At The Drive In - Live on The Joint 2001

25th January 2001
Pattern Against User | Interview | Arcarsenal | 198d | Quarantined

[@matt54321100]

"Arcarsenal" as the album opener for "Relationship Of Command" is one of the biggest statements they could of made. An absolute epic album.

[@turdle2080]

I agree acrarsenal is an amazing song, one of their best imo. I don't think relationship of command is a great album though. i think it's got a couple of great songs, a couple of ok songs and a bunch i would just skip. i'd gladly take in-casino-out or vaya over ROC.

[@frogmonarch6526]

@@turdle2080 I feel the same. Love the first 5 songs. then the rest of the album I dont spend alot of time with.

[@nonyabuzznus2017]

Arcarsenal is hands down the most hype intro ever written!

[@Sinjax1]

​@@turdle2080 you guys are smoking absolute methamphetamine

[@wesphillips8058]

@@turdle2080 it’s probably one of the best albums of all time man, IMO. Top to bottom gold for me.

[@PrototheDodo]

I think this is the best vocally I’ve heard Cedric. He’s never off pitch in this video.

[@ThatBlindGuy247]

Probably cause he's not running and leaping off stuff 😂 same goes for recent Mars Volta shows he sounds in top form

[@PrototheDodo]

@@ThatBlindGuy247 lol dunno why I didn’t see this after revisiting this vid (didn’t get the notification😒). Yeah the dude was insane with energy throughout their career and I think it shows that when he stays grounded he can really hit it. I do love his insaneness though. Maybe one of a kind?

[@gloobark]

dude was dialed in

[@MrTrendkill42]

I remember reading somewhere on the Coma back in the day that there were quite a few music label people in attendance so they wanted to make this show spot-on. Well... well done!

[@validationboy]

These ppl don't understand sarcasm

[@fenris8179]

Being young sounded like this in the beginning of the 00's.

[@Gollas4k]

That's why I can't stand the atdi reunion... The album sounds just like every other omar/cedric band from the 2010s but the least like atdi... Them being wild lunatics was the essence of atdi, good for them that they have theur shit together niw but bad for this band

[@fudgemonkeyz69]

This is some of the best footage I’ve ever seen of the band.

[@キラキラくりくり頭]

Yeah, it's really hard to find good videos of them. In this performance, a little more attention to playing - rather than jumping, really paid off. Great show.

[@9999bigb]

Relationship of Command is like the Millenial version of Raw Power. It just kicks every sort of ass

[@caudalchile]

00:13 Pattern Against User 09:56 Arcarsenal 13:32 198d 19:02 Quarantined

[@christinacumba787]

Thank you

[@the-mighty-taco]

you're doing god's work bud.

[@billepperson2662]

9:20 "Probably your last chance"... He had no idea how right he'd be. Those were legit their last shows ever, excluding Jim's wedding

[@dondre3000]

I was at the perfect age for this band when they hit the scene. I'd safely put it in the top 10 albums I've ever heard in my life.

[@scottclarke7595]

💯 agree. I was 14 and it blew my fucking mind

[@nathanmckenzie3976]

I was 18 living in the bush and it completely blew my mind. Their back catalogue is grouse

[@stephenfrancis303]

I think this one and the first mars volta full length and refused shape of punk to come

[@tommcmahon3200]

Jabba, the walking ice breaker. Absolute national treasure!! 🤘

[@wayanwiyono]

this kinda band only surfacing once in every 100 years

[@OH_MY_DOGGG]

Must have been fetus punk in 1900.

[@mattcaine9938]

Ward playing Air at the end of PAU. This performance was incredible considering they were at each other’s throats at this time.

[@lukasketner]

It always sounded like they were saying "I'm drinking with Jell-o" in Quarantined to me. Tightest live performance I've ever seen from AtDI.

[@chriscann2774]

Unfortunately I believe we will never see anything like this again in our lifetime.

[@erniebanks5931]

That Quarantined intro bassline...E-P-I-C Mr Pablo!

[@jasonbarnes2693]

Such a great bass line and that tone is freaking legit

[@BJORNArtist]

Whomever did the Channel V audio for bands was incredible, thankyou for all the amazing sounding gigs. 🤟

[@brownyuio]

9:56 That 2001 sample intro is the best

[@pokojnitoza8495]

Jim Ward is the heart of ATDI, and their founder. Reunion without him makes no sense at all.

