Boxcar racer consists of guitarist Tom DeLonge and drummer Travis Barker, along with DeLonge’s old High School friend Dave Kennedy (Guitar) and a close friend of Travis, Anthony Celestino(Bass). While on a break from blink 182, Tom and Travis began recording new music, originally called, 'The Kill'. Travis played all drums and percussion on the album and took an experimental approach to the beats, "I would use one kit for the verse, then a totally different kit with cracked, fucked-up cymbals for a bridge, and then a normal kit that sounds good for the choruses. We also put T-shirts over the snare drums to get different kinds of sounds.
In 2002 Anthony and Dave joined Boxcar racer, Anthony' original band being Probably a Load, and Dave's Over my dead body.
The self-titled album signed to label MCA did extremely well and Tom and Travis have shared that the influences for Box Car Racer include Refused, Fugazi, The Minutemen, Quicksand and Blink 182.
Unfortuantly due to Toms and travis's commitments to Blink 182, Boxcar racer wont be releasing another record.
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