Timothy Kirkpatrick
Timothy James Kirkpatrick is an American drummer. Originally from Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, Kirkpatrick played in punk band Shaft and 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 in 1997, and joined metallic hardcore 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/alt-country band Swayze, all also based in Gainesville. He moved to 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 arrival. Kirkpatrick rejoined As Friends Rust in 2008 when the band reformed, and collaborated with post-punk band Damien Done in 2016.
Background
Shaft, Roosevelt, Burgundy and Bloodpact (1993–1997)
Kirkpatrick's first musical project was a punk band named Shaft in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, which also included guitarist James Glayat. Following Shaft's dissolution, Kirkpatrick and Glayat together joined emotional hardcore band Roosevelt in October 1994. Roosevelt also included vocalist Timothy Shaner, guitarist Justin Shaner, and bass guitarist Christopher Irving; all three had previously played in the hardcore band Platform together.Roosevelt recorded a six-song demo tape using a four-track recorder in Irving's apartment in late 1994, and began playing shows around Florida. The band caught the attention of Vero Beach, Florida-based record label Intention Records, which offered the band a spot on an upcoming Various Artists compilation, scheduled to feature such bands as Culture, Tension and Afterall. In April 1995, Roosevelt recorded four songs with producer Jeremy Staska at Studio 13 in Deerfield Beach, Florida. After sending one of the songs to Intention Records, the band found out that Culture was the only other band to send in material, so the Various Artists compilation was transformed into a split 7-inch vinyl, released in May 1995.
After playing many more shows throughout Florida, Roosevelt was signed to Melbourne, Florida-based record label Boxcar Records, which quickly made plans to release the three remaining songs from the April 1995 recording session as the band's eponymous 7-inch vinyl extended play. The band, however, parted ways in October 1995, months before its second release would arrive from the pressing plant, in January 1996.
After Roosevelt's breakup, Kirkpatrick continued playing with Justin Shaner and Timothy Shaner, recruiting David LeBleu for a new indie/emo band named Burgundy. The band recorded a demo tape using a four-track recorder and played a handful of shows in Florida but parted ways before the end of 1996. Afterwards, Kirkpatrick briefly relocated to Ann Arbor, Michigan where he joined the startup metalcore band Bloodpact, with members of Earthmover.
Culture and As Friends Rust (1997–2000)
In September 1997, Kirkpatrick moved to Gainesville, Florida and simultaneously joined established metallic hardcore band Culture and semi-reformed melodic hardcore band As Friends Rust. The two bands then shared several members, including vocalist Damien Moyal and guitarists Gordon Tarpley and Stephen Looker; Culture additionally included new bass guitarist Christopher "Floyd" Beckham. With its new line-up, Culture entered Goldentone Studios in Gainesville, Florida to record seven songs with producer Rob McGregor, intended for a release titled Reborn of You, or Mike Warden Can Suck It. The release was stuck in limbo at Toybox Records and was never properly released until years later. In September 2012, Eulogy Recordings, Ghetto Josh Records and New Ethic Record Co-Op co-released the compilation of previously unreleased material, From the Vaults: Demos and Outtakes 1993–1998, which included the songs from Reborn of You.In November–December 1997, Culture was booked for a month-long tour of Europe with American punk rock band Gang Green, but was kicked off when the latter objected to playing shows with a straight-edge band. Culture instead performed at the Chicago Hardcore Festival in Chicago, Illinois and Gainesvillefest in Gainesville, Florida in December 1997, and did a series of mini-tours up the East Coast and Midwest of the United States during January–February 1998.
In early 1998, Looker and Kirkpatrick wrote a handful of As Friends Rust songs together between Culture tours, but the band came to a halt when Looker quit both As Friends Rust and Culture to join Morning Again, moving to Coral Springs, Florida in March 1998. Moyal quickly asked ex-Morning Again and ex-Bird of Ill Omen guitarist Joseph Simmons to join both Culture and As Friends Rust, and recruited Hot Water Music's roadie Kaleb Stewart as bass guitarist and backing vocalist for As Friends Rust. With an intact line-up, As Friends Rust recorded the song "Home Is Where the Heart Aches" at Goldentone Studios in late March 1998 with McGregor. "Home Is Where the Heart Aches" was combined with four songs from the band's 1996 demo recording session to make up As Friends Rust's debut extended play, The Fists of Time, released by Good Life Recordings in July 1998.
From April–May 1998, Culture was booked for a two-month North American tour with Shutdown, but the band's van broke down on the way to the first show and Culture was unable to continue the tour. Frustrated by the event, Tarpley quit both As Friends Rust and Culture simultaneously in April 1998, leading Moyal to recruit ex-Morning Again bass guitarist and then-guitarist of Bird of Ill Omen Peter Bartsocas as As Friends Rust's new guitarist and co-backing vocalist, and ex-Wounded Knee guitarist Kenneth Brian Sulak for Culture. As Friends Rust embarked on a five-week tour of the United States accompanied by Discount and Dillinger Four in June–July 1998. The tour included stops to play at such festivals as More Than Music in Columbus, Ohio, Tin Can Full of Dreams in Lawrence, Massachusetts and Wilkes-Barre Festival in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania.
