [2012's] Noctourniquet but Omar did not want to," said the singer. "All I can do is move forward with my music and just be happy that Mars Volta ever happened at all."

While no one else in the band has confirmed that Mars Volta are done for good, the departure of frontman Bixler-Zavala and each band member's numerous side projects means you shouldn't get excited for another Mars Volta album anytime soon. The band have been on hiatus since the beginning of last year. Isaiah "Ikey" Owens, a member of the group until 2010, tweeted with tongue presumably in cheek before getting serious: