With their new album, Relationship of Command, dominating college radio, El Paso, Texas, punk rockers At the Drive-In have seized "complete control" of where they're taking themselves on their musical road map.

Following an ear-shattering, buzz-generating performance at last week's CMJ MusicFest in New York, At the Drive-In have returned to the road to support Command and the first single from the LP, "One Armed Scissor," which is beginning to cross over onto mainstream alternative and hard-rock radio.

Frontman Cedric Bixler recently explained that "One Armed Scissor" is actually a thinly veiled account of the band's reaction to the isolation and detachment the members felt during their fledgling tours in 1995 and '96.

[article id="1438567"]"I think 'One Armed Scissor' basically reflects on us,"[/article] Bixler said. [article id="1438567"]"It deals with a fictional character that represents all of us, and

he's dealing with things like culture clash, just being in a new place, being alone for long periods of time, and just being cut off from everything.[/article]

But with Rage in their current state of flux following the departure of singer Zack de la Rocha (see [article id="1433539"]"Zack Leaves Rage Against The Machine"[/article]), At the Drive-In guitarist Jim Ward said his band had taken mental note of some of the business pressures and outside forces that prompted the split.

[article id="1438569"]"I think sometimes people take this industry a little too seriously,"[/article] he said. [article id="1438569"]"They put a little too much stock into how many records you're selling and how much money you're making. Like, we have a deal in our band that the day one of us is tired of doing this, that's it. If it's in the middle of this interview or in the middle of a tour, that's it. We're done."[RealVideo][/article]

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the Drive-In are scheduled to play Saturday in New York and Sunday in Providence, R.I.