For a short time, At The Drive-In were the "it" band, but shortly after they wen't on hiatus. That was 4 or so years ago, and it looks like they won't get back together.

At The Drive-In, in my opinion, are the greatest punk group ever, but there not just punk. There later releases sort of leaned towards what Cedric and Omar are doing in The Mars Volta, making their songs art-punk.

Ok, everyone knows this but still, when the band wen't on hiatus, Cedric and Omar formed The Mars Volta, a prog-rock band. Everyone else, formed Sparta, an emo, punk band. Each band is a different direction from from what they did in At The Drive-In. The Mars Volta wen't in the prog-rock direction At The Drive-In were headed, but people say there two complex! Sparta wen't in the opposite direction, going into the emo-punk format At The Drive-In use to be, but people say there to simple! I beleive, At The Drive-In are the happy medium.

There wasnt a topic cuz theyre a sucky emo band.

See, thing is Evan, only recent mainstream emo sucks.

oooooooooooooo wat about saves the day.

i swear there was a thread on them before . . .
oh well




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woo?

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First of all, At the Drive-in is NOT emo. NOT emo. WTF?
Secondly, I'm happy that you got the hyphen in the name, dark requiem.

At the Drive-in are pretty good, I have Relationship yadda yadda.

I much prefer the 'too complicated' Mars Volta though. Proggression, woo!

Winningdays what ever your numer is, I can't keep you all straight:

YOU'RE a sucky emo band, take THAT.

I'm on a roll today.

While it's sad to say, they are considered emo even though there art-punk.

Active Decades: '90s and '00s
Formed: 1994 in El Paso, TX
Disbanded: 2001
Genre: Rock
Styles: Indie Rock, Emo, Post-Hardcore

Elfinator: I like them too, probably more then Sparta, but I like At The Drive-In better then both I think.

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I found it now that I have the right name. I might still need it, i'll see if it turns out.

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Yeah I know, anyhow it seems it turned out.

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Oompa Loompa Doopa Dee Doo
I only have two words for you
and those words are Fuh-uck you!

Ok, a website actually had 1986 instead of 198d, that's wear I got it from.

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oh I can top it, it just won't be about you. Ever read a day in the life of pitro?

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Yes they do!!!

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because they have winy horrible lyrics, there poppy guitar lines, and they only released 1 album that was supposably good, they have huge ovaries

i like em

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Really now, let's look at the average rating of each album.

Vaya- 4/5 stars
In Casino Out- 4/5 stars
El Gran Orgo- 4/5 stars
Acrobatic Tenament- 4/5 stars
Relationship of Comand- 4/5 stars
This Station Is Non-Operational: Anthrology- 4.5/5 stars

Its a joke from the emo game.


Well, I was talking about STD cause I think At The Drive In has musical talent. I thought u meant y i didnt like STD. And also, I dont follow wat tons of critics say.

Then why do at the drive-in suck, in your opinion?

Not critics, that's average ratings of people who go on the website and rate them.

(Adam that wasn't a good example seeing as how...the people who go to the website are fans)

faggot

their name sounds familiar....thats about it.

I listened through the album last week but I didn't like it.

At The Drive-In are absolutely amazing; Relationship of Command is one of the most thrilling albums of the last decade, and their other work is excellent too. They are in no way emo.

The Mars Volta are mostly wanky nonsense, and Sparta didn't grab me at all. ATD-I all the way.

I saw one of there concerts, They were amazing live. The only time Cedric wasn't running around was when he was playing guitar, or singing "Invalid Letter Dept." (it wouldn't be appropriate if he did, would it?). At The Drive-In were anti-slam dancing, and I beleive so are both bands that rose from there ashes. I really hope that they'll settle there disputes and reform.

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Sparta is good.

I saw them in November 2002 and was pretty bored by them. I think ATD-I would've been amazing live, but TMV's show was far too much "look at how well Omar Rodriguez plays the guitar".

Well the ATDI concert I saw Omar was running around, and Cedric was way more, he would like throw his microhpone and catch it and stuff, and at one point did the fonz dance. It was pretty amazing. My cousin and her friend saw MV play and she didn't say about how they played, just about how they were against moshpits.

You can't deny it though Comadestripe, Omar is pretty damn talented.

Of course I don't deny that Omar is a brilliant guitarist and musician, but I don't go to gigs just to watch someone flaunt his guitar skills. TMV gig had nothing of the excitement I'd heard of at ATD-I gigs and was thus disappointing.

Didn't someone say he was putting out a solo album?

At The Drive-In did a cover of the Pink Floyd song "Take Thy Stethoscope and walk", It's worth checking out if your an At The Drive-In or Pink Floyd fan.

He is, yes.

Do you know when it comes out?

At The Drive-In reminds me of Rage Against The Machine. Or atleast "One Armed Scissor" song does. I dunno.

The Mars Volta...eh...

i like at the drive in more than the mars volta!

Arn't they the devil's music?

Indeed.

I prefer Mars Volta to ATD-I. After the footage I saw at BDO and hearing them live, god nothing can compare.

You're crazy Annie.

Um, yeah, I made a topic about it before, but no one replied to it.

Yeah At The Drive-In was a great band, but the Mars Volta is definitely much better, both technically and creatively. And I dont think its true what someone said about Omar being the center of attention. I think that he definitely has his ego on stage and everything, but i mean watching them, the other musicians wont slip you by either. I mean look at Jon Theodore. When The Mars Volta play live, I bet you fifty percent of the audience doesnt keep their eyes off of him the whole time. He's just an amazing drummer. Anyway, this wasn't the The Mars volta thread so i'll stfu and gtfo.