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Box Car Racer was an American rock band formed in San Diego , California in 2001 . The group consisted of guitarist and vocalist Tom DeLonge and drummer Travis Barker of Blink - 182 , alongside guitarist David Kennedy of Hazen Street . Anthony Celestino later joined the ensemble as a bassist . DeLonge created the project to pursue darker ideas he felt unsuited to his work with Blink - 182 . Jeff Russell from Signals Midwest was also invited to join the band but declined . Box Car Racer was partly inspired and viewed as a tribute to Jawbox , Quicksand , Fugazi and Refused . Thomas Matthew " Tom " DeLonge , Jr . ( born December 13 , 1975 ), is an American musician , singer , songwriter , ___MASK74___ producer , entrepreneur , and film producer . He is currently the guitarist and lead vocalist of the rock band Angels & Airwaves and was the guitarist , co - lead vocalist and co - founder of the American rock band Blink - 182 from 1992 to 2015 . DeLonge grew up in the suburbs of Poway , California , where he embraced skateboarding at an early age . DeLonge received his first guitar shortly thereafter and began writing original punk rock songs . He formed Blink - 182 with bassist Mark Hoppus and drummer Scott Raynor during his high school years . The band created a following in the mid - 1990s through independent releases and relentless touring , particularly in their home country and in ___MASK73___ . They signed to ___MASK37___ in 1996 and their second album , " Dude Ranch " ( 1997 ), featured the hit single " Dammit ". `` I Feel So '' is the first single released by Box Car Racer from their eponymous ___MASK34___ . The single peaked at # 8 on the U . S . Modern Rock Tracks Chart .