At the Drive-in - Arcarsenal (Live @ Big Day Out '01)

::: At the Drive-in ::: "Arcarsenal"
Live at Big Day Out 2001 (Sydney,Australia)

[@thembluetube]

crazy legs lopez

[@PoopGamerBro]

Lol

[@zaxapitsa]

kids, this is how you start a show

[@robt400]

that was their opening song?? holy shit i regret never going to see them, and im from texas!

[@KaceyRepublic]

@@robt400 It was and they ended up walking off stage after 4? tracks I think. So it was short but blistering.

[@km606x]

@@KaceyRepublic lol it was because some girl ended up dying due to asphyxiation. Another guy died in the pit of Limp Biskit the same day.

[@dudeman5303]

@Guillermo Adam dude fuck off with your troll scam bullshit.

[@dudeman5303]

@Quinn Arthur no one actually believes you're real. lmao fucking coordinated bot bullshit

[@jakerobert3118]

It’s difficult for me to even gauge how much of an impact this band had on me.

[@HockeyPwnsBaseball]

Same. I was in middle school when I randomly heard "Pattern Against User" in a Halo 2 montage. That was the moment I began exploring hardcore music, and eventually metal. Who knows what my music taste would look like today if not for ATDI

[@MothersOfMars]

@@HockeyPwnsBaseballThe best exposure to ATDI I’ve heard of yet haha Halo montage videos were something else

[@yelnaw]

Fuckin A. Ahead of their time just like Refused. Still sounds awesome.

[@jorgestraight4922]

Same.

[@jorgestraight4922]

@@yelnawrecused predicted it with their album “the shape of punk” or “the sound of punk to become” can’t remember off the top of my head what that album is called. But it’s so fucking good of an album.

[@LJ7000]

this is the purest essence of expression of the limit of capability. scream till your vocal chords snap, and move until you brake a bone. this is music and its most spiritual.

[@liamhuxley9961]

Probably one of the best songs ever written

[@lancelotvox6933]

Liam Huxley Straight up

[@SimonNickels]

And quarantined

[@miedqy0]

I've never seen so much energy in a band live. Wow.

[@ZEIT9393]

The Stooges were doing it back in the 70s

[@RustinChole]

Imagine seeing it by accident at 16. Saw them on the acrobatic tenement tour in a gym, floor show no stage, I was front and center maybe a foot from Cedric. At that time this level of passion and physical expression was unheard of. The level of emotional intimacy you can convey in a setting that organic and pure is just, incomparable. There were bands with rocking front men out there, but it wasn’t the same. Compositionally ATDI, (and especially the first Mars Volta album) were on the highest level. Without the context of the times it doesn’t jump out as much. In 1996 it was all Rocket From The Crypt and Jawbreaker focused, both of which were amazing no doubt, but ATDI .... like people say about the 60’s, if you weren’t there to see it happen first hand, there’s really no way to articulate what it was like to see them live. ATDI’s Acrobatic Tenement was a watershed moment in the 1996 DIY punk scene. From fugazi to botch, ATDI were legends long before they got signed to a major label.

[@kevaaalahh9033]

The Dillinger Escape Plan 😉

[@jackcravford8744]

chariot, norma jean, converge, ken mode... :P

[@fertiloser1382]

ging nang boyz!

[@MrTrendkill42]

i'd kill for HD of this

[@user-wf6bn6qj5d]

+MrTrendkill42 yeeeessss

[@OfficialSERFATRON]

Peter Berkes same here

[@iknz1]

yes

[@spurgear]

AI upscale will come around soon I'm sure

[@jxomxo]

These guys changed post-hardcore forever

[@nitro5247]

They changed *music* forever

[@Daniel_Delayne]

@@nitro5247 How, exactly?

[@alexmaldonado801]

@@Daniel_Delayne you can really see their influences on post hardcore today in some bands it’s really amazing to see

[@caseypnw]

@@Daniel_Delayne having never heard of this band until recently. Bands I grew up with like Dance Gavin Dance, Closure in Moscow and Tides of Man were all very clearly influenced by this band and The Mars Volta

[@theyvegonetoplaid]

Omar's got the best stage moves EVER!! Cegric too, but I think Omar's got the magic shoes in this one.

[@pannkakesangen]

hands down my fav ATDI track. It encapsules everything I love about this band in a less-than-three minute bomb. Intensity, energy, crazyness, euphoria, BRILLIANT IDEAS excecuted to perfection. Its all there, man!

[@JG-nx3jg]

Atdi live performance are like that moment as a kid where you're dancing infront of the mirror (completely uninhibited). Before the realisation that someone might catch you.

