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At The Drive-In,Sparta and The Mars Volta

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Started by Bad Karma in Other Bands & Artists

Anyone else here like these bands?

Posted on Wed, 2 July 2003 at 17:25

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prisonbreaker wrote:

like at the drive in, the mars volta’s new album is fuckin’ genius, but I never really got into sparta

Posted on Wed, 2 July 2003 at 17:28

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dano wrote:

I’ve yet to hear the Mars Volta, I never really go into ATDI, what used to annoy me was the fact that their afros seemed to get more coverage than their music in some circles!

Posted on Wed, 2 July 2003 at 20:41

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allroy (Rainer) wrote:

ATDI were fantastic. Anyone who has been to one of their shows must have been blown away by their energy.
Sparta’s album is also great, but more conventional emo- / alternative rock.
The Mars Volta seem to have more of the weirdo spirit of ATDI due to Omar and Cecdric I suppose. I’ve seen them last year and it was a bit too spacy and carried away. The album seems to be far better than their first EP.

Posted on Thu, 3 July 2003 at 06:05

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Bad Karma wrote:

I’m going to get The Mars Volta album tomorrow i just have a few mp3s but i like what i have heard so far.Sparta are like a more melancholic ATD-I,my fav ATD-I song is One Armed Scissor.

Posted on Thu, 3 July 2003 at 10:20

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belfagor wrote:

I’ve always been a big fan of ATDI but missed any chance to catch em live. I saw The Mars Volta play a while ago, thought they were pretty good. I haven’t checked out Sparta yet, although I bet I still prefer ATDI among the three bands. Dunno how many times I’ve been playing relationship of command. Brilliant!

Posted on Thu, 3 July 2003 at 19:41

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Lenny wrote:

ATDI were fantastic but I still haven’t had the chance to check out the other two (the joys of living in Southern Ireland!)

Posted on Thu, 3 July 2003 at 20:48

#7

Bad Karma wrote:

I now own De-loused In The Comatorium by The Mars Volta,i have only listened to it once but i like it.Flea plays bass on the album.

Posted on Sat, 5 July 2003 at 10:18

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Lenny wrote:

My brother just got the mars volta album and it fuckin rocks. Definately worth checking out. They’re at Witness next week - almost worth going just to see them

Posted on Sun, 6 July 2003 at 21:52

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Bad Karma wrote:

Some of the guitars on The Mars Volta album reminds me of Six era Mansun.

Posted on Mon, 7 July 2003 at 17:09

#10

empire wrote:

Title: check out the new SPARTA single (band featuring ex-at the drive in members) (merged)

hey dudes

just a bit of music recommendation…dunno if any of you are familiar with sparta, featuring jim, paul and tony formerly of SPARTA

they have a new album out PORCELAIN which i bought a few days ago and its awesome pretty much post hardcore and their songs go to two extremes either really soft and beautiful or more hard and rock

the new single is called BREAKING THE BROKEN, check it out even if your a mars volta fan and have taken sides against sparta, even though thats all a load of crap

SPARTA - BREAKING THE BROKEN (in WMA format)

awesome song. hope you enjoy it

Posted on Fri, 16 July 2004 at 09:55

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allroy (Rainer) wrote:

Here you can listen to snippets from all of the songs on it.
I prefer them to The Mars Volta, but that was already discussed about a year ago.

You see, elephants never forget. :)

Posted on Fri, 16 July 2004 at 10:45

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Simon (Simon) wrote:

Title: Sparta (merged)

I saw Sparta live here in Sydney about a month ago and even though some mags say that they have no stage presents live I thought they were fucking brilliant and Kerrang backed me up on this one. I recomend there latest album to anyone I thought it was better than Mars Volta, just really good songs and one of my albums of the year.
Anyone Got an Opinion be it good or bad?

Posted on Tue, 9 November 2004 at 01:25

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allroy (Rainer) wrote:

Some gneral remarks about Sparta and Mars Volta. Personally I prefer Wiretap Scars over Porcelain.
I like sparta more than Mars Volta as the latter are too wearisome to listen to. But both can’t come up to At The Drive-In.

Posted on Tue, 9 November 2004 at 07:35

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Simon (Simon) wrote:

I agree At the drive in were just a great band I’ve got a dvd with there performance on the jools hollad show and it just makes me laugh.
Also being a sound engineer I found the production on the new album brilliant which i found slightly lacking on wiretrap scars.

Posted on Tue, 9 November 2004 at 08:34

#15

sister wrote:

the mars volta is ok - and i mean really really ok.

at the drive was fantastic - never saw them live, but that must have been amazing!

but sparta, man.. unbelievable! whenever i hear wiretap scars - hell, there’s just not one bad song on it, such a great album! ok, i got to admit, porcelain is a bit less, but what can you do when you’ve already put out a masterpiece.. all hail to sparta, they’re incredible! :)

Posted on Tue, 9 November 2004 at 12:03

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gapu wrote:

woooh… i love those three bands..

sparta is soo fantastic great.. cant wait to hear porcelain.. and at the drive-in (hey do i need to say more??).. mars volta is my least favourite but also really really good… has anyone heard omars solo album, which came out recently? or defacto? i have megaton shotblast but its a dub band and not really my thing.. but i listen to it sometimes..

