When At The Drive-In first split up, Cedric Bixler-Zavala and Omar Rodríguez-López founded the Mars Volta as a means to explore their spaciest prog-rock impulses. Meanwhile guitarist Jim Ward started his own band with ATDI drummer Tony Hajjar called Sparta, a more straightforward post-hardcore project that demonstrated what a grounding force Ward had been for…
Stereogum — When At The Drive-In first split up, Cedric Bixler-Zavala and Omar Rodríguez-López founded the Mars Volta as a means to explore their spaciest prog-rock impulses. Meanw... more info