[@zaclikestoshave8099]

Solid upload. Thanks much. This performance of the 4 songs is great.

[@CAPTUREDNFRACTURED]

@25:44 Love this version of Quarantined, specifically for how Cedric changes the outro going high instead of low when he screams 'FIIIIRRRREEEEEEEEE!!!'. Love their passion for what they do!

[@thomaserak7]

man he fucking killed that note

[@youngsuit]

"this is for our boys in coldplay"

[@CaptainGalacticMusic]

haha yeah, they were friends with Coldplay

[@Christopher-md7tf]

Unusually clean and focused performance, probably because there's no audience

[@shanesanders5720]

I do like the first two albums of the Mars Volta, but I honestly think that the chemistry between At The Drive In members during this time period is hard to top. I would’ve liked to hear one more album of this before they broke it off. Good video. 👍🏻

[@tendeadrecords]

the recent tour was awesome!!

[@bebinewk]

This is pretty late, but coheed and cambria definitely is on even grounds

[@bebinewk]

@Hooked On Chronics Imagine a place where your opinions matter, if you imagined me in this comment section, then you would be wrong. Let other people decide what they like, no need to hide opinions as a fact. You could say that you personally like them more than coheed, but in the end, nobody really cares because what you like is what you like, and what I like is what I like. And I'm happy enjoying both bands with the same amount of respect.

[@BeersAndBeatsPDX]

@Hooked On Chronics A lot of your favorite bands have written albums on heroin.

[@dyr234]

@@bebinewk only the first album.

[@alexlight4178]

wow they're really on good form here. i remember an interview from noctourniquet era, cedric said atdi for years did opening sets on tour and were at their best with 20 minute sets. Then Relationship made them blow up, and they were asked to play for an hour or more at every gig, and he was completely unprepared to put on good performances of that size. I guess he compensated later with those ridiculous volta sets.

[@DerekBraid]

this is insane. maybe one of the greatest live rock performances of all time. wow.

[@CamThomasLD]

Then you should also check out Rolodex Propaganda on Jools Holland.

[@sambajane]

there's something about the groove during the bridge of Pattern Against User. it sounds both slipshod and imperfect, but also indicative of a band that's been playing and practicing constantly for 7 years, all at the same time. it's perfect.

[@juandelqueso22]

Damn. 20 years later and we're still waiting for the Electoral College to be abolished.

[@michaelgraham9774]

We need more bands like this.

[@keithwaynejones]

ever heard the fall of troy?

[@michaelgraham9774]

@@keithwaynejones Yeah I like them too.

[@ashestoashesdusttodust2407]

@@keithwaynejones fall of troy put out some good stuff, then much like this band, drug problems and egos got in the way of the group staying together. last i remember, there was some kind of incident either with thomas erak (the lead singer/guitarist) having a total freak-out, or their drummer or something, on stage at one of their shows, after they let their bass player back in the band. shame, their album 'manipulator' is fantastic. i actually even liked the album they cut with the replacement bass player, "in the unlikely event...", was solid. most of the other stuff they've put out is kind of meh imho.

[@williamraggio1095]

I watched like 3 versions of this video yesterday and now I’m watching it again today. Their energy is immaculate I also love the modular stuff Cedric is doing cool asf 👆 Jim and Omar harmonizing on quarantined is insanity

[@lithiumak47]

This amazing set still gives me chills. 🙏🙏

[@protectourfreedom8221]

That version of Quarantined was fire 🔥🔥🔥 easy to see how Mars was formed by the long interlude section ... Ced and Omar were always much much more than just your run of the mill punk rockers. It's good they broke up after RoC ... Adds to their legend.

[@dynatwenty]

Thanks for sharing !

[@fadedidentity]

who would’ve thought the 5 month break they were about to take where Jim said “I’m getting married man!” would be the time that they broke up

[@Luqui888]

Poderosos Siempre!

[@icomefromthemountain291]

One of their better performances, they’re actually in tune. 🤣

[@ElMariachi555]

Mostly 😁

[@emilianodiaz5071]

They’re actually out of tune in the recording too

[@erics2005]

@@emilianodiaz5071but it sounds good

[@thibautlambrechts9409]

Invert your left and right headphones for the real stereo ;)

[@Bixler4]

25:53 Fiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiyaaaaaaahhhh!!!!! How it should’ve been in the album also..

