Conan said in a Lecture in Cambridge that this was the strangest performance ever on his show. He said the audience was very polite, but was clearly just waiting for the band. He called them "At The Drive-Thru."
I love how Cedric realized he skipped a line in the first verse, so he dialed up the effects pedal to 11 and hoped the audience wouldn’t notice him repeating it.
isoleamebuthappysoul Do you think he looks like he's having a blast? He seems like he's cringing in all the post RoC release TV appearances they did. I just watched the (absolutely appaling) version of this they (I say they but was really just Cedric and Omar. You can't fault the rest of them) did for Jools Holland and I thought to myself that if I had been Jim Ward in that situation I would have hidden behind the backline so no one could see me. It's a shame that Cedric and Omar clearly didn't want to be in this band at this point and as a result behaved like this when it was the only real snapshot that a lot of people we're going to get of this truly magnificent band. They did themselves a grave disservice in my opinon. They toiled away unknown for too long for this to be the account of themselves they portrayed when they were started to get people's interest.
I saw an afterthought video from Jools Holland, and he mentioned that performance as one of his most memorable, dont get me wrong, they (Omar and Cedric) were a total mess, but still, that fucking performance was a beast!!!
+anthony noble Early AtDi revolved around this spirit. Every show that you can find of them was in some varying degree similar to this. I think in an early interview they discuss how their music should move through their body. I know in the Rolling Stone's interview, Jim actually talks about how the band is meant to sound chaotic and dissonant. He even broke his own head stock on the bassist's back going all out like Cedric and Omar. Jim wanted and loved this band as did all of them. They were meant to be like this. They were a band to get their stories, their lives, their emotions out. I don't think they ever strived to be anything more then that considering the result of TMV and Sparta. This was the angsty embodiment of what they felt. Musicianship was put aside for a more ethereal and emotional cause.
Seeing Omar just throw his guitar and dive behind the amp is hilarious and awesome all at once. I've always been so careful with my gear, this dude just fucking chucks it and bails. And he's where he is and I'm where I am. Food for thought.
If you had to wait in the green room plus soundcheck plus an entire 4 minute performance to go back to the van and take another fatty hit of crack you would bail like this too
I remember seeing this when it aired like it was yesterday. I had just started getting into them around this time and seeing this performance solidified my interest. Been a fan ever since. Also, I'm old.
I kinda blame it on the garage rock revival that happened around the same time. A lot of journalists started hyping up bands that sounded like they were just trying to copy the 70s rock style. Even though some great bands came out of that trend, the post hardcore scene should've picked up more mainstream traction.
It become the rock of the future, but like until 2006. Then emo happened, indie become a little forgotten, then reggaeton and house, EDM pop electronic music happened.. some good bands pop up, went away quick. Rock become underground. Nowadays, Rock is popular; is mostly underground, good bands. What is popular with new generations is psychodelic, bedroom pop, indie surf stoner kind of stuff, and most recently Post Punk.
@@michaelgraham9774 I think both scenes were great and showed great power and energy in their music. bands like the hives,vines,comets on fire,drunk horse,gorilla etc.. were all very good bands. I think it started to get watered down by 2011 and then in 2014 obscure 70s and stoner rock became kind of a hot thing again, at least in my area it was at the time and now it seems like that scene is just doing too much of the same thing over and over and it gets boring, but their is some good talent out there in the obscure side of things. bands like violent soho, fontaines D.C. , pinko and bummer. who do things in the classic way of bands like shellac, drive like jehu, sonic youth etc.. I love both post punk, hardcore, emo, alternative etc.. but at the end of the day isn't it all just rock n roll? I stoped restricting myself from listening to just one sub genre, only one I don't touch is that god awful top charting crap we have now or have had for a while now, I listen to everything from at the drive in, mudhoney, pearl jam, deftones, faith no more, mars volta, icarus line, toadies,incubus, janes addiction, fugazi, brainiac etc... and it's all good fucking music. fuck category, listen to whatever you want.
