Alien Ant Farm

They are currently working on a new album; the name has yet to be released. -. Joe Hill was named the new guitarist in 2005. By comparing the musical styles of these two bands, the nature of any creative differences that may have led to the split become clear. In 2004, guitarist Terry Corso split with the band citing "irreconcilible differences". All five former members continue to make music, Cedric and Omar with The Mars Volta, and Jim, Paul and Tony in Sparta. "Glow" has been a mainstream radio success, while also achieving long lasting top 20 success in New Zealand. Though the reasons for their breakup have not been made clear, Bixler Zavala and Rodriguez-Lopez have stated that they wanted their next album to sound like Pink Floyd's Piper at the Gates of Dawn while the other members of the band wanted it to sound more like Weezer, although this claim is not neccesarily made literally.

Finally in winter 2002, Alien Ant Farm returned to the studio to work on their next album called truANT, which was released in 2003 produced by Stone Temple Pilots' Robert and Dean DeLeo. At the peak of their popularity, following an epic world tour and with an ever-growing reputation, as well as an incredibly dedicated cult following that remains to this day, At the Drive-In split up in 2001, initially referring to the split as an "indefinite hiatus". The driver died and the band members had several injuries, including a broken neck for lead singer Dryden Mitchell. The afro has, as a result, become somewhat synonymous with the pair's image. The band was involved in a bus accident while touring in Spain. At the Drive-In were also noted, by certain sections of the music press, for the afros that Cedric Bixler and Omar Rodriguez-Lopez sport. Their following single "Movies" was a Top 5 hit in the UK and a Top 20 hit in New Zealand. Despite this undoubtedly impressive set, it has often been remarked of At the Drive-In that they struggled to recreate their live experience in the studio, although they certainly tried to (their second full-length, In/Casino/Out, for example, was a live studio album).

Their cover of the Michael Jackson song, "Smooth Criminal", was a #1 single in Australia and New Zealand and a #3 single in the UK. It was this reputation that contributed largely to the attention they received in the rock press towards the end of their career together, as well as the release of what is surely their best-known album, Relationship of Command. In 2000, Alien Ant Farm signed with DreamWorks SKG for their debut album ANThology and then the band began touring in 2001. Influenced primarily by the likes of Fugazi and Drive Like Jehu and making epic, post-hardcore and sometimes almost-stadium rock with complex time signatures and cryptic lyrics, ATD-I's first studio recording was Hell Paso, an EP issued in 1994. They quickly developed a following as intense in loyalty as the band were in their playing - At the Drive-In's reputation for impressive live shows remains legendary to this day. Alien Ant Farm was formed in the USA in 1996 as a grunge and alternative metal group. At the Drive-In were a post-hardcore band from El Paso, Texas, who formed in 1993 and broke up in 2001. "Glow", 2004 single. The Mars Volta.

"These days", 2003 single. Sparta. truANT, 2003