No New ATD-I LP
2012-02-22 by Deviant STAFF | 59 Replies | 2858 Views |
The station may be operational again, but for seminal post hardcore act At The Drive-In, new material isn't something they're working towards in light of their recent reunion.
While the act has been confirmed to appear at both the Benicassim and Coachella festivals, guitarist Omar Rodriguez-Lopez has dispelled the rumours that the band may head into the studio at some point in the distant future.
Speaking to Kerrang!, the guitarist referred to the reunion as a "nostalgia thing" and compared it to "an old T-shirt that doesn't fit anymore".
"Will there be a new album? No, no, no. At The Drive-In is more of a nostalgia thing – it's songs we wrote when we were all in our 20s and we're doing a couple of shows. It's an old T-shirt that doesn't fit me any more, but when you put it on again, it feels nice. It's as simple as that."
Lopez has also been quoted in the past as saying: We’re not getting any younger and there’s been an offer of money every year. You’d be a fool and a politician to pretend that wasn’t part of it.”
Nothing like a little honesty.
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OH WELL
Digging: Calibre - Spill
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RATS.
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I'd prefer if they didn't tbh.
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this is a good thing
Digging: Of Montreal - Daughter of Cloud
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Weak. Still wanna see them bad.
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Good, if they made an album now it'd be pretty bad.
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Expected.
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says gabe
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expected [2]
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Aww
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sadface
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TOUR MORE.
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figures.
Digging: The National - Trouble Will Find Me
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Pretty much expected this, i just hope i get a chance to see em before this station is non-operational again.
Digging: King Crimson - Lizard
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Yeah, not too shattered honestly.
Digging: The Dillinger Escape Plan - One of Us Is the Killer
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well then they better tour
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good.
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Read this earlier. I was gutted at first, but thinking about it, it's prob for the best. I hope they come to the UK though
Digging: The National - Trouble Will Find Me
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Lame.
Expected, but lame.
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i really don't like it when artists talk negatively about their old material. not that what he said here was that harsh, but he's said said worse things about his work with ATDI in other interviews. even if an artist feels that they've outgrown something that they put out in the past, i feel like talking about it in a negative light is disrespectful to the current fans of that older stuff. it's almost like saying that you're above your fans or something. i don't have any strong emotional attachment to this band in particular, but i just don't like the dismissive attitude towards something that means so much to so many people. hopefully i worded this in a way that makes sense.
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Probably for the best honestly.
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"Good, if they made an album now it'd be pretty bad" oh.
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^^ So you really think after they've all gotten older and grown out of their more "punky" sounds, found their own niches, and have kind of fallen off themselves in quality after about a decade, they'd have come back and made Relationship of Command 2? Really?
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I mean I love ATDI, The Mars Volta, Sparta, Rodriguez-Lopez's solo project, etc. but c'mon.
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Everyone always assumes that when bands re-form a new album will be the best thing ever, until they hear it
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I don't want a relationship in command II. I just want a new album.
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If these guys went into the studio again, only one of them would come out alive.
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We all know how a new ATDI album would go. Whatever Cedric wants, Omar will soon want, and then well end up with something ridiculous like Noctourniquet.
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i'm just curious as to what it would sound like, but honestly i saw this coming from a mile away
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deviant news articles. they're longer than pizza reviews.
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this is sad but probably for the best
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boooooooooo.
ahh, well. perhaps this is for the best though, their never gonna top RoC.
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BEWAREEEE!!!!!!!! BEEEEEWAREE!!!!!!!!!!
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And all of Sputnik releases a collective sigh of disappointment.
Oh well, I'll settle for seeing them live.
Digging: Richie Havens - Mixed Bag
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Figured this much
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duh. and you have to be retarded to think that a new atd-i record would have been a good idea in the first place. no one wants to hear a band of this quality shit all over their legacy by releasing something sub-par.
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It's quite possible that they will tour for a couple years and decide "Hey, maybe we should write some new stuff to play." You never knowwww.
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deviant news articles. they're longer than pizza reviews.
Nothing like putting a bit effort into something
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i promise they will not tour for more than a year, if that.
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It should be pretty obvious that they wouldn't have the energy or be in the right mind state to pull
off a successful reunion album.
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just give me a fucking tour PLEEEEAAAAASE
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I wish I got paid to wear old shirts
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ho ho ho
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That's a shame
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I wish I got paid to wear old shirts
Instead you do it for free
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I think there's real potential in an ATD-I reunion album, but oh well.
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expected [3]
at least me have new TMV to look forward to!
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omar is too into himself, but if they went to do a new album, noone would be happy about it. that's why they broke up
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More tour dates!
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i would love a full tour though
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That would be awesome.
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really well-written article Deviant, nice to see that on sputnik if only every once in a while
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Gonna run the train on Thor's news mod campaign
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not too surprised, but a little disappointed.
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:/
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I feel like if they made a new album it would be more Mars Volta-ey. So yeah, i like this news.
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yeah, good news
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Where was this announced? What site? Sad news
nvm Pitchfork lol
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Where was this announced? What site? Sad news
Two answers to this silly little question:
It was announced here
or
"Speaking to Kerrang!, the guitarist referred".......
Take your pick
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