At The Drive-In Reunites After 11-Year Silence

UPDATE: The Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival has announced that At The Drive-In is scheduled to play on Sunday, April 15 and on Sunday, April 22. For the full lineup of artists scheduled to perform at Coachella this year, check out the official site.

Tweets of joy continue to flow from fans of the Texas post-hardcore band At The Drive-In in response to the band's announcement via Twitter today that they are reuniting after an 11-year silence.

According to a Tweet posted from the band's official Twitter account:

¡ ATTENTION !To whom it may concern:AT THE DRIVE-IN will be breaking their 11 year silenceTHIS STATION IS …NOW…OPERATIONAL

— At The Drive-In (@AtTheDriveIn_) January 9, 2012

The group disbanded in 2001 in part because frontman Cedric Bixler-Zavala wanted to go in a different direction, Rolling Stone explained. He and guitarist Omar Alfredo Rodríguez-López went on to form Mars Volta, while the band's three remaining members teamed up to form Sparta. In recent years, various members of the band have hinted at a reunion, according to Rolling Stone.

No further announcements have been made regarding the band's immediate plans, but fans can check for updates from the their official Twitter @AtTheDriveIn_ or at their official website.

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Comments

[pappy316]

09:04 PM on 02/05/2012

HELL YES!!! This band is fantastic. Omar Rodriguez Lopez is a musical genius madman! I can not wait to hear/see ATDI back together again.

[Joey Peguero]

08:18 AM on 01/30/2012

The Mars Volta is my favorite band!!! Seems none of the ATD-I fans really care for them huh? Still very excited for the reunion!!

[JABRONIBALOGNE]

09:59 AM on 01/18/2012

To me, ATDI is awesome, you can all suck it.

[ckt617]

01:41 AM on 01/14/2012

Not to hate on your music but I don't hear it. Bands that did it better 15, 20 years ago like Fugazi maybe Quicksand.

[homestawunnaw]

07:42 PM on 01/23/2012

Fugazi & Quicksand were great! ATD-I would surely agree. I could see why someone would go for the older seminal groups, but writing them off as imitative does them a disservice IMO. Influences were clear but theirs was/is once again a unique stew.

[REDSTATEREFUGEE]

01:01 AM on 01/14/2012

Oh, thank God they have reunited.....Now I can sleep at night.

[zelda fitzgerald]

02:24 AM on 01/12/2012

excellent

[Immreform]

11:43 PM on 01/11/2012

I was never a fan of Mars or Sparta.

ATDI!!

[AK23]

04:30 PM on 01/11/2012

At The Drive-In reunion: an answer to a question no one asked.

[Max Shaw]

02:30 PM on 01/11/2012

Already in line at the Invalid Litter Department! ...With my One Armed Scissors!

[M A Ross]

12:31 PM on 01/11/2012

One hit wonder band reunites for 2nd attempt...
Best of luck fellers'

[Fodderstompf]

10:46 AM on 01/11/2012

Superb! Would love to be a fly on the wall for these rehearsals. Now, if only Squirrel Bait would reunite...

[Birdman 49]

03:58 PM on 01/10/2012

OK I am goine, I don't know who they are.

[Guardian Weasel]

01:11 PM on 01/10/2012

Whoo hoo! Can't wait.

[chrysostomos]

11:39 AM on 01/10/2012

Love me some Mars Volta- can't wait to hear what the second coming of At the Drive-In will bring!

[TrotskyMemo]

11:25 AM on 01/10/2012

I remember listening to both the Volta and Sparta and thinking that it sounded like my favorite band had just split into two weaker parts. I loved Deloused in the Comatorium and Sparta's Wiretap Scars, but this is the best music news I've heard in years. Totally regretted not seeing ATDI live before, but I certainly won't do so now, if they can stomach coming anywhere near Florida.