David-Smith saw “A.K.” (Eric A. Knutson) singing “The Goodbye Girl”

David-Smith saw “A.K.” (Eric A. Knutson) singing “The Goodbye Girl” at his high school talent show. In 1982, they were in the same summer school class and David-Smith asked Knutson if he wanted to audition. They put him on two-week probation and he later joined the band. Due to the provisional nature of his membership, the band referred to Knutson as “the 2 weeker”. Ed Carlson, from another local rival band called Exodus (not to be confused with the San Francisco Bay Area thrash metal band of the same name ), also joined in 1983, after Horton’s departure from the band. The name of the band changed into The Dogz, but it did not last long. Eventually the band renamed itself “Flotsam and Jetsam”, after writing a song inspired by a chapter (Book III, chapter 9) from J. R. R. Tolkien ‘s The Lord of the Rings , which bore the same name.