I went to see The Get Up Kids back in 1999 and these guys opened up for them. I was expecting to see just another cliche emo band with mommy issues doing leg kicks but these dudes came up and completely shook the piss out of everyone that night. It was like Beldar's Fireworks show at the football game in Coneheads.
While I usually loathe to compare bands with other bands, ATDI always felt like a new-age (for then) MC5 because of their similar energies and a bit of the feel of their material, but maybe that's just the Detroit boy in me talking...
I saw this video looooooong time ago, i loved it! I kept seeing it a lot. Loved the energy and the middle-finger-performance. Than suddently that video disappeared from youtube!!! I always thought i confused the name of the song or the name of the late show, but no! It was One Armed Scissor @ Conan! Thank you a lot for uploading this great video!
i remember watching this airing recording this on my VCR, there was also a hilarious comedian that night too. ooh....so nostalgic about back in the napster days of p2p sharing
If you guys dig this, look up the version they did of this song on "Later with Jools Holland" look for the one with the long duration because it shows something really funny. Imagine this: ATDI started this song when Omar broke a string, so he's handed his back up (both black Squier Super sonic models), it takes him a while to plug his guitar back in, so it's feedbacking an screeching during the second verse. Cedric meanwhile has gotten hold of a random chair, uses it to climb a PA tower and leaps off. Omar's guitar has ended up god knows where and he got a tambourine in his hand and the song ends in shambles and the audience going wild. ...then the camera turns to the artist who was next on the bill, it's none other than Robbie Williams, who is looking with a "deer-in-the-headlights" look going 'HOW THE FUCK AM i GONNA TO FOLLOW THAT?"
This is fucking amazing, I wish a bands could pull off stuff like this in modern day TV. Too bad Rock isn't popular anymore. Let alone an underground band getting on TV.
I love At The Drive-In, and do not question their talent and enthusiasm but this is a perfect example of what a studio can do for the quality of the sound of your music. I don’t know, maybe they just get too excited on performing and just forget about how it sounds. I’ve yet to find a live performance by ATDI that doesn’t sound like a middle-school garage band playing instruments for the first time. Love the energy just not the quality.
I remember when this aired . Conan just came out on tv. These guys came out, played,jumped around on stage and dipped. I remember thinking "what the fuck did I just see?" I was left wanting more! Lol they went in to become one of my favorite bands.
Ill never understand people praising the messiness of the original punk vands of the 70s and even the 80s but then shitting over this? Its the exact same thing in terms of energy and the chaos only difference is these guys can actually play really well they just choose to play sloppier for a better physical performance
not a fan. but just my first try. still enjoy seeing any band give it their all. rare nowdays (yes i know this was 16 years ago but its my day, and theyre still going). thumbs up
Conan hated having anything remotely close to this genre of music on his show. Just watch his body language and his verbal delivery that sounds like he's giving an eulogy.
its not the genre, its because of how they they threw shit around. although it looks cool, any owner of a venue hates getting things thrown around and they just looked up themselves bailing right after the song. Conans a cool guy
Conan said in a Lecture in Cambridge that this was the strangest performance ever on his show. He said the audience was very polite, but was clearly just waiting for the band. He called them "At The Drive-Thru."
Link?
in that case, i want to see an angle of the audience lol
I love how Cedric realized he skipped a line in the first verse, so he dialed up the effects pedal to 11 and hoped the audience wouldn’t notice him repeating it.
I just wanted to say that I only found out about these guys a week ago and I think theyre one of the coolest bands I've ever heard
If you like them check out "The Mars Volta" same singer and guitar player.
Enjoy. And yes check out The Mars Volta
And the other half of the band formed Sparta, who are also great.
Listen to The Mars Volta.
The guitarist and vocalist later became the greatest band ever
I remember this night live! This broke my pop-punk brain and cut it loose on a never-ending tangent of musical discovery.
I like how the mars volta left the stage, and sparta stuck around.
