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BOX CAR RACER

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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", along with Travis Barker. David Kennedy (Guitarist)|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 (band)|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 (band)|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 permanently defunct.

Origin of name
The band's name comes from the B-29 Bomber which dropped the second wartime atomic bomb on Nagasaki, Nagasaki|Nagasaki, Japan. The plane's name was "Bockscar". Tom has said in an interview that he had seen the name misspelled as "Boxcar", and thusly, dubbed the band under that name for t... read all

Box Car Racer top albums

  1. Box Car Racer
  2. Boxcar Racer
  3. I Feel So
  4. [non-album tracks]

Box Car Racer top songs and lyrics

  1. There Is
  2. I Feel So
  3. Letters To God
  4. Watch The World
  5. And I
  6. All Systems Go
  7. Elevator
  8. Tiny Voices
  9. Sorrow
  10. The End With You
  11. My First Punk Song
  12. Cat Like Thief
  13. Instrumental
  14. Cat Like Theif
  15. Don't Leave Her
  16. Forget About Me
  17. Under the Impression
  18. Tiny Voices (unreleased)
  19. Mandy
  20. Dance With Me
  21. End With You
  22. Tiny Voices [#]
  23. Daze Gone By
  24. New Song About Sex
  25. All System Go
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