At The Drive-In - Live in El Paso, Texas
November 23rd, 1994 @
KJLF-TV Studio
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Notes
Part of Let’s Get Real Broadcast on public access TV. You might call us wild for propositioning this, but there is a through-line between this and their implosion in 2001. You can not deny Cedric’s belligerent energy as he ping-pongs across the tiny public access television stage. Jim, ever the guitar anchor is firm and unmoving. The performance is rambunctious, in your face, and despite the audience of only a handful of people, played to the absolute maximum. It never mattered if it was a festival field or a coffee shop At the Drive-In only performed at 10/10. Even this early it is readily apparent.
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Tour Era
This era encapsulates the birth of ATDI, and the shows that supported their first two EPs and first LP, Acrobatic Tenement.
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