| Box Car Racer | |
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| Background information | |
| Origin | San Diego, California, United States |
| Genres | Alternative rock Post-hardcore |
| Years active | 2001-2003 |
| Labels | MCA Records |
| Associated acts | Blink-182 Angels & Airwaves +44 Hazen Street Over My Dead Body Transplants Expensive Taste The Aquabats |
| Website | http://www.interscope.com/boxcarracer |
| Former members | |
| Tom DeLonge Travis Barker David Kennedy |
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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", along with Travis Barker. David Kennedy from Hazen Street completed the group and an eponymous album was ready to be recorded. Tom was insistent on a bass player, so he hired Kennedy's friend, Anthony Celestino. 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 and Jawbox.
Box Car Racer took a hiatus after their headlining tour in the fall of 2002. DeLonge has stated publicly that the project has served its purpose, and is now permanently defunct.
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The band's name is a reference to 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[citation needed] that he had seen the name misspelled as "Boxcar", and thus, 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, another reason for the name "Box Car Racer"[citation needed].
| Year | Title | Chart positions | |
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| 2002 | Box Car Racer | 12 | 27 |
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| U.S. Hot 100 | U.S. Mod. [1] |
UK Singles Chart [2] |
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| 2002 | "I Feel So" | 120 | 8 | 41 | Box Car Racer | |
| 2003 | "There Is" | — | 32 | — | ||
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| Year | Title | Label |
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| 2002 | Box Car Racer | MCA Records |
| Year | Title | Director |
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| 2002 | "I Feel So" | Nathan "Karma" Cox, Tom DeLonge |
| 2003 | "There Is" | Alexander Kosta |
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Box Car Racer was a American Alternative rock/Post-hardcore band from San Diego, California that were active from 2001 to 2003. Box Car Racer was a side-project for Blink-182 members Tom DeLonge and Travis Barker and lead guitarist of Hazen Street, David Kennedy and touring bassist Anthony Celestino. When they were active they were signed to the record label MCA Records.
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