What Makes At The Drive-In Such An Influential Post-Hardcore Band?(And Why Should You Bother Taking A Listen?) Similar Bands...If you like any of the following bands, you will probably like At The Drive-In:
My Blurb/Rant About At The Drive-In (Why I Like Them):At The Drive-In is easily one of the most influential post-hardcore bands out there. The most important members are of course Omar Rodriguez-Lopez and Cedric Bixler-Zavala, the two founding members of The Mars Volta (They created The Mars Volta AFTER they played in At The Drive-In) The band has won many awards, and their album "Relationship of Command" has been featured in many magazines and publications as Album of the Decade, or other such awards. I got into them long after I was a huge Mars Volta fan, after doing some digging around on Wikipedia. Relationship of Command soon became one of my favourite albums (definitely in my top 20). It's just a solid album!  Anyone who is a fan of anything "Hardcore", or fans of Punk music will like them. Actually, even a lot of people who like more mainstream Hardcore stuff will like them (ie. Alexisonfire). I recommend you just be ready to rock out when listening to them. A lot of their songs can have awesome jungle beats (Arcarsenal), and the aforementioned album is definitely an influential album in the music world. Jim Ward of course created the Band "Sparta" after At The Drive-In broke up, which I can truthfully say is a kind of crappy band. So I guess Cedric and Omar were the musical geniuses here! One song that really sticks out to me (Although all of them do) is Enfilade. It has some crazy creepy lyrics (About a kidnapping), and incredibly fulfilling chorus chords. Take a listen below and see if you like them! Songs By At The Drive-In That Will Get You Hooked On Them!One-Armed ScissorArcarsenalEnfiladeAre You Already A Raving-Mad At The Drive-In Fan?Buy Your At The Drive-In Band Merchandise Here (If You Love Them So Much!)I've taken a few moments to compile some notable t-shirts, hoodies, CD's, and other merch that they've got on sale (So that you don't have to scour the net to find what you want!) Just click on any of the merch below and it will open up a new page with pricing and shipping options. I do all my merch sales through Amazon.com, so you don't have to worry about security or privacy issues; Amazon.com is a very large and reputable company that will take care of any of you and make sure you get your Merch as quickly as possible.
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