Years active 1993–2003 | ||
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Born May 5, 1976 ( 1976-05-05 ) Origin Fort Worth, Texas, United States Genres Experimental music, dub, noise, reggae, salsa, ambient Occupation(s) Sound technicianVocal operatorGuitarist Instruments Various Effects Equipment,Guitar,Vocals Associated acts The Mars VoltaDe FactoOmar Rodríguez-López Died 25 May 2003, Los Angeles, California, United States Music groups The Mars Volta (2001 – 2003), De Facto Albums Omar Rodriguez Lopez & J, De‑Loused in the Comatorium, Megaton Shotblast, Légende du Scorpion, Live | ||
Jeremy Michael Ward (May 5, 1976 – May 25, 2003) was the sound technician and vocal operator for The Mars Volta and for the dub outfit De Facto. He created many of the soundscapes heard on The Mars Volta's album De-Loused in the Comatorium. Ward, aside from his role in The Mars Volta and De Facto, played guitar, and was a visual artist working mostly in pen and ink.
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Death
Ward was found dead in his Los Angeles home by his roommate on the evening of Sunday, May 25, 2003 of an apparent heroin overdose. He was 27 years old at the time, and his death came less than a month before the release of De-Loused in the Comatorium. A journal Ward found while working in the repossession business in Los Angeles served as a source of inspiration for The Mars Volta's album Frances the Mute. Ward also came up with the name for Amputechture, The Mars Volta's third album. He was the cousin of At the Drive-In and Sparta member Jim Ward, and brother of El Paso punk rock bassist Jered Ward.
Ward's death was the impetus for The Mars Volta members Cedric Bixler-Zavala and Omar Rodríguez-López to quit using opioids.
With At the Drive-In
With De Facto
With The Mars Volta
With Omar Rodríguez-López
With De Facto
Songs
Inertiatic ESP
Eriatarka
Take the Veil Cerpin Taxt
Televators
This Apparatus Must Be Unearthed
Drunkship of Lanterns
Cicatriz ESP
Son et lumiere
Roulette Dares
Eunuch Provocateur
Ambuletz
Impoverished Beliefs
Tira Me a las Aranas
Improvised Beliefs
Cut That City
Sounder of Tame Swine
A Tightrope Supports Our Festering
Heathrow Waltz
Gidi Prime
Swiss Armor Tank
Salvo
Swell the Ranks
Intergalactic ESP
Televators - Live From The Electric Ballroom - London
Untitled
Plant A Nail In the Navel Stream
Multiple Spouse Wounds
Cicatriz ESP - Live From The Electric Ballroom - London
Sarcophagi
Tarantism
Faminepulse
Pisacis