Transplants is the debut studio album by the American punk rock/hip hop band Transplants. It was released on October 22, 2002, via Hellcat Records. Audio production of the twelve-track record was handled by Tim Armstrong and Dave Carlock. Rancid's Matt Freeman and Lars Frederiksen, The Slackers' Vic Ruggiero, The Distillers' Brody Dalle, AFI's Davey Havok, Funkdoobiest's Son Doobie, The Nerve Agents' Eric Ozenne, and Skarhead's Danny Diablo made their appearances on the album as additional musicians and vocalists.
The album peaked at No. 96 on the Billboard 200 and No. 1 on the Independent Albums chart. Its lead single, "Diamonds and Guns", peaked at No. 19 on the Modern Rock Tracks chart, No. 27 on the UK Singles Chart, and was most played as background music in older Garnier Fructis TV commercials. The second single of the album, "D.J. D.J." peaked at #49 on the UK Singles Chart. Both its singles are featured in Paul Hunter's 2003 film Bulletproof Monk. The song "California Babylon" is included in the 2003 video game Tony Hawk's Underground.
Track listings
Personnel
Tim Armstrong - vocals (tracks: 2–4, 6–10, 12), guitar, bass (tracks: 4–5, 7–9, 12), synthesizer (tracks: 1, 5), percussion (track 6, 10), loops, producer, mixing Rob "Skinhead Rob" Aston - vocals (tracks: 1–11), scratches (tracks: 3–4, 11) Travis Barker - drums Eric Ozenne - vocals (track 1) Son Doobie - vocals (track 4) Davey Havok - vocals (track 5) Brody Dalle - vocals (tracks: 2, 7) Danny Diablo - vocals (track 11) Dave Carlock - backing vocals (tracks: 3–4, 6), guitar (track 11), bass (tracks: 1, 6, 11), piano (track 4), synthesizer (tracks: 1–3, 6–7, 9, 11–12), producer, mixing Lars Frederiksen - backing vocals (track 10) Matt Freeman - bass (track 2) Victor Ruggiero - piano (tracks: 9–10, 12), Hammond B-3 organ (tracks: 2, 6–7, 9, 10, 12) Gene Grimaldi - mastering Estavan Oriol - photography, artwork & design Mark Machado - artwork & design Eklipsone - artwork & design
Charts
Album Chart (2002)Peak position US Billboard 20096US Billboard Independent Albums1
Singles Year Song Peak positions US Mod RockUK Singles Chart 2003 "Diamonds and Guns" 1927"D.J. D.J." —49
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