gotta say box car racer is absolutely successful as a side project, it contains every element that a blink fan could expect but with more depth and darkness. Personally, I feel bcr very different from the later ava.
For me its like, as long its tom who is writing the music and singing I will like it. I don't know why but like everything is so fucking good. I think EVERY single blink 182 song 1999+ is awesome. I feel the same about bcr.
I started to read this before opening the comments so I could only see a portion & I was like EXCUSE ME??? 😆 But this is so true I've never seen anyone say they don't like BCR. I swear its Tom at his best. It's really special. If I remember correctly even Travis & Tom said it's their favorite projects they've been apart of.
Notice how his album with Travis was all red and it had him using angry aggressive vocals and Marks album with Travis was all blue he was using light vocals.
This album came out one month after my mom pass away in a really bad car accident 😢 and the sound of this album match with the feeling i had at this time to go trough my pain thanks thomas and anybody who make this album possible.
As a true Blink182 root fan, I think Box Car Racer is the closest to sounding like Blink 182 than any other band co founded by the members of Blink 182. Which is great ! It's even better than what Blink 182 sounds like today. Too bad it didn't last long.
I can't imagine Tom writing music this good now he just couldn't do it. Every one has a golden age of song writing and this was during the height of his. This spawned Blink's self-titled which is their best in my opinion.
SDADSDSFDSGDA I think he’s just changed his style sooo much. Started off skate punk which was very weird and unique to a more pop punk and then to boxcar and then To pre Ava then to AVA which changed so much and now he’s done a lot ya probably hard to make new material. Making music is like growth spurts. You get a lot as it goes on then after a while you stop growing. But also toms made some cool AVA songs. But his early stuff is brilliant especially boxcar racer. I love it
You must be too young to have experienced enema of the state and take of your pants and jacket because the self titled album as a whole was garbage compared to their 90s albums. Two or three songs were good. The rest was just meh.
Mark didn’t believe the music Tom was doing which wasn’t his style. Tom was special in Blink 182. He wasn’t afraid of trying new shit. But I think Tom trying so many styles in music nowadays gave him a dryspell but he’s still one of the greatest musicians of Alternative Rock!
I wouldn’t say Brian Wilson. Sure I like Tom he’s talented and creative but Brian Wilson is a literal musical genius who could play multiple instruments and knew music wayyyyy above and beyond what Tom knows.
@@denisuntoro Yea i looked at the time these comments were laid down and thought ah shit all these guys must be a whole step further than me now already...and cried internally. You know my fresh brand new comment will undergo the same route, in a few years it will sting different even if it just sucks right now. Well done with the depressing bit i took, guess i just need to move on
Honestly wish Tom had kept up with BCR instead of AVA. This was by far the best side project he has ever made. The music was so dark, heavy, catchy, and the lyrics have so much depth and it even inspired me to start my own side project aside from the band I am currently in.
Hey I know I’m 2 years late but I feel like BCR and blink 182 were both things that inspired me to make music and work on trying to start a band because I like very nice catchy pop punk songs and make jokes about running on the streets naked but also do songs that are a little more dark and have more depth which is like the post hardcore side of Tom’s song writing and shows that there’s more to what Tom can do other than act like a 12 year old with blink
He said in an interview that because of the way it effected Mark & Blink 182 he couldn't ever make another Boxcar Racer album. Which I get but it sucks cuz I like it more than blink.
It really was an amazing album! I been a fan of Blink 182 since the self titled album I was no older than 12 years old. Found out about Boxcar Racer when I was about 20 years old. I ain’t knew Tom did a side album without Blink but this let me know Tom Delonge can shine with or without them.
I think it would be pretty hard to look past it. If my bandmates started a new project and I was the only member to not get an invite I'd feel pissed, it's just human instinct to feel jealous in Mark's situation.
I’ve been a huge fan of blink since I was 6. Started with Buddha. Then when I was 13 I traveled to Thailand. Was sitting on the ground in a hotel room in Phuket Thailand and “I feel so” came onto the “MTV Asia” channel. And I fuckin lost my mind. I searched all over Thailand for weeks to find it. And I finally did on a little island of the coast of the mainland. I was SOOO fuckin happy and had it for years. I lost it years ago now. But I’ll never forget where I was the first time I heard this CD. And this album means so much to me. Such a great fuckin album!,,,
I Feel So is maybe my favorite song Tom has ever made. So much power and emotion, plus it all seems so natural. Secret crowds is the only other song that captures that magic, for me at least, outside of his songs in Blink. I like AVA, don't get me wrong, but there is just something about I feel So..
