I remember when in/Casino/out came out in 98. I got a free cassette. no idea who they were. I swear that that tape never left my car's tapedeck for a year. It's a masterpiece.

Also one of my favorites. At the Drive In, Sparta, Mar Volta...so many good memories.

What a legendary band goddamit

I was at the video shoot for One Arm scissor video. The same production company that put on shows for my band associated invited my band. I walked in behind Mike D, and they made him pay to get in. He seem kind of stunned, and seem brief argument held us up but his handler paid the $10. Pretty much watched the show with my friend, Mike D and his handler guy chatting about music. Then I saw them without all the crazy cameras and celebs around…smaller gig with the Murder City Devils and sat on side of stage. It was a very dead crowd but they put on a good performance. Fest fwd and I see the Mars Volta thing. Went to a show and was blown away. Then I worked Bonaroo for Trent Reznor (lots of friends in common from New Orleans back then) and Mara Volta ends up being the opener before NIN. The drummer was a bit newer for them, younger and kind of disrespectful. He kept getting pissed people had cameras in the crowd. Cedric was staring me down like I’m an asshole, they wrecked the trailer. I had to kick out two groupies that couldn’t hold it together. And the band refused to use the normal entry and kept jumping the fence in. Plus the trailer got wrecked, and the drummer was rolling blunts on NIN outside setup for meet and greets…I thought that was a bit disrespectful. Trent didn’t really talk to them at all, like avoided them completely. But he was very chummy with me and the rest of the crew. Not sure if bad blood there for some reason? Those are my run ins with them from 99-2010. Good music, but singer came off as an asshole and the guitar player as just a very nice shy dude focused on his work. They seem to get way more serious towards Mars Volta and Cedric dropped the asshole attitude as far a I could see as the years went by. I probably sound like a dinosaur but I’m 40. I was about 16 for the At The Drive in Times, but got into the shows due to the production company that booked my band. I was around 25 during the Mars Volta stuff.

Definitely ahead of their time and underrated, I love At the Drive-in. Nobody sounded like them. Their EP Vaya and album Relationship of Command are fkn great. Honestly I don't mind that they broke up because we got The Mars Volta, incredible live shows. Just got my ticket for September, first time seeing them since 2005, I can't wait.

Dan, At the Drive In were phenomenal!! Great vid, I remember downloading some songs from the big day out from limewire back 20 years ago and being amazed at how wild they were on stage! I always wondered what happened. Thanks! 🥞🥞🥞

The set up keeps evolving and woooooo

Loved seeing them live. Remember Beastie Boys found and signed them. One Armed Scissors was such a bad ass song! 🥞 🥞 🥞 🥞 🥞 🥞

drop a like NOT the ball!

I honestly can’t believe I haven’t seen these guys before

I love at the drive ib

They killed off ATDI so we can have Volta 🤘🏻 Can’t wait to see them again soon. Been too damn long

I was lucky to watch and bear witness to this bands rise and peak. Just an unbelievable live show, and band.

Could've been the biggest band of 98/99/00. Fucking great live band, great musicians. Total showmen that strutted their stuff. I saw them back then at the Metro in Chicago. VAYA fucking killed.

8:46 no way!

Never thought I'd see the day that someone would talk about the legendary band. Great video and thank you for talking about one of my favorite bands

Saw them in 2000? First time they came to the UK on the back of major hype in the mainstream alternative media coverage.. Very good live show but I remember the 'anti mosh' centiments most 😂

Love at the drive in so much. REALLY recommend looking into some of bootlegs of them playing in the late 90s especially the legendary performance in a Pennsylvania school house

Such a crazy story

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I saw ATDI at Big Day Out on the Gold Coast, and with the power of hindsight it was pretty obviously a band on their last legs. It was scrappy and antisocial but not in a fun way.

It's absolutely wild that these guys were poised and primed to take over the music world, yet so few people know a thing about them, let alone who they even are. Can't remember how I even came to first know them back in the day as an Aussie, but I feel so lucky that I did. Channel V were probably playing them as much as they could.

Music journalism still exists!? haha fuck yeah well done dude!

