Transplants (album)
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| Studio album by Transplants | ||
| Released | October 22, 2002 | |
| Recorded | January 2000–June 2002 | |
| Genre | Rock punk rock | |
| Length | 45:21 | |
| Label | Hellcat Records | |
| Producer(s) | Tim Armstrong Dave Carlock |
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| Transplants chronology | ||
| Transplants (2002) |
Haunted Cities (2005) |
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Transplants is Transplants' eponymous debut released in 2002. It featured three main Transplants members, Tim Armstrong, Rob Aston and Travis Barker. The album was recorded in Tim's basement and also featured Matt Freeman (Rancid), Vic Ruggiero (The Slackers), Davey Havok (AFI) and Brody Dalle (The Distillers, then-wife of Tim). Brody sings on the track "Weigh On My Mind", which Tim then described as "their song".
The singles, "Diamonds and Guns" and "D.J. D.J." quickly became MTV favourites and they received commercial success and critical acclaim. They followed up by touring with bands such as the Foo Fighters.
The song "California Babylon" appeared on the soundtrack to Tony Hawk's Underground also, UK alternative band Pop Will Eat Itself covered "California Babylon" halfway between their song Bulletproof (due to the similar sound of the song) on The Reformation tour in January 2005.
[edit] Track listing
All songs written by Tim Armstrong and Rob Aston unless noted.
- "Romper Stomper" (Armstrong, Aston, Eric Ozenne) – 3:18
- "Tall Cans in the Air" – 3:43
- "D.J. D.J." – 4:01
- "Diamonds and Guns" (Armstrong, Aston, Vasquez) – 4:01
- "Quick Death" (Armstrong, Aston, Davey Havok) – 3:36
- "Sad But True" – 4:26
- "Weigh on My Mind" – 3:22
- "One Seventeen" – 2:01
- "California Babylon" – 4:05
- "We Trusted You" – 4:35
- "D.R.E.A.M." (Armstrong, Aston, Singer) – 4:42
- "Down in Oakland" (Armstrong) – 3:22
[edit] Personnel
- Tim Armstrong - vocals, guitar, bass, synthesizer, percussion, loops, producer, engineer
- Rob "Skinhead Rob" Aston - vocals, scratching
- Travis Barker - drums
- Dave Carlock - backup vocals, guitar, bass, piano, synthesizer, producer, engineer
- Vic Ruggiero - piano, Hammond organ
- Matt Freeman - bass
- Eric Ozenne - guest vocals on track 1
- Son Doobie - guest vocals on track 4
- Davey Havok - guest vocals on track 5
- Brody Armstrong - guest vocals on track 7
- Lars Frederiksen - guest vocals on track 10
- Danny Diablo - guest vocals on track 11
- Gene Grimaldi - mastering
- Estavan Oriol - artwork, photography, design
