At The Drive-in

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

I'm not a super-fan, wasn't around to see them live, so have to ask: Jim is the one dude in this video who's *NOT* rocking the skinny jeans & black tee look, yes? #creativedifferences
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kBUtkPrANRs

the legend goes that ATDI broke up when Jim wanted the next record to sound like Weezer and Omar and Cedric wanted it to sound like Piper at the Gates of Dawn. They destroy Jim in this Nardwuar interview circa 2008, Nard mentions Sleepercar, Omar's like "Jim who?.....Ohh! Oh! Yeah, Sleepercar. Sounds right." Cedric's like "I hope Jim doesn't show up to our show unannounced. He has a habit of doing that..."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=brdpQN3ACY8

I suspect that Jim has been out of the band for a while now. Rumour has it that Jim wasn't even told about these shows, and they've only just got around to confirming his absence now.

That doesn't square with the promo graphics featuring all five members. It was billed as a full reunion. They wouldn't just announce this three days before the tour starts if it was a long time coming. That's bad business. I don't think they're scamming people, I think they had a bad fight and it all fell apart like last week. Cedric was tweeting about rehearsals over the last month and everyone was involved.

btw i just found the only known live recording of Ursa Minor (26:30 in). video was uploaded 2 months ago

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C6v4RNkgUzc

chrissie bixler
‏@ChrissieBixler
@georgeelmer7 he's dealing with some personal stuff. I love Jim.

https://twitter.com/ChrissieBixler/status/710993825074794496

oh jeez that's a bummer

I guess that clears it up. Nothing about this band ever goes smoothly, does it?

Still no additional information. First show is tomorrow in Santa Ana. I'm sure it'll be bedlam - a thousand angry fans, half of whom probably aren't even aware that Ward isn't a part of the reunion anymore. This could be a real disaster. I hope they pull it off somehow - for all their great work, they really act like amateurs sometimes.

Nobody knows who plays what in bands

yeah no-one is going to cause a fracas cause jim isn't there let's be real

haha could you imagine? one bro in tight jeans and a flannel yelling "WHERES JIM" getting all hulked out lol.

Nobody knows who plays what in bands

― lute bro (brimstead), Monday, March 21, 2016 6:18 PM (15 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

for a reunion tour with $60-80 tickets? doubt it. i doubt there will be a FRACAS, but the atmosphere will be totally fucked at first, and yeah, there will be plenty of bros screaming "WHERES JIM"

thank you

WHERE'S JIM!?

IT'S FUCKING BEDLAM IN HERE!
OMG, BRO, WHERE'S JIM!?

Jimghazi

Fire and jimstone!

did any of you guys see that benghazi movie starring jim from the office

WHERE'S JIM?!

santa ana police are preparing for trouble at tonight's show:

https://firstlook.org/wp-uploads/sites/1/2014/08/military-police-ferguson.jpg

^ These guys take having "WHERE'S JIM!?" shouted at them very seriously.

The band is just fantastic, that is really what I think
By the way, WHERE'S JIM!?

the legend goes that ATDI broke up when Jim wanted the next record to sound like Weezer and Omar and Cedric wanted it to sound like Piper at the Gates of Dawn.

sounds like no great loss tbh

i don't know, i always loved this cover... so much better than their out of tune cover of "This Night Has Opened My Eyes" by the Smiths...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k0_gGOXqcng

xp. I think you need the ying and the yang tho.

atd-i > mars volta > sparta
mars volta + sparta = atd-i

this is why jim's absence is going to cause massive unrest