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Boxcar Collision

Mmm.... Pretty rocks.....

About Me

"Dudes, I am SUCH a sucker for chimey guitars, especially when those jangly tones lock horns with powerful throaty vocals. In that regard, Boxcar Collision’s Tom Van Veen (guitars) and Ashlee Wilcox (vox) pose a double threat. With that kind of firepower, every song is consistently pretty with a sort of well-heeled grit — kinda like the band aims to rock your socks off, but they’re really polite about it." - Low Budget Superhero .
"Boxcar Collision -despite their name-never jumps the tracks." - Kingston Daily Freeman .
"Indie alt-pop foursome, Boxcar Collision, will get you up and moving with their catchy lyrics and lead singer Ashlee Wilcox’s melodic vocals" - DCist .
"Catchy vocal stylings are the strength of the local indie alt-pop foursome." - Washington Post .
2 "Best Female Vox of the Week" awards on Garageband .
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Member Since: 11/19/2004
Band Website: boxcarcollision.com
Band Members: Ashlee Wilcox - Vocals, 6strings, and crowd control.
Tom Van Veen - Strat 6, extra rock
Chris Zogby - sticks, kicks, and heads.
bing - flat wound 4 and fret free.
Influences: Ash - Gwen Stefani, Gillian Welch, PJ Harvey, Rilo Kiley, Pixies, Radiohead, Sonic Youth, Spoon

Tom - Television, The Smiths, Aimee Mann, Bettie Serveert, Lloyd Cole, The Shins, Beulah, Elliot Smith, Go Betweens, Luna, Neutral Milk Hotel, New Pornographers, Ted Leo, Wilco, Tom Verlaine

Chris - small faces (w/steve marriott), thin lizzy, denny dias, elliott randall, jim hodder, hal blaine, steve gadd, 1983-84 UFA percussion section, mel schacher, mc-5, beck, sonic boutique, rick scharff, steve hackett, steve ferrone, jim keltner, ringostarrcharliewattsgingerbakerkeithmoonkennyjones, tommy keene, eric rose, mike shupp

bingchenzo - Fishbone, early Traffic, Modest Mouse, JBs, Lee Scratch Perry, Augustus Pablo
Sounds Like: We've been called "alt-indy-pop-rock" and I think that's the closest anyone's ever gotten to describing what we sound like...
Type of Label: None

My Blog

LocalPointTV is always cool...

but they're especially cool for us when they get vid of us online.Two more IOTA clips are rotating at www.localpointtv.com currently, and probably on their digital broadcasts as well.Please check them...
Posted by Boxcar Collision on Sun, 01 Jun 2008 01:09:00 PST

Boxcar Collision comes clean with clever CD

By David Malachowski, Reviewer, Daily Freeman, Kingston, NY -Boxcar Collision comes clean with clever CD"This Washington, D.C.-area power pop band has come clean with clever new CD.With "Drama Queen,"...
Posted by Boxcar Collision on Wed, 05 Mar 2008 06:57:00 PST

New York Tour

We're heading out of town tomorrow on our first mini-tour...tomorrow we play Club Midway in NYC, Friday we play Keegan Ales in Kingston.We get to couch surf and sleep in a Super 8 - all of our dreams ...
Posted by Boxcar Collision on Wed, 27 Feb 2008 01:34:00 PST

Check out this event: Starbelly and Boxcar Collision at IOTA

Hosted By: Boxcar Collision When: Monday Jan 14, 2008 at 8:30 PMWhere: IOTA club and cafe2832 Wilson BlvdArlington, Virginia|47 22201United StatesDescription:Boxcar Collision Click Here To View Event...
Posted by Boxcar Collision on Fri, 28 Dec 2007 10:28:00 PST

Boxar Collision CD Release Show on TV

Local Point Tv has three videos up and cycling in their daily broadcast. Tune in and check it out onComcast 205Verizon FiOS 867HDTV broadcast channel 7.3And on the web at www.localpointtv.comHope you ...
Posted by Boxcar Collision on Thu, 04 Oct 2007 09:45:00 PST

CD Release PARTAY! ROCK!!!!!

Thanks to everybody (102+ !!!) who came out last Thursday to rock with us and our new cds and tshirts!And special thanks to Iota's Steve, John, and Johnny Vengeance!I wanna do it again!Also, a big tha...
Posted by Boxcar Collision on Sun, 30 Sep 2007 07:11:00 PST

Check out this event: BOXCAR COLLISION CD RELEASE SHOW AT IOTA

Hosted By: Boxcar Collision When: Thursday Sep 27, 2007 at 9:00 PMWhere: Iota Club and Cafe2832 Wilson BlvdArlington, VA 22201United StatesDescription:Boxcar Collision Click Here To View Event...
Posted by Boxcar Collision on Wed, 19 Sep 2007 02:41:00 PST

3 Bands 6$ Thursday June 28th at The Quarry House Tavern

3 bands $6 (unless you have a tab already started before the doors open, then it's FREE).The Quarry House Tavern - Silver Spring's last Tavern8401 Georgia Ave. (Georgia and Bonifant), Silver Spring, M...
Posted by Boxcar Collision on Wed, 27 Jun 2007 06:30:00 PST

grrRREEeeat gig

Thanks to Engine Room for getting us the gig.Thanks to the Rock and Roll Hotel, Fritz and Jeremy for being the incredible hosts and sound tech that you are. Thanks to everyone who came out, I hope you...
Posted by Boxcar Collision on Thu, 14 Jun 2007 08:44:00 PST

Check out this event: Boxcar Collision opening for 3 awesome bands

Hosted By: Boxcar Collision When: Wednesday Jun 13, 2007 at 8:00 PMWhere: Rock and Roll Hotel1353 H Street, NEWashington, DC 20002United StatesDescription:Boxcar Collision Click Here To View Event...
Posted by Boxcar Collision on Wed, 13 Jun 2007 07:38:00 PST