Cedric Bixler-Zavala of The Mars Volta has told Gigwise that he doesn't like the Catholic religion much, due to having it forced on him when he was a kiddie. He says: "I grew up being forced to embrace it. I was the kid in school who argued with my religion teacher. I was doing so bad in public school they thought it would be great to put me in catholic school. It gave me some distance between me and all the kids who were really into God."
On a more general Catholic-bashing note, he added: "I just think in general that Catholicism reminds me of people who think the earth is flat. There's so much more to what is really out there. And with Catholicism, there's so much unnecessary ritual - sit down, eat this bread, give us money - and if you're not careful you might end up with one of the priests."