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El Paso, United States (1993 – 2001)
At the Drive-In was a post-hardcore band from El Paso, Texas that formed in 1993 and disbanded in 2001. Influenced primarily by the likes of Fugazi and Drive Like Jehu as well as their native Texas hardcore scene, At the Drive-In crafted epic, musically complex songs, each one laced with cryptic and strongly metaphorical lyrics. Founded in 1993 by guitarist Jim Ward and vocalist Cedric Bixler-Zavala, who were at the time members of a punk band called the El Paso Pussycats where Jim sang and Cedric played drums but left to pursue music more seriously with some friends. ATD-I’s first studio recording was Hell Paso (Western Breed), an EP issued in 1994. They would play their first show on October 15, 1994 at The Loretto Fair with Catch Okra, an El Paso music group, in El Paso, Texas. Much touring would quickly develop a following as intense in loyalty as the band was on stage. The band was also very determined to get shows in their early days, even going to the point where they would pretend to be a polka chapel band to be put on a local television show called “Let’s Get Real” in El Paso. At the Drive-In’s reputation for energetic live performances outlasted their career, a faint hint captured on various live video recordings. It was this reputation, the release of perhaps their best-known album (Relationship of Command) and their small hit radio single “One Armed Scissor” (which had a music video in circulation on MTV) that contributed largely to the very positive attention they received in the rock press towards the end of their career. Spin Magazine named Relationship of Command one of their top 10 albums of that year.
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Acrobatic Tenement
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oToolik wrote:
Cool guys!
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Ninjinnin wrote:
So trve.
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five_elements wrote:
Best Black metal band on Earth.
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Coretax wrote:
Emo? absurd!
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hatemeagain wrote:
GreenSheep, lol ))))
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k_wiseman wrote:
It's not emo...
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GreenSheep wrote:
It actually is emo, moron. Just listen to 198d and tell me it isn't.
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Jorgetime wrote:
WHO WAS THE SON OF A BIATCH THAT TAGGED THIS AS EMO??????
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AlcohollicaSK wrote:
During an interview with Drowned in Sound in June 2009[2], Bixler-Zavala stated that he has been in discussions with the band's former members and suggested that they could get back together after they sort their financial business out. He added, "I wouldn't mind it. It might happen, we just have to iron out a lot of personal things. A lot of it we've dealt with already and I've apologized for a lot of things I've said and the way it ended... we'll see what happens."
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kratech wrote:
i wish they reunited [3] and on tour
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Hiigg wrote:
Falou e disse, Paulo.
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PauloCedric wrote:
Bem que o Cedric e o Omar poderiam fazer uma pausa com o The Mars Volta e reunir o ATDI de volta T_T
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sotdan wrote:
Someone show MozzaC what passes as post-hardcore these days.
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julzianaz wrote:
i wish they reunited [2] and on tour
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iHateWaffles wrote:
Someone tell MozzaC that postmortemdecay is a troll.
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MozzaC wrote:
Someone tell postmortemdecay that this isn't "original" post-hardcore.
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Onward-Foster wrote:
i wish they reunited >:
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postmortemdecay wrote:
Original Post-hardcore is where it is!
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r1ch4rdbono wrote:
the best, ever!
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Hiigg wrote:
So fucking awesome!
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