At The Drive-in

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

and 67-minute blowout jams ;)

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

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

― trickle-down ergonomics (jim in glasgow), Tuesday, March 22, 2016 2:41 PM (29 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

otm

I'm now imagining an ATD-I themed book of Where's Wally/Waldo? titled "WHERE'S JIM?!"

I would say

ATDI > ANTEMASQUE > SPARTA > MARS VOLTA

you obviously do not enjoy latin rhythms and guitar pedals smh

xx-post:

"Ah, there he is, near the non-operational station and the invalid litter dept., just behind the one-armed scissor!"

doubting whether nate enjoys music tbh

I like the first two Mars Volta records, particularly the second. Couldn't really get away with much after that, though, I kinda lost interest.

first two sparta albums are killer imo

yeah i think i'd argue both offshoot bands were about equal in terms of quality. even the third sparta album has its moments but it's a victim of overreach (there's a gospel choir on the last track)

the mars volta are fantastic from tremulant through amputechture... bedlam in goliath is spotty but has some great songs, both albums after that are disposable. never could get into sparta. and yeah, neither are as good as ATDI.

the final track on noctourniquet or whatever is excellent

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=omdjeVwxsQ8

can't remember the rest of it

i made myself like amputechture but you can tell they've already run out of ideas by then

The Mars Volta definitely went astray for quite a few years, but came back with Noctourniquet. I saw them live in 2005 and they were amazing. Three hours at Roseland, no opening act, something like 10 people onstage, including Larry Harlow (legendary salsa pianist) at one point. This is a clip from that show:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0QryiAt9mlw

Noctourniquet is a great album imo

TMV > ATD-I > Antemasque > Sparta

the song Goliath from Bedlam is fantastic

when they came out i heard wiretap scars before de-loused and thought the former was great and the latter was ridiculous for a LONG time. still, i revisit the first two sparta albums way more than tmv. i wish they had followed up threes, it's so uneven but they seemed poised to become a really interesting emo u2, e.g.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pMFXKHKl8Jg

Any reported fatalities from the bedlam yet?

I'm not going to be any help here as ATDI isn't really my thing but we really wanted to see Le Butcherettes who are astonishingly great live. Easily found $20 tickets on Craigslist (disgruntled fan?). Stuck around for a couple of songs. Fans seemed happy, but (at least until we left) there was no confrontation or rioting.

So according to the shoddy youtube cellphone video I just watched the sub for JIM!? is none other than ex-Engine Down/Denali/Sparta member Keeley Davis! Sounded fine I guess, though Omar's guitar was so much louder they may as well have just come out as a four piece.

But real talk I would personally be waaaaay more excited about a Denali reunion, good for Keeley though

Arcarsenal
Pattern Against User
Sleepwalk Capsules
300 MHz
Proxima Centauri
Lopsided
Invalid Litter Dept.
Enfilade
Quarantined
Chanbara
Ursa Minor
Cosmonaut
Metronome Arthritis
Catacombs
Napoleon Solo
One Armed Scissor

this is Extremely Cool

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2C-U0I4iuXs

Okay totally stoked for sunday now

seems like everyone was psyched. haven't yet found any videos of ppl screaming WHERES JIM!? im so psyched they're playing so many Vaya tracks, especially Proxima Centauri.

"Napoleon Solo" on the 20th anniversary of Laura & Sarah's death...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nE2C2EqVcoI

IPECAC RECORDINGS RELEASE SERIES OF OMAR RODRIGUEZ-LOPEZ (AT THE DRIVE IN, MARS VOLTA) SOLO ALBUMS

FIRST OFFERING, SWORN VIRGINS, ARRIVES JULY 15 WITH BI-WEEKLY RELEASES TO FOLLOW


July 7, 2016, El Paso, Tex. – Omar Rodriguez-Lopez (At The Drive In/Mars Volta) releases a series of solo albums via Ipecac Recordings with the first release, Sworn Virgins, available digitally on July 15.

