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INTERVIEWS AND ARTICLES: "SAN DIEGO READER" "It's the highest debut ever in the history of MTV2," said VJ Abbey Gennet about Box Car Racer's video "I Feel So". The video entered MTV2's weekly countdown at number eight. The music video preceded Box Car's self-titled CD, which was released on Tuesday. Box Car includes blink-182 singer/guitarist Tom Delonge and drummer Travis Barker. They recruited Riverside tattoo artist Anthony Celestino to play bass and local guitarist David Kennedy (from bands Over My Dead Body and Built To Last) in the lineup. Bassist/singer Mark Hoppus is the only blink member not in Box Car. Like blink-182, Box Car Racer records for MCA and is managed by Rick Devoe from his home office in Encinitas. The early buzz on Box Car is causing some re-evaluation about the future of this blink-182 offshoot. "Box Car Racer is going out on tour when the blink/Green Day tour is over", said a source close to the band. "They will tour at 1000-seat venues." Should the success of Box Car continue to swell, their tour, which begins in October, may be booked in even larger venues. "We don't know what the capacity will be yet", said MCA Records spokesman Erik Stein, acknowledging that the old 1000-seat plan may be scrapped. Which raises a bigger question: If Box Car takes off, what does it mean for blink-182? "Travis is 100 percent into the music", said the insider. "Tom is into the music and the pop star stuff. Mark is into being a pop culture celebrity. He wants to be a movie star". Box Car played it's first gig at the all-ages Epicenter April 1. The next night the quartet played at the Glass House in Pomona. Hoppus was in the audience at that second show. "At the end of the show Tom said, 'I'm going to bring up a special friend", said the source close to the band. "I thought it would be Tim [Armstrong] of Rancid. It was Mark. Ninety-nine percent of the people who were there were blink fans and thought it was cool." Meanwhile, Barker will tour this summer with yet a third project, Transplant, which will release its first CD on Hellcat/Epitaph in October. Transplant also includes Rancid's Armstrong, and lead singer "S.R", who has worked for Rancid as their roadie. View Article: Part
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