BOX CAR RACER

'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 Kennedy's friend. 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.

Contents

Origin of name

Members

Discography

Albums

Singles

DVD

See also

External links

References

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.

Members

★ Tom Delonge - Vocals, Guitar, Bass

★ Travis Barker - Drums, Piano

★ David Kennedy - Guitar

★ Anthony Celestino - Bass

Discography

Albums

'Date of Release'	'Title'	'Label'	'Editions'	'US Album Chart Peak Position '	'US sales'
2002	''Box Car Racer''	Geffen Records	Enhanced CD, Import, Album Length Compact Disc	12	300,000

Singles

Year	Title	Chart Positions				Album
		US Hot 100	US Modern Rock	US Pop 100	UK Singles Chart
2002	"I Feel So"	-	8	-	41	''Box Car Racer''
2003	"There Is"	-	-	-	-	''Box Car Racer''

DVD

'Date of Release'	'Title'	'Label'	'Editions'
2002	''Box Car Racer (DVD Single)''	Geffen Records	DVD-Video

See also

★ Blink-182

★ Hazen Street

★ Angels and Airwaves

★ The Transplants

★ +44

★ New Found Glory

★ Rancid

★ Fugazi

External links

★ Official Site

★ Box Car Racer by aliens-exist.net

★ http://www.punkdisasters.com/

★ An Angels & Airwaves / Blink 182 / +44 / BCR Fan Website

References

1. http://www.mtv.com/music/artist/box_car_racer/artist.jhtml
2. http://www.mtv.com/bands/hub_modules/genre_hubs/genrebrowse.jhtml?g=rock