Group

Salem

American post-hardcore band

From: Gainesville, United States
Active: 2002–2005
Releases: 2

emo
post-hardcore

About

Lars Salem Al Fakir (Arabic: لارس سليم الفقير; born 27 October 1981) is a Swedish musician, singer, songwriter and record producer. He regularly collaborates with Vincent Pontare as the songwriting and production duo Vargas and Lagola. Together, they have worked with many artists, including Avicii, Axwell & Ingrosso, Madonna, Seinabo Sey, Lady Gaga and Ghost.

From Salem Al Fakir on Wikipedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Members

Zachary Swain 2002–2002 · original member · former drums (drum set)
Joseph Simmons 2002–2004 · original member · former electric guitar
Adam D’Zurilla 2002–2004 · original member · former lead vocals
Thomas Rankine 2002–2005 · original member · former electric bass guitar
Jeremy Robertson 2002–2005 · former electric guitar
David Miller 2002–2005 · former drums (drum set)
David M. McNally 2004–2004, 2004–2005 · former electric guitar

Discography

EPs 1

Love It or Leave Me 2003

Singles 1

The Bloodening / Brighton by the Sea 2004

Links

Listen

artists.mp3s.com

Official

Social

Concerts

Setlist.fm

Buy

merchdirect.net

Reference

Artist rename

Also known as

SALƐM

Identifiers

MusicBrainz: 920b6000-14db-40be-9dbf-faad41fa75b9
ISNI: 0000000469640452

Data from MusicBrainz, saved 12 Nov 2026. Photo from Wikimedia Commons, covers from the Cover Art Archive and Apple Music.