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At the Drive-In was a five piece band from El Paso, Texas. When they broke up two of the members went on to form the Mars Volta, and the other three formed Sparta. Sparta was the more promising of the two bands: they landed a major deal with Dreamworks, preferred a more accessible post-hardcore sound, and didn't have the nagging drug problems that their former band mates suffered from. Well, we all know how that turned out.
I'm not a huge fan of this band/album (this is the only Sparta release I will ever listen to) as they never really were able to escape the shadow of ATDI and establish their own sound. However, being a major ATDI fanboy I can definitely appreciate the parts of this record that sound like b-sides off In/Casino/Out.
crazy. i know the dudes from ATDI/Sparta/MV pretty well. Omar and Cedric never had a "nagging drug problem", and only two of the dudes from ATDI went to Sparta.
ReplyDeletePaul, Tony, and Jim went to Sparta. That's three. Guess you don't know them that well, buddy.
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