<Tr> <Th> Members </Th> <Td> Cedric Bixler Omar Rodríguez Paul Hinojos Tony Hajjar Keeley Davis </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Past members </Th> <Td> Jim Ward Jarrett Wrenn Kenny Hopper Bernie Rincon (†) Davy Simmons Adam Amparan Ryan Sawyer Ben Rodriguez </Td> </Tr> <P> At the Drive - In is an American post-hardcore band from El Paso, Texas, formed in 1994 . 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 third and final album before their split, 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 released their fourth studio album, in ter a li a, in 2017 . </P> <P> At the Drive - In was founded in 1994 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 . </P>

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