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As Friends Rust (EP)
As Friends Rust is the third release by American melodic hardcore band As Friends Rust. It was released on compact disc, 8-inch vinyl and digitally in the United States on September 17, 1999. The eponymous extended play was the band's first output as part of an exclusive three-record contract with Toledo, Ohio-based record company Doghouse Records. As Friends Rust was licensed by Doghouse Records to various foreign markets, beginning with Belgian record label Good Life Recordings, which released the extended play on compact disc and double 7-inch vinyl several months earlier in July 1999. The European edition features a bonus song and a different artwork, but was erroneously promoted by Good Life Recordings as God Hour, though that title never appeared on the actual release. Doghouse Records also licensed As Friends Rust to Japanese record label Howling Bull Entertainment, which released a compact disc edition on October 5, 1999, and British record label Golf Records, which released a compact disc edition on October 22, 2001; these versions included six additional songs, a different artwork, and were promoted under the title Eleven Songs.
In promotion of As Friends Rust, the band toured the United States, United Kingdom and Europe several times between June 1999 and September 2000, accompanied by such musical groups as Strike Anywhere, Grade, Ensign, Ignite, Good Clean Fun, Garrison, Glasseater, Mid Carson July, The Agency, Fast Times and Keith Welsh. While promoting the release, As Friends Rust also performed at notable festivals like Hellfest in Syracuse, New York (two years in a row), Ieper Hardcore Festival in Ypres, Belgium (two years in a row), Dour Festival in Dour, Belgium, Gainesvillefest in Gainesville, Florida, Wilkes-Barre Festival in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, The Copper Sun Indie Records Winter Festival in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, Detroit Fest in Eastpointe, Michigan, Krazy Fest in Louisville, Kentucky, Mixed Messages in Minneapolis, Minnesota, Pheer Festival in College Park, Maryland, Festival Hardcore in Sant Feliu de Guíxols, Spain, Metropolis Festival in Rotterdam, Netherlands, TurboPunk Festival in Poznań, Poland, Transmitter Festival in Hohenems, Austria, Complete MADness Festival in Potsdam, Germany and Good Life Midsummer Hardcore Festival in Kuurne, Belgium.
The extended play was recorded with lead vocalist Damien Moyal, guitarists Joseph Simmons and James Glayat, bass guitarist and backing vocalist Kaleb Stewart and drummer Timothy Kirkpatrick. Though most of the touring in promotion of As Friends Rust featured the same core members, the line-up changed almost completely during its final European tour in September 2000, leading to uncertainty about the band's future. Glayat and Kirkpatrick announced that they would quit the band upon their return from the European tour, though Glayat injured his leg during the first week of the tour and was replaced by former As Friends Rust guitarist Peter Bartsocas. Moyal then suffered voice problems during the same European tour, leading Stewart to sing lead vocals at a handful of shows (with Bartsocas switching to bass). Looking to replace Glayat, Moyal and Simmons recruited guitarist Christopher "Floyd" Beckham, which in turn lead to Stewart's unexpected departure. After a short hiatus and further line-up changes, As Friends Rust's new line-up recorded its follow-up album Won in 2001.
After several months of touring in promotion of the band's debut extended play, The Fists of Time, As Friends Rust was signed to a three-record deal in late 1998, by American record label Doghouse Records. In early April 1999, Doghouse Records announced that the band would be recording a four-song extended play, scheduled for release on June 15, 1999. By May 1999, however, the release date had been moved forward to July 15, 1999, then to August 19, 1999 (it would ultimately be delayed by another month, with its actual release date on September 17, 1999).
On May 9, 1999, As Friends Rust returned to Goldentone Studios, where it had previously recorded two songs in March and October 1998, to record six new songs with producer Rob McGregor. The band was then made up of lead vocalist Damien Moyal, guitarists Joseph Simmons and James Glayat, bass guitarist and backing vocalist Kaleb Stewart and drummer Timothy Kirkpatrick. The new material recorded included "Half Friend Town", "Like Strings (Spell It With a K)", "Fire on 8th and 3rd", "Coffee Black", "Scapegoat Wets the Whistle", was well as a cover of Circle Jerks' "Operation", planned for a split 7-inch vinyl with Hot Water Music. The session was co-produced by As Friends Rust.
