Europe tour with Culture

Following this American tour, As Friends Rust was put on hold for a month as Moyal, Kirkpatrick, and Simmons toured Europe and the United Kingdom with Culture from August 14 to September 13, 1998; the latter band would disband shortly after returning home. After replacing Bartsocas with guitarist James Glayat (who had previously played in Roosevelt with Kirkpatrick) in October 1998, As Friends Rust returned to Goldentone Studios to record “The First Song on the Tape You Make Her” with McGregor; McGregor and local Gainesville musician Keith Welsh provided backing vocals on the recording. The song would appear on a split CD and 7-inch vinyl with Discount , released by Good Life Recordings in December 1998. The release was the first to feature As Friends Rust’s new “guy with gun” logo, which Moyal had discovered on a wall while walking through an alleyway in Boston, Massachusetts’ Chinatown in early July 1998 (while on tour with Discount). As Friends Rust and Discount embarked on a second tour together, this time travelling around Europe and the United Kingdom from December 3, 1998, to January 11, 1999, accompanied by Swedish hardcore band Purusam.