In 2000, Jamie Rowe hooked up with Vic Rivera, Scott Miller and Scott Novello to form AdrianGale, a melodic rock band similar in style to Guardian. While the band's lyrics were not explicitly Christian, they were generally positive in nature. The band released four studio albums and one live album before issues with their record label forced the band to leave the name behind. The new band, known as Crunch (also the title of AdrianGale's fourth and final studio album)