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Box Car Racer (band)
Box Car Racer was an American rock band formed in San Diego, California, in 2001. The group consists of guitarist and vocalist Tom DeLonge and drummer Travis Barker of Blink-182, formerly alongside guitarist David Kennedy of Hazen Street. Anthony Celestino later joined the band on tour as a bassist. DeLonge created the project to pursue darker ideas he felt unsuited to his work with Blink-182. Box Car Racer was partly inspired and viewed as a tribute to Jawbox, Quicksand, Fugazi, and Refused. The group recorded the band's eponymous debut, ''Box Car Racer'', in quick fashion with a more DIY spirit. MCA Records issued the band's lone release in May 2002, which peaked on the ''Billboard'' 200 at number 12. Singles "I Feel So" and "There Is" also charted on the Modern Rock Tracks chart, with the former peaking at number eight. The band embarked on their sole headlining tour across North America in the fall of 2002 with supporting act The Used. The project was largely the cause of on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
I Feel So
"I Feel So" is the debut single released by Box Car Racer from their eponymous album. The single peaked at number eight on the ''Billboard'' Modern Rock Tracks chart. Background An instrumental version of "I Feel So" is present on the cassette edition of the ''Box Car Racer'' album, replacing the last track, “Instrumental”. Music video The music video for the song features scenes switching between the band playing in what appears to be a basement with "Box Car Racer" written in graffiti on the wall, along with the track titles of all the songs on the eponymous album, and two children (a boy and a girl) asleep in their bedrooms. The storyline was inspired by the "Muncie, Indiana" scene of the Spielberg science fiction film ''Close Encounters of the Third Kind'' (where the boy awakens in the night and his toys start operating on their own). The boy's possessions start to shake as the first chorus starts and the young girl's eyes water as she takes a rose off of her windowsill ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
