Okay, so they didn't exactly set the world–mainstream or underground–on fire. But Denver's Christie Front Drive was a band that inspired scores of indie-rock and (so-called) emo groups, mostly through the filter of bigger bands that have adopted CFD's sound since the band broke up a decade ago. (The most notorious of these acolytes is Jimmy Eat World, who released a split single with CFD in the mid-'90s and whose major-label debut Static Prevails features guest vocals from CFD's Eric Richter). CFD has a cult following to this day–and a huge chunk of that cult will be assembling at the Marquis Theater in Denver on September 1 to see Christie Front Drive play for the first time since disbanding (we won't count the hometown "reunions" they did immediately following their breakup in 1997). The band's individual members are now spread throughout the country and have played in numerous outfits including Antarctica, The 101, The Blue Ontario, The Mighty Rime, and Richter's new Golden City.