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De-Loused in the Comatorium is the first LP and concept album by the
progressive rock band The Mars Volta. Based on a short story by lead
singer Cedric Bixler-Zavala, and sound manipulation artist Jeremy Michael
Ward, it is the hour-long tale of Cerpin Taxt, a man who tries to kill
himself by overdosing on morphine. The attempt lands him in a week-long
coma during which he experiences visions of humanity and his own psyche.
Upon waking, he is dissatisfied with the real world and jumps to his death.
The story of Cerpin Taxt is based on the death of El Paso, Texas artist
(and Bixler-Zavala's friend) Julio Venegas. Coincidentally, one month
before the album was released, the band's sound manipulation artist, Jeremy
Michael Ward, died of an apparent heroin overdose.
De-Loused became both critically and commercially their biggest hit,
eventually selling in excess of 500,000 copies despite next-to-no
promotion,