[@CapnShiner]

That boy gets the crazy-legs something wild. This performance is absolutely electrifying.

[@AlexanderEddy]

Each strand of hair in his afro is actually a highly sensitive antenna which gives him an extra sensory perception of the world around him.

[@paulrichardhammond]

one of the most important bands of the last 15 years.

[@StephNuggs]

Let's make it 25

[@pete2derp]

THE single most intense live video i've ever seen. unbelievable presence, energy and emotion for the music and the song. amazing piece of video.

[@machinesbreathe]

Man. How did these guys hold it together onstage in the face of such abrasive fervor? It's no small wonder that their instruments remain in one place after the debris settles and the smoke thins.

[@andrewgaul]

I was up the front for this. Absolutly one of the best things I have seen live!

[@nevercanyoucant]

so powerful of a performance....god

[@eightnineteen819]

2021 and still relevant.

[@PaulO-qt6sq]

Best 3.30 min of music live ever

[@HeadlessBuddah]

Cause I really like tomatoes!

[@MlleMay]

Best comment ever 🤣

[@ajthemonk]

still my role models for performance

[@seba_85]

Hands down. This is the best Arcarsenal performance alive ever.

[@jonathanlink3246]

Probably] one of the greatest live] preformed ever

[@sabiandrum]

ATDI IS BACK BABY!

[@chinasaurshow1305]

Yeah!!!

[@mariz9084]

This needs to be remastered and put out as a whole concert and even audio. I was only 10 years old at the time & it wasn't until years later when I got into the Mars Volta that I found out who these guys were. ATDI is seriously one of the best and most important bands of all time, it's crazy how they stood the test of time. From being a football coach I know 14-16 year olds these days are getting into Relationship of Command & I/C/O. Still. After all this time.

[@vincentpeake]

Good music prevails..

[@mapleblues22]

One of my favorite videos of all time. Huge impact on me in 8th grade

[@RustinChole]

I remember seeing these guys with members of a lot of newly born seattle bands in a gymnasium in 1996. It was my first bands show, 8 band bill, ATDI played last and by then almost everyone had left. I only stuck around cause after our set, we traded demos. But at the time I’m ashamed to say I didn’t have high hopes for the band from Texas in all black, with mighty fro’s, and the tightest jeans I’d ever seen. The moment they started playing, Cedric climbed onto the PA, jumped off and landed into a breakdance on the floor. It was like a bomb going off. The only release they had was an old 7” and Acrobatic Tenement, but we took those records home and listened to them till dawn on repeat. All music aside, these guys set the bar for energy and stage presence, every band I knew of all genre’s aspired to have that impossibly genuine and heartfelt quality to every step they took, and note they played. I know ATDI didn’t have a good time at this show, but it’s some of the best footage of their stage presence out there, even tho by the time this was filmed it was the twilight of their career. (Not saying they didn’t still have it on the first TMV albums tour, that was the Cedric/Omar epoch for me. But back in the day, before phones and the internet, ATDI were legends just by spreading pure awe and raw talent everywhere they went). Thanks for the post.🙏

[@theaudition347]

Honestly, this video taught me how to dance to post-hardcore.

[@shmazo]

That is raw energy - a rare thing.

[@bluenight8790]

SO MUCH POWER AND PASION! I FUCKING LOVE THIS PERFORMANCE!!!!

[@WhenWorldsCollide91]

I LOVE both Mars Volta and At The Drive In. However, it amazes me every time seeing them live, because they step it up a notch regardless of how good they are on a record.

[@eddietunguska]

seeing these guys live woulda been amazing.Not since nirvana have i seen a band give so much of their soul.something sadly lacking these days.

[@destroyermaker]

Rage Against the Machine though

[@BeersAndBeatsPDX]

@@destroyermaker hardly

[@DGog224]

nothing compares to the energy omar and cedric put into their performances

[@nateballs1]

Sparta is just a different beast altogether. Everyone in this band was incredible...and they are reaping the benefits of being so now!

[@x-rayvision3802]

This is what being in the prime of your life looks like

[@h2ophilter]

its moments like these that make me wish I had a time machine.

[@typhoidmary2967]

guitar straps doing some serious work here

[@WolfataDoor]

God these guys are fucking nutters. One of my favorite bands. Can't wait to catch em again in May!!

[@jenniferwebsdale7188]

have you ever seen more heart and soul on a stage?

[@demoncleaner45]

wanna know how Omar didn't snap an ankle in the beginning

[@indigotheindieghost7214]

¡pure fucking cocaine bro! LOL

[@jonathanlink3246]

Love!!!

[@wernerviola6182]

The best live band in the Galaxy

[@MixYourWay]

what an awesome feeling! just great. One of all time favorites

[@RichJ66]

One of the best songs ever performed.

