Salvatore was founded in Oslo in 1998 by John Birger Wormdahl, along with Ola Fløttum, Bjarne Larsen, and Kjell-Olav Jørgensen.
[1] The following year (1998) saw the band enter and win the Norwegian music contest "Zoom", and embark on a "Zoom-tour" in Norway, England and Scotland the following spring of 1999.
Jugend - A New Hedonism, was recorded during Easter time of 2000, when the band travelled to Morocco with the Norwegian theater group De Utvalgte (The Chosen Ones).
Ola Fløttum left the band this year, and the third album, Fresh, was licensed and re-released by the San Diego label Rocketracer.
[5] Three of the four original members, John Birger Wormdahl, Bjarne Larsen, and Kjell-Olav Jørgensen went on to form the band MASSELYS in 2008, and continue to record and perform to current day.