Major foreshadowing right there.
i could probably find all my life goals in Omar's hair lol
Jim holding the ship together. You've got to give it to him, keeping everything going and having a blast at the same time.
isoleamebuthappysoul Do you think he looks like he's having a blast? He seems like he's cringing in all the post RoC release TV appearances they did. I just watched the (absolutely appaling) version of this they (I say they but was really just Cedric and Omar. You can't fault the rest of them) did for Jools Holland and I thought to myself that if I had been Jim Ward in that situation I would have hidden behind the backline so no one could see me. It's a shame that Cedric and Omar clearly didn't want to be in this band at this point and as a result behaved like this when it was the only real snapshot that a lot of people we're going to get of this truly magnificent band. They did themselves a grave disservice in my opinon. They toiled away unknown for too long for this to be the account of themselves they portrayed when they were started to get people's interest.
anthony noble did you ever see them live before ROC? because this is pretty much how i remember them live. noisey and chaotic
I saw an afterthought video from Jools Holland, and he mentioned that performance as one of his most memorable, dont get me wrong, they (Omar and Cedric) were a total mess, but still, that fucking performance was a beast!!!
Ps: early Fugazi shows were just as insane!!
+anthony noble Early AtDi revolved around this spirit. Every show that you can find of them was in some varying degree similar to this. I think in an early interview they discuss how their music should move through their body. I know in the Rolling Stone's interview, Jim actually talks about how the band is meant to sound chaotic and dissonant. He even broke his own head stock on the bassist's back going all out like Cedric and Omar. Jim wanted and loved this band as did all of them.
They were meant to be like this. They were a band to get their stories, their lives, their emotions out. I don't think they ever strived to be anything more then that considering the result of TMV and Sparta. This was the angsty embodiment of what they felt. Musicianship was put aside for a more ethereal and emotional cause.
One Armed Scissor is just an amazing song that really stands up well!
I can't stress enough how much these guys rock. "CUT AWAY! CUT AWAY". Legendary.
🇵🇷 flag in the back!!!
Shout out to the rhythm section desperately trying to hold the song together.
xTheOxx awful lol
This... really made me laugh
Funny, but completely true too. Great performance, along with others of this same tune. Shout out well deserved!
That's just what it is to play interesting punk, dude. Loose and fast.
And now you see why they went off to form Sparta and the afro-ed members went on to form the Mars Volta.
Seeing Omar just throw his guitar and dive behind the amp is hilarious and awesome all at once. I've always been so careful with my gear, this dude just fucking chucks it and bails. And he's where he is and I'm where I am. Food for thought.
Well said
lltrtc44 rondas infantiled
He also has talent.
in an interview he said he just bailed because too much adrenaline (or something) and had to just drink a bunch of water.
If you had to wait in the green room plus soundcheck plus an entire 4 minute performance to go back to the van and take another fatty hit of crack you would bail like this too
This is my single favorite recorded live performance.
same
His hair has its own echo system 🌼
I remember seeing this when it aired like it was yesterday. I had just started getting into them around this time and seeing this performance solidified my interest. Been a fan ever since. Also, I'm old.
I was a senior in high school when I saw this and it blew my fucking mind wide open
@@0satanisboring0 your system was non-operational
Same here bro damn we are getting old F It this was Life @ it's best.
If Omar and Cedric were the face and heart of ATDI... Jim was definitely the soul. Sparta was an AWESOME band too!
Juan Teppa Yeah. It's a shame Jim's not back with them.
O . O but At The Drive-In was the best.
Atdi could sound like TMV sometimes, but TMV can't sound like ATDI cause Jim is not in the equation
@@licmoraless Jim is such an understated member of the band.. he was definitely a big part of their sound.
Sparta is still around my man
the drummer is a beast
Every performer should rock their songs this hard
Glad to see this back on youtube after years of being blocked due to copyright issues. Their *best performance in my opinion.
the ATDI method: go nuts on stage as much as possible
a band with a lot of energy on stage is a good thing
ok
you should see them now lol they hardly move
father time is undefeated dude
Explain Iggy Pop.