Works can’t ever express how much this band and these songs mean to me. I’ve never had a band mean so much emotionally until I heard these guys. It started because I stumbled across my first punk song and decided to randomly listen to other songs from them one day. Best decision of my life.
When I heard Box Car Racer's album for the first time (a little over two years ago at this point), I definitely saw the influence it had over Blink-182's Untitled album.
As much as I like the album, it's so disappointing that this side project single handedly strained the relationship between Tom and Mark and blink's ultimate break up in 2005. Dogs Eating Dogs and Neighborhoods had some good tracks, but it felt out of sync. The albums they've done with Matt are repetitive and boring.
Been a fan of blink since late 1998, what I never understood is why Tom could ask Mark to play bass? Or learn the parts for the tour? Never made sense to me. I’d be pissed too.
He starts that live version of “There Is” at 4:35 and I definitely thought he was playing cardboard for a moment. The difference in snare tone is crazy from this version to the studio
I’m serious, I have been through a lot of s#it. Rape, verbal abuse, physical abuse and and worse. Your music saves my life every time I hear it. I want to collaborate and write with you about all the s#it I’ve been through. Contact me!
Also, I just realized this looks like they’re standing outside of the girl’s house from The Starting Line’s music video for “best of me” - but at night time, in the rain (secret music video universe about this girl maybe??)
I know their cool now, but I always thought it was funny that before they all became friends Mark bitched about BCR breaking up blink but still ended up being on the album for elevator
If box car racer were still a band today... it would probably of been one of the best punk rock bands to date. They absolutely smashed their first album and I can only imagine they would of got even better if they made more songs. I mean wtf is blink 182 now.. the album California is so cheesy, catchy weird choruses So mainstream. They don't have the blink 182 raw style, riffs anymore without Tom.
You know tom said that there is was going to be the opening to the album its a good song but it wood not work as in opener to it i feel so is a great opener
![Blink 182 Unreleased Documentary 2004 [FULL DOCUMENTARY]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/PvU9U3hW1Bg/mqdefault.jpg)
gotta say box car racer is absolutely successful as a side project, it contains every element that a blink fan could expect but with more depth and darkness. Personally, I feel bcr very different from the later ava.
For me its like, as long its tom who is writing the music and singing I will like it. I don't know why but like everything is so fucking good. I think EVERY single blink 182 song 1999+ is awesome. I feel the same about bcr.
S Yue You took my icon.
Such a shame this band can never be replicated
that's a sign of an awesome band!
lol they are a replication themselves.
Why not?
i think that's the beauty of it, it came it conquered and died a graceful death. It didn't have time to disappoint.
@@Graveminds Agree, similar to Fugazi. Fugazi put out more stuff
This album will never get old.
I didn't really like Box Car Racer... Said no one ever.
I started to read this before opening the comments so I could only see a portion & I was like EXCUSE ME??? 😆
But this is so true I've never seen anyone say they don't like BCR. I swear its Tom at his best. It's really special.
If I remember correctly even Travis & Tom said it's their favorite projects they've been apart of.
Pretty sure Mark said that unfortunately.
Didn’t age well
@Christopher Boland yeahhh for sure hahah cause it is better than any blink album in my opinion
I genuinely didn’t
Notice how his album with Travis was all red and it had him using angry aggressive vocals and Marks album with Travis was all blue he was using light vocals.
That's because Tom wanted to explore heavier stuff that didn't fit into blink
This album is by far travis' best drumming and tom's best singing ever, EVER. This band was the best, i can't believe it didn't reach any further
Iacuzzi Facundo totally. Best drumming by TB. So many influences coming through.
Should have been the next Blink 182 album.
Travis' best Drumming is on Enema of the State. Mind blowing. He joined Blink-182 and instantly lift them 2 levels higher.
TRUE!!
Travis best drumming was Neighborhoods undoubtedly.
