Guitar Player
So in 2014, looking to do a side project, the trio secretly reached out to AFI vocalist Davey Havok, demoed four songs, wrote 28 additional songs, got serious and wrote more songs, and ultimately recorded their self-titled debut album
Bass Player
Caught in a sentimental mood, Kanal spends the rest of our dinner contemplating what’s to come and reminiscing about shows and studio sessions.
Compassionate Living
Between gigs for his new band DREAMCAR, Grammy Award-winning musician Tony Kanal can be found giving water to pigs on trucks entering a Los Angeles slaughterhouse
For Guitar Players Only
An alliance of AFI and No Doubt might seem odd on paper, but in Dreamcar it works like a charm.
Chicago Tribune
On a recent spring evening, Tony Kanal and his bandmates prepared to take the stage at the Roxy in Los Angeles. It'd been 21 years since the Southern California-based bassist last performed at the famed Sunset Strip venue, and it was under decidedly different circumstances.
Chicago Sun-Times
“If there’s one thing that history has afforded us, it’s the opportunity and luxury to be able to try different things,” says Kanal. “Gwen has done lots of solo stuff and Dreamcar came out of Tom, Adrian and I sitting down and saying, ‘We love playing together, let’s keep doing it.’”
iHeartRadio
After the release of the self-titled LP, DREAMCAR stopped by iHeartRadio HQ to talk about the importance of being able to create in freedom and how their two worlds collided for the group.
Dead Press
Take three parts No Doubt, add a pinch of AFI, throw into an 80s mixer and you’re looking at the brand new project of DreamCar.
The San Diego Union-Tribune
After years of attending the Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival with some of his No Doubt band mates, Tony Kanal will finally perform at Coachella for the first time with those same band mates.
San Francisco Examiner
Bassist Tony Kanal can thank his vegan lifestyle for Dreamcar, the new side project he formed with fellow No Doubt members Tom Dumont and Adrian Young.
Riff Magazine
Nearly three decades later, Young will play his second first show, with lifelong bandmates Tom Dumont and Tony Kanal, but a new lead singer in AFI’s Davey Havok.
The Entertainer! Magazine
For most of their adult lives, Tom Dumont, Adrian Young and Tony Kanal have performed behind one lead singer—Gwen Stefani—as part of No Doubt. Now the trio is moving toward a darker side with Dreamcar.
Rolling Stone
Bassist talks “no-pressure” collaboration with AFI’s Davey Havok, band’s Eighties-inspired debut and what the future holds for No Doubt.
Women's Wear Daily
While Gwen Stefani does her own thing, the band’s bassist swings by the L.A. designer’s party and talks about heading to Coachella with Dreamcar.