Members of At the Drive-In Tour as Sparta

Haircut plans still on backburner
Were you unhappy when At the Drive-In declared their plans to take an extended hiatus? If you answered "yes," you'll be happy to know that Jim, Paul, and Tony from At the Drive-In are in the midst of a tour under the name Sparta. The tour, which takes the band through select southwestern U.S. cities, will end with a stop in Reykjavic, Iceland for the Iceland Airwaves Festival. Yeah, Iceland's kind of out of the way, but we hear it's pretty this time of year.

Sparta plans to record and release an album soon, but no dates have been set. In the meantime, they've made three MP3s available through their website. The band describes the MP3s as "a rough draft," but they're certainly better than nothing. (Or are they? We don't know. We haven't haven't heard them.) As for At the Drive-In, they still have no plans to reform. Crushing.

10-10 Phoenix, AZ - Nita's Hideaway
10-11 Pomona, CA - Glasshouse
10-12 San Diego, CA - Mira Mesa Epicenter
10-14 San Francisco, CA - Slim's
10-15 Los Angeles, CA - Troubadour
10-20 Reykjavic, Iceland - Iceland Airwaves Festival

Posted by Alan Haworth on Wed, Oct 10, 2001 at 12:00am