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At the Drive-In

3,747 Shouts   -   21,606,434 Scrobbles

Biography

Combining emotional melodies and upbeat rhythms moving at an unpredictable rate, At the Drive-In definitely stuck out in their hometown of El Paso, Texas. Formed in early 1994, the group debuted soon after with its first EP, Hell Paso, followed by a brief tour across the Lone Star State. With a lineup secured around Cedric Bixler Zavala (vocals), Omar A. Rodriguez-Lopez and Jim Ward (guitar), Paul Hinojos (bass), and Tony Hajjar (drums), At the Drive-In continued on with a second EP (Alfaro Vive, Carajo!) and toured mostly empty houses and clubs across the western United States. A small gig in Los Angeles -- with an audience consisting of only nine people -- somehow got the attention of Flipside Records, which released the band's first full-length, Acrobatic Tenement, in 1996. With constant energy and a stubborn enthusiasm to continue, At the Drive-In began to develop an audience, helped out by constant touring and word-of-mouth hype. Their 1997 follow-up EP, El Gran Orgo, had more of a melodic bite, but their musical depth and originality still remained. In/Casino/Out followed in 1998, and 2000 saw the release of Relationship of Command. Then in 2001 the band went on indefinite hiatus. Bixler and Rodriguez-Lopez formed The Mars Volta, while Ward, Hajjar, and Hinojos moved on to Sparta. By May 2005 that hiatus looked pretty permanent, with both Sparta and The Volta's careers thriving and At the Drive-In issuing a retrospective compilation. This Station Is Non-Operational, released through Fearless domestically, included hits, rarities, cover songs (The Smiths, Pink Floyd), and DVD content. In 2012, seemingly out of nowhere, the bandmembers announced that they would be reuniting and performing at the Coachella Festival that April. ~ Mike DaRonco, Rovi

Top Songs

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  1.  
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    Yes this is the campaign
    Slithered entrails in the cargo bay
    A neutered is the vastness
    Hallow vacuum check the oxygen tanks
    They hibernate but have they kissed the ground
    One Armed Scissor - (4:20)  -  141,464 plays
  2.  
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    Hey
    The proposition handcuffed to the park bench
    Hypodermic people poking fun at the living
    Please take the weight out of this, it takes the weight out of living
    Are we just infants that are ripe for the training
    Pattern Against User - (3:18)  -  88,078 plays
  3.  
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    Taser, taser kindergarten nap time
    Pacifier pacifies, yeah, it pacifies
    Highchair crumbles unannounced
    Like a draft from outside
    Pacifier pacifies, yeah, it pacifies
    Sleepwalk Capsules - (3:27)  -  79,232 plays
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    We must have read a thousand faces
    I must have robbed them of their cause
    Sickened thirst, sickened thirst
    Keeps it together
    Soft white glow in the cranium
    Arcarsenal - (2:55)  -  87,192 plays
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    This could last us all a lifetime
    Limbs intact, untouched on the screen of the video tape
    Confined to bedposts, we wait as lepers
    Upheld at knife's reach, for we covet all the status quo
    This syringe will take a lifespan
    Enfilade - (5:01)  -  68,020 plays
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