Dat mic-toss-bass-drum-jump doe... 1:08. LEGENDARY.
Remember when they called this the rock music of the future but instead rock became extremely lame and safe?
I kinda blame it on the garage rock revival that happened around the same time. A lot of journalists started hyping up bands that sounded like they were just trying to copy the 70s rock style. Even though some great bands came out of that trend, the post hardcore scene should've picked up more mainstream traction.
@@michaelgraham9774 Great point I always thought it was weird how Rock all the sudden "needed saving."
It become the rock of the future, but like until 2006. Then emo happened, indie become a little forgotten, then reggaeton and house, EDM pop electronic music happened.. some good bands pop up, went away quick. Rock become underground. Nowadays, Rock is popular; is mostly underground, good bands. What is popular with new generations is psychodelic, bedroom pop, indie surf stoner kind of stuff, and most recently Post Punk.
You think things last forever. Not meant to be. And you're dumb, also.
@@michaelgraham9774 I think both scenes were great and showed great power and energy in their music. bands like the hives,vines,comets on fire,drunk horse,gorilla etc.. were all very good bands. I think it started to get watered down by 2011 and then in 2014 obscure 70s and stoner rock became kind of a hot thing again, at least in my area it was at the time and now it seems like that scene is just doing too much of the same thing over and over and it gets boring, but their is some good talent out there in the obscure side of things. bands like violent soho, fontaines D.C. , pinko and bummer. who do things in the classic way of bands like shellac, drive like jehu, sonic youth etc.. I love both post punk, hardcore, emo, alternative etc.. but at the end of the day isn't it all just rock n roll? I stoped restricting myself from listening to just one sub genre, only one I don't touch is that god awful top charting crap we have now or have had for a while now, I listen to everything from at the drive in, mudhoney, pearl jam, deftones, faith no more, mars volta, icarus line, toadies,incubus, janes addiction, fugazi, brainiac etc... and it's all good fucking music. fuck category, listen to whatever you want.
my favorite At the Drive-In video
God, Cedric just excretes so much swagger on stage. It's crazy!!
I went to see The Get Up Kids back in 1999 and these guys opened up for them. I was expecting to see just another cliche emo band with mommy issues doing leg kicks but these dudes came up and completely shook the piss out of everyone that night. It was like Beldar's Fireworks show at the football game in Coneheads.
+Joel Pixton This is one of my favorite similes ever.
Joel Pixton snuck into the show at Amherst, thought the same thing, life changing moment 99, ultimate Facebook was the first band
Lol omg Get Up Kids!!
Saw the same show in Illinois. Never heard of ATDI and became an instant fan.
can't imagine the get up kids following this hahaha
You couldn't beat this performance with a stick. Absolutely incredible.
While I usually loathe to compare bands with other bands, ATDI always felt like a new-age (for then) MC5 because of their similar energies and a bit of the feel of their material, but maybe that's just the Detroit boy in me talking...
@@d33j4ybf THIS!
Thank you ATDI
Lot of great bands on Conan. All (Descendents with a different vocalist) were on it
This type of energy made the Clash famous and you could feel it here.
Holy shit this is amazing....
"Hey we just killed it... Btw we're quitting the band"
So funny. Glad they got back together
Omar and Cedric just fucked off at the end. XD
Yea, to smoke more crack!!
Man, I Love Jim.
Alongside Pavement, this is the dopest performance ever!
Back when bands were not afraid of just throwing it down.
Cool cliche comment, man.
Taylor Maddox cool cliche response
Blue Midnight Uncool cliche retort
Cliche syntaxx error ..this station is non operational TULTA MUNILLE 😁🇫🇮
i mean...indie rock did used to mean something way fucking different
Absolute energetic chaos, love atdi ❤
Awesome! I miss this performance at 2000..
the end of this video represents Omar and Cedric leaving the band and the forming of mars volta and sparta, respectively.
03:50 when you see your dad's car approaching but his porn collections is still in your room
I just wish there was more energy in this performance.....