[@mark1321]

Relationship of command is in the top 5 albums so far this century coming out in 2000, with the money store and kids see ghosts you got to pump a butterfly then funeral by arcade fire i like Contra too but at the drive-in led the way Cedric and his Burroughsian lyrics

[@stephenhall2980]

'there's members of Coldplay here'. I can't think of a band further away from at the drive in.

[@VideInfra]

They get a shoutout too.

[@basedsouljah]

They get a bad rap because they sold out pretty fast with "Clocks" in 2003 on their second album only. But early on they were just another UK Indie band touring the states like Travis and Keane and shit.

[@williepoe9026]

The people with afro's went one way and the ones without went another

[@Odd_Combo]

Willie Poe I guess the Afros has to “pick” a side...

[@goctagonrecovery3270]

Very good observation

[@suenoconbelugas]

Not true the bass player is Mexican and did not go with Mars Volta

[@williepoe9026]

@@suenoconbelugas . Ya, can't win em' Everytime

[@philz_corsia]

LOL youre not wrong

[@Mossromantic]

I think the interviewer was on speed. Really good footage btw! I’m just now seeing this

[@uthinkuknowme2649]

Fkn finally thank you

[@iamwe7035]

This is by fast the most real ATDI performance I have encountered here in youtube land. It is so good to finally hear Cedric respecting the album's version of the songs he is performing. lol

[@ItUnidentified]

lol Mara volta and Sparta songs were being already at this point in their career especially backstage Jim And Omar would warm up with their fragments of their fmfuture songs

[@iamwe7035]

@@ItUnidentified oh cool. How dod you know ? feel free to share a little more. That makes total sense, how did you come to know about that information ?

[@BigBeefNCheddar]

@@iamwe7035 Not OP, but it has been mentioned in interviews and stuff over the years. “Viscera Eyes” from Amputechture was actually originally written for ATDI.

[@iamwe7035]

@@BigBeefNCheddar Interesting fact. I was just pointing out how clear Cedric sings on this performance. I met him in 2004 we talked about it. Is his voice, he was struggling with his voice for lack of technique back then. I also met Omar and all the Mars Volta crew also seen Sparta live in SF back in 2005 same thing. Sparta and Mars Volta are so different though I assumed they would write their songs separately.

[@mc540flip]

Watching in 2020. They sound great live

[@jhickssmd]

Such an amazing band... what would have been. I know they are back together but it’s not the same 18yrs later

[@deemore]

Best interview ever this guy is awesome and of course ATDI is from Texas

[@ryfipassword]

At the in drive

[@deemore]

@@ryfipassword damn i must have been drunk when i wrote that years ago! now im sober! its ATDI!

[@thedeadroachsociety4083]

I love ATDI's antics but it was good to see them concentrate more on playing. Also at 3:18 I do believe I hear the intro to "Air" (Sparta)?

[@99knives22]

This bands awesome live and this interviewer dead ass burned a picture of the president on live tv. Need more bands like them and more interviewers like him.

[@ericcieslik6061]

The interviewer was bad and should feel bad. how much coke was he on?

[@michaelgraham9774]

@@ericcieslik6061 The interviewer was awesome what are you talking about?

[@taffysaur]

Jabba was an awesome interviewer. He wasn’t a phony like most music TV presenters. Channel V in general had better VJs and presenters than MTV.

[@jabbasmovies]

@@taffysaur hey thanks a lot! That means heaps!

[@CristhianRodriguez84]

Tony Hajjar is a beast!

[@danzag333]

One month before the band broke up.

[@christopherzucchero4447]

Yeah, you can definitely see Omar and Cedric changing time, most likely intentional, to fuck with Jim. They obviously had a hard-on for Jim then and continue to to this day. Sad. They were the last great band to come out of the underground. They were the end of an era.

[@basedsouljah]

Cedric in PEAK speedball eyes Era.

[@gdn86]

Relationship of Command was one of my favorite albums. I discovered Fugazi shortly before that came out and it just kind of rid the wave I was on.

[@MercurialSilence]

7:38 Cedric makes a Cheech and Chong reference lol

[@MercurialSilence]

11:46 *I MUST HAVE READ A THOUSAND FACES*

[@Bixler4]

The bass on 198d is fucking dope So fucking heavy 🌀🤘

[@olivemariie]

I must have read a thousand faaces ❤

[@webbo20001]

awesome!

