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As Friends Rust
As Friends Rust is an American melodic hardcore band based in Gainesville, Florida. The original line-up, which included vocalist Damien Moyal, guitarist Henry Olmino, bass guitarist Jeronimo Gomez, and drummer Matthew Crum, formed in Davie, Florida, Davie, Florida in September 1996. After recording a demo tape but failing to secure a record deal, the band parted ways in February 1997. Following his move to Gainesville, Florida, Moyal reformed As Friends Rust in June 1997, with a new line-up made-up mostly of then-members of his other band Culture (American band), Culture, ultimately stabilizing the band with drummer Timothy Kirkpatrick, guitarists Gordon Tarpley and Joseph Simmons (guitarist), Joseph Simmons, and bass guitarist and backing vocalist Kaleb Stewart. The band released its debut EP, ''The Fists of Time'', via Good Life Recordings in 1998, prior to which Tarpley was replaced by Peter Bartsocas. After an American tour, Bartsocas was replaced by James Glayat and As Fr ...
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Kaleb Stewart
Kaleb Stewart (June 9, 1975 – March 25, 2021) was an American musician, vocalist, songwriter and former skateboarder. Originally from Talkeetna, Alaska, Talkeetna, Alaska, he moved around in his childhood before settling in Tampa, Florida as a teenager, and later made his home in Gainesville, Florida, Gainesville, Florida. While in Gainesville, he notably played bass guitar and provided backing vocals in the melodic hardcore band As Friends Rust from 1998 to 2000, and in the hardcore punk band Bridgeburne R from 1999 to 2000 (both with lead vocalist Damien Moyal). Stewart took part of As Friends Rust's reunion in 2008, and remained with the band until 2019. Prior to joining As Friends Rust, Stewart had a short-lived professional skateboarding career, sang in the post-punk band The Sarx and the punk rock band Southpaw (both based in Tampa), and played bass guitar in the Gainesville punk rock band Sissy. Following his time in As Friends Rust, he played guitar and provided backi ...
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Joseph Simmons (guitarist)
Joseph Lee Simmons (born June 18, 1978) is an American guitarist, bass guitarist, songwriter and brewer. Originally from Houston, Texas, Simmons grew up in Coral Springs, Florida, Coral Springs, Florida, where he notably played in the hardcore punk bands Dinner Time and Lock Down, the sludge metal band Bird of Ill Omen and the metallic hardcore band Morning Again. He later moved to Gainesville, Florida, where he played in the metallic hardcore bands Culture (American band), Culture and Some Sort of Radio, the melodic hardcore band As Friends Rust, and the Emotional Hardcore, emotional hardcore / post-hardcore band Salem (American band), Salem. He currently plays in the black metal band Rot in Coffins. From 2007 to 2013, Simmons was the co-owner of the independent record label Sound Study Recordings, which he co-founded with former Bird of Ill Omen, As Friends Rust and Salem band-mate Thomas Rankine and recording engineer Matthew Finch. The record label released music from such ...
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Timothy Kirkpatrick
Timothy James Kirkpatrick (born June 11, 1978) is an American drummer. Originally from Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, Kirkpatrick played in punk band Shaft and Emotional Hardcore, emotional hardcore bands Roosevelt and Burgundy in his teens. After a brief stay in Ann Arbor, Michigan, where he played in the hardcore band Bloodpact, Kirkpatrick moved to Gainesville, Florida, Gainesville, Florida in 1997, and joined metallic hardcore band Culture (American band), Culture and melodic hardcore band As Friends Rust, both with vocalist Damien Moyal. Kirkpatrick next played in acoustic/indie rock musician Keith Welsh's live backing band, Tiger Mouth, art rock band Argentina, post-rock band Ithaca, and Indie rock, indie/post-rock band Swayze, all also based in Gainesville. He moved to St. Augustine, Florida, St. Augustine, Florida in 2003 to join alternative rock/post-hardcore band Postcard Audio, which quickly changed name to Moments in Grace a month after his ...
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