Transplants (album)

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.

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

Singles