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i love them...it's even better than the previous band (at the drive in). lotsa progressive sounds in it + the vocalist is way better in singig here...way obvious that he's mature. |
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Combining this trademark blend of emotional melodies and upbeat rhythm going at an unpredictable rate, At the Drive-In definitely stuck out of their hometown El Paso, TX. Formed in early 1994, it wasn't long after their first EP, Hell Paso, debuted, followed by a brief tour across the Lone Star State. With the secure line up including Cedric (vocals), Omar, Jim (guitar), Pall (bass) and Tony (drums), ATDI continued on with a second EP entitled Alfaro Vive, Carajo with a full-fledged tour of playing empty houses and clubs across the Western United States. A small gig in Los Angeles -- with an audience only consisting of nine people -- immediately got them the attention from Flipside Records, who put out their full-length "Acrobatic Tenement" in 1996. With their constant energy and a stubborn enthuasism of continuing on, an audience started to develop courtesy of constant touring and word of mouth hype. Their 1997 follow-up EP "El Gran Orgo" was released with more of a melodic bite, but their musical depth and originally still remained. In Casino Out followed up in 1998, and 2000 saw the release of Relationship of Command. The band went on indefinite hiatus in 2001. Cedric and Omar created Mars Volta while Jim, Tony and Paul formed Sparta. |
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Saw them earlier this year, they sounded terrible. I do like De-Loused though. |
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ah well,i didn't have the chance to hear them so i guess i have to enjoy the prerecorded. np: cicatriz esp |
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Deloused In The Comatorium is a brilliant album. Their next album is called Frances The Mute but I don't think they even really made the album yet so I'm not quite sure why they've titled it. |
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where did you get that nfo? i was just on their site |
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crematorium... <3 omar has a solo album OUT NOW, a soundtrack to a movie that he's making |
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<3 drunkship of lanterns |
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A friend of mine just gave me this CD. and from the moment I hit play I was blown away. Incredible music...The singer has a bit of a genderless voice at certain parts of the songs |
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they are SCARY live literally scary. 45 minute versions of drunkship and cicatriz. when i saw them live, a guitar launched by omar missed my friend's head by mere inches. |
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I heard about the next album from a fansite mailing list. But it's on their site too. try this |
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thecomatorium.net's forums are the place for mars volta news. |
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i see...thanks for da info. the mars volta on repeat for the 4th time |
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terrible band |
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Omar Rodriguez is probably really rich. He took this interview over his cell phone while he was bicycling around Studio City in the middle of the day�sounds pretty fancy. Then again, maybe he�s not. I was asleep until he called ---- that�s pretty fancy too. Marco Schlesinger: Hey I can�t hear you. Omar Rodriguez: Wait there�s a truck passing by. M: Where are you? O: Studio City. M: Is there anything that you would like to add, other than the statement on your website, regarding the recent death of your band mare Jeremy Ward?? O: Uh-----hmm. M: Ok, never mind. We don�t have to talk about that if your uncomfortable. What are you doing? O: I�m out on a bike ride. M: Is that how you keep so skinny? Bike rides? O: No, I just got a crazy metabolism. M: Ever try any protein shakes or weight gainers from GNC? O: Actually I did, When I was younger I tried all that stuff. Im happy with how I am now. I�m just skinny. M: Girls go crazy for you guys. What�s up with that? O: Really? M: Yeah, you guys are total chick magnets. O: (laughs) I was totally unaware of that. That�s so weird, because in high school none of us got that. Usually it�s guys coming up to ask how I got a certain guitar sound, stuff like that. M: The record is good. When does your tour start? O: We have a show here at the Henry Fonda theater, That�s the first show of the tour. Then we go to Frisco and then overseas to Europe, Australia, and Japan. M: That�s nice. Tell me about the fro . How long have you been growing it? O: Since 1998. I go through weird phases where I�ll shave my head and then let it all grow out again. M: Are you trying to attract more of a skinhead following when you do that? O: (chuckles) No! M: C�mon dude, Prog Oi. O: (laughs) Oh. M: Yeah, because I think the street punk/OI scene is getting kinda stale. You guys really need to take it to the next level. O: God don�t do this to me. Are you one of tho |
