| Boy Hits Car | |
| Landscape: | yes |
| Origin: | Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Genre: | Alternative metal, alternative rock, nu metal[1] |
| Years Active: | 1993–present[2] |
| Label: | NMG, Wind-up, Rock Ridge |
| Current Members: | Cregg Rondell Bill Gower Mike Bartak Erik Peterson |
| Past Members: | Louis Lenard Scott Menville Michael Ferrari Dusty Hunt Johnny Ransom Will "Walrus" Jenkins |
Boy Hits Car is an American rock band from Los Angeles, formed in 1993.[3]
The band was formed in 1993. After releasing their first album, My Animal, independently in 1998, they went on the Sno-Core Tour and recorded their next album, Boy Hits Car, on Wind-up Records. Their song "LoveFuryPassionEnergy" was used as a theme song for WWE Hall of Famer Lita and was distributed on the WWF Forceable Entry album in 2002.[4] A third album was self released in 2005 called The Passage. In 2006 the band re-released the album in July after signing with Rock Ridge Music as their distributor. It was announced on their homepage that they will have a new album with a planned release on March 15, 2011.[5] Boy Hits Car released their 5th studio album All That Led Us Here in May 2014 and are presently following it up with a European tour.
Peterson stated in a Reddit AMA conducted to mark the self-titled album's 20th anniversary that 12 to 13 tracks had been written for a pending sixth album, with a name for said album still being decided upon at that time.[6] The lead single, Injustice Fatigue, was released in November 2022.[7]
Boy Hits Car was started in 1993 with a simple idea—to write and perform 'passionately heavy music' infused with a world beat/middle eastern flavor.[8] The band cite their influences as Jane's Addiction, Primus, Bad Religion, Talking Heads, Quicksand, Led Zeppelin and Helmet, as well as eastern music such as Ali Akbar Khan.[9]