[@asspants101]

thanks man!

[@zz22222]

Most best performance in the universe

[@sisforshenanigans]

this was would be a great show to see. they have such great energy

[@ToBaer]

Insane performance! There's a hell lotta energy.

[@katherynmcgaffigan]

This song always makes me want to start a band! Yeah!

[@nitro5247]

Still interested?

[@EriatarkaB]

absolutely GREAT! Miss them, alot

[@dairyking887]

Great band. Great music. Great lyrics. Great art.

[@taproot17]

this song is awesome!great performance \m/

[@bharris134]

brilliant! miss those days

[@detachableoctopus]

I NEVER THOUGHT THERE WAS ANY CHANCE I MIGHT EVER SEE THIS LIVE YES YES YES

[@melissaanne9213]

This is sick. Great band. Cedric has such a powerful voice and strong energy.

[@br4ve]

I am sure we have all had passionate moments when listening to or performing live music - arc arsenel is amazing, this performance is exactly what I like to see on stage - get as loose as possible, who cares if you loose a little bit of sound quality I still think it sounds great.

[@asspants101]

Thanks man

[@MoRRsZLaSu]

Me watching it 10 years ago: "Fuck yeah, what a energy" Me watching it now: "Fuck me, his knees!"

[@s1ayd]

so much energy

[@cm410856]

i totally agree man..omar rodriguez...AWESOME

[@jackglen666]

excellent band and great to watch.

[@ConnorShawMusic]

some of the best concert footage ever..

[@alxcapowned1]

i love that dancing man cant get enough

[@wanik4]

Bewaaaaaaaaaaaaaaareee!!!!!!!!!!...After watching this show and comparing it to their '12 performance at coachella we could only be happy that they are still together. Wish Cedric still had the energy and the scream...They will always be amazing no matter what.

[@LeandroOlavarria]

I love this!!

[@incsk8]

this is beautiful

[@Catharsis_333]

Holy shit this is amazing. Love the insane energy.

[@sircambam]

Ive been watching this like 8- 10 times a week.

[@madbat3188]

this makes me feel very happy

[@youfailme2116]

the way he dances is just amazing

[@ivebingedrinking]

awesome!

[@badfish1111]

I'm fuckin' speechless. This is what it's all about.

[@jarjar3235]

today is the day I see them live fuck yeah!!!

[@jordybuckets]

The first time I saw this my whole life changed.

[@todovibra]

they are both equally awesome, in different ways of course.

[@panasonicyouth1985]

When that guitar hits at 0:53... That is almost like the perfect, minimalistic, and euphoric breakdown ever. And then... BOOM! Chaos! Reading Festival 2012. Bring it!

[@reecewilliams8905]

Thanks Omar.

[@DeficitAttentionProg]

Hahaa, Champion! I've been saying that for weeks. I had to go to Leeds Festival when I found out At The Drive In were playing... even if it was by the skin of my teeth. I leave tomorrow. So excited. Never though I would get to see them.

[@MsNatakins]

this makes me happy

[@Schiff252]

it's still alive! this stuff makes me love the mars volta that much more.

[@Otakugima]

I worship this video

[@cmathew86]

Thanks for the info. That's insane that someone died the same day. It's tough NOT to go insane when listening to these guys though. They got so much energy that it feeds off the crowd.

[@CicatrizESP1992]

Wow........speechless.

[@chichileeroo]

coolest thing ive ever seen

[@666heavymetaladdict]

one of the greatest albums of all time

[@Miquitzli]

this performance changed my fukin life.. thanks Kazaaa lmfao

[@MagicDragonPuff7]

love it!

[@evanisgay11]

DAMN. Old Man Gloom AND At the Drive-In reunion IN THE SAME YEAR?! Fuck yes.

[@mojopin70]

just amazing...

[@themountainradio]

MAN I wish there were still bands that kick ass as much as this live

[@TheBeenCrazy]

Out of all the bands playing at coachella im most excited to see ATDI. Cant wait til april!

[@equatetoevil]

THE BEST DANCER I'VE EVER SEEN!

[@ThisModernBrett]

this is straight up amazing.i love these guys ive seen the mars volta 2x but never seen ATDI which really sucks,but omar toally kills this!

[@VaZZim]

This live show is sick

[@hamdigidy]

this video rocks.

[@Proximoprod]

Most entertaining Live Band ever! PERIOD!

[@kylepwnt]

god damn - i wish i could've seen them live, the album version of this doesn't do their raw energy and passion justice

[@armandozapata]

¡¡¡Exploded on sight like a molotov cocktail!

[@follementefolle]

WOOOOW!!!! they are crazy