The previously unreleased albums were recorded from 2008 to 2013, while Rodriguez-Lopez lived in Zapopan, Mexico and as well as his eventual return to El Paso. The titles will be released on a bi-weekly basis with the first spate of albums running through the end of the year. Each album will see a digital release with a limited number of physical copies (CD) available on Rodriguez-Lopez’s various live outings. Following the initial run of releases, a limited edition CD/LP box set will become available.

“The best part about having a record label is that you get to choose to work with people that you really admire,” said Ipecac co-owner Greg Werckman. “We had all admired Omar’s work from afar and then recently got to know him up close. It was so great to find out that as talented as he is, he is an even better human being and we love having him as part of the Ipecac family. But, it seems that he has blatantly taken advantage of our friendship. Sure, we were excited to release his solo catalog… but this many titles??????? What have we gotten ourselves into?”

Rodriguez-Lopez adds, “It’s crucial in this day and age to be able to surround yourself with like minded people that you can share an ethos with. I feel grateful and fortunate enough to have found this with such amazing people: Mike, Greg, Shawn, Marc and the Ipecac family. After throwing around many different project ideas, this seemed like the best place to actually begin, on what will surely be a long lasting collaboration. I can’t think of a better home for these records or of another label crazy enough to put out this much material. The series also owes its blood to the hard work and talents of Jon Debaun and Chris Common, who diligently scoured through endless hard drives to find these albums and provide such stellar mixes.”

Omar Rodriquez-Lopez initial release schedule:

Sworn Virgins (July 15)
Corazones (July 29)
Blind Worms Pious Swine (August 12)
Arañas en La Sombra (August 26)
Umbrella Mistress (September 9)
El Bien Y Mal Nos Une (September 23)
Cell Phone Bikini (October 7)
Infinity Drips (October 21)
Weekly Mansions (November 4)
Zapopan (November 18)
Nom De Guerre Cabal (December 2)
Some Need It Lonely (December 16)

-30-

http://orlprojects.com/

WHERE'S JIM?!

did we ever get this sorted?

haha i forgot about jim tbh. i saw them in may and june and didn't hear anyone talking about jim, much less screaming WHERES JIM?! guess i was wrong about that.

i didn't buy tickets in time so missed out when they were in town ;_;

it felt like an obligation to see them even when i was there. definitely the most depressing/unsatisfying reunion i've ever seen. they're not phoning it in like 2012, but i just kept thinking about that Omar quote from the mid-00s about reforming or re listening to ATDI, he said something to the effect of "it's like looking at your high school year book, what's the point?" that's why i respected Omar and Cedric so much for forming The Mars Volta and continuing on and always trying something new. i was a huge TMV fan, didn't dig the last two records, but that was a band that they could've grown old in. they honestly looked really silly playing ATDI songs, and i got absolutely nothing out of it, it was not thrilling or emotionally potent, it was just this cold, dead feeling. nothing new can come out of it, the scope of ATDI is so much narrower than TMV.

good to know! I've had poor experiences with reformed bands in general but I'm obv still keen to make the mistake

i'm trying to think of good ones i've seen, cant remember... Dinosaur Jr i think is the best case scenario

Mission Of Burma

Maybe that is the difference, there was things left unsaid and undone for Dinosaur Jr. and Mission of Burma, so there was room to grow after reuniting that wasn't there for At the Drive In. Both of those bands dived in head first to create new material and seemingly added quality music to their catalog.

The Pixies seemed to have some energy live when it started, but then it went right back to the same issues that broke them up and now they are just Frank Black and the Pixies.

maybe they can make a good record again, but i think most of the brilliance of ATDI 94-01 was the sheer intensity of the performance. they burned themselves out playing like nonstop for 7 years. maybe they had more music in them, but i don't think they can go farther than those first four TMV records.

new song!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1-NYWzd7JW8

this sounds great! guessing that's keeley davis on bg vox/guitar, sounds pretty good!

whattttt

that's the way the guillotine claps *clap*

^^^ most in character atdi lyric ever

lol I'm on listen #5 in a row

though really this isn't that different from the Antemasque album everyone slept on

I'm shocked you guys are into this. It sounds like Weird Al parodying ATDI.