Song · Transplants
“Gangsters and Thugs” by Transplants
From the album Haunted Cities (2005)
“Gangsters and Thugs” by Transplants appears on 10 radio countdowns from 10 stations in 2005. It was first released in 2005 on the album Haunted Cities. Its best result is #46 on the Y100 Top 150 Songs of 2005. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #81 alternative song of 2005.
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"Gangsters and Thugs" was the first single from the Transplants' second album, Haunted Cities, in 2005, and it swaggers like a punk band that spent the off-season in a hip-hop record shop. The trio of Tim Armstrong, Travis Barker and Robert "Skinhead Rob" Aston wrote it and played it, with Richard Stites adding backing vocals, and Armstrong co-produced with Dave Carlock for LaSalle Records.
The track is all gutter and groove: the drums hit with a rap producer's snap, the guitars flirt with surf twang and funk strut, and the vocals come snarling over the top. It reached 25 on the US Alternative Songs chart and 35 in the UK.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 78 | 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana | 91X Top 91 Songs of 2005 | 91 |
| 2005 | 79 | Q101 Chicago, IL | Q101 Top 101 Songs of 2005 | 101 |
| 2005 | 69 | WFNX Boston, MA | WFNX Top 100 Songs of 2005 | 100 |
| 2005 | 76 | 107.7 The End Seattle, WA | The End Top 107 Songs of 2005 | 107 |
| 2005 | 76 | 89X Detroit, MI / Windsor, ON | 89X Top 89 Songs of 2005 | 89 |
| 2005 | 84 | CD101 Columbus, OH | CD101 Top 101 Songs of 2005 | 101 |
| 2005 | 46 | Y100 Philadelphia, PA | Y100 Top 150 Songs of 2005 | 150 |
| 2005 | 60 (tie) | WBER Rochester, NY | WBER Listener Countdown 2005 | 230 |
| 2005 | 71 | 102.7 WEQX Southern Vermont and the Capital District of New York (Albany) | WEQX Top 102.7 of 2005 | 103 |
| 2005 | 146 | ModernRock.com Online | ModernRock.com Top 400 Songs of 2005 | 400 |
Also listed as: Gangsters & Thugs; Gangsters And Thugs.
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