Artist · chart history
Dragpipe
Band Union City
Dragpipe formed in Union City. Dragpipe has 1 chart appearance on 1 radio countdown from 1 station on RockLists, spanning 2002. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “Simple Minded”, which appears on 1 list with a best position of #4. The station that charted Dragpipe most often is KNAC (Los Angeles, CA), with 1 appearance. The artist’s biggest year on year-end countdowns was 2002.
Dragpipe came out of Union City, New Jersey, a sludgy, riff-heavy outfit that earned its following the hard way, with sweaty, high-energy shows across North Jersey and over the Hudson in New York City. The demos did the rest: Twiggy Ramirez and Jason Newsted heard them, and in 2001 Interscope signed the band. That same year they cut a track for Driven State, a planned tribute to Quicksand, rubbing shoulders with Biohazard, Glassjaw and Will Haven.
Music for the Last Day of Your Life, produced by Dave Sardy, landed in August 2002, a slab of thick, groove-laden alternative metal with a stoner-rock haze hanging over it. The band shot a video for "Simple Minded" starring Kitana Baker and hit the road, up and down the East Coast and across Europe with Filter.
It didn't take. The album moved only 30,000 copies by 2009, Interscope cut them loose not long after it came out, and Jai Diablo, John Monte and the rest seem to have called it quits. One album was all they left behind.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs by Dragpipe on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Simple Minded | 1 | #4 | – | 2002 |
Albums with charting songs
Where each song was first released, from MusicBrainz.
Every countdown appearance
| Year | # | Song | Countdown |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 4 | Simple Minded | KNAC Top 105 Songs of 2002 |
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