When describing the difference between the lyrical content from The Fists of Time, Moyal noted that the band's debut extended play dealt with more personal incidents, whereas As Friends Rust documented events that the entire band lived through between November 1998 and April 1999. This included betrayal by friends, ex-girlfriends and even other bands. The song "Half Friend Town" was written about Gainesville, Florida's divided hardcore community; notably bands signed to No Idea Records versus the rest of local bands, and As Friends Rust's difficulty finding other bands willing to play shows with them. This division was noted in the releases' liner notes as well. Another new song, "Coffee Black", dealt with consumerism, while "Fire on 8th and 3rd" was written about a house fire that broke out across the street from where most of the band members lived. The song "Scapegoat Wets the Whistle" was written about Moyal giving up the straight-edge lifestyle and the attitude taken by his former fans once they heard the news.
All six songs, "Half Friend Town", "Like Strings (Spell It with a K)", "Fire on 8th and 3rd", "Coffee Black", "Scapegoat Wets the Whistle" and "Operation", were packaged by Belgian record label Good Life Recordings on a compact disc and double 7-inch vinyl, released in July 1999. Good Life Recordings had previously released As Friends Rusts' The Fists of Time on compact disc and 10-inch vinyl, and the split with Discount on compact disc and 7-inch vinyl. The As Friends Rust double 7-inch vinyl was available on a choice of clear blue and mint green (one each), limited to 500 copies, or double black, limited to 1500 copies.
Good Life Recordings had originally planned the release as a single 7-inch vinyl, which only included four songs, planning to include "Scapegoat Wets the Whistle" as a compact disc-exclusive (similar to what the label had done with Culture's extended play Heteronome in 1997). The Circle Jerks cover, "Operation", was also originally reserved for a split 7-inch vinyl with Hot Water Music, with which As Friends Rust was scheduled to tour Europe in promotion of the new release. Once the co-headlining tour fell through, Good Life Recordings cancelled the split and instead included "Operation" directly on As Friends Rust. A second 7-inch was added to the vinyl edition, which included "Scapegoat Wets the Whistle" (in place of where Hot Water Music's cover of Circle Jerks' "Wild in the Streets" was to be), and "Operation" on the reverse. The compact disc edition also included a one-minute silent track prior to "Operation", presenting it as a bonus track.
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As Friends Rust (EP)
As Friends Rust is the third release by American melodic hardcore band As Friends Rust. It was released on compact disc, 8-inch vinyl and digitally in the United States on September 17, 1999. The eponymous extended play was the band's first output as part of an exclusive three-record contract with Toledo, Ohio-based record company Doghouse Records. As Friends Rust was licensed by Doghouse Records to various foreign markets, beginning with Belgian record label Good Life Recordings, which released the extended play on compact disc and double 7-inch vinyl several months earlier in July 1999. The European edition features a bonus song and a different artwork, but was erroneously promoted by Good Life Recordings as God Hour, though that title never appeared on the actual release. Doghouse Records also licensed As Friends Rust to Japanese record label Howling Bull Entertainment, which released a compact disc edition on October 5, 1999, and British record label Golf Records, which released a compact disc edition on October 22, 2001; these versions included six additional songs, a different artwork, and were promoted under the title Eleven Songs.
In promotion of As Friends Rust, the band toured the United States, United Kingdom and Europe several times between June 1999 and September 2000, accompanied by such musical groups as Strike Anywhere, Grade, Ensign, Ignite, Good Clean Fun, Garrison, Glasseater, Mid Carson July, The Agency, Fast Times and Keith Welsh. While promoting the release, As Friends Rust also performed at notable festivals like Hellfest in Syracuse, New York (two years in a row), Ieper Hardcore Festival in Ypres, Belgium (two years in a row), Dour Festival in Dour, Belgium, Gainesvillefest in Gainesville, Florida, Wilkes-Barre Festival in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, The Copper Sun Indie Records Winter Festival in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, Detroit Fest in Eastpointe, Michigan, Krazy Fest in Louisville, Kentucky, Mixed Messages in Minneapolis, Minnesota, Pheer Festival in College Park, Maryland, Festival Hardcore in Sant Feliu de Guíxols, Spain, Metropolis Festival in Rotterdam, Netherlands, TurboPunk Festival in Poznań, Poland, Transmitter Festival in Hohenems, Austria, Complete MADness Festival in Potsdam, Germany and Good Life Midsummer Hardcore Festival in Kuurne, Belgium.
