yes, the guitars are sometimes close to U2. cat and cobra is one of my all time fav-albums. it has so much atmosphere. go forth and all the other stuff is really good too. i'm so sad that they haven't been in europe for so long. their guitar-player is now in pretty girls make graves as live-member ...
i don't think they are grap. i love the new record. the neptunes are good producers even i don't like most of the acts they produce. pharell said he wants to produce mars volta. could be interesting...