You will definitely have to wait awhile for blink to come back to town you might as well catch them (minus one member) now. Maybe they will surprise you with unexpected contributions from rhythm guitarist Kennedy and you will be happy you had the chance to check it out. Should you go see Boxcar Racer? If you would see blink-182 in concert and enjoy it, then yes, you should go see Boxcar. H2O has gained fans all over the world in the past half-decade. They have opened for Pennywise, No Doubt, The Misfits and the Mighty Mighty Bosstones. According to their record label, MCA, H2O is one of NYC’s “premiere melodic hardcore punk acts.” For little over five years, they have been touring steadily, playing an average of 200 shows a year. This New York City band is promoting its upcoming fifth full-length album, All We Want. H20 is opening the show for the pseudo-blink band. Nonetheless, Boxcar Racer is sure to be exactly what you expect. Jerry Finn, producer of the last three blink-182 albums, is also producing Boxcar’s record.
The concept of a band doing a side project with the exact same members seems inane, but maybe they just feel like breaking the monotony of playing under the same name for years. It’s a tribute to the music that made me want to be in a band in the first place.”Ĭiting a band DeLonge himself belongs to as an influence seems a bit arrogant, but undeniably, blink-182 is a hit machine. If you like blink, you will most likely like Boxcar the exact same amount unless you are one of those girls dead gone for Hoppus and his pretty blue eyes.ĭeLonge says, “This record is directly influenced by the bands that mean the most to me: Fugazi, Refused and, of course, blink-182. Ultimately, Boxcar is pretty much just blink-182 with Kennedy guest starring. DeLonge explains, “Mark is really supportive (of Box Car), and having his vocals on it means a lot to me.” Occasionally, Mark Hoppus lent vocals to the group for tracks on their album. (Travis Barker, blink’s drummer, bangs away with the band while DeLonge writes the songs, and plays guitar and bass.)īlink’s music historically follows repetitious patterns of basic hit-making riffs and juvenile lyrics, excepting songs dealing with adolescent pain reveled in throughout songs about suicide and divorced parents.īoxcar Racer also features Dave Kennedy from the band Over My Dead Body playing rhythm guitar. BoxCar Racer was a short-lived side project formed in 2002 by two members of the band blink-182, featuring guitarist Tom DeLonge and drummer Travis Barker.As lead member Tom DeLonge stated, 'it was never a band but rather a project' to experiment with and record ideas DeLonge felt did not fit with blink-182’s sound. Monday at the Crystal Ballroom, Boxcar will surely delight all fans of blink, as Boxcar’s line-up contains two of the three members of blink-182. The guitarist and part-time vocalist for the popular powder-punk band blink-182 leads his side band, Boxcar Racer. A portrait of Tom DeLonge: the man, the myth, the musical mystery-o.
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