This album came out one month after my mom pass away in a really bad car accident 😢 and the sound of this album match with the feeling i had at this time to go trough my pain thanks thomas and anybody who make this album possible.
Sorry for your loss 🙏🏾💯!
box car racer is the best thing that Tom has created
As a true Blink182 root fan, I think Box Car Racer is the closest to sounding like Blink 182 than any other band co founded by the members of Blink 182. Which is great ! It's even better than what Blink 182 sounds like today. Too bad it didn't last long.
I agree! Them doing one album wasn’t enough! But maybe that’s why their are special!
there has been times where I thought BCR was better than Blink by the slightest fraction
i agree. honestly box car got me in to blink
Yep
I def agree that at the very least they are better live than blink even though 1/2 of them is blink-182.
I'm scared to admit it. They only have one album 😭
That is something we think to ourselves and NEVER say out loud
I can't imagine Tom writing music this good now he just couldn't do it. Every one has a golden age of song writing and this was during the height of his. This spawned Blink's self-titled which is their best in my opinion.
Dug idiot
SDADSDSFDSGDA I think he’s just changed his style sooo much. Started off skate punk which was very weird and unique to a more pop punk and then to boxcar and then To pre Ava then to AVA which changed so much and now he’s done a lot ya probably hard to make new material. Making music is like growth spurts. You get a lot as it goes on then after a while you stop growing. But also toms made some cool AVA songs. But his early stuff is brilliant especially boxcar racer. I love it
the self titled was the start of the decline .
You must be too young to have experienced enema of the state and take of your pants and jacket because the self titled album as a whole was garbage compared to their 90s albums. Two or three songs were good. The rest was just meh.
K Johansen are you actually high?
That whole album was Tom showing how he felt in his music that Mark didn't wanna make
Mark plays on the album
Joe King he sings on one song, aha
It was Tom experimenting to see if he could write without Mark.
@@mynameismark25one song tho 😂
Mark didn’t believe the music Tom was doing which wasn’t his style. Tom was special in Blink 182. He wasn’t afraid of trying new shit. But I think Tom trying so many styles in music nowadays gave him a dryspell but he’s still one of the greatest musicians of Alternative Rock!
Tom is the 90's version of Brian Wilson, he has that magic touch with songwriting and music
no
Oh please no
he has 3 songs with the exact same intro, probably more
I wouldn’t say Brian Wilson. Sure I like Tom he’s talented and creative but Brian Wilson is a literal musical genius who could play multiple instruments and knew music wayyyyy above and beyond what Tom knows.
lmao
This album is haunting as FUCK. Amazing man, I'm 25 now..... damn how time flies.
Do you have any regrets?
me too 25
@@denisuntoro
Me...too...
@@claudiomargheri2087 I'm 30 now ahh shit 😭
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Yea i looked at the time these comments were laid down and thought ah shit all these guys must be a whole step further than me now already...and cried internally. You know my fresh brand new comment will undergo the same route, in a few years it will sting different even if it just sucks right now. Well done with the depressing bit i took, guess i just need to move on
Honestly wish Tom had kept up with BCR instead of AVA. This was by far the best side project he has ever made. The music was so dark, heavy, catchy, and the lyrics have so much depth and it even inspired me to start my own side project aside from the band I am currently in.
Hey I know I’m 2 years late but I feel like BCR and blink 182 were both things that inspired me to make music and work on trying to start a band because I like very nice catchy pop punk songs and make jokes about running on the streets naked but also do songs that are a little more dark and have more depth which is like the post hardcore side of Tom’s song writing and shows that there’s more to what Tom can do other than act like a 12 year old with blink
He said in an interview that because of the way it effected Mark & Blink 182 he couldn't ever make another Boxcar Racer album. Which I get but it sucks cuz I like it more than blink.
@@natalie_rose2861 Mark was upset that Tom and Travis decided to do an album without him with two other good guitarists 💯
Crazy this band only ever did one album, one tour, and did limited merch.
It really was an amazing album! I been a fan of Blink 182 since the self titled album I was no older than 12 years old. Found out about Boxcar Racer when I was about 20 years old. I ain’t knew Tom did a side album without Blink but this let me know Tom Delonge can shine with or without them.
