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List of As Friends Rust members

As Friends Rust is an American melodic hardcore band based in Gainesville, Florida. Formed in September 1996, the group originally consisted of lead vocalist Damien Moyal, guitarist Henry Olmino, bass guitarist Jeronimo Gomez, and drummer Matthew Crum.[1] The band currently consists of Moyal (a consistent member except for a brief period in 2002), alongside drummer Timothy Kirkpatrick (who first joined in 1997), guitarists Joseph Simmons and James Glayat (both of who first joined in 1998), and bassist Andrew Seward (since 2022).

As Friends Rust performing at Cheers in Coconut Grove, Florida in 1996 (top) and at Molotow Musik Club in Hamburg, Germany in 2019 (bottom).

History edit

The original line-up of Moyal, Olmino, Gomez and Crum recorded a demo in November 1996, but failing to secure a record deal, parted ways in February 1997.[2][3] In June 1997, Moyal reformed the band with new members, including guitarists Stephen Looker and Gordon Tarpley, drummer Jason Dooley, and bass guitarist Jason Black, while securing a deal with Belgian record label Good Life Recordings.[4][5][6] By September 1997, Black had not taken up involvement and Timothy Kirkpatrick came in to replace Dooley.[3][5] In March 1998, Joseph Simmons replaced Looker, and Kaleb Stewart joined as bass guitarist and backing vocalist.[3][5] This line-up recorded material for the band's debut extended play, The Fists of Time (combined with 1996 recordings).[7][8] Tarpley was then replaced by Peter Bartsocas in time for the EP's American promotional concert tour in June–July 1998, but the latter was replaced by James Glayat in October 1998, shortly before the band's first European tour.[3][5] The line-up remained intact until August 2000, during which time the band released As Friends Rust / Discount, As Friends Rust, and Eleven Songs.[9][10][11]

Inner tensions caused major line-up changes, culminating with Glayat, Kirkpatrick and, eventually, Stewart quitting in September 2000.[12][13][14] Bartsocas, who happened to be visiting Europe while the band was on tour, filled in for Glayat during August–September 2000, while Stewart filled in as lead vocalist while Moyal was sick.[5][14] After returning home, Moyal and Simmons reconstructed the band by recruiting guitarist and backing vocalist Christopher "Floyd" Beckham, bass guitarist Guillermo Amador, and drummer Alexander Vernon, with whom As Friends Rust recorded the single Morningleaver / This Is Me Hating You.[12][15][16] In March 2001, Vernon was replaced by Zachary Swain, and in April 2001 Thomas Rankine replaced Amador.[17][18] The new line-up recorded As Friends Rust's debut full-length album, Won, for Doghouse Records / Defiance Records and the extended play, A Young Trophy Band in the Parlance of Our Times, for Equal Vision Records, promoting the releases with extensive American, European and British tours (during which the live home video Camden Underworld, London – 16 November 2001 was filmed).[19][20] By February 2002, tensions had again surfaced, which resulted with Moyal quitting the band at the peak of its popularity.[21][22] In order to fulfill touring obligations, Beckham switched to lead vocals and Tarpley returned as guitarist, until lead vocalist Adam D'Zurilla was welcomed as Moyal's replacement in late March 2002.[5][18] With D'Zurilla, As Friends Rust toured the United States, Canada, Europe and the United Kingdom several times, before Beckham quit the band in July 2002.[23][24][25] After a final European tour as a four-piece, the remaining members of As Friends Rust announced that the band was changing name to Salem in September 2002.[26]

As Friends Rust reunited in March 2008, with Moyal, Kirkpatrick, Simmons, Stewart, and Glayat reprising their 1998–2000 line-up,[27][28] and the band embarked on a European and British tour in August 2008.[29][30] For its Japanese tour in June 2014, supporting the compilation album Greatest Hits?, drummer Joshua Williams filled in for Kirkpatrick.[31][32] Stewart was kicked out of the band in June 2019;[33] he later passed away in March 2021.[34][35][36] The band has since operated as a four-piece without a permanent bass guitarist. Chad Darby was called upon during the recording of the extended play Up from the Muck in 2020.[37][38][39] For the band's performance at Furnace Fest in September 2022, Richard Thurston filled in for Kirkpatrick, while Michael Lipscomb performed bass guitar.[40][41][42] In late 2022, bass guitarist Andrew Seward was recruited to record the band's second full-length album, Any Joy, and tour in promotion of the release throughout 2023.[43][44] As Simmons was unable to tour Europe and the United Kingdom in September and October 2023, guitarist and backing vocalist Ryan Mahon was recruited to fill the spot.[45]

Members edit

Current edit

Image Name Years active Instruments Release contributions
Damien Moyal
  • 1996–1997
  • 1997–2002
  • 2008–present
  • lead vocals
 all As Friends Rust releases
Timothy Kirkpatrick
  • 1997–2000
  • 2008–present
  • drums
Joseph Simmons
  • 1998–2002
  • 2008–present
  • guitar
 all As Friends Rust releases since The Fists of Time (1998)
James Glayat
  • 1998–2000
  • 2008–present
  • guitar
  • backing vocals
Andrew Seward
  • 2022–present
  • bass guitar

Former edit

Image Name Years active Instruments Release contributions
Henry Olmino
  • 1996–1997
  • guitar
Jeronimo Gomez
  • bass guitar
 Matthew Crum
  • drums
Stephen Looker
  • 1997–1998
 guitar none
Gordon Tarpley
  • 1997–1998
  • 2002
Jason Dooley
  • 1997
  • drums
 none
Jason Black
  • bass guitar
 Kaleb Stewart
  • 1998–2000
  • 2008–2019
  • bass guitar
  • backing vocals
  • lead vocals
Peter Bartsocas
  • 1998
  • 2000
  • 2015
  • guitar
  • bass guitar
  • backing vocals
 none
Christopher Beckham
  • 2000–2002
  • guitar
  • bass guitar
  • backing vocals
  • lead vocals
Guillermo Amador
  • 2001
  • bass guitar
Alexander Vernon drums
Zachary Swain
  • 2001–2002
Thomas Rankine
  • bass guitar
 Adam D'Zurilla
  • 2002
  • lead vocals
 none
Joshua Williams
  • 2014
  • drums
 Chad Darby
  • 2019–2022
 bass guitar
Michael Lipscomb
  • 2022
 none
Richard Thurston
  • drums
 Ryan Mahon
  • 2023
  • guitar
  • backing vocals

Timeline edit

  • Note that the Studio album and EP bars represent the release dates, not the recording dates; membership often changed between the two events.

Lineups edit

Period Members Releases
September 1996 – February 1997
  • As Friends Rust demo (1996)
June – September 1997 none
September 1997 – March 1998
March – April 1998
April – October 1998 none
October 1998 – August 2000
August – September 2000 none
September 2000
September – October 2000
October 2000 – January 2001
January – February 2001
February – March 2001
March – April 2001 none
April 2001 – February 2002
February – March 2002 none
March – July 2002
July – September 2002
March 2008 – June 2014
June 2014
June 2014 – April 2015
April 2015
April 2015 – June 2019
June 2019 – September 2022
September 2022 none
September 2022 – September 2023
September 2023 – October 2023 none
October 2023 – present

References edit

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