Saving Abel is an American rock band from Corinth, Mississippi, founded in 2004 by Jason Null and Jared Weeks.
Weeks was learning to play the guitar at his best friend's house and Null, who was in a competing rock band in the same town, walked in to rehearse, hit it off, and several days later were writing songs together.
[1] The band gradually came together with the addition of rhythm guitarist Scott Bartlett, bassist Daniel Dwight, and drummer Blake Dixon.
Scott e-mailed the song to CEO of Virgin Music Company Jason Flom who liked what he heard and sent Kim Stephens to watch the band perform in Jackson, Tennessee.
[4] In the latter part of 2009, Saving Abel headlined a U.S. tour with the bands Red, Pop Evil and Taddy Porter in supporting slots.
The new album, which offered a download-able only acoustic version of the song "The Sex Is Good", was released via Virgin Records on June 8, 2010.
In 2011, they embarked on a tour where they played at the Guantanamo Bay detention camp, as well as many barbecues, chili cook-offs, motorcycle rallies and state fairs.
The tour featured other bands who had success throughout the 2000s including Trapt, Saliva, Alien Ant Farm, Crazy Town, 12 Stones, Tantric, Drowning Pool, Puddle of Mudd, P.O.D.
Also working with David Adkins at Integrity Music Management [13] On July 4, 2021, Saving Abel announced via a post to its Facebook page that Scotty Austin has, like Jared Weeks, left the band to pursue a solo career.
During an interview with BlabberMouth, it was announced that Dave Moraata, the drummer of Jared Weeks' solo project, would be replacing Steven Pulley.
Weeks has stated that co-founder Jason Null issued the statement without consent from him, noting that he cut off all accounts that connected him to the band's social media.
On January 18, 2025, Scott Bartlett announced on his Facebook page that he would be stepping away from the band to work on a new project with country rock singer Brandon Jordan.