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Artist Biography For Transplants

Transplants Is An American Punk/hip Hop Band Formed In 1999 When Tim Armstrong Of Rancid Played His Friend And Roadie Rob Aston Some Beats He Had Made Using Pro Tools And Asked Rob If He Would Consider Contributing Lyrics. Initially Tim Played All The Instruments But As The Project Grew He Invited Friends Such As Matt Freeman Rancid Lars Frederiksen Rancid And Vic Ruggiero The Slackers To Add To The Sound. Before Long Tim And Rob Decided To Officially Form A Band But To Make Things Complete They Wanted A Drummer So Travis Barker From Blink-182 Was Asked To Join In 2002. Travis Recorded All Drums For The First Album In About Eight Hours. Tim First Became Inspired To Work With Loops And Samples After Being Introduced To London's Speed/garage Scene By Kerrang! Magazine Writer Morat In The Mid-90s. The Group's Music Is A Combination Of Hip Hop Reggae Drum N Bass Dub And Punk But Not Necessarily All At Once. Although Many Are Used Sparingly Throughout The Album Punk And Rap Remain As The Prominent Styles. Lyrically Rob Aston Describes Their Songs As Ranging From Topics Such As Murder "Quick Death" To The Passing Of A Loved One "Sad But True" To Failed Friendships "We Trusted You" . After Two Years Of Recording They Released Their Debut Album Transplants On Hellcat Records In October 2002. In The End The Album Was Recorded And Mixed Entirely In Tim's Basement. Special Guest Vocalists Included Eric Ozenne Nerve Agents Davey Havok AFI Danny Diablo Lars Frederiksen Rancid And Brody Dalle The Distillers Ex-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 Favorites And Earned The Band Critical And Commercial Success. "Diamonds And Guns" Featured Unmistakable Piano Hook Played By Co-Producer Dave Carlock. The Band Followed Up The Record's Success By Touring With The Foo Fighters. After The 2005 Blink-182 Hiatus Travis Barker Said That He Was Returning To Working With Transplants And Plus 44 A Side Project With Blink's Mark Hoppus. The Transplants' Second Album Titled Haunted Cities Was Released In June 2005. Barker Announced On His Twitter Account That The Transplants Were Recording New Material In 2010.

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Frogtoon Music Album Info: Transplants

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 Of Tony Hawk's Underground. 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. The Single "Diamonds And Guns" Is Played As The Background Music In Most Garnier Fructis Commercials. The Song Is Edited With No Lyrics Except The Chorus' "woo Woo".