I definitely think “up all night” would’ve ended up being a boxcar song if they had stayed together still. He held onto that thing for a long time
I was 10 years old when this came out, still listen to the album and love it. The best side project Blink ever did.
me too!
I was 5
Honestly don't believe Mark got mad at Tom for BCR, why wouldn't he be pissed at Travis too?
www.reddit.com/r/Music/comments/pdluf/hi_my_name_is_mark_blink182_hoppus_on_music/c3oifpb
I think it would be pretty hard to look past it. If my bandmates started a new project and I was the only member to not get an invite I'd feel pissed, it's just human instinct to feel jealous in Mark's situation.
Okay but Mark and Travis also did +44 without Tom, it's the same thing..
Makes sense, fair enough!
Because BCR was Tom's idea and he only invited travis and left mark out
I’ve been a huge fan of blink since I was 6. Started with Buddha. Then when I was 13 I traveled to Thailand. Was sitting on the ground in a hotel room in Phuket Thailand and “I feel so” came onto the “MTV Asia” channel. And I fuckin lost my mind. I searched all over Thailand for weeks to find it. And I finally did on a little island of the coast of the mainland. I was SOOO fuckin happy and had it for years. I lost it years ago now. But I’ll never forget where I was the first time I heard this CD. And this album means so much to me. Such a great fuckin album!,,,
The editing on the band photo montages look like a penguinz0 thumbnail lol caught me off guard
I Feel So is maybe my favorite song Tom has ever made. So much power and emotion, plus it all seems so natural. Secret crowds is the only other song that captures that magic, for me at least, outside of his songs in Blink. I like AVA, don't get me wrong, but there is just something about I feel So..
i miss this Band
Works can’t ever express how much this band and these songs mean to me. I’ve never had a band mean so much emotionally until I heard these guys. It started because I stumbled across my first punk song and decided to randomly listen to other songs from them one day. Best decision of my life.
man it's crazy, bcr might be brought back to life again. It's probably the only thing that can let me forget about blink.
yeah but I really don't believe they can recreate the magic of this album sadly
hope it's gonna be better than Blink's California
I don't think that'll ever happen
What happened 6 years ago.
When I heard Box Car Racer's album for the first time (a little over two years ago at this point), I definitely saw the influence it had over Blink-182's Untitled album.
Angels and Airwaves first album had this same EPIC energy
Этот альбом с первых аккордов занял родное место в моей коллекции. Переслушиваю раз в несколько лет на максимальной громкости . Это сделано на века .
Man Tom completely nailed that live performance of "There Is"
“There Is” one of my favorite joints from Tom and my personal favorite from the album
As much as I like the album, it's so disappointing that this side project single handedly strained the relationship between Tom and Mark and blink's ultimate break up in 2005.
Dogs Eating Dogs and Neighborhoods had some good tracks, but it felt out of sync. The albums they've done with Matt are repetitive and boring.
BCR > Angels and Airwaves
Ava=critter
Bcr= jerry finn
All day
Tom going back to his punk roots box car was unreal and a masterpiece
I wished BCR did a follow up and a third album
Would of loved hearing a follow up to this album.
Thats untitled if u may
This was so great to see after all these years.
Been a fan of blink since late 1998, what I never understood is why Tom could ask Mark to play bass? Or learn the parts for the tour? Never made sense to me. I’d be pissed too.
Tom worked hard to find band mates who would make him look short.
Really cool to know it was friends of Travis’ that did the graffiti for the wall in the “I Feel So” video. Never would’ve guessed - #resourceful
He starts that live version of “There Is” at 4:35 and I definitely thought he was playing cardboard for a moment. The difference in snare tone is crazy from this version to the studio
BCR and AVA ( Angles and Airwaves) are my favorites...
Is there a full video from which comes beginning of this video? PLZ
Funny how they didn't mention blink.
does the guitarist have a tiny head or huge shoulders?
Very wide back and shoulders..... dude is jacked for his frame.
lol. i noticed that too. he look like a body builder on steroid.
Master Hand lol he's not jacked he's bulky... if he was jacked he be muscular as fuck
@@JakeShields09 he's just a skinny fat twat
@@JakeShields09 I know your comment was 4 years ago, but jacked for his frame? The dude is 6'4
I held box car racer with me through a lot through highschool
Damn I never realized how big David Kennedy was back then
Very short documentary.
