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
@@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.
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.
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.
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!
@@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
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.
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.🙏
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.
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.
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.
The fact At The Drive In and The Mars Volta kept coming back to Australia makes me feel it's their spiritual home. This is a great performance of one of my favourites, on an album, Relationship of Command, that has zero skip tracks.
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.
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!
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.
Previously, I have had an eternal battle in my head, what is the greatest opening track on an album? It was down to "Battery" - Metallica, Master of Puppets or 'Immigrant song' Led Zeppelin 3, but now I think Arcarsenal tops them.
You can expect this kind of energy in any of their bands...speaking of Omar and Cedric. One of the reasons I love them so. You don't often see so much energy as this.
haha me too! Great book by Dan Ozzi. The mosh pit didn't seem that violent, why did they cut the show and insult the crowd? But when you know how hot that day was, and that a girl died afterwards in the pit, same day, you understand they did the best
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.
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.
omar and cedric always killed at the BDO. their mars volta performance was legendary too. and its so weird how the TMV performance was only 3 years after this, and completely different vocals, sound, and music. It's insane to think about
crazy legs lopez
Lol
It’s difficult for me to even gauge how much of an impact this band had on me.
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
@@HockeyPwnsBaseballThe best exposure to ATDI I’ve heard of yet haha
Halo montage videos were something else
Fuckin A.
Ahead of their time just like Refused. Still sounds awesome.
Same.
@@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.
kids, this is how you start a show
that was their opening song?? holy shit i regret never going to see them, and im from texas!
@@robt400 It was and they ended up walking off stage after 4? tracks I think. So it was short but blistering.
@@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.
@Guillermo Adam dude fuck off with your troll scam bullshit.
@Quinn Arthur no one actually believes you're real. lmao fucking coordinated bot bullshit
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.
Probably one of the best songs ever written
Liam Huxley Straight up
And quarantined
I've never seen so much energy in a band live. Wow.
The Stooges were doing it back in the 70s
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.
The Dillinger Escape Plan 😉
chariot, norma jean, converge, ken mode... :P
ging nang boyz!
Omar's got the best stage moves EVER!! Cegric too, but I think Omar's got the magic shoes in this one.
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!
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.
one of the most important bands of the last 15 years.
Let's make it 25
These guys changed post-hardcore forever
They changed *music* forever
@@nitro5247 How, exactly?
@@Daniel_Delayne you can really see their influences on post hardcore today in some bands it’s really amazing to see
@@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
i'd kill for HD of this
+MrTrendkill42 yeeeessss
Peter Berkes same here
yes
AI upscale will come around soon I'm sure
That boy gets the crazy-legs something wild. This performance is absolutely electrifying.
I was up the front for this. Absolutly one of the best things I have seen live!
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.
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.🙏
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.
Cause I really like tomatoes!
Best comment ever 🤣
so powerful of a performance....god
Best 3.30 min of music live ever
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.
Good music prevails..
Probably] one of the greatest live] preformed ever
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.
still my role models for performance
SO MUCH POWER AND PASION! I FUCKING LOVE THIS PERFORMANCE!!!!
2021 and still relevant.
One of my favorite videos of all time. Huge impact on me in 8th grade
Hands down. This is the best Arcarsenal performance alive ever.
God these guys are fucking nutters. One of my favorite bands. Can't wait to catch em again in May!!
ATDI IS BACK BABY!
Yeah!!!
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.
That is raw energy - a rare thing.
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.
Rage Against the Machine though
@@destroyermaker hardly
This is what being in the prime of your life looks like
Honestly, this video taught me how to dance to post-hardcore.
wanna know how Omar didn't snap an ankle in the beginning
¡pure fucking cocaine bro! LOL
The best live band in the Galaxy
its moments like these that make me wish I had a time machine.
nothing compares to the energy omar and cedric put into their performances
The fact At The Drive In and The Mars Volta kept coming back to Australia makes me feel it's their spiritual home. This is a great performance of one of my favourites, on an album, Relationship of Command, that has zero skip tracks.
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.
guitar straps doing some serious work here
This is sick. Great band. Cedric has such a powerful voice and strong energy.
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!
earworm of the week :)
have you ever seen more heart and soul on a stage?
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.
One of the best songs ever performed.
Previously, I have had an eternal battle in my head, what is the greatest opening track on an album? It was down to "Battery" - Metallica, Master of Puppets or 'Immigrant song' Led Zeppelin 3, but now I think Arcarsenal tops them.
what an awesome feeling! just great.
One of all time favorites
Love!!!
Most best performance in the universe
this was would be a great show to see.
they have such great energy
This song always makes me want to start a band! Yeah!
Still interested?
today is the day I see them live fuck yeah!!!
Great band. Great music. Great lyrics. Great art.
You can expect this kind of energy in any of their bands...speaking of Omar and Cedric. One of the reasons I love them so. You don't often see so much energy as this.
Me watching it 10 years ago: "Fuck yeah, what a energy"
Me watching it now: "Fuck me, his knees!"
i love that dancing man cant get enough
God, they have unparalleled energy on stage. Shame they had to break up... I mean, I love the Mars Volta and Sparta, but THIS is just amazing.
Magic afro powers?
god damn - i wish i could've seen them live, the album version of this doesn't do their raw energy and passion justice
The first time I saw this my whole life changed.
this performance changed my fukin life.. thanks Kazaaa lmfao
THE BEST DANCER I'VE EVER SEEN!
they are both equally awesome, in different ways of course.
I NEVER THOUGHT THERE WAS ANY CHANCE I MIGHT EVER SEE THIS LIVE YES YES YES
Ive been watching this like 8- 10 times a week.
Several microphones were harmed in this production
Insane performance! There's a hell lotta energy.
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!
this song is awesome!great performance \m/
brilliant! miss those days
When you gotta poop badly but trying to unlock your house front door with your keys. 0:54
Underrated comment
Laf at the kids on the Antemasque page complaining about the loss of Mars Volta, you got to be kidding me, to see this live would of been awesome
They got back together, and have a new album.
absolutely GREAT! Miss them, alot
22 years ago dam holds up better than music today folks
Reading Sellout brought be here and I couldn't be happier.
haha me too! Great book by Dan Ozzi. The mosh pit didn't seem that violent, why did they cut the show and insult the crowd? But when you know how hot that day was, and that a girl died afterwards in the pit, same day, you understand they did the best
I'm fuckin' speechless. This is what it's all about.
Who cares if it doesn't sound like music. Simply AMAZING.
It's a whole genre now
the way he dances is just amazing
one of the greatest albums of all time
some of the best concert footage ever..
Out of all the bands playing at coachella im most excited to see ATDI. Cant wait til april!
Most entertaining Live Band ever! PERIOD!
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.
it's still alive! this stuff makes me love the mars volta that much more.
so much energy
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.
MAN I wish there were still bands that kick ass as much as this live
this is beautiful
Holy shit this is amazing. Love the insane energy.
i totally agree man..omar rodriguez...AWESOME
Such an amazing band. Its pretty hard to believe that Relationship of Command is going to be 9 years old soon.
21 This year.
@@lucianoluggren damn
it will turn 23 this year
omar and cedric always killed at the BDO. their mars volta performance was legendary too. and its so weird how the TMV performance was only 3 years after this, and completely different vocals, sound, and music. It's insane to think about
That album is on my top 10, easily.
excellent band and great to watch.
I love this!!
you know, these guys are like all other greats.. came in.. made something new.. and was gone before we got out fill..
this makes me feel very happy