List of As Friends Rust members explained

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 whom first joined in 1998), and bassist Andrew Seward (since 2022).

History

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. In March 1998, Joseph Simmons replaced Looker, and Kaleb Stewart joined as bass guitarist and backing vocalist. 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. 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

Current

Image	Name	Years active	Instruments	Release contributions
	Damien Moyal			all As Friends Rust releases
	Timothy Kirkpatrick
	Joseph Simmons			all As Friends Rust releases since The Fists of Time (1998)
	James Glayat
	Andrew Seward			Any Joy (2023)

Former

Image	Name	Years active	Instruments	Release contributions
	Henry Olmino
	Jeronimo Gomez
	Matthew Crum
	Stephen Looker		guitar	rowspan="1"
	Gordon Tarpley
	Jason Dooley			rowspan="2"
	Jason Black
	Kaleb Stewart
	Peter Bartsocas			rowspan="1"
	Christopher Beckham
	Guillermo Amador
	Alexander Vernon		drums
	Zachary Swain
	Thomas Rankine
	Adam D'Zurilla			rowspan="2"
	Joshua Williams
	Chad Darby		bass guitar	Up from the Muck (2019)
	Michael Lipscomb			rowspan="3"
	Richard Thurston
	Ryan Mahon

Timeline

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

Lineups

Period	Members	Releases
September 1996 – February 1997	Damien Moyal – lead vocals Henry Olmino – guitar Jeronimo Gomez – bass guitar Matthew Crum – drums	As Friends Rust demo (1996)
June – September 1997	Damien Moyal – lead vocals Stephen Looker – guitar Gordon Tarpley – guitar Jason Black – bass guitar Jason Dooley – drums	rowspan="2"
September 1997 – March 1998	Damien Moyal – lead vocals Stephen Looker – guitar Gordon Tarpley – guitar Timothy Kirkpatrick – drums
March – April 1998	Damien Moyal – lead vocals Gordon Tarpley – guitar Timothy Kirkpatrick – drums Joseph Simmons – guitar Kaleb Stewart – bass guitar, backing vocals	The Fists of Time (1998)
April – October 1998	Damien Moyal – lead vocals Timothy Kirkpatrick – drums Joseph Simmons – guitar Kaleb Stewart – bass guitar, backing vocals Peter Bartsocas – guitar, backing vocals	rowspan="1"
October 1998 – August 2000	Damien Moyal – lead vocals Timothy Kirkpatrick – drums Joseph Simmons – guitar Kaleb Stewart – bass guitar, backing vocals James Glayat – guitar	As Friends Rust / Discount (1998) As Friends Rust (1999)
August – September 2000	Damien Moyal – lead vocals Timothy Kirkpatrick – drums Joseph Simmons – guitar Kaleb Stewart – bass guitar, backing vocals Peter Bartsocas – guitar, backing vocals	rowspan="4"
September 2000	Timothy Kirkpatrick – drums Joseph Simmons – guitar Kaleb Stewart – lead vocals Peter Bartsocas – bass guitar, backing vocals
September 2000 – January 2001	Damien Moyal – lead vocals Joseph Simmons – guitar Christopher Beckham – bass guitar, backing vocals
January – February 2001	Damien Moyal – lead vocals Joseph Simmons – guitar Christopher Beckham – guitar, backing vocals Guillermo Amador – bass guitar
February – March 2001	Damien Moyal – lead vocals Joseph Simmons – guitar Christopher Beckham – guitar, backing vocals Guillermo Amador – bass guitar Alexander Vernon – drums	Morningleaver / This Is Me Hating You (2001)
March – April 2001	Damien Moyal – lead vocals Joseph Simmons – guitar Christopher Beckham – guitar, backing vocals Guillermo Amador – bass guitar Zachary Swain – drums	rowspan="1"
April 2001 – February 2002	Damien Moyal – lead vocals Joseph Simmons – guitar Christopher Beckham – guitar, backing vocals Zachary Swain – drums Thomas Rankine – bass guitar	Won (2001) A Young Trophy Band in the Parlance of Our Times (2002) Camden Underworld, London – 16 November 2001 (2002)
February – March 2002	Joseph Simmons – guitar Christopher Beckham – lead vocals Zachary Swain – drums Thomas Rankine – bass guitar Gordon Tarpley – guitar	rowspan="3"
March – July 2002	Joseph Simmons – guitar Christopher Beckham – guitar, backing vocals Zachary Swain – drums Thomas Rankine – bass guitar Adam D'Zurilla – lead vocals
July – September 2002	Joseph Simmons – guitar Zachary Swain – drums Thomas Rankine – bass guitar Adam D'Zurilla – lead vocals
On hiatus 2002 to 2008
March 2008 – June 2014	Damien Moyal – lead vocals Timothy Kirkpatrick – drums Joseph Simmons – guitar Kaleb Stewart – bass guitar, backing vocals James Glayat – guitar	rowspan="5"
June 2014	Damien Moyal – lead vocals Joseph Simmons – guitar Kaleb Stewart – bass guitar, backing vocals James Glayat – guitar Joshua Williams – drums
June 2014 – April 2015	Damien Moyal – lead vocals Timothy Kirkpatrick – drums Joseph Simmons – guitar Kaleb Stewart – bass guitar, backing vocals James Glayat – guitar
April 2015	Damien Moyal – lead vocals Timothy Kirkpatrick – drums Joseph Simmons – guitar Kaleb Stewart – bass guitar, backing vocals James Glayat – guitar Peter Bartsocas – guitar
April 2015 – June 2019	Damien Moyal – lead vocals Timothy Kirkpatrick – drums Joseph Simmons – guitar Kaleb Stewart – bass guitar, backing vocals James Glayat – guitar
June 2019 – September 2022	Damien Moyal – lead vocals Timothy Kirkpatrick – drums Joseph Simmons – guitar James Glayat – guitar, backing vocals Chad Darby – bass guitar	Up from the Muck (2019)
September 2022	Damien Moyal – lead vocals Joseph Simmons – guitar James Glayat – guitar, backing vocals Michael Lipscomb – bass guitar Richard Thurston – drums	rowspan="1"
September 2022 – September 2023	Damien Moyal – lead vocals Timothy Kirkpatrick – drums Joseph Simmons – guitar James Glayat – guitar, backing vocals Andrew Seward – bass guitar	Any Joy (2023)
September 2023 – October 2023	Damien Moyal – lead vocals Timothy Kirkpatrick – drums James Glayat – guitar, backing vocals Andrew Seward – bass guitar Ryan Mahon – guitar, backing vocals	rowspan="2"
October 2023 – present	Damien Moyal – lead vocals Timothy Kirkpatrick – drums Joseph Simmons – guitar James Glayat – guitar, backing vocals Andrew Seward – bass guitar

