at the drive-in acrobatic tenement - Video
PUBLISHED:  Dec 05, 2012
DESCRIPTION:
My new interruption-free version here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lS1UIvOJcCo&t=1579s

Cedric Bixler -- Lead vocals
Jim Ward -- Guitar, back-up vocals
Adam Amparan -- Guitar
Omar Rodríguez -- Bass
Ryan Sawyer -- Drums

0:00 Star Slight
1:16 Schaffino
4:03 Ebroglio
6:52 Initiation
10:16 Communication Drive-In
11:57 Skips on the Record
15:03 Paid Vacation Time
18:31 Ticklish
23:04 Blue Tag
26:21 Coating of Arms
29:06 Porfirio Díaz

32:05 Doorman's Placebo | In/Casino/Out bonus track

After releasing two EPs and touring extensively, mostly playing in basements and small venues across the western United States, At the Drive-In had developed a large underground following, with their popularity being spread by word of mouth. One such show that changed the course of history for the band was in a now defunct bar in Los Angeles, where they 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 the band's record. Accepting the offer, the band first headed out on another 21-day tour of the Southwest before ending back in Los Angeles where they recorded their debut full-length album, Acrobatic Tenement, for $600.

This is the last record before the final line-up of At the Drive-In was solidified. The album saw the addition of Omar Rodriguez-Lopez as bassist. Paul Hinojos and Tony Hajjar had yet to join and Jim Ward is joined by a second guitar player other than Jarrett Wrenn, who played on the first two EPs. This record also features drummer number three. The album was released August 18, 1996, and the band commenced another tour of the United States the following year spanning 100 days (February to June 1997) and 24,000 miles. "Ebroglio" was written about Julio Venegas, a close friend of the band, who committed suicide in 1996. Cedric Bixler-Zavala and Omar Rodríguez-López, as The Mars Volta, would later record and dedicate the album De-Loused in the Comatorium entirely to Venegas.

At the Drive-In live at the Bowling Alley 1998:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sVM0TWy5C9g&feature=share&list=PL355FB1849BD7ABA1

At the Drive-In in the Classroom:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r0fWCgQbBXU&feature=share&list=PL355FB1849BD7ABA1
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