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Adema

Band United States Formed 1998

Adema formed in 1998 in the United States. Adema has 32 chart appearances on 30 radio countdowns from 20 stations on RockLists, spanning 2001–2003. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “Giving In”, which appears on 15 lists with a best position of #22. The station that charted Adema most often is WCCC The Rock (Hartford, CT), with 4 appearances. The artist’s biggest year on year-end countdowns was 2001.

32appearances

30countdowns

5songs charted

20stations

0#1 finishes

2001–2003years

Adema came out of Bakersfield, California, right into the thick of the nu metal gold rush, with Mark Chavez howling up front, Tim Fluckey and Mike Ransom on guitars, Dave DeRoo on bass and Kris Kohls on drums. Their self-titled debut, in 2001, delivered the goods: "Giving In" is a slow simmer that erupts into a cathartic chorus, and "The Way You Like It" chugs and bounces with detuned menace.

Unstable followed in 2003, and then things fell apart. Ransom left in 2003, Chavez in 2004, and the band spent the next decade in a revolving-door blur. Luke Caraccioli sang on one album, Planets, before leaving in late 2005. Bobby Reeves and Ed Faris, both from the band Level, came in for Kill the Headlights in 2007, before a hiatus. The original lineup reformed in 2009, only for Ransom and Chavez to leave again before recording anything.

Fluckey took over the microphone from 2011 to 2017, with the EP Topple the Giants along the way. Ransom returned in 2013, and Chavez came back in March 2017 before leaving once more in 2019. Ryan Shuck replaced him, until his own exit in February 2024.

Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.

Songs by Adema on radio countdowns

#	Song	Strength	Lists	Best	#1s	Peak year
1	Giving In	835	15	#22	–	2001
2	The Way You Like It	432	12	#14	–	2002
3	Freakin' Out	60	2	#64	–	2002
4	Drowning	56	1	#100	–	2002
5	Unstable	31	1	#74	–	2003

Albums with charting songs

Where each song was first released, from MusicBrainz.

Year-end chart timeline

Combined year-end countdown points per year. Taller bars mean more songs placing higher across more stations.

01 02 03

Every countdown appearance

Year	#	Song	Countdown
2003	74	Unstable	WCCC Top 106 Songs of 2003
2002	79	The Way You Like It	KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 2002
2002	94	The Way You Like It	Q101 Top 101 Songs of 2002
2002	78	The Way You Like It	WHFS Top 99.1 Songs of 2002
2002	44	The Way You Like It	WFNX Top 100 Songs of 2002
2002	80	The Way You Like It	Y100 Top 100 Songs of 2002
2002	64	Freakin' Out	WCCC Top 106 Songs of 2002
2002	14	The Way You Like It	Buzz 103.1 The 103 Most Played Buzz Cuts of 2002
2002	53	The Way You Like It	WEQX Top 102.7 of 2002
2002	90	The Way You Like It	WMRQ Top 104 Songs of 2002
2002	100 (tie)	Drowning	WBER Listener Countdown 2002
2002	36	The Way You Like It	Radio & Records Top 100 Songs of 2002
2002	101	Artist ranking	KROQ Top 106.7 Artists of All-Time (Memorial Day 2002)
2001	49	Giving In	KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 2001
2001	85	The Way You Like It	KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 2001
2001	64	Giving In	91X Top 91 Songs of 2001
2001	34	Giving In	Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 2001
2001	83	Giving In	Q101 Top 101 Songs of 2001
2001	46	Giving In	WHFS Top 99.1 Songs of 2001
2001	46	Giving In	K-Rock Top 92.3 Songs of 2001
2001	30	Giving In	WFNX Top 100 Songs of 2001
2001	36	Giving In	The End Top 107 Songs of 2001
2001	26	Giving In	89X Top 89 Songs of 2001
2001	61	Giving In	The Buzz Top 99 Songs of 2001
2001	22	Giving In	WCCC Top 106 Songs of 2001
2001	90	The Way You Like It	WCCC Top 106 Songs of 2001
2001	25	Giving In	97X Top 97 Songs of 2001
2001	27	Giving In	99X Top 99 Songs of 2001
2001	32	Giving In	WBCN Top 41 Songs of 2001
2001	61	The Way You Like It	WEQX Top 102.7 of 2001
2001	157	Freakin' Out	WBER Listener Countdown 2001
2001	47	Giving In	Radio & Records Top 100 Songs of 2001

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