Artist · chart history
Crash Kings
Band Los Angeles United States Formed 2006
Crash Kings formed in 2006 in Los Angeles, United States. Crash Kings has 44 chart appearances on 31 radio countdowns from 25 stations on RockLists, spanning 2009–2014. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “Mountain Man”, which appears on 26 lists with a best position of #2. The station that charted Crash Kings most often is CD101 (Columbus, OH), with 8 appearances. The artist’s biggest year on year-end countdowns was 2010.
Crash Kings came together in Los Angeles in 2006 with an unusual plan: no guitar player. Tony Beliveau sings and plays keyboards, his brother Mike plays bass, and Tom Roslak drums, and the lead guitar parts come from Tony's analog keyboards, a clavinet above all, run through distortion and bent with a whammy bar until they scream like a Les Paul.
Their self-titled debut came out on May 26, 2009, on Custard and Universal Motown, and "Mountain Man" was the first single, a strutting, stomping piece of keyboard-powered swagger that alternative radio couldn't stop playing. By March 2010 it had gone all the way to the top of the Billboard alternative radio chart. "You Got Me", off the same record, followed it onto the countdowns.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs by Crash Kings on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mountain Man | 26 | #2 | – | 2010 | |
| 2 | You Got Me | 18 | #17 | – | 2010 |
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.
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