At The Drive-in

RoC is a recognized classic, but idk it feels like it didn't travel as far outside its own genre/circle? Thought it'd have a wider appeal I think.

― definite classic, predicting a solid 8/10 from the p-fork boys (Le Bateau Ivre), Sunday, September 21, 2014 11:19 AM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

It actually did at the time. Not only was the album much bigger in sales terms than anything they'd done before, but 'One Armed Scissor' in itself was massive. The album got a lot of attention, because it was released around the time when people who hadn't necessarily been buying rock/metal albums were suddenly buying rock/metal albums during the nu-metal period, even though At The Drive-In are obviously not a nu-metal band.

In fact, it was the success of this album and the resulting press that enabled Cedric & Omar to splinter off and get a lot of immediate attention for the first Mars Volta record, Deloused In The Comatorium.

And yeah, both Omar and Cedric had serious problems with opiates for ages, not just in At The Drive-In but during the early Mars Volta years also.

damn, the Antemasque record is surprisingly listenable

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BpCvny3MsaU

One of my favourites from last year, great live too. Cedric sounds like Noddy Holder on a few tracks! I think a second album is due pretty soon.

The songs all seem to follow the same formula, like it feels like they're filling in the same template over and over again, which makes it hard to listen to the whole album straight through but they're pretty much all really good songs so who cares I guess.

i really love providence - it feels like it fell off zeppelin's Presence - saw them play London the night after Ikey Owens passed away and they played it for 25 minutes, and it was amazing.

Just discovered the Antemasque album last month. It's SO GOOD

i feel an atdi kick coming on. need to check out antemasque

I feel like it's the proper ATDI sellout album I never knew I wanted

its the record grand royal would have loved them to make instead of splitting up and going to form mars volta

http://consequenceofsound.net/2015/03/mars-volta-offshoot-antemasque-accused-of-throwing-boiling-water-at-concert-audience/

god damn that's dumb. such a great band, though...

when i saw tmv in 2008 cedric climbed the lighting equipment and tried to hang from it before security shut down the show

xp: there are comments out and about on the web that purport to be from fellow attendees who say the water wasn't particularly hot.

this dude's burn looks kinda bad but thats rock n roll amirite http://pitchfork.com/news/58731-mars-voltaat-the-drive-in-offshoot-antemasque-accused-of-throwing-boiling-water-into-crowd/

cedric does typically keep an urn of tea onstage when he plays, would be p hot

yeah, and i imagine that the spray that hit some people would have had a chance to cool off in the air more that the dude who got hit with the actual hot kettle.

https://scontent-lga.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xfa1/v/t1.0-9/p480x480/10410939_10153152012728658_2163664457747771338_n.jpg?oh=0aadadfc7b208c957bc85e5407d271b2&oe=557415E1

hella looks like john c. reilly in this pic.

whole thing got me to revisit the antemasque record, which is a real grower and prob the most vital thing cedric and omar have done since... idk frances the mute? i like that one more than most

I still need to hear that Antemasque record, at least this unfortunate revive reminded me of that much. I've followed ORL into some questionable rabbit holes with his solo projects, so I'm not sure why I'd skip out on one that people actually seem to really like.

yeah it's just a lot of fun

"50,000 kilowatts" especially

getting back together for more shows in 2016. not sure how i feel about this. they never hit the east coast in 2012, and even though the recordings I saw were HORRIBLE, i will absolutely see them if i get the chance. only announced date so far is Columbus, OH in May. Jim Ward may or may not be involved...

http://www.nme.com/news/at-the-drive-in/90070

new album??????????? i'm curious

http://pitchfork.com/news/62335-at-the-drive-in-tease-return/

huh. antemasque are supposed to release a new album this year, so i doubt it

god that first antemasque album was so good. I still play it all the time.

uuugh I would love new ATDI.
I think I've finally been won over to the Vaya-is-their-best camp.

Oh Vaya is totally their best.

you don't hafta tell me!

http://www.fuse.tv/2016/01/at-the-drive-in-interview-new-music-tour-dates-exclusive

new album, tons of shows

"new music," which could mean... a few different things

anyway i'm psyched, although i was sort of excited for a new sparta record

the fact that Omar is giving interviews and seems psyched on it is really promising. also I had no idea he lived in El Paso now.

anyway i can't fuck around, vaya is amazing but relationship of command is a 10/10 masterpiece

(that happens to be mastered horribly and "non-zero possibility" isn't the greatest closer ever)

in casino out is the best duh

lol Acrobatic Tenement is my fave

In/Casino/Out and Vaya are flawless. RoC has fantastic songs but yeah the production wears me down. I'll always be grateful to Cedric for teaching me SO many words and phrases in his lyrics for ATDI and TMV. mandible, flechettes, bivouac, larynx, syntax, proletariat, enamel, panacea, sobriquet, glossolalia, mandible, phlegmatic, auto da fe, picaresque, lachrymal, seraphim, anglophile, contusion.... very helpful for a 13-year-old! thanks cedy

The kiosk in my temporal lobe is shaped like Rosalynn Carter

lol thumbs down https://www.facebook.com/ATDImusic/posts/854429451345859?pnref=story

quelle surprise

It technically wouldn't be the first time ATD-I have existed without Jim Ward, though. There's always seemed to have been quite a bit of tension between him and Omar/Cedric.

it's not the same w/o ward, breh

presenting: the classic at the drive-in lineup from the el gran orgo ep

wow. their tour starts in three days. what happened? people are *pissed* all over the internet. i was never into sparta and definitely prefer the omar/ceddy side of the band, but jim is crucial to that balance, and on a practical level, what are they going to do? ATDI is a two-guitar band... they gonna have a roadie or a guitar tech fill in? what about vox? fuck. bummer

honestly, cancel some or all of tour & refund/reschedule might be the only thing for it

kinda sad to see their fanbase airing all these grievances, too -- people very quick to point fingers or suspect a scam (one dude accused them of "acting like drug addicts" !!!) -- my sentiments were nicely captured by one cooler-headed poster, who was pleased not to have found tickets after all, if the room was going to be filled with such bad vibes

yeah i mean its not a scam, they're not high, but omar is a hothead, and they've had a history in ATDI and TMV of kicking members out or people leaving on bad terms suddenly with little or no explanation (Jon Theodore, Thomas Pridgen, Eva Gardner, Blake Fleming, Ikey Owens, original ATDI breakup, TMV breakup...)

maybe it has something to do with the new material they were working on. i wonder if they were planning on playing new songs at these shows and jim wasn't feeling whatever direction they were going in, and they couldn't work it out and there was a silly blowup just like the first breakup.

xp seems kinda insane not to have learned from any of those past mistakes... but I guess having a 'backup plan' in case things with Ward went south would be too much bet-hedging for fans not to cry foul, so I eagerly look forward to whatever replacement guitarist they can find with the speed* to learn all the songs in three days '_'
*or meth?

yeah i mean given the short notice it's gotta be a guitar tech. still doesn't solve backup vox problem. omar cant sing