[@ashleysyler1002]

Holy moly

[@tobythewuss]

Much better band with Jim Ward

[@revolved7142]

tobythewuss I agree without Jim ward it feels like it’s missing something

[@michaelgraham9774]

Jim is a lot of the soul of the band

[@jennifersoria1804]

SPARTA

[@Kaylbee]

it's irrelevant, Anti-Masque or whatever wasn't good.

[@tobythewuss]

@@Kaylbee yea, antemasque doesn’t have Jim in that band either.....

[@yakimeshi59432]

ドラムのイントロだけで鳥肌が立つ

[@samanthayork3125]

god what in the hell is this 198d It's been 15 so years and it still cuts beyond the core

[@samanthayork3125]

(15 years since i first heard it i mean, not since this video. i can count)

[@chuckanorris4933]

So powerful I had 198d tattooed one hands knuckles and walk away on th other 👊🏿🖤

[@TheTwoThumbs]

This one's for our boiz in Coldplay. Coldplay!

[@billepperson2662]

4:55 Little did Jim, Paul, Tony & the rest of us know, Jim's wedding was the last time they'd play before the band broke up

[@jasonkileen406]

Amazing how Cedric’s voice could hold up over all these years. So good

[@oggfuture]

that host is high as a kite

[@jasmineenvy4650]

No that's Jabba Channel V Aussie legend. Just watch this kzbin.info/www/bejne/bIune6SDfJtgqpo

[@tobyburley3953]

Jabba can do what he wants

[@internetsurvivor]

switch your headphones around to hear Omar on the left.

[@japas]

they were so young ;___;

[@arkhie9883]

This is an EPIC now!

[@edgarguerrero8150]

For a sec there I thought I'd have to skip through a fucking Dr. Dre video.😅 this is my new fav vid on KZbin. Thanx for this.

[@kupk6125]

They probably would’ve been the next nirvana if they didn’t split

[@dyr234]

I gotta get me a pair of them same maracas.

[@stevea1288]

I MUST HAVE READ A THOUSAND FAAAAAAAACEEEESSSSS!!!!!

[@jasmineenvy4650]

So love Jabba

[@ursaproxima]

Weird hearing Omars guitar on the right instead of the usual left hah

[@BillGarcia312]

fucking insanely good

[@JorgeReinun]

La hueá güena wm!

[@landonech]

The Coldplay shoutout makes so much more sense now. Although, I liked it more when I thought they were being ironically chummy.

[@emailbenbenson]

What is the story behind it?

[@landonech]

Benjamin Benson I guess they were in the audience. Watch the full video.

[@nfbist]

They were sharing tour dates around the Big Day Out shows (along with PJ Harvey) & I think it was actual genuine ‘chumminess’ rather than ironic. In one interview at the time there was some amusing chatter about them collaborating on a country record. ATDI struck me a pretty open-minded bunch so I don’t see why they wouldn’t have got on with Martin & co... who are similarly open minded. I saw Coldplay tour with a bunch of screamy Welshmen called Terris in 2000 & there was plenty of love going back & forth on that tour too.

[@ben_has_hobbies]

Arguably Coldplay was a cool band in 2001. I was very fond of them back then. The struggle began with X&Y.

[@VioletAOP416]

@@ben_has_hobbies honestly x and y is an incredible album it’s just marred by Fix You being probably the beginning of the end for them. I know you said this two years ago but I just saw it now whoops.

[@vidukadavor]

Jim Wardi is heart of ATDI

[@mynameisericmc]

Fucking amazing energy!

[@smittenthekitteninmittens2679]

i always wonder what Kurt would of thought of At the drive-in.....

[@japas]

*would've

[@GeckoPixel]

At the Drive-in was supposed to the next "nirvana" in rock history. but omar and cedirc fucked it up.

[@japas]

@@GeckoPixel I guess you could see it that way, but there's also the wonderful first mars volta albums, so...

[@alexhennigh5242]

Who fucking cares what that overrated hack thinks about real musicians.

[@billepperson2662]

Omar video recording everything, knowing it's the last interview they'll do before he & Ceddy bear break up the band in about a month or 2

[@AbsolutelyInsaneStatement]

Man what a cool performance of quaran- IS CEDRIC PLAYING A FLUTE?!