Culture then toured Europe in August–September 1998, which included a stop to play the Ieper Hardcore Festival in Ypres, Belgium. Upon returning home, Kirkpatrick quit Culture, but remained with As Friends Rust. Kirkpatrick recruited ex-Shaft and Roosevelt bandmate, guitarist James Glayat, to replace Bartsocas in As Friends Rust in October 1998, and the band returned to Goldentone Studios to record "The First Song on the Tape You Make Her" with McGregor. The song, which had been partly written with Bartsocas, would appear on a split CD and 7-inch vinyl with Discount, released by Good Life Recordings in December 1998. As Friends Rust returned to tour Europe and the United Kingdom from December 1998 to January 1999, accompanied by Discount and Purusam.
In late 1998, As Friends Rust signed a three-record deal with record label Doghouse Records, and in May 1999 returned to Goldentone Studios to record six songs with McGregor. As Friends Rust was released by Doghouse Records on September 17, 1999; the European version, released earlier in July 1999, was erroneously promoted under the titles God Hour and 6-Song CD by Good Life Recordings. As Friends Rust toured the United States in June–July 1999, accompanied by Keith Welsh. The tour included stops to play the Wilkes-Barre Summer Music Festival in Kingston, Pennsylvania and Syracuse Hell Fest in Syracuse, New York. The band quickly followed up with a five-week European and British tour in July–August 1999, playing at such festivals as Good Life Midsummer Hardcore Festival in Kuurne, Belgium, Festival Hardcore in Sant Feliu De Guíxols, Spain and Ieper Hardcore Festival in Ypres, Belgium.
File:As Friends Rust at The Star & Garter 2000 1.jpg|thumb|right|Kirkpatrick performing with As Friends Rust at The Star and Garter in Manchester, England on August 24, 2000.
On October 5, 1999, Japanese record label Howling Bull Entertainment released the compilation Eleven Songs, which included a selection of As Friends Rust material from 1996–1999. In December 1999, the band played Gainesvillefest in Gainesville, Florida. During the first half of 2000, As Friends Rust went on mini-tours with Fast Times and Good Clean Fun, and also played The Copper Sun Indie Records Winter Festival in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, Detroit Festival in Detroit, Michigan and Krazy Fest 3 in Louisville, Kentucky.
On June 22, 2000, Doghouse Records re-issued The Fists of Time. As Friends Rust immediately embarked on a tour with Strike Anywhere to promote the release, playing shows across the entire United States in June 2000. The tour included several cross-over shows with Glasseater, Mid Carson July and The Agency, as well as stops to play such festivals as Mixed Messages in Minneapolis, Minnesota, Pheer Festival in College Park, Maryland and Hellfest 2K in Auburn, New York.
In July 2000, Good Life Recordings invited As Friends Rust back to Europe for a week's worth of shows in Belgium and the Netherlands, including a performance at Dour Festival in Dour, Belgium and another at Metropolis Festival in Rotterdam, Netherlands. A month later, the band returned to Europe and the United Kingdom for a full five-week tour, from August–September 2000, which included a handful of cross-over shows with Grade, Ensign and Garrison. This European and British tour also included stops at Ieper Hardcore Festival in Ypres, Belgium, TurboPunk Festival, in Poznań, Poland, Transmitter Festival in Hohenems, Austria and Complete MADness Festival in Potsdam, Germany.
Prior to leaving for Europe and the United Kingdom in August 2000, Kirkpatrick and Glayat had announced their desire to leave the band upon returning home. However, tensions during the tour ultimately caused a much bigger change in membership. On the way to Ieper Hardcore Festival, less than a week into the tour, the band was involved in a motor vehicle accident in Belgium, which badly damaged the touring van and resulted with Glayat suffering from torn ligaments in his leg. With Glayat wearing a splint, the band continued on to half a week's worth of shows in the United Kingdom, following which the injured guitarist opted to fly back home instead of crossing back into Europe. Ex-guitarist Bartsocas, who was visiting Europe at the same time and had been travelling with the band, filled the vacant guitarist position for the next four weeks of shows. Three weeks later, Moyal suffered from laryngitis and lost his voice, leading Stewart to switch from bass guitar to lead vocals, and Bartsocas temporarily filling in as bass guitarist. Moyal and Simmons called ex-Culture, ex-Morning Again and ex-Crucible bass guitarist Beckham from Europe, asking him to join As Friends Rust as its new guitarist upon returning home, much to Stewart's dismay, leading the latter to quit the band.