There is no chance of a new At The Drive-In album following their recent reunion, says guitarist Omar Rodriguez-Lopez.
He admitted the reunion was motivated in part by the financial prospect of festival performances, which have thus far been confirmed for Coachella and Benicassim.
"We're not getting any younger and there's been an offer of money every year. You can't avoid that. You'd be a fool and a politician to pretend that wasn't part of it," Omar told NME.
At The Drive-In split in 2001, with Rodriguez-Lopez and singer
Cedric Bixler-Zavalas leaving to form
Mars Volta who have been releasing progressive rock records at a breathtaking pace. The remaining members formed
Sparta, though bassist
Paul Hinojos later moved to join Mars Volta.
Many fans had given up hope of a reunion, but the surprise announcement in January of their forthcoming Coachella slot raised the potential to record a followup to their 2000 album "Relationship Of Command".
"For the rest of the world, [the reformation] seemed to be out of nowhere, but we've been hanging out for the past four years. We patched up our differences a while ago," Omar said.
"At The Drive-In is more of a nostalgia thing – it's songs we wrote when we were all in our 20s and we're doing a couple of shows," he told Kerrang (via NME). "It's an old T-shirt that doesn't fit me any more, but when you put it on again, it feels nice. It's as simple as that."