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2003 . As Friends Rust Biography . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20220602145349/https://www.allmusic.com/artist/as-friends-rust-mn0000931456/biography . June 2, 2022 . December 9, 2022 . . en.
2. Web site: Ramirez . Carlos . January 10, 2019 . As Friends Rust Plot Live Return, New Album . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20200808022738/https://www.noecho.net/features/as-friends-rust-plot-return . August 8, 2020 . March 13, 2022 . No Echo . en.
3. Book: Prenger, Johan . Reflections 12 (1999) . Reflections Magazine . 1999 . Vroomshoop, Netherlands . 40–45 . en . Interview with Damien Moyal of As Friends Rust and Culture . September 5, 1998 . https://archive.org/details/Reflections12/page/n33 . . 12.
4. Web site: Julien . Alexandre . Alexander Julien . January 9, 2008 . Culture . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20200116045233/http://www.abridgedpause.com/culture . January 16, 2020 . September 5, 2020 . Abridged Pause Blog . en-US.
5. Web site: Julien . Alexandre . Alexander Julien . January 10, 2020 . As Friends Rust - A skeletal repository of As Friends Rust's timeline . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20220705061550/http://www.abridgedpause.com/as-friends-rust . July 5, 2022 . July 5, 2022 . Abridged Pause Blog . en-US.
6. Book: Chapman, Marc . Over the Edge No. 9 . Over the Edge . 1998 . Berlin, Germany . 6 . Creating Monsters for Your Friends . Internet Archive.
7. Book: Boarts, Christine . Slug & Lettuce 56 (1998 Sep-Oct) . September 1998 . Slug & Lettuce . 1998 . Richmond, Virginia, United States . 6, 12 . en . Music Reviews: As Friends Rust - The Fists of Time CD . https://archive.org/details/slug_lettuce_56/page/n35 . . 56.
8. Book: McClard, Kent . HeartattaCk 20 (Nov 1998) . . 1998 . California, United States . November 1998 . 24, 60 . en . Record Review: As Friends Rust - The Fists of Time CD . https://archive.org/details/heartattack_20/page/n59 . . 20.
9. Web site: Moyle . Jeff . May 27, 2001 . As Friends Rust Interview . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20011130074606/http://acornweb.com/punk/interviews/asfriendsrust1.html . November 30, 2001 . March 22, 2022 . Punk Interviews.
10. Web site: Verhaeghe . Edward . December 1998 . As Friends Rust/Discount Split . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20020205050037/http://www.goodliferecordings.com/html/disco_result.php?catalog_id=GL035 . February 5, 2002 . March 17, 2022 . Good Life Recordings.
11. Web site: Chadwick . Andrew . November 5, 1998 . Discount Interview . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20220322053246/https://ink19.com/1998/11/magazine/interviews/discount-4 . March 22, 2022 . March 22, 2022 . Ink 19 . en-US.
12. Web site: 2000 . Big News . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20010309210445/http://www.freespeech.org:80/afr/info.htm . March 9, 2001 . December 30, 2021 . As Friends Rust.
13. Web site: Straede . Holger . August 26, 2000 . News . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20010817195554/http://www.coreground.de/news.php3 . August 17, 2001 . June 27, 2022 . CORE Ground HC Zine.
14. Web site: Sabján . Bence . May 24, 2015 . "Emlékszem Budapestre. A koncert után a várnál lógtunk."- Interjú a Groezrockon feltámadt As Friends Rusttal! . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20200920012203/https://nuskull.hu/interjuk/emlekszem-budapestre-a-koncert-utan-a-varnal-logtunk-interju-a-groezrockon-feltamadt-as-friends-rusttal/ . September 20, 2020 . March 14, 2022 . Nuskull Magazin . hu.
15. Web site: Wiesner . Tito . February 15, 2001 . Neues im Hause As Friends Rust . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20020516032705/http://www.wasteofmind.de/news/news0201.shtml . May 16, 2002 . June 27, 2022 . Waste of Mind . de.
