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Transplants

Band Los Angeles United States Formed 1999

Transplants formed in 1999 in Los Angeles, United States. Transplants has 46 chart appearances on 39 radio countdowns from 20 stations on RockLists, spanning 2002–2008. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “Diamonds and Guns”, which appears on 26 lists with a best position of #8. The station that charted Transplants most often is CD101 (Columbus, OH), with 11 appearances. The artist’s biggest year on year-end countdowns was 2003.

46appearances

39countdowns

6songs charted

20stations

0#1 finishes

2002–2008years

The Transplants started almost by accident. In 1999, Tim Armstrong, of Rancid and Operation Ivy, sat Rob Aston, a pal who worked as his roadie, down in front of some Pro Tools beats he'd cooked up and asked if he fancied writing words to go on top. Armstrong played everything himself at first, then called in friends like Matt Freeman and Lars Frederiksen from Rancid and Vic Ruggiero of the Slackers, and before long it was a real band, with Travis Barker of Blink-182 on drums completing the lineup.

The result, the self-titled 2002 album on Hellcat Records, was a gleeful collision of punk rock and rap rock: Aston's gravel-voiced barking, Armstrong's slurred croon and Barker's machine-gun drumming, all tangled up in street grime. "Diamonds and Guns" was the one that took off on rock radio, and "DJ DJ" and "Down in Oakland" filled out the picture.

With everybody busy with their day jobs, the Transplants broke up briefly in 2003, then got back together in 2004 to make Haunted Cities, with DJ Odie and DJ Pone playing a key part and "Gangsters and Thugs" leading the charge. Another break followed until 2010, when they started work on the songs that became In a Warzone in 2013.

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

Songs by Transplants on radio countdowns

#	Song	Strength	Lists	Best	#1s	Peak year
1	Diamonds and Guns	956	26	#8	–	2003
2	Gangsters and Thugs	374	10	#46	–	2005
3	DJ DJ	146	7	#41	–	2003
4	Down in Oakland	76	1	#26	–	2003
5	Gangstas And Drugs	47	1	#53	–	2005
6	What I Can't Describe	16	1	#336	–	2005

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.

02 03 05

Every countdown appearance

Year	#	Song	Countdown
2008	1983	Diamonds and Guns	CD101 Top 2009 Songs of All-Time (December 2008)
2007	1988	Diamonds and Guns	CD101 Top 2008 Songs of All-Time (December 2007)
2005	78	Gangsters and Thugs	91X Top 91 Songs of 2005
2005	79	Gangsters and Thugs	Q101 Top 101 Songs of 2005
2005	69	Gangsters and Thugs	WFNX Top 100 Songs of 2005
2005	76	Gangsters and Thugs	The End Top 107 Songs of 2005
2005	76	Gangsters and Thugs	89X Top 89 Songs of 2005
2005	84	Gangsters and Thugs	CD101 Top 101 Songs of 2005
2005	46	Gangsters and Thugs	Y100 Top 150 Songs of 2005
2005	53	Gangstas And Drugs	The Buzz Top 99 Songs of 2005
2005	60 (tie)	Gangsters and Thugs	WBER Listener Countdown 2005
2005	71	Gangsters and Thugs	WEQX Top 102.7 of 2005
2005	146	Gangsters and Thugs	ModernRock.com Top 400 Songs of 2005
2005	336	What I Can't Describe	ModernRock.com Top 400 Songs of 2005
2005	1920	Diamonds and Guns	CD101 Top 2006 Songs of All-Time (December 2005)
2005	1939	DJ DJ	CD101 Top 2006 Songs of All-Time (December 2005)
2005	833	Diamonds and Guns	99X Freedom of Choice 1000 (2005)
2004	1930	Diamonds and Guns	CD101 Top 2005 Songs of All-Time (December 2004)
2004	1948	DJ DJ	CD101 Top 2005 Songs of All-Time (December 2004)
2003	39	Diamonds and Guns	KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 2003
2003	65	Diamonds and Guns	91X Top 91 Songs of 2003
2003	76	DJ DJ	91X Top 91 Songs of 2003
2003	26	Down in Oakland	Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 2003
2003	47	Diamonds and Guns	Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 2003
2003	60	Diamonds and Guns	Q101 Top 101 Songs of 2003
2003	61	Diamonds and Guns	WFNX Top 100 Songs of 2003
2003	56	DJ DJ	89X Top 89 Songs of 2003
2003	25	Diamonds and Guns	CD101 Top 101 Songs of 2003
2003	41	DJ DJ	CD101 Top 101 Songs of 2003
2003	57	Diamonds and Guns	Y100 Top 100 Songs of 2003
2003	40	Diamonds and Guns	Channel 104.9 Top 104.9 Songs of 2003
2003	8	Diamonds and Guns	88.3 The Sting WBWC Top 50 Songs of 2003
2003	65	Diamonds and Guns	WBCN Top 104 Songs of 2003
2003	83	DJ DJ	WEQX Top 102.7 of 2003
2003	91	Diamonds and Guns	Buzz 103.1 Top 103 Buzz Cuts of 2003
2003	73	Diamonds and Guns	Radio & Records Top 100 Songs of 2003
2003	1930	Diamonds and Guns	CD101 Top 2004 Songs of All-Time (December 2003)
2003	1947	DJ DJ	CD101 Top 2004 Songs of All-Time (December 2003)
2002	42	Diamonds and Guns	KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 2002
2002	50	Diamonds and Guns	91X Top 91 Songs of 2002
2002	53	Diamonds and Guns	Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 2002
2002	34	Diamonds and Guns	WHFS Top 99.1 Songs of 2002
2002	60	Diamonds and Guns	The End Top 107 Songs of 2002
2002	55	Diamonds and Guns	Y100 Top 100 Songs of 2002
2002	76	Diamonds and Guns	The Buzz Top 99 Songs of 2002
2002	102	Diamonds and Guns	Channel 104.9 Top 104.9 Songs of 2002

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