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Boy Hits Car
In February of 1993 Boy Hits Car was born.
We wrote songs and gigged locally. Since we always agreed bands shouldn't have to pay money
to express their art we never did pay-to-play, but with no fanbase we were given the worst
possible time slots. We got used to playing for next to no one and in turn, we learned how
to play for ourselves, to connect with each other, to feed off each other's energy and give
it our all; blood, sweat, and tears (literally). We became stronger as a unit.
In March of 1995 a booking agent got hold of our demo tape and sent us out on a six-week
tour. We'd hardly been out our front door and there we were traveling across the country,
just the four of us and all our equipment in our brown van, "Scooby," living together,
playing our music and growing closer as band mates and as brothers. We were still playing
to next to no one but we were living our dream.
Once home, we wrote more songs, played more gigs, and recorded more demo tapes. We did some
more short tours over the country and in 1997 we got signed to a very independent record
label. We recorded our first album, "My Animal" (released in May 1998). We gave it all we
had but the label gave it no promotion and 2 weeks after its limited release and low sales,
they dropped us.
Toward the end of 1999 we began garnering interest from various record labels and in January
2000 we signed with our first choice, Wind-up Records.
In February we picked up a handful of dates on the SnoCore tour opening for System Of A Down,
Incubus, and Mr. Bungle and recently we opened for Papa Roach on a couple of dates, layin'
it down to some crazy crowds. After years of sweatin' it out to small crowds these gigs were
a step up to a new level for us as we found ourselves playing to the largest audiences we'd
ever been in front of; sometimes as many as 3,000 people. It's amazing for us to play in
front of large audiences and to connect and to feel the power and energy coming back to us.
But whether we are playing in front of 3,000 people or 3 people our motto is the same as it's
always been: "Play all-out from the heart or don't play at all."
People always ask me, what does Boy Hits Car stand for? My answer is simple: Boy Hits Car
believes in living from the heart and following your dream. It doesn't matter what your
passion is or what you do, it just matters that you do it with love.
- Scott and Boy Hits Car
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