16. Web site: Hemsath . Dirk . March 2001 . Fan Series 7-Inches . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20010513204029/http://www.doghouserecords.com/fan_series.html . May 13, 2001 . March 20, 2022 . Doghouse Records.
17. Web site: Pinter . Zolly . November 2001 . As Friends Rust Interview . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20030523201319/http://www.4p-fanzine.de/interviews/afr_interview.htm . May 23, 2003 . June 27, 2022 . 4P Fanzine.
18. Web site: Sebastian . June 17, 2002 . As Friends Rust Interview with Thomas Rankine . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20020905002838/http://www.stillholdingon.net/PHP2/html/modules.php?name=Sections&sop=viewarticle&artid=46 . September 5, 2002 . March 28, 2022 . Still Holding On.
19. Book: Bayer, Jonah . Law of Inertia 11 . January 2002 . Law of Inertia Magazine . 2002 . New York City, New York . August 23, 2002 . 41–45 . en . As Friends Rust Interview . . 11.
20. Web site: Brunè . Jessika . February 2002 . As Friends Rust Interview . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20020227152420/http://www.adequacy.net/int/asfriends/index.shtml . February 27, 2002 . December 27, 2021 . Delusions of Adequacy.
21. Web site: 2002 . News . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20020605053745/http://www.asfriendsrust.net/info.html . June 5, 2002 . December 30, 2021 . As Friends Rust.
22. Web site: Aubin . Paul . March 2002 . Damien leaves As Friends Rust . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20200514141723/https://www.punknews.org/article/2961/damien-leaves-as-friends-rust . May 14, 2020 . December 30, 2021 . Punk News . en.
23. Web site: April 18, 2002 . As Friends Rust: Tour Info . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20020418040315fw_/http://www.doghouserecords.com/tour_asfr.html . April 18, 2002 . March 13, 2022 . Doghouse Records.
24. Web site: December 2002 . News . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20021210050659/http://www.asfriendsrust.net/info.html . December 10, 2002 . March 13, 2022 . As Friends Rust.
25. Web site: August 2002 . Tours . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20021117075142/http://defiancerecords.de/tours_frames.html . November 17, 2002 . March 24, 2022 . Defiance Records.
26. Web site: Aubin . Paul . September 20, 2002 . As Friends Rust Name Change Confirmed . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20211231141302/https://www.punknews.org/article/4290/as-friends-rust-name-change-confirmed . December 31, 2021 . December 30, 2021 . Punk News . en.
27. Web site: White . Adam . March 9, 2008 . As Friends Rust to reunite for European shows . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20211231141306/https://www.punknews.org/article/28030/as-friends-rust-to-reunite-for-european-shows . December 31, 2021 . December 30, 2021 . Punk News . en.
28. Web site: March 10, 2008 . As Friends Rust Again . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20080311144758/https://www.antimusic.com/news/08/march/10As_Friends_Rust_Again.shtml . March 11, 2008 . December 30, 2021 . antiMUSIC.
29. Web site: Aubin . Paul . August 9, 2008 . Tours: As Friends Rust (Gainesville, Europe) . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20121102041740/https://www.punknews.org/article/29995/tours-as-friends-rust-gainesville-europe . November 2, 2012 . December 30, 2021 . Punk News . en.
30. Web site: Torben . September 15, 2008 . As Friends Rust Interview . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20210122125400/https://www.allschools.de/article/show/Interview_mit_As_Friends_Rust_50709 . January 22, 2021 . December 30, 2021 . AllSchools Network.