[@odinklebs1811]

"Fifteen-thousand two hundred and eleven pedals" lmao

[@arizonaboy1547]

Of course it'd be the person with the Loveless pfp to comment about pedals lmao

[@Sugarshanemc87]

GLASSJAW shirt nice

[@Joey-qb7mf]

I seriously doubt any of them are wearing a glassjaw shirt

[@Newwordsforsimone7]

Oh to listen to them now, talk about the weirdness of the new GWB administration and their hopes that the electoral college will be abolished and a new voting system put in place... I remember those days and how hopeless, fucked up, and dull it felt in the US, especially after 9/11. I would give anything to go back to a time pre 9/11 and pre ATDI break up. Things felt so much lighter then; so much so that most of the things we had to be angsty about were petty bullshit. There were SO many great underground bands and bands like this that came up through the underground scene by touring like mad. I miss that so, so much. I feel like the entire energy of the world was irrevocably changed just a few months after this. And it's just gotten weirder and weirder. At least they're back to help us through this new administration.

[@Mysterywhiteboy78]

I was speaking to a well known producer that worked with them, he said Cedric and Omar were incredibly creative.

[@HeavyProfessor]

Mysterywhiteboy78 not surprising

[@Mysterywhiteboy78]

(De-Loused in the Comatorium )

[@irotinmyskin]

i had no idea they were creative.

[@Mysterywhiteboy78]

Neither did i. From the live performances going back to ATDI i thought it impossible, even a joke. However who am i to disagree with their producer.

[@smittenthekitteninmittens2679]

and we all look forward to mysterywhiteboy78's creative output...YOU'RE GOING TO BE THE GREATEST ARTIST EVER TO HAVE EXISTED!!!...and i for one am waiting with baited breath.....pfft

[@kolbywinn1402]

Kinda weird, reminds me of how good ward and bixler are in tandem.

[@WarrenSkaley]

i totally agree

[@karlmarx809]

0satanisboring0 The new ATDI is just for their old asses to have a bit of fun and make money. They know punk music is for the young and what they're doing is garbage.

[@movimentodoscacos]

@@karlmarx809 wow, I knew I would disagree with Marx someday

[@vidukadavor]

No shit. Wars and Bixler are only two from beginnings of ATDI.

[@ACallander22]

Taking 5 weeks off… that was the end… Jim got married and they called it done.

[@basedsouljah]

of all the minutes that were taken away... will your watch be waitin'?

[@Trash1ey]

Dude... the burning-in-effigy of Bush Jr. was gold, but I really love the jam band-y instrumental parts of this set. I really miss them & that era of music. Mars Volta's fine & great (never got into Sparta), but the raw emotion & power ain't there. To me, Mars Volta seemed like a quest to be "respected."

[@sseltcarT]

But it was the 2000s, man… Going noodly with “prog” and incorporating elements of other stuff like jazz, dub, and salsa into your music for the heck of it were pretty much a suicidal move by marking yourself & your band for ridicule & insults by the public, much less gaining any modicum of respect (maybe unless you were Radiohead); it was actually pretty impressive that they were pretty well received and found an audience back then. I think rather than being “respected”, it seemed to be more of a quest to wing it and be COMPLETELY self-indulgent (which I believe Omar & Cedric themselves would earnestly agree with). Possibly as a retaliation against the strained dynamics within At the Drive-In at that time where every creative input needed the approval of the other band members. Speaking of which, maybe the palpable “raw emotion & power” that we all felt can be credited to the actual tension within the band itself 🤔

[@josephpickard3108]

Tighter than two coats of paint

[@xdoomirux]

Tone Loc ....😀

[@Sketchwald]

Jabba the nutt

[@dougsworld7533]

Sounds like Emo Fugazi

[@BatWayne6]

24:12 mars Volta was born

[@richardriemersma]

11:46

[@christopherfaulkner9197]

Am I missing something?

[@richardriemersma]

Christopher Faulkner Yeah, Jim and Cedric are yelling together the lyrics. gave me the goosebumps first time heard it

[@MercurialSilence]

Richard Riemersma I MUST HAVE READ A THOUSAND FACES

[@HeavyProfessor]

Christopher Faulkner dumb fuck

[@christopherfaulkner9197]

You stay classy, San Diego.

[@jamescastle9953]

What’s the presenters name ? Really cool

[@music.football.music.football.]

Anyone know what’s up with the Welsh Flag on Jim Wards guitar?

[@pd7287]

Shout out to Coldplay

[@BobbySacamano]

How cool was this. don't mention it

[@alexhennigh5242]

Holy shit did paul speak words?

[@swampface]

projectile transmission!!