 From Autumn to Ashes formed on Long Island in 2000 with Francis Mark ( drums , vocals ) , Steve Salvio ( guitar ) and Benjamin Perri ( vocals ) — Perri provided screaming vocals , while Mark sung clean vocals . Commenting on the name of their band , Scott Gross ( guitar ) said , " you are absolutely not going to get the right answer on this one because that would pretty much end the band " and that " no one is going to know the reason and we are going to keep it that way . " The term " Autumn " refers to both the season and a fictional character the band created . Mark and Gross planned to use the character in a book . For the first few months as a touring band , From Autumn to Ashes claimed to have sold half of their equipment , a car , and spent between $ 3 @,@ 000 and $ 4 @,@ 000 making demos and hand distributing them . 