The greatest one album ever released in my opinion. A moment in time, a moment in my time and if you shared that with me then a moment in yours too.
lauryn hills miseducation is up there too
I found God through this album.
Nice.
You have 🤔? I know this album was very emotional. Well some songs, I felt a few songs ain’t deserve to be on there but I liked 8 songs out of 11
Just love how Travis is open and talkative here
miss u so much this band :'(
tom, please back to blink-182
I miss BCR, it was a great album
Oohh I love BCR! Never seen this video before. Thanks UA-cam for the recommendation 😁
Rad then and still rad today!
plot twist: Toms real voice is the outtro
in most concerts, the audio engineer and crowd would say the drums are too loud. but most concerts dont have the greatest drummer ever playing.
BCR was an anger kids and then grew up became lover of the world which is AVA, BCR wasn't dead only grew up and changed name
Come back, you save me every time I hear you!
I’m serious, I have been through a lot of s#it. Rape, verbal abuse, physical abuse and and worse. Your music saves my life every time I hear it. I want to collaborate and write with you about all the s#it I’ve been through. Contact me!
I bought this album the day it came out. I feel so, is my favorite song.
Never got to see them live :( I Remember I made a shirt with the bcr logo
Mark : Am i joke to you?
Also, I just realized this looks like they’re standing outside of the girl’s house from The Starting Line’s music video for “best of me” - but at night time, in the rain (secret music video universe about this girl maybe??)
Boxcar Racer is a reminder that Tom is who made Blink 182 so great.
Exhibit A = The new Blink album 🤮 🤢
Nine is great
And Tom and Mark are the essence
8:24 This is way better than the studio version!!!
Box car racer still the best thing tom will ever make tbh
I like how he gave little smile at 2:30... He's like we'll see...😎
toms best work
I agree
Travis seems so much more comfortable without mark... is it just me? Like he's making jokes and stuff
Imagine being able to say you were at this show...
I really just miss you all.
I love boxcar racer!
the beginning of ava
Should’ve had mark on bass
Then at that point it should have just been a blink album
Man, all the flooded thoughts of easier times.
I know their cool now, but I always thought it was funny that before they all became friends Mark bitched about BCR breaking up blink but still ended up being on the album for elevator
Please come indonesia
They haven't been a band in such a long time
I can cum on indonesia
I find there is to be my favourite song by box car racer
Box Car Racer WILL RETURN.
David Kennedy, who is the Coast Guard picture on the mantle of?
Mark is cool and all but Tom >>>> Mark
If box car racer were still a band today... it would probably of been one of the best punk rock bands to date. They absolutely smashed their first album and I can only imagine they would of got even better if they made more songs. I mean wtf is blink 182 now.. the album California is so cheesy, catchy weird choruses So mainstream. They don't have the blink 182 raw style, riffs anymore without Tom.
travis pulling out a LP pro maraca 🤘 this band was the shit! Too bad mark had to get a little pissy and put emotions into it and it was over.
Dos palabras solamente....Hermoso disco❤
Dude barker literally has a maraca while playing the drums he is way to talented
Sonic Youth drumer has already done it
So ive been here before
@@mrpumavol7.044
I've been here... before... a few times
That band Made my music mind in 2000’s
Golden days
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I wish this video was delonger
so rad.
You know tom said that there is was going to be the opening to the album its a good song but it wood not work as in opener to it i feel so is a great opener
Wish someone close to me played drums!!!
BCR should have been a Blink album.
You know untitled is as close as it gets to it
No negative comment i guess
Well Tom’s definitely not lip syncing in the music video for I feel so haha and he wasn’t in the video for there is either
Only 15 minutes of footage?
3:37 Tom should have listened to Travis a little more
13:37 *
oooops aha
Should have named the band Tom and Travis and 2 randoes 😂😂😂😂
Box car racer really should’ve lasted more than a year it’s such a shame they didn’t
The music video for there is I love that video
Travis was high as a kite driving on a suspended license
He had his ideas in his yead.. I totally lost it 🤣
Tom is looking like Heath Ledger.