I still listen to In/Casino/Out, Vaya and Relationship of Command. Mars Volta and Sparta had their moment but ATDI was special.

Whats your favorite/the best at the drive in album or song?

Danthony Framtano here

Yep 11:02 that was so terrible

Great fit

One of my favorite things to do is to post pics of Cedric zavala and tag matt Mahana from I set my friends on fire. That makes me happy

wait!! Another Limp Bizkit festival tragedy???

They just need to pull out the Quija board again, so that they can unsell their souls.

A girl got hurt in a pit thats why they didnt like it, i think she got paralyzed

Extremely thorough history of the band and information is well-compiled. Information you would have to scour the Internet for is summarised well in this video. My only constructive feedback would that at 12:55 you mention "Mental health or whatever"--I wish you could expound on this more because there is more reason behind it if it influenced them to hiatus/disband. Nonetheless, a very informative video overall which I will be sharing to other ATDI fans. Thank you & keep up the good work!

They had a choke hold on the scene like no one ever did and probably since. And then it was over. But then I'll never forget I was riding in my home boys car smoking a blunt when he put this CD in that someone had left in the car it was a blank burnt CD and I was like either I'm high as fuck or that's AT THE DRIVE-IN it drove me crazy not knowing what this CD was and finally I found out that Cedric and Omar had started a new band called The Mars Volta and that album blew me away it was an Instant classic. But ya ....AT THE DRIVE-IN

very good video. Really education. Love At the Drive-In.

damn, DEN was ahead of their time, everybody in showbiz is doin that now...........

Hahaha q-tip boyz

Selling out sounds rad tho!!! You mean I get more money for doing shittier work? Let's fucking go bruv.

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New Day Rocks!

Dude, I get it when you're pseudo-mocking them saying they're "trying to be the principals" when discouraging moshing, but specifically at Big Day Out they were the canary in the coalmine. They tried to warn the herd, who probably held the same attitude of thinking they were trying to be "bossed around" by the "principals" and look what happened. It's about situational awareness and a basic modicum of empathy and compassion for your fellow human beings around you. Rest in Peace Jessica Michalik ❤

“Super made fun of” “Afros” made them unique. “Big big hairs” “Giant Afros” “On the underground” “They’re the Christian dad” Just stop

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Agree with all that👍

i feel like i’m watching i dubbz lol

Nice video

never disrespect the mars volta

Didn't know grand royal absorbed DEN. I thought they went after them independently from genuine interest

this is a tough one: i’m glad they didn’t get huge cuz the music definitely would’ve suffered. at the same time it sucks how shit when down. ATDI are amazing. you could play them for someone today & they’d think it was a new band. that’s how well they held up. but i don’t agree with the no moshing thing. obviously mosh based tragedies are horrible-some of these boys get overzealous and aren’t aware that not everyone is as tall as them -but it just makes ATDI look pretentious. like “WE can rollick about the stage but YOU must stand still and listen to this very important song we wrote” anyway. in my opinion: mars volta was cool for the virtuosity aspect but that’s about it. sparta sucks.

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great video, but come on, at the drive in better than the mars volta? i dont know about that. tmv is like peak artistic energy and craftsmanship.

every youtuber = wrestling fan

Idk bro roc was some of the best music ever put to record, but that being said their early so good at what they do with such control they don't intentionally played a bit sloppy(it was kinda a thing at the time, but more on the back end) stuff is the best and go listen to elliot from Louisville Kentucky, and THEN go listen to Sparta itll make sense the cure then atdi, are the grandfathers of all the screamo today or emo or indie or what have you Music is dead,and the fan killed it

Is this live ?

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I was at the BDO show in 2001. They were the reason I was there. ROC was intense. I was like 19 or 20. To this day when I listen it makes me wanna break shit. ATDR absolutely delivered. I can still remember it. Cedric called us sheep. They were loose and wild but still sounded like the record. The energy was crazy and the tension in the crowd was palpable. Everyone knew we were watching history. It remains one of the best shows I've ever seen. The record remains in the top 5 of all time. These guys were a flash. They burnt so bright. And for a moment they captured perfection. I'll never forget ATDI. 🫶🤘

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