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Boxbomb
Origin	Chapel Hill/Durham, North Carolina, North Carolina, USA
Years active	2003-present
Labels	Future Tense Records (2006-2007) Tragic Hero Records (2007-present)
Members
Ryan Gustafson Rob Mcfarlane Justin Holder Rosean Alexander

Boxbomb is a rock band based in Central North Carolina. Its members have never changed and include Ryan Gustafson (vocals and guitar), Rob Mcfarlane (guitar), Justin Holder (drums), and Rosean Alexander (bass). The group formed in the spring of 2003 and has resided in Chapel Hill and Durham since that time. In the summer of 2005, Boxbomb self-released the Golden EP. In 2006 Boxbomb signed to Future Tense Records and began recording their first full length at Warrior Studios in Chapel Hill. After completing the album, the band had to look for a new label, as Future Tense had shut its doors before the album (then unnamed) was ever released. In the fall of 2007, Boxbomb signed to Tragic Hero / East West Records and released My Obsession on February 5, 2008.

My Obsession received moderate to good reviews, including 3.5 out of 4 stars in Alternative Press magazine. In the late summer of 2008 the band began recording a new EP with Matt Tuttle from Telescreen (Telescreen signed to Tragic Hero Records around the same time as the recording). The band plans to release the EP, titled Run Rabbit Run (Tragic Hero Records) in early 2009.

Both Ryan Gustafson and Rob McFarlane have recorded solo material, but neither has released any of it. Both of them also play in a collective known as The Sundowners, which features members of Roman Candle, Max Indian, and The Old Ceremony, as well as singer-songwriter Josh Moore. In The Sundowners, Ryan performs under the name Roscoe Sundowner, and Rob performs as Nightman.

Discography

• Golden EP (2005)
• My Obsession (2008, Tragic Hero / East West Records)
• Run Rabbit Run (2009, Tragic Hero / East West Records)

Reviews

INDY Weekly

News & Observer

YES! Weekly

Boxbomb is a rock band from Chapel Hill, North Carolina and Durham, North Carolina. Boxbomb was conceived in the spring of 2003 when Rob McFarlane and Ryan Gustafson decided to create a band with a new sound and style. The band's name comes from the Dr Seuss book Oh, the Places You'll Go!

Members

Ryan Gustafson - Guitar/Lead Vocals

Rob McFarlane - Lead Guitar

Justin Holder - Drums/Back vocals

Rosean Frank-Alexander - Bass

Style

In an article with the Seahawk, UNC Wilmington's newspaper, Boxbomb guitarist, Ryan Gustafson stated,"We are a new wave of grunge rock."<ref>http://media.www.theseahawk.org/media/storage/paper287/news/2008/02/07/Lifestyles/Boxbomb.The.New.Wave.Of.Grunge-3192348.shtml</ref> In truth, Boxbomb, on their albums and live shows, show a great amount of resemblance--yet no copying--to a late 90s grunge style of rock. Their sound, however, is unique at is in enveloped by each of the band members' personal style and relationship with each unique song.

Discography

Golden EP (2006)

My Obsession (2007)

Next Album

Boxbomb will release the next CD "My Obsession" in February, 2008.

External links

Official Site

Boxbomb at Purevolume.com

MySpace Site

New full album has been recorded. To be released in summer 2007. Cuts from the album on myspace.