Artist · chart history
Zebrahead
Band La Habra Formed 1996
Zebrahead formed in 1996 in La Habra. Zebrahead has 10 chart appearances on 8 radio countdowns from 5 stations on RockLists, spanning 1998–2004. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “Get Back”, which appears on 6 lists with a best position of #62. The station that charted Zebrahead most often is 107.7 The End (Seattle, WA), with 6 appearances. The artist’s biggest year on year-end countdowns was 1998.
Zebrahead blew out of La Habra, in Orange County, California, in 1996 with a twist on punk: they bolted pop-punk to hip-hop and had two frontmen to prove it. Rapper Ali Tabatabaee traded lines with singer and rhythm guitarist Justin Mauriello, while Greg Bergdorf played lead guitar, Ben Osmundson held down bass and Ed Udhus drummed.
On Columbia, Waste of Mind in 1998 brought "Get Back" and "The Real Me", all buzzsaw guitars, shouted hooks and rhymes that bounce off the beat, and Playmate of the Year followed in 2000 with its cheeky title track. It's party music for the skate park, and it doesn't pretend to be anything else.
The lineup kept shifting. Mauriello left in 2004 after Waste of MFZB, and Matty Lewis took over in 2005, first heard on Broadcast to the World. Dan Palmer replaced Bergdorf in 2013, starting with Call Your Friends, and in 2021 Adrian Estrella stepped in for Lewis. Tabatabaee, Osmundson and Udhus have been there through it all, and the band has sold three million records worldwide.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs by Zebrahead on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Get Back | 6 | #62 | – | 1998 | |
| 2 | Rescue Me | 1 | #33 | – | 2004 | |
| 3 | The Real Me | 2 | #84 | – | 1999 | |
| 4 | Playmate of the Year | 1 | #78 | – | 2000 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 33 | Rescue Me | 88.3 The Sting WBWC Top 88 Songs of 2004 |
| 2000 | 78 | Playmate of the Year | The End Top 107 Songs of 2000 |
| 1999 | 70 | Get Back | The End Top 107 Songs of 1999 |
| 1999 | 84 | The Real Me | The End Top 107 Songs of 1999 |
| 1999 | 662 | The Real Me | The End Top 1077 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) |
| 1999 | 919 | Get Back | The End Top 1077 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) |
| 1998 | 92 | Get Back | KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1998 |
| 1998 | 90 | Get Back | Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 1998 |
| 1998 | 98 | Get Back | WFNX Top 101.7 Songs of 1998 |
| 1998 | 62 | Get Back | The End Top 107 Songs of 1998 |
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