31. Web site: Kraus . Brian . March 16, 2014 . As Friends Rust announce Japan tour and 'Greatest Hits?' compilation . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20211231141258/https://www.altpress.com/news/as_friends_rust_announce_japan_tour_and_greatest_hits_compilation/ . December 31, 2021 . December 30, 2021 . . en.
32. Web site: June 23, 2015 . Interview: As Friends Rust [Groezrock 2015] ]. live . https://web.archive.org/web/20220216043759/http://www.punktastic.com/interviews/interview-as-friends-rust-groezrock-2015/ . February 16, 2022 . Punktastic.
33. Web site: Wahle . Sebastian . July 2020 . As Friends Rust Interview . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20220313204024/https://www.ox-fanzine.de/interview/as-friends-rust-7707 . March 13, 2022 . March 13, 2022 . . de.
34. Web site: Sacher . Andrew . March 26, 2021 . As Friends Rust bassist Kaleb Stewart, RIP . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20210326202135/https://www.brooklynvegan.com/as-friends-rust-bassist-kaleb-stewart-rip/ . March 26, 2021 . April 19, 2022 . . en.
35. Web site: March 27, 2021 . Punk-Neuigkeiten und Kuriositäten der Woche. . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20220419015949/https://www.ox-fanzine.de/die-aerzte-nena-und-der-ganze-rest . April 19, 2022 . April 19, 2022 . . de.
36. Web site: Decker . Dave . April 29, 2021 . Tampa musicians will remember their friend Kaleb Stewart, and raise money for his family in May . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20220419020314/https://www.cltampa.com/music/tampa-musicians-will-remember-their-friend-kaleb-stewart-and-raise-money-for-his-family-in-may-12441620 . April 19, 2022 . April 19, 2022 . . en.
37. Web site: Ramirez . Carlos . March 23, 2020 . As Friends Rust Return with Strangely Appropriate Song . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20200804002557/https://www.noecho.net/features/as-friends-rust-up-from-the-muck . August 4, 2020 . December 30, 2021 . No Echo . en.
38. Web site: Ramirez . Carlos . March 30, 2020 . As Friends Rust Drop "Last of the Famous International Scumbags" (Track Premiere) . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20200810015933/https://www.noecho.net/features/as-friends-rust-last-of-the-famous-international-scumbags . August 10, 2020 . March 13, 2022 . No Echo . en.
39. Web site: March 31, 2020 . As Friends Rust : second nouveau morceau en écoute . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20201218084006/https://www.noisemag.net/as-friends-rust-second-nouveau-morceau-en-ecoute/ . December 18, 2020 . March 13, 2022 . New Noise Mag.
40. Web site: September 13, 2021 . A Conversation with Damien Moyal of As Friends Rust - 20 Years of 'Won' and more . February 20, 2022 . Podioslave Podcast . en.
41. Web site: Arnold . Alex . January 10, 2019 . As Friends Rust Prepare New Album . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20200926235246/https://lambgoat.com/news/30990/as-friends-rust-prepares-new-album/ . September 26, 2020 . March 13, 2022 . Lambgoat . en.
42. Web site: Moyal . Damien . September 21, 2022 . Tim, our drummer, has had a sudden shoulder injury . September 26, 2022 . . As Friends Rust . en.
43. Web site: Kamiński . Karol . June 22, 2023 . As Friends Rust premiere new earworm track "Positive Mental Platitude", new album "Any Joy" coming up! . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20230623004057/https://idioteq.com/as-friends-rust-premiere-new-earworm-track-positive-mental-platitude-new-album-any-joy-coming-up/ . June 23, 2023 . June 23, 2023 . Idioteq . en-US.
44. Web site: Arnold . Alex . June 22, 2023 . As Friends Rust announce first full album since 2001, share new video . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20230623004303/https://lambgoat.com/news/39353/as-friends-rust-announce-first-full-album-since-2001/ . June 23, 2023 . June 23, 2023 . Lambgoat . en.
45. Web site: Moyal . Damien . September 23, 2023 . Meet the rest of our touring party . October 6, 2023 . Facebook.