Box Car Racer
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| Box Car Racer | ||
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| Background information | ||
| Genre(s) | Alternative Post-Punk Pop punk |
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| Years active | 2002–2003 | |
| Label(s) | MCA Records | |
| Website | http://www.boxcarracer.com/ | |
| Former members | ||
| Tom DeLonge Travis Barker David Kennedy Anthony Celestino |
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Box Car Racer was a side-project from two members of the band Blink-182, featuring guitarist Tom DeLonge and drummer Travis Barker. DeLonge formed Box Car Racer to experiment with and record ideas he felt were not "Blink-friendly", and enlisted Barker because he stated that he didn't want to pay for a studio drummer. David Kennedy from Hazen Street completed the trio and an eponymous album was ready to be recorded. Tom was insistent on a bass player,so he hired Anthony Celestino who was a friend of Kennedy's. Guests on the album included Mark Hoppus from Blink-182 on the song "Elevator", and Tim Armstrong from Rancid and Jordan Pundik from New Found Glory on "Cat Like Thief".
DeLonge and Barker claim the group was heavily influenced by Dischord Emo, citing influences such as Rites of Spring, Fugazi and later era post hardcore bands such as Quicksand.
Box Car Racer took a hiatus after their headlining tour in 2003. DeLonge has stated publicly that the project has served its purpose, and is now defunct and will never reunite.
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[edit] Origin of name
The band's name comes from the B-29 Bomber which dropped the second wartime atomic bomb on Nagasaki, Japan. The plane's name was "Bockscar". Tom has said in an interview that he has seen the name misspelled as "Boxcar", and thusly, dubbed the band under that name for their music and lyrics pertaining heavily to love and war. He wanted the band to also have a three word name, thus the name "Box Car Racer". Although Tom Delonge's main instrument is guitar, he played bass on their album also.
[edit] Members
- Tom Delonge - Vocals, Guitar, Piano, Bass
- Travis Barker - Drums
- David Kennedy - Guitar
- Anthony Celestino - Bass
[edit] Discography
[edit] Albums
| Album Cover | Date of Release | Title | Label | Editions | US Album Chart Peak Position | US sales |
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2002 | Box Car Racer | Geffen Records | Enhanced CD, Import, Album Length Compact Disc | 12 | 300,000 |
[edit] Singles
| Year | Title | Chart Positions | Album | |||
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| 2002 | "I Feel So" | - | 8 | - | 41 | Box Car Racer |
| 2003 | "There Is" | - | - | - | - | Box Car Racer |
[edit] DVD
| DVD Cover | Date of Release | Title | Label | Editions |
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| Image:Boxcar racer dvd.jpg | 2002 | Box Car Racer (DVD Single) | Geffen Records | DVD-Video |
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
| Box Car Racer |
| Travis Barker | Anthony Celestino | Tom DeLonge | David Kennedy |
| Discography |
| Albums: Box Car Racer |
| Videos and DVDs: Box Car Racer |
| Singles: "I Feel So" | "There Is" |
| Related articles |
| Blink-182 | Transplants | +44 | Angels and Airwaves | Expensive Taste | Hazen Street | Over My Dead Body |
