Artist · chart history
Dub Pistols
Band London United Kingdom Formed 1996
Dub Pistols formed in 1996 in London, United Kingdom. Dub Pistols has 4 chart appearances on 4 radio countdowns from 4 stations on RockLists, spanning 1999–2001. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “Cyclone”, which appears on 3 lists with a best position of #88. The station that charted Dub Pistols most often is WFNX (Boston, MA), with 1 appearance. The artist’s biggest year on year-end countdowns was 1999.
Barry Ashworth and Jason O'Bryan started the Dub Pistols in London in 1996, and they came out swinging with big beat's rowdy, breakbeat-driven swagger. The first shots were fired in 1998 with the singles "There's Gonna Be a Riot" and "Best Got Better", and the debut album Point Blank followed that same year, "Cyclone" whipping its beats into a funnel cloud.
They never stayed in one lane for long. Six Million Ways to Live and Y4K: Next Level Breaks both surfaced in 2001, and the band's music found its way onto the soundtracks of Blade II, Bad Company, Mystery Men and Piranha 3D. Behind the mixing desk they kept just as busy, reworking Ian Brown's "Dolphins Were Monkeys", Limp Bizkit's "My Way", the Crystal Method's "Do It" and Moby's "James Bond Theme".
Speakers and Tweeters, out on Sunday Best in 2007, rolled in a guest list of T.K. Lawrence, JMS, Blade, Rodney P and Terry Hall. Rum'n'Coke arrived in May 2009, Return of the Pistoleros went out on Rob Da Bank's Sunday Best in 2015, and Crazy Diamonds in 2017 and Addict in October 2020 brought the tally of studio albums to seven.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs by Dub Pistols on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cyclone | 3 | #88 | – | 1999 | |
| 2 | Official Chemical | 1 | #181 | – | 2001 |
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.
Every countdown appearance
| Year | # | Song | Countdown |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 181 (tie) | Official Chemical | WBER Listener Countdown 2001 |
| 1999 | 89 | Cyclone | 91X Top 91 Songs of 1999 |
| 1999 | 94 | Cyclone | WHFS Top 99.1 Songs of 1999 |
| 1999 | 88 | Cyclone | WFNX Top 99 Songs of 1999 |
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