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![]() At The Drive-InYour Rating:Average Rating:Hometown: El Paso, TX (USA) About:Related BandsReviewsshow moreCurrent ReleasesPunknews Podcast: The week of April 30, 2013 This week on the Punknews Podcast, Bryne Yancey, John Gentile and Adam White discuss New York Magazine's big punk feature, Forever The Sickest Kids selling fake Rolexes, Candy Hearts departed bassist,… May 05, 2013 Punknews Podcast: Cedric Bixler-Zavala looks back at At the Drive-In reunion Cedric Bixler-Zavala, who had two bands in 2012 - At the Drive-In and the Mars Volta - and now has none, spoke about the former's reunion and whether it was what they hoped it could be: The reunion wasn't really the raddest… April 26, 2013 Media: Get Involved: "Scars Make the Man" As their Kickstarter campaign winds down, Get Involved! has released a new demo for "Scars Make the Man." The project features members from Thursday, Glassjaw, From Autumn to Ashes, and… April 16, 2013 Media: At the Drive-In: "One Armed Scissor" (The Field Remix) At the Drive-In have enlisted Swedish electronic musician The Field to create a new remix of their single, "One Armed Scissor." The song will appear on a new single edition of One Armed Scissor due out May 13, 2013 via… April 08, 2013 Videos: Get Involved! (Thursday, Glassjaw): "Serenity Now" Get Involved! has released a video for their new song "Serenity Now". The project features members from Thursday, Glassjaw, From Autumn to Ashes, and Judge. Get Involved! plan to release an EP produced… April 05, 2013 Videos: At the Drive-In announce reissues of 'Acrobatic Tenement' and 'Relationship of Command' At the Drive-In has announced plans to reissue both their first and last full lengths in the coming months. 1996's Acrobatic Tenement is expected on March 5, 2013 and 2001's… January 29, 2013 Break-ups: The Mars Volta (2001 - 2013) It appears that The Mars Volta have decided to call it quits according to a statement Cedric Bixler-Zavala released in a series of tweets stating his departure: Thank u 2… January 24, 2013 Break-ups: Sparta recording, touring After regrouping last year for a short tour, Sparta - which was formed by Jim Ward, Paul Hinojos, and Tony Hajjar of At the Drive-In - have announced… January 14, 2013 Break-ups: Chuck Ragan compiles book of tour stories from Rise Against, Gaslight Anthem, At the Drive-In Today, Sylvan Highland Publishing released The Road Most Traveled, a collection of tour stories and adventures from Hot Water Music, At the Drive-In, Rise Against,… September 25, 2012 Punknews Podcast: The week of June 5th, 2012 This week on the 98th episode of the Punknews Podcast Chris Moran and Adam White give their uninformed and unrequested opinions on the week's news, including the Hollywood Undead brawl, Propagandhi's new… June 08, 2012 |
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At the Drive-In (ATDI) were an indie/hard rock/alternative rock band from El Paso, Texas from 1993 until 2001. The band is named after a lyric from the song "Talk Dirty To Me" by Poison.
Influenced primarily by the likes of Fugazi and Drive Like Jehu, ATDI crafted epic, post-hardcore and sometimes almost stadium rock-like songs with complex time signatures and cryptic lyrics. ATDI's first studio recording was Hell Paso (Western Breed), an EP issued in 1994. They quickly developed a following as intense in loyalty as the band was on stage. At the Drive-In's reputation for impressive live performances outlived the band's career. It was this reputation and the release of perhaps their best-known album, Relationship of Command (2000), that contributed largely to the attention they received in the rock press towards the end of their career as ATDI. According to some sources, At the Drive-In struggled to recreate their intense live experience in the studio, at one point trying to circumvent this problem by recording their second full-length, In/Casino/Out (1998), as a live studio album.
At the Drive-In were also noted by the music press for the afros of Cedric Bixler Zavala and Omar Rodriguez-Lopez. The hairstyle became synonymous with the pair's image. In 2001, at the peak of their popularity and following a world tour, At the Drive-In split up, initially referring to the split as an "indefinite hiatus." Though the reasons for their breakup have not been made clear, Bixler and Rodriguez-Lopez have stated that they wanted their next album to sound like Pink Floyd's Piper at the Gates of Dawn, while the other members of the band were intent on progressing in a more typical rock direction.
Members of the band went on to form The Mars Volta and Sparta.