I saw this video looooooong time ago, i loved it! I kept seeing it a lot. Loved the energy and the middle-finger-performance. Than suddently that video disappeared from youtube!!! I always thought i confused the name of the song or the name of the late show, but no! It was One Armed Scissor @ Conan! Thank you a lot for uploading this great video!
i remember watching this airing recording this on my VCR, there was also a hilarious comedian that night too. ooh....so nostalgic about back in the napster days of p2p sharing
If you guys dig this, look up the version they did of this song on "Later with Jools Holland" look for the one with the long duration because it shows something really funny.
Imagine this: ATDI started this song when Omar broke a string, so he's handed his back up (both black Squier Super sonic models), it takes him a while to plug his guitar back in, so it's feedbacking an screeching during the second verse. Cedric meanwhile has gotten hold of a random chair, uses it to climb a PA tower and leaps off. Omar's guitar has ended up god knows where and he got a tambourine in his hand and the song ends in shambles and the audience going wild.
...then the camera turns to the artist who was next on the bill, it's none other than Robbie Williams, who is looking with a "deer-in-the-headlights" look going 'HOW THE FUCK AM i GONNA TO FOLLOW THAT?"
RastaSaiyaman I can't seem to find it, you have a link?
Vamp Ale it got taken down :(
@@MrAsda64 Fuck
@@michaelgraham9774 haven't paid my license fee since
Daniel Deery theres footage of the one armed scissor segment available in dailymotion dai.ly/x42l0l
i'm here after the omar/dean interview cause omar said he had a panic attack and left lol i had to see this.
Now "that" is a live performance... KILLER GOOD!
THIS IS TOO GOOD , IT DRIVES ME INSANE, DOES THAT MAKE SENSE, NO, JUST GIVE IT TO ME
Best band
If I ever had a Time Machine, I'd have to add a stop at front-row-center of this performance.
Love the energy!
Entered in deep state of relief when Omar guitar noise fade away😅
Everything was so much better back then, especially comment sections.
Lol Conan just looks down and shakes his head....
Nah you're projecting it wrong. He got ratings at 1:00 a.m. EST from this kind of content. Slipknot played Heretic Anthem on network television.
Conan actually really liked this band and performance...Letterman on the other hand, hated them
When and where does he ever shake his head?...
Even if he did, it's a reasonable reaction haha like a "jesus christ lol these guys are nuts" kinda head shake, not necessarily a negative thing.
@@bradyward2177 not true, letterman said "don't quit your day job" meaning their band. Letterman liked atdi
3:52 the 2 guys got away
Omar pretending to play his instrument at the expense of the band’s sound as usual 😂
I now have a strong urge to play Emogame again.
At 3:29 when he's singing to us using telepathy and I can hear every lyric clearly tho
Apparently they really did not want to shake his hand after the show.. or they both really just had to go pee.
You don't go from spaz mode to shaking hands.
They probably needed to go get a fix. They were pretty severe drug addicts at the time.
This is fucking amazing, I wish a bands could pull off stuff like this in modern day TV. Too bad Rock isn't popular anymore. Let alone an underground band getting on TV.
Noah Harned silent planet is great, so is at the drive in, and my name is also Noah. Cheers mate
Back then, depending on the musical guest, we would get excited for talk shows like it was a concert.
The best
I love At The Drive-In, and do not question their talent and enthusiasm but this is a perfect example of what a studio can do for the quality of the sound of your music. I don’t know, maybe they just get too excited on performing and just forget about how it sounds. I’ve yet to find a live performance by ATDI that doesn’t sound like a middle-school garage band playing instruments for the first time. Love the energy just not the quality.
You don't understand how punk works. Energy = Execution. That's why they're legends.
@@cpthardluck The thing about punk rock is you start believing your own bullshit after a while.
@@suburbanindie Same goes for fans of The Rollings Stones and U2.
@@cpthardluckThey have energy but sound terrible.
@@DonVal86 terrible is a massive overstatement. That, or your haven't seen many live bands.
