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  Cedric Bixler-Zavala Talks At the Drive-In Reissues, His Real Mars Volta Role

  April 24, 2013 – At the Drive-In's 2001 breakup was as abrupt and tense as the band's music — the El Paso, Texas, five-piece, valorized for their volatile post-hardcore sound, dynamic live show, and, sure, mightily impressive Afros, had just released their third studio album, Relationship of Command, an overwhelming critical success and commercial breakthrough. With little word as to why, the band split shortly before a U.S. …
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  Hear At the Drive-In's 'One Armed Scissor' Chopped and Looped by the Field

  April 2, 2013 – The men who founded At the Drive-In may not see eye to eye anymore — Omar Rodríguez-López called last year's reunion a nostalgia-driven cash-grab, and Cedric Bixler-Zavala tweeted Mars Volta's demise in January — but their legions of fans have still a few things to look forward to. …
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  Omar Rodriguez-Lopez's Bosnian Rainbows Announce Debut With Grainy, Cryptic Video

  March 6, 2013 – When the Mars Volta officially broke up earlier this year, frontman Cedric Bixler-Zavala loaded his departure announcement with a swipe at Bosnian Rainbows, the new band from Omar Rodríguez-López, his former Volta and At the Drive-In companion."Thank u 2 all VOLTA fans u deserved more especially after the way u rooted for us on [2012's Noctouriniquet]. I tried my hardest to keep it going," Bixler-Zavala tweeted. …
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  At the Drive-In Reissuing First and Final Albums

  January 29, 2013 – At the Drive-In's Omar Rodriguez-Lopez has already admitted that the post-hardcore group's reunion was mainly driven by two things: money and nostalgia. So fans of the El Paso-born band shouldn't be shocked that a reissue campaign is underway.On March 5, At the Drive-In's 1996 debut, Acrobatic Tenement, will be re-released worldwide (except for in the U.K., where it will arrive on March 25), while ATDI's final (as of now) albu …
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  Lollapalooza 2012: 10 Best and Worst of Day Three

  August 6, 2012 – Lollapalooza 2012 — with its Black Sabbath sorta-reunion, puke-filled Perry's Stage, and massive storm evacuation — has come to an end. It wasn't going to be easy to top the spectacle of watching 60,000 flee Grant Park with bleak clouds approaching, but Jack White and the Sunday lineup did what they could to bring the drama. See what you missed: our best live photos from Lollapalooza '12. …
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  See At the Drive-In Play Their First Show in 11 Years

  April 10, 2012 – Omar Rodríguez-López has bluntly acknowledged that the reunion of his pre-Mars Volta band with Cedric Bixler-Zavala is money-oriented, nostalgia-driven, and unlikely to give birth to new material. Sure enough, At the Drive-In's first performance together in 11 years, which went down last night at Austin's Red 7, featured no previously unheard songs. …
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  At the Drive-In Admit Reunion About 'Money,' 'Nostalgia'

  February 23, 2012 – Points to Omar Rodriguez-Lopez for being super candid. In interviews quoted recently by the NME, the At the Drive-In guitarist has ruled out a new album from the Texas post-hardcore band while acknowledging their current reunion is partly financial and largely nostalgic. This station is not only operational, but refreshingly open, too. First, the money. …
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  At the Drive-In Reuniting After 11-Year Break

  January 9, 2012 – At the Drive-In, Cedric Bixler-Zavala and Omar Rodríguez-López's pre-Mars Volta band and one of the more influential acts from the post-hardcore movement, appear to be reuniting after an 11-year break. "¡ATTENTION! To whom it may concern: AT THE DRIVE-IN will be breaking their 11 year silence THIS STATION IS ...NOW...OPERATIONAL," the group's six-month-old and seldom-used Twitter alerted fans today. …
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  WATCH: Mars Volta Perform 3 New Songs

  July 28, 2011 – After a two-year break, El Paso, TX, outfit the Mars Volta have wrapped their yet-to-be-titled sixth studio album, tentatively slated for release in early 2012, and they showed off some new songs, full of their convulsive prog-punk-rock-salsa fusion, earlier this month while touring Europe. …
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