Salem

After <a href="spotify:artist:2Wpkd3RYly7jJd96AEKJ4C">As Friends Rust</a> dissolved in early 2002, guitarist Joe Simmons and bassist Tom Rankine formed Salem with drummer David Miller, guitarist Jeremy Robertson, and vocalist Adam D'Zurilla. At first, the Gainesville, FL-based combo was simply a retooled version of <a href="spotify:artist:2Wpkd3RYly7jJd96AEKJ4C">AFR</a>, since that unit still had tour responsibilities to fulfill. But with the official name change to Salem, the group began to gel around a batch of new songs and the emotive vocals of D'Zurilla. Tours throughout the emo/punk revivalist axis followed, and gigs with types like <a href="spotify:artist:1Enp9WKfk0aI9CFi2YGBq7">Further Seems Forever</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:4ghjRm4M2vChDfTUycx0Ce">A New Found Glory</a>, and <a href="spotify:artist:528t5c0zyuG9beehtth4Za">Finch</a> furthered the Salem buzz. The group signed with the Geffen imprint Fiddler, and the Love It or Leave Me EP dropped in late October 2003. In mid-2005, Salem announced its dissolution. ~ Johnny Loftus, Rovi