― scott, Thursday, 16 August 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― Sterling Clover, Thursday, 16 August 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― chaki, Thursday, 16 August 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
people that can't think of anything else to say, so they harp on some minute point = dud
― Josh, Thursday, 16 August 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― scott, Friday, 17 August 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
Jim Ward, [only 27]http://www.dotmusic.com/news//May2003/news29560.aspJim Ward, guitarist for At The Drive-In, sometime member of The Mars Volta and lead singer with Sparta, has been found dead at his home in California.
― DJ Martian (djmartian), Wednesday, 28 May 2003 14:45 (twenty years ago) link
Mars Volta Member Dies
Jeremy Ward, sound/vocal manipulator for At the Drive-In offshoots the Mars Volta and De Facto, died of an apparent drug overdose in his Los Angeles home on Sunday. He was 27 years old. The Mars Volta had just returned to L.A. to rest between legs supporting Red Hot Chili Peppers' North American tour. Jeremy was the brother of Sparta frontman/ex-ATDI guitarist Jim Ward.
― Yanc3y (ystrickler), Wednesday, 28 May 2003 14:56 (twenty years ago) link
http://www.punknews.org/article.php?sid=6163&mode=thread&order=0&thold=0
― DJ Martian (djmartian), Wednesday, 28 May 2003 15:04 (twenty years ago) link
― earlnash, Wednesday, 28 May 2003 15:12 (twenty years ago) link
Reformation talk: http://www.nme.com/news/at-the-drive-in/45300
The only thing more surprising than this prospect, I'd say, is that of scores of self-important retards making out like it's somehow their fucking business if a band chooses to get back together to play their own music. Pretty sure that won't happen though
― if you're a pizza-loving New Yorker, it was pretty hilarious. (DJ Mencap), Friday, 12 June 2009 16:19 (fourteen years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kBUtkPrANRs
― billstevejim, Tuesday, 3 August 2010 04:55 (thirteen years ago) link
That's right on the cusp between amazing and unwatchable. I gave this one big points in the metal poll, has eff all chance of placing though I'd guess.
― Ismael Klata, Tuesday, 3 August 2010 21:15 (thirteen years ago) link
At The Drive In aren't as good as my memory made them out to be, but that's not important - what happend to 'Scott'?
― Chewshabadoo, Tuesday, 3 August 2010 21:38 (thirteen years ago) link
imagine if relationship of command had had a decent producer behind it :(
― Efraqueen Juárez (jim in glasgow), Tuesday, 3 August 2010 22:02 (thirteen years ago) link
'Enfilade' is a great song. I didn't know it was so embarrassing to like ATDI back in 2001.
― Shin Oliva Suzuki, Tuesday, 3 August 2010 23:13 (thirteen years ago) link
That Arcarsenal performance is still amazing
― underneath the moon and the stars (Whitey on the Moon), Wednesday, 4 August 2010 07:26 (thirteen years ago) link
RoC is good, and Enfilade & Catacombs are particularly awesome (the dub middle 8 in Enfilage = wow, still), but yeah, Ross Robinson totally lost the really fucking wild, live but bizarre edge that Vaya has. I still dig Vaya out quite often and play it.
― Captain Ostensible (Scik Mouthy), Wednesday, 4 August 2010 11:01 (thirteen years ago) link
I hardly play Vaya, I really like Relationship much much more. But In/Casino/Out might be my favorite ATDI-record. Still love this band dearly, and I'm glad I got to watch them live at their final show (@ Vera, Groningen in 2001).
― Marty Innerlogic, Wednesday, 4 August 2010 11:47 (thirteen years ago) link
did anyone watch that '250 episodes of later with jools holland' on saturday? It was basically showing classic performances. At The Drive In's amazing performance consisted of jumping about , doing crazy stuff and stealing the other acts' furniture. The next act on was Robbie Williams who began his act with about ten seconds of silence before he said "Can my mate have his chair back please?" It was pretty funny.
― cajunsunday, Monday, 13 September 2010 17:06 (thirteen years ago) link
timely revive -- been listening to these dudes a lot lately. I don't really get the hate for Relationship of Command's (admittedly glossy) 'modern rock' production (especially now that we're almost 10 years removed from that sound dominating the airwaves); if nothing else, it makes the crunchy moments really fuckin' CRUNCH, no?
