At The Drive-In to ear-pummel Mars Volta Fans via Guitar Hero IV
Published on May 8, 2008 by spencer · 14 Comments
No, I didn’t actually see At The Drive In live when I had the chance. All my friends raved about them, but I was too busy being a hippy to take much notice. Hell, I was still figuring out the Dismemberment Plan, and all ATDI’s wiry guitars confused and scared me just a little bit. My brain wasn’t ready for their epic assault until a month before they broke up and splintered into Sparta (yay!) and Mars Volta (blech). Then did I actually sit down and check out what all the fuss was about. Man, I must have missed some great 60-person crowd shows. Any case, all the Mars Volta fans who aren’t hip to At The Drive In better be prepared to get their faces ripped off by ATDI with the release of Guitar Hero IV.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
May 8, 2008 — Huntington Beach, CAPick up your guitar and shred along to “One Armed Scissor” by At the Drive-In this summer on Guitar Hero IV. The game will be released this June on all major platforms including Xbox 360, Playstation 3, Nintendo Wii, PC, Mac and Nintendo DS. At The Drive-In will have their track included along with rock giants such as Aerosmith and Def Leppard.
The track “One Armed Scissor” originally released on Relationship and Command still continues to stand the test of time. It has been recognized by Spin Magazine as one of the “Top 100 albums between 1985 and 2005″ and by Time Magazine as an album that, “deftly combines punk ferocity with artful though sometimes inscrutable lyrics.”
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Guitar Hero IV is not coming out in June. Guitar Hero: Aerosmith is coming out in June.
I just called and spoke with Fearless Records. They stand by their press release, which I quoted verbatim. Facts: Checked.
Mate.
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“The track “One Armed Scissor†originally released on Relationship and Command still continues to stand the test of time.”
way2fuckup the name of the album
So, it’s not YOUR fault. But someone should let Fearless Records know that there’s a difference between “IV” and “Aerosmith.”
GH4 is not coming out in June nor will it be on NDS. Fearless is wrooooooooooooong.
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yeah, getting the name of the album wrong is a lame blunder on my part – I should have fact checked their press release – but I did call the Fearless office, referring to the album as “Relationship and Command” and they didn’t correct me, so…oops! Still waiting to hear back from Activision to confirm their side.
Sorry for being such a jerkface.
what ?
you like sparta ?
sparta is the leftover of at the drive in, later known as the mars volta.
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