Tim Armstrong and myself (Rob Aston) formed Transplants in December of 1999. I had just moved to Los Angeles and was hanging out with Tim when he played me this beat he had made on his Pro Tools System in his studio.
It was incredable, like nothing I had ever heard before. He asked if I could write lyrics to it, and without hesitation I said yes. Honestl, I was scared shitless because I had never been in a band before. Not to mention, I was dealing with Mr. Tim Armstrong from Rancid. Long story shor, we recorded whenever we found time and gave it our all. But something was missing. Tim had played all the instruments by himself
and the drums were samples and loops. We realized we needed to find the best drummer we could. SO we called up Travis Barker from Blink182 and Box Car Racer. We pitched him the idea and before even hearing the songs, he was on board. Travis came to the studio and laid down his drum tracks in five hours, and that was that. Now we have a record that we are proud of.
With topics that range from murder ('Quick Death') the passing ofloved ones ('Sad but True'), to failed friendships ('We Trusted You'). We wrote songs that I think everyone can identify with for the most part. There's even a party song on the album ('Tall Cans In The Air'). Don't jump to conclusions though. It's by no means a happy/fun song, you're more likely to make an enemy than a friend with this one. Anyways everyone goes through shit in life, some more then others. Some people choose to ignore it and think it will disappear. Not gonna happen. At least not while you're listening the the Transplants record.