― the mid- '80s vein of hellmusic we love to hate (bernard snowy), Monday, 13 September 2010 18:17 (thirteen years ago) link
this one?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=He6zvRwVW6Y
― Shin Oliva Suzuki, Monday, 13 September 2010 20:59 (thirteen years ago) link
http://www.altpress.com/news/entry/breaking_news_at_the_drive_in_to_reunite
For some reason that link is really slow on my computer.
― billstevejim, Monday, 9 January 2012 19:09 (twelve years ago) link
http://atdimusic.com/
― Turrican, Monday, 9 January 2012 19:44 (twelve years ago) link
Can't get that site to load, the atdimusic one, but I'm cautiously excited about this. Saw them in the Courtyard Cafe in Urbana opening for Get-Up Kids back in like '99 and it was a really fun show.
― jon /via/ chi 2.0, Monday, 9 January 2012 19:46 (twelve years ago) link
yesss. saw them on the '99 guk tour too at college park md. my standard story is how atdi opened and guk fans tried holding the front to keep their spots for later but they couldn't deal once atdi started their set.
― fauxmarc, Monday, 9 January 2012 19:49 (twelve years ago) link
I like both At The Drive-In *and* The Mars Volta (especially the first two Volta albums), and while this is undoubtedly good news and it's great to know the band are on speaking terms again... the big question is WHY they're doing this and WHY now?
It's startling to see the amount of people on the internet getting excited about this, because as revered a band as they were/are, they were never really what I'd call a 'massive band'. I don't have a problem with this, of course, because it's going to be interesting for me to see what becomes of this, but the reactions are interesting to say the least.
― Turrican, Monday, 9 January 2012 19:56 (twelve years ago) link
they were never really what I'd call a 'massive band'
i don't know, making it to grand royal can probably be called "massive enough" - like weren't they doing stadiums at that point?
without any actual evidence whatsoever i've always blamed that signing for the breakup
― fauxmarc, Monday, 9 January 2012 20:00 (twelve years ago) link
I went to that show specifically to see GUK, but was so blown away and exhausted by the ATDI set that I ended up leaving 3/4ths of the way through the GUK set.
Honestly I think a lot of the attention in 2012 is coming from younger Mars Volta fans who've always been hearing "man ATDI was amazing live" from the oldsters.
― jon /via/ chi 2.0, Monday, 9 January 2012 20:04 (twelve years ago) link
...that's actually probably true and doesn't bode well for the shows but i'm probably still going for it
― fauxmarc, Monday, 9 January 2012 20:07 (twelve years ago) link
i was one of those younger mars volta fans! was aware enough to notice "one armed scissor" on mtv2, loved de-loused and haha wiretap scars. eventually checked out relationship, never looked back except for when phil freeman compared amputechture to fusion-era miles davis (he's sort of right, i like that record now)
― Whiney vs. (BradNelson), Monday, 9 January 2012 20:08 (twelve years ago) link
cut yr ribbon as it follows u
― markers, Monday, 9 January 2012 20:09 (twelve years ago) link
still love u wiretap scars
― Whiney vs. (BradNelson), Monday, 9 January 2012 20:14 (twelve years ago) link
man I was a big ATDI fan as a kid
― bob loblaw people (dayo), Monday, 9 January 2012 20:36 (twelve years ago) link
and, uh, coincidentally I'm in my mid-20s now and fond of nostalgia. gee wonder why ATDI is reuniting??
in/casino/out better than relationship of command btw
― jon /via/ chi 2.0, Monday, January 9, 2012 8:04 PM (37 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
not on my fucking Facebook wall it isn't
― Buster Mottrhymes (DJ Mencap), Monday, 9 January 2012 20:43 (twelve years ago) link
Well obvs not all, I just meant that I'm sure that was feeding into it. Basically its not ALL 30-35 year old dudes who saw ATDI back in the day.
― jon /via/ chi 2.0, Monday, 9 January 2012 20:47 (twelve years ago) link
regarding how "massive" they are, fwiw Alternative Press said they had either song of the decade or album of the decade.. i forget which
― billstevejim, Monday, 9 January 2012 21:11 (twelve years ago) link
<3 Vaya, and some of it still holds up well
― bomb.gif (dan m), Monday, 9 January 2012 21:15 (twelve years ago) link
RoC is boooring. It's all about Acrobatic Tenement
― Ed Love (rip van wanko), Tuesday, 10 January 2012 01:11 (twelve years ago) link
They just announced a club date in town tomorrow. Should I try and get tickets?
― EZ Snappin, Monday, 9 April 2012 18:12 (eleven years ago) link
Tickets are already gone.
― EZ Snappin, Monday, 9 April 2012 18:48 (eleven years ago) link