The extended play was recorded with lead vocalist Damien Moyal, guitarists Joseph Simmons and James Glayat, bass guitarist and backing vocalist Kaleb Stewart and drummer Timothy Kirkpatrick. Though most of the touring in promotion of As Friends Rust featured the same core members, the line-up changed almost completely during its final European tour in September 2000, leading to uncertainty about the band's future. Glayat and Kirkpatrick announced that they would quit the band upon their return from the European tour, though Glayat injured his leg during the first week of the tour and was replaced by former As Friends Rust guitarist Peter Bartsocas. Moyal then suffered voice problems during the same European tour, leading Stewart to sing lead vocals at a handful of shows (with Bartsocas switching to bass). Looking to replace Glayat, Moyal and Simmons recruited guitarist Christopher "Floyd" Beckham, which in turn lead to Stewart's unexpected departure. After a short hiatus and further line-up changes, As Friends Rust's new line-up recorded its follow-up album Won in 2001.
After several months of touring in promotion of the band's debut extended play, The Fists of Time, As Friends Rust was signed to a three-record deal in late 1998, by American record label Doghouse Records. In early April 1999, Doghouse Records announced that the band would be recording a four-song extended play, scheduled for release on June 15, 1999. By May 1999, however, the release date had been moved forward to July 15, 1999, then to August 19, 1999 (it would ultimately be delayed by another month, with its actual release date on September 17, 1999).
On May 9, 1999, As Friends Rust returned to Goldentone Studios, where it had previously recorded two songs in March and October 1998, to record six new songs with producer Rob McGregor. The band was then made up of lead vocalist Damien Moyal, guitarists Joseph Simmons and James Glayat, bass guitarist and backing vocalist Kaleb Stewart and drummer Timothy Kirkpatrick. The new material recorded included "Half Friend Town", "Like Strings (Spell It With a K)", "Fire on 8th and 3rd", "Coffee Black", "Scapegoat Wets the Whistle", was well as a cover of Circle Jerks' "Operation", planned for a split 7-inch vinyl with Hot Water Music. The session was co-produced by As Friends Rust.
When describing the difference between the lyrical content from The Fists of Time, Moyal noted that the band's debut extended play dealt with more personal incidents, whereas As Friends Rust documented events that the entire band lived through between November 1998 and April 1999. This included betrayal by friends, ex-girlfriends and even other bands. The song "Half Friend Town" was written about Gainesville, Florida's divided hardcore community; notably bands signed to No Idea Records versus the rest of local bands, and As Friends Rust's difficulty finding other bands willing to play shows with them. This division was noted in the releases' liner notes as well. Another new song, "Coffee Black", dealt with consumerism, while "Fire on 8th and 3rd" was written about a house fire that broke out across the street from where most of the band members lived. The song "Scapegoat Wets the Whistle" was written about Moyal giving up the straight-edge lifestyle and the attitude taken by his former fans once they heard the news.
All six songs, "Half Friend Town", "Like Strings (Spell It with a K)", "Fire on 8th and 3rd", "Coffee Black", "Scapegoat Wets the Whistle" and "Operation", were packaged by Belgian record label Good Life Recordings on a compact disc and double 7-inch vinyl, released in July 1999. Good Life Recordings had previously released As Friends Rusts' The Fists of Time on compact disc and 10-inch vinyl, and the split with Discount on compact disc and 7-inch vinyl. The As Friends Rust double 7-inch vinyl was available on a choice of clear blue and mint green (one each), limited to 500 copies, or double black, limited to 1500 copies.
Good Life Recordings had originally planned the release as a single 7-inch vinyl, which only included four songs, planning to include "Scapegoat Wets the Whistle" as a compact disc-exclusive (similar to what the label had done with Culture's extended play Heteronome in 1997). The Circle Jerks cover, "Operation", was also originally reserved for a split 7-inch vinyl with Hot Water Music, with which As Friends Rust was scheduled to tour Europe in promotion of the new release. Once the co-headlining tour fell through, Good Life Recordings cancelled the split and instead included "Operation" directly on As Friends Rust. A second 7-inch was added to the vinyl edition, which included "Scapegoat Wets the Whistle" (in place of where Hot Water Music's cover of Circle Jerks' "Wild in the Streets" was to be), and "Operation" on the reverse. The compact disc edition also included a one-minute silent track prior to "Operation", presenting it as a bonus track.