Possible At The Drive In reunion!

R.F.R

Probably wont happen, but hell it got me proper excited at the prospect!!

http://www.rollingstone.com/rockdail...ve-in-reunion/

Fans of progressive punks At the Drive-In have been yearning for the band’s return since 2001, when they announced an indefinite hiatus spurred by what’s been described as a combination of surplus hype, obvious artistic differences, exhaustive touring and dangerous road habits. But the unanticipated success of ATDI offshoot the Mars Volta — dubbed by Rolling Stone in 2008 as Best Prog-Rock Band — has led many to presume a reunion just wouldn’t ever be in the cards.

Now, it appears frontman Cedric Bixler-Zavala — who, in past interviews, has taken responsibility for the split, saying he felt At the Drive-In was holding him back, creatively — may be changing his tune. In an interview with Drowned in Sound, Bixler-Zavala was once again asked about the possibility of an ATDI resurrection, and his response, while fuzzy, is likely to give fans renewed hope.

“I don’t know what to say about that really,” the frontman responded. “We’ve been making amends with a lot of the members and having some really good talks with them. And we’ve been trying to get our financial business in order because a lot of people have been ripping off that band really badly … as far as the business side goes. I wouldn’t mind it. You know, 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.” After At the Drive-In Split, Bixler-Zavala and Omar Rodriguez-Lopez decamped for the Mars Volta while Tony Hajjar, Paul Hinojos and Jim Ward formed Sparta; Hinojos later joined the Volta, as well.

In the same interview, Bixler-Zavala was less vague about the future of the Mars Volta, who will issue their fifth studio album, Octahedron, on June 23rd. Long story short, he doesn’t see the Mars Volta slowing down anytime soon.

“Being around the people in the band right now just excites me,” he said. “Plus, to have as much time off as we’ve had from it … it’s a good break to remind you what you love doing. I love it and I’ll always love it. It’s the one outlet I have that won’t get me arrested or get me in trouble. I can get away with it. I don’t know if I could collaborate with many other people.”

Lets rejoice about how amazingly good they where!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fkN9cTFgeFg

DerekD Goldfish

I like at the drive in however very very very few bands that reunite after any significant split release anything anywhere near as good as they pre split material.
Mission of Burma being one of the very few that comes to mind.

Ekels

I couldn't care if the material they come back with isn't as good as what they've done before cos at least it's ATDI, it's going to be listenable. How many bands could have followed up In/Casino/Out with something as epic (though not as good as i/c/o) as Relationship of Command?

Yeah, I won't get my hopes up too much about this.. the fact that Sparta have been creating such utter crap while the Mars Volta have been creating rather good modern prog-rock is interesting, there will be so much creative friction between the two factions.

rororoyourboat

Sounds like they'd be doing it mainly for the money.

Beanstalk

they always said they were on hiatus though, lets hope for the best, none of the bands ater the split ever lived up to at-the-drive in!