Posted on Tue, 9 November 2004 at 16:04

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allroy (Rainer) wrote:

Yeah, how could I forget Defacto? They’re really cool (well, liking dub definitely helps :) ).

Posted on Tue, 9 November 2004 at 16:10

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gapu wrote:

:)

i mean its not bad.. but also a bit strange.. its almost instrumental music.. very interessting.. its dub with electronic and other strange sounds.. really hard to describe

Posted on Tue, 9 November 2004 at 16:14

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sister wrote:

hiha! the mars volta are touring again early next year, check their site! just got my tickets for the AB! (hope it will be better / different from what they did on pukkelpop a couple of years ago)

(hiha and a hiepiepiephoera for rock’n’roll!)

Posted on Wed, 17 November 2004 at 16:54

#20

Andy D wrote:

They only played 4 songs at Pukkelpop back then but they each were 15 minutes long.

I listened to Killing Joke the other day and it made me think how good Sparta is. Very weird actually.

Posted on Wed, 17 November 2004 at 21:15

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sister wrote:

Fiestaboy wrote:

They only played 4 songs at Pukkelpop back then but they each were 15 minutes long.

nope, they played 2 songs, one of 48 mins and one of about 15 mins - mad show. stood there with my mouth wide open (had expected something completely different) and regularly watched my clock (never a good sign, i know), so believe me ;)

Posted on Wed, 17 November 2004 at 21:21

#22

gapu wrote:

48mins? are you serious? may it was a mix of various new songs or sth… i dunno

Posted on Thu, 18 November 2004 at 11:24

#23

allroy (Rainer) wrote:

Just listen to Deloused…, it already sounds like a jam session. and they extended that live. I agree with sister, they’re carried away too far on stage, it gets boring.

Posted on Thu, 18 November 2004 at 11:40

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sister wrote:

one extended jam-session it was! not just song1-song2-song3-song4-… but song1-outro (for about 48 mins) and then song2-outro (for about 15 mins) and that was it.

anyway, to be honest, it wasn’t really boring, it was more eeerrhhhh… some kinda insane… a lead singer running around, screaming and climbing up to the amps, the other band members going crazy on their instruments, the crowd not knowing what was happening and not knowing what to think… really crazy… a show i’ll probably never forget..

don’t really agree on deloused sounding like a jam-session by the way. listened again to it yesterday night, and i really like it - great album!

Posted on Thu, 18 November 2004 at 12:36

#25

gapu wrote:

yes, its a great album.. recently i thought that i dont really like them anymore.. but then i listened to deloused again.. and i think its a amazing album.. shame on me..

Posted on Fri, 19 November 2004 at 17:55

#26

sister wrote:

Title: At The Drive-In Anthology

Fearless Records is proud to announce that the release date for At The Drive-In’s “This Station Is Non-Operational” anthology will be May 24, 2005. In their first collaboration since the break-up, the members of At The Drive-In, (now split into The Mars Volta and Sparta) have handpicked a collection of their greatest hits, BBC Session recordings, B-sides, re-mixes, and covers of The Smiths and Pink Floyd tunes which spans their entire career (1995-2001).

The package will also include a companion DVD/CD with music videos, desktop wallpaper, buddy icons, and Operations Manual; their EPK. The booklet will contain 20 unrleased photographs from the ATDI Archives.

ATDI - This Station Is Non-Operational tracklisting:

1. Fahrenheit
2. Picket Fence Cartel
3. Chanbara
4. Lopsided
5. Napoleon Solo
6. Pickpocket
7. Metronome Arthritis
8. 198d
9. One Armed Scissor
10. Enfilade
11. Non Zero Possibility
12. Incetardis Relationship b-side
13. Doorman’s Placebo In Casino b-side
14. Autorelocator Sunshine split
15. Rascuache Vaya remix
16. This Night Has Opened My Eyes Smiths cover
17. Initiation BBC Lamacq session
18. Take Up Thy Stethoscope and Walk Pink Floyd cover, live from Steve Lamacq show/BBC

DVD
1. One Armed Scissor
2. Invalid Litter Dept.
3. Metronome Arthritis
Operations Manual - Electronic Press Kit
Discography
Wallpaper & Buddy Icons

(hi-fucking-ha)

Posted on Tue, 22 March 2005 at 21:29

#27

allroy (Rainer) wrote:

That should cure you from your Mars Volta addiction. ;)
ATD-I were so much better than any of the spin offs.

Posted on Tue, 22 March 2005 at 22:20

#28

Simon (Simon) wrote:

This should be cool as i have all the ATDI and spin off albums then i can lay this to rest.

Posted on Tue, 22 March 2005 at 23:36

#29

Andy D wrote:

I can’t believe Invalid Litter Dept. isn’t on the compilation except for the DVD.

Posted on Wed, 23 March 2005 at 00:44

#30

sonofjaguare wrote:

Haven’t heard ATDI or Sparta but the new Mars Volta is really cool.I like it much better than the first.Nice that bands are putting out long musical pieces again!

Posted on Wed, 23 March 2005 at 01:04

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