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About Box Car Racer was an American post-hardcore band formed in San Diego, California, in 2001. The band was a side project of Blink-182 members Tom DeLonge and Travis Barker, with David Kennedy of Hazen Street joining for studio recordings. Anthony Celestino later joined as a bassist for live performances. The project was created by DeLonge to explore darker musical ideas that he felt did not fit with Blink-182.
The band recorded its only album, "Box Car Racer", over six weeks beginning in December 2001, primarily at Signature Sound in San Diego. The album was released by MCA Records in May 2002 and reached number 12 on the Billboard 200. Singles from the album included "I Feel So" and "There Is", with "I Feel So" reaching number eight on the Modern Rock Tracks chart. Box Car Racer toured across North America in the fall of 2002, with supporting act The Used. The project influenced Blink-182's subsequent self-titled album, released in 2003, and was officially ended by DeLonge in mid-2003. Some material later contributed to his band Angels & Airwaves, which also featured Kennedy. Between 2018 and 2021, DeLonge and Barker worked on a new song under the Box Car Racer name, which was later adapted as the Blink-182 track "Terrified", released in 2023.
The formation of Box Car Racer followed delays and cancellations of Blink-182 tour dates in late 2001 and early 2002, partly due to DeLonge's chronic back pain. The initial concept developed from acoustic recordings during sessions for Blink-182's 2001 album "Take Off Your Pants and Jacket". The project underwent several potential names before settling on Box Car Racer, a name previously associated with a band Barker had been in shortly after high school.
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