I remember when this aired . Conan just came out on tv. These guys came out, played,jumped around on stage and dipped. I remember thinking "what the fuck did I just see?" I was left wanting more! Lol they went in to become one of my favorite bands.
3:50 The Mars Volta leaves the stage, Sparta stays
What a weird foreshadowing. Honestly a little creepy.
Sparta also later played on Conan. Weird coincidence.
When ppl say music that reminds them of their youth I have ATDI
Jim ward is the man, sparta rules
is this the biggest omar's hair has ever been, it always looked big, but it looks next level in this video
The voice distorsion like a demon.
You can see the differences between the members. Mars Volta and Sparta.
SPARTA EVOLVED!
I.C.O.N.I.C.
One of my great regrets in life is not seeing these guys live
Same
Cedric and Omar were too cranked up to thank Conan at the end. Fuckin anxiety attack 😂
Can someone say cocaine? haha fucking awesome
Taylor W They were on all kinds of shit at this point in time, including heroin. Thank goodness they cleaned up a few years later.
I love Jim Ward & Juan... ✌️
kinda funny, they would go apeshit on stage but hated moshing...
I heard that in a show a girl died by moshing, so that makes sense.
to be fair he is not hurting anyone but himself potentially, unlike in moshing
Unlike the crowds at their shows, they had the room to move around and do crazy shit without hurting anyone most of the time.
Does anyone know what exactly Cedric and Omar was taking back then ?
Coke obviously
Ill never understand people praising the messiness of the original punk vands of the 70s and even the 80s but then shitting over this? Its the exact same thing in terms of energy and the chaos only difference is these guys can actually play really well they just choose to play sloppier for a better physical performance
Here is good everything
Yhis song is literally a can of WHOOP ASS!!!!
What effect does he use on his voice at 0:31?
Hermit the Log lmfao xDxD very true. I'm obsessed with his playing style when he was in atdi.
It sounds like an octaver
Does anybody know what pedals Omar is using in this to get that crazy awesome distortion sound?
go on!
3:48 Ahí viene la migra wey!!
This show is the best of them. I'm sure.
not a fan. but just my first try. still enjoy seeing any band give it their all. rare nowdays (yes i know this was 16 years ago but its my day, and theyre still going). thumbs up
+NOVA You seen the Letterman performance? It's a lot cleaner, better mix etc. Still reckless as fuck though.
No but ill check it out though. And im sure letterman was comically unwelcoming lol
NOVA According to the singer, Letterman came up to them and said "don't quit your dayjobs" after they played. It's not in the video though.
Oigan y que pasó con esta banda? ¿Por se separó la banda?
1:22 did anyone think this was slash?
this is fucking rad
Imagine the live performances if ATDI and ...AYWKUBTTOD formed a supergroup.
Awesome.
Thanks to Conan for bringing post-rock to his show. Maybe this is post-hardcore, idk 😂
The most energetic heroin addicts I’ve ever seen (although they were most likely supplementing the heroin with various stimulants).
What’s the song ?
Fuckin rock n roll. End of story.
2018 sucks, so does the future. Hope you enjoyed fun times, like when this was recorded. God I miss those days.
Conan hated having anything remotely close to this genre of music on his show. Just watch his body language and his verbal delivery that sounds like he's giving an eulogy.
its not the genre, its because of how they they threw shit around. although it looks cool, any owner of a venue hates getting things thrown around and they just looked up themselves bailing right after the song. Conans a cool guy
Then don't book them.
+John Short Didn't realize we had a body language expert in the TH-cam comments. Tell us more, Professor.
Conan had some pretty "out there" bands on his show. I'm sure it doesnt really have to do with the genre.
Caused they sucked! Around the middle of the song the vocalist has little voice left. It sounds like a weak and lame falsetto. 🤷
Live in Conan Halloween Night, 2000.
What a beautiful chaotic mess.
Style over Substance...At the Drive Thru.
This is how my asshole feels when the diarrhea from food poisoning starts
conan hated it lmaoo