◇ image via WikipediaBox Car Racer
Box Car Racer is a Rap act. Their sound grew out of Fugazi, Refused, Violent Femmes, Tim Armstrong and Jerry Finn. Those roots explain a lot about how Box Car Racer arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Blink-182, +44, Tom DeLonge, Sum 41 and Sugarcult, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Blink-182, Angels & Airwaves and One Step Closer, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 31 connections around Box Car Racer, reaching back through Fugazi and forward to Blink-182. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
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 completing the band's studio lineup. A friend of Barker, Anthony Celestino later joined the band as a bassist. DeLonge created the project to pursue darker ideas he felt unsuited to his work with Blink-182.
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Box Car Racer connections
Box Car Racer grew out of Fugazi, Refused, Violent Femmes and Tim Armstrong, shares an orbit with Blink-182, +44, Tom DeLonge and Sum 41, went on to shape Blink-182, Angels & Airwaves and One Step Closer. 31 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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