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Are you one of those guys? M: Yup, I�m a meaty skinhead. O: (silence) M: I�m kidding, far from it actually... O: Oh, OK. M: You�re producing Radio Vago�s record. O: Yeah, they are on hiatus right now so we�re taking a break from that. M: How did that come about? O: They asked me to do and I said I would only if they were willing to work under heavy criticism and were open to reworking parts of songs. M: Are you recording/producing anything else right now? O: No, just their and our stuff. M: What�s up with those crazy lyrics? That�s some WILD STYLE! O: Yeah, Cedric and Jeremy would get together and write the lyrics. Jeremy wrote quite a bit of them. We�d all sit around and play with words and phrases going back and forth, that�s how the the lyrics came about. M: How about the music? O: I write everything, the music. M: So why do you need Cedric then? He�s just the pretty boy up front dancing and shit, basking in the glory.... O: (Laughs) No, It�s not like that. Cedric actually plays all instruments. M: What? O: Yeah, I�ll write a bass line and teach it to him. While he plays that ill try to come up with a guitar arrangement. M: OK then, what�s up with all the lineup changes? O: It takes a while to get comfortable with playing with certain people. A lot of the former musicians in the band were really great technically and could play what ever you asked them to but they had nothing interesting to say. It�s part of being in a band that�s still growing. In AT THE DRIVE IN we went thru 13 different drummers before we settled with the one that everyone know knows. M: You are something of an entrepreneur. Tell me about your partnership with GSL? O: (Laughs) I�ve known Sunny since `93. I moves to Long Beach and we started hangin� out a lot. Even back then I was contributing to the label, as far as art work and ideas and things like that. We used to have this warehouse in Long beach |
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Rick to the Rubin |
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It was kinda like an Art Center. Defacto recorded there, it was great, but he takes care of all the day-to-day stuff. I�ll help him with the releases and scheduling them, how much we should spend on a project, etc. He takes care of everything though. It comes down to me just having to return phone calls to him, which I�m always on top of. M: Let�s go back to the `fros, cuz so�much is made of that. O: Yeah, I don�t get it. I just have long hair and its curly! M: But every time I read something about the MARS VOLTA they mention the hair and AT THE DRIVE IN, especially in the foreign press like in the U.K.... Does that bug you?? O: Yeah the British press... it�s lazy journalism. They�re like tabloids. M: So your not going to tell me about the hair product you use? Activator? Soul Glo? O: No none of that M: Because im writing this for NME (top British music weekly) O: Oh God! I hope your not going to use this in the interview. M: I heard you�re vegan. O: Yeah, I really don�t like titles though. I don�t ear animal products. M: How �bout leather shoes or belts? O: NO! I�m just a hippy. M: Wha?! O: Yeah, I just like being outdoors in nature. I never wash my hair. I do once every six months and I don�t take very many showers. I�m happy with who I am and it took me a long time to realize that. I spent years trying to assimilate when my family moved from Puerto Rico to El Paso, Texas. I would shave my head or bleach my hair and dye it green, anything to look like the other kids. I didn�t like anything about myself when I was younger. I went off and lived in a canyon for months. When I got out I realized that I�m proud of who I am. I�m not a musician. I�m just me. M: So since you�re a hippy, how often do you shrooms? O: (Laughs) No nothing like that. I just like being outside. M: No Playstation 2 for you then. O: No. M: Do you ever go back home and visit? O: Yeah, I was j |
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O: Yeah, I was just in Juarez. I go back to Puerto Rico every now and then and help my uncle on the farm, picking mangos, making coconut milk. My mom and dad are moving back there. There publicist (who is a very lovely woman) now interrupts the conversation to inform us that Omar has another interview in a few minutes. M: OK, Very nice, sounds like you gotta go. O: Yeah, do we know each other? M: No. Have a nice time talking on the phone. O: (Laughs) Alright, th |
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i like them a lot...and at the drive in. yes, they're good! |
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yes,i had em yesterday on my radioshow... i guess that rick rubin knows how to produce bands + cedrics talent is something to look up to. |
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HEY HEY CAN U LINK?! |
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LINK WHAT mapp? |
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Deloused In The Comatorium is one of my fav album's right now. I saw them live last year at Glasgow Barrowlands and they were terrible, i was gutted because i love their album so much, they were so fuckin self indulgent, and only played about 4 tracks off the album, each song lasting about 15-20 mins each, with pointless solo's and noise, alot of people were angry at that gig |
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Well you're obviously copying and pasting from somewhere. |
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under the interviews section..i think it's under 2004 |
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