At the Drive-In

At the Drive-In
At the Drive-In live in 2012. From left to right: Rodríguez, Bixler, Ward, Hajjar, and Hinojos.
Background information
Origin	El Paso, Texas, United States
Genres	Post-hardcore, noise rock, experimental rock
Years active	1993–2001 2012 2016–present
Labels	Rise Fearless Grand Royal Twenty-first Chapter
Associated acts	De Facto, Dios Kilos, El Grupo Nuevo de Omar Rodriguez Lopez, The Fall on Deaf Ears, The Mars Volta, Omar Rodriguez Lopez Group, Sleepercar, Sparta, Crime in Choir, Antemasque
Website	atdimusic.com
Members	Cedric Bixler Omar Rodríguez Paul Hinojos Tony Hajjar Keeley Davis
Past members	Jim Ward Jarrett Wrenn Kenny Hopper Bernie Rincon (†) Davy Simmons Adam Amparan Ryan Sawyer Ben Rodriguez

At the Drive-In is an American post-hardcore band from El Paso, Texas, formed in 1993. The band currently consists of Cedric Bixler (vocals), Omar Rodríguez (guitar, vocals), Paul Hinojos (bass), Tony Hajjar (drums) and Keeley Davis (guitar, vocals).

After several early line-up changes, the band solidified into a five-piece, consisting of Bixler, Rodríguez, Jim Ward, Hinojos and Hajjar. At the Drive-In released three studio albums and five EPs before breaking up in 2001. Their final album, 2000's Relationship of Command, received a number of accolades and is cited as a landmark of the post-hardcore genre. Following the breakup, Bixler-Zavala and Rodríguez-López formed The Mars Volta while Ward, Hinojos, and Hajjar formed Sparta. At the Drive-In reunited in January 2012 and played the 2012 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, as well as the 2012 Lollapalooza Festival.

In 2016, the band reunited for a second time, with guitarist and occasional lead vocalist Jim Ward no longer participating. He was replaced by Sparta's Keeley Davis. The band were forced to cancel part of their North American tour after Bixler began to have issues with his voice.

At the Drive-In was founded in 1993 by guitarist Jim Ward and vocalist Cedric Bixler. The newly formed band played its first live show on October 15, 1994 at the Loretto High School Fair in El Paso, Texas. Not long after, At the Drive-In released its first studio recording entitled Hell Paso, a 7-inch EP issued in November 1994. Following Hell Paso’s release, the band members embarked on their first tour – a 2,000-mile trek across the state of Texas. After a drummer change, At the Drive-In released its second EP ¡Alfaro Vive, Carajo! in June 1995. The band then set out on another tour, this one in a newly purchased 1981 Ford Econoline and spanning 42 days and 10,000 miles across the United States. During these tours, At the Drive-In began developing a large underground following by mostly playing in basements and small venues across the western United States, with their popularity spread by word of mouth among fans. One such show that changed the course of history for the band was in a now defunct bar in Los Angeles, where the band put on an explosive performance for just nine people – some of them employees of the Flipside record label. The staffers were so enthralled by the show that they offered to put out At the Drive-In’s record then and there. Accepting the offer, the band first headed out on another 21-day tour of the Southwest before ending in Los Angeles again where they recorded their debut full-length album titled Acrobatic Tenement for $600.