L.O.V.Evil (1994–1995) In 1994 Second Coming independently released their debut CD
L.O.V.Evil through Red Rocket Records. The album was produced by Maxi and all songs were written by Maxi except for "It's Coming After" (featuring
Layne Staley) and "So Wired" written by Junkeye, and "The Great Big Burn" written by T-Roy and Maxi. Second Coming had several most-requested songs on Seattle radio station KISW, including "M.T. Your Gun," "It's Coming After," and "So Beautiful (And Everything)." There also was a
music video for the song "Afraid of Love". Eventually, however, this lineup split into two parties fighting over the band name with Bacolas and Bergstrom winning out in the end.
Second Coming (1996–2000) In 1996, Johnny Bacolas and James Bergstrom formed a different version of Second Coming with guitarist
Dudley Taft and vocalist
Travis Bracht, adopting a heavier sound and immediately began work on their next album. Two years later, they independently released their eponymous album
Second Coming, which was later reissued with three additional tracks by
Capitol Records after the band signed an exclusive recording contract with them on May 8, 1998, after a vigorous bidding war. Gary Gersh, who was involved in the careers of Nirvana and Foo Fighters, was the president of Capitol Records at the time of the band's signing, and played an important role in signing Second Coming to Capitol. This first tribute also featured the band
Soulbender whose vocalist at that time was former Alice N' Chains guitarist Nick Pollock. In 2003, Second Coming released their third studio album
13 along with a companion EP
Acoustic on their own label Timestyle Music and distributed both through their own website,
iTunes and
Amazon.com.
Final years and post-Second Coming (2007–present) In 2007, Bracht began pulling double duty fronting both Second Coming and Soulbender after Nick Pollock stepped down from the latter. Meanwhile, Second Coming was also said to be working on another album that was due in 2007 but also has not been released. As of 2012, Snyder is still with The Crying Spell, which has put out a second album
Disgraceland, whilst Bacolas has left and joined another band called Lotus Crush, which put out an album in 2011 called
Half Light Morning. In June 2015, Bacolas co-founded the group, The Rumba Kings, which has released several albums and singles beginning in 2018. Drummer James Bergstrom, and guitarist Eric Snyder, are credited musicians on The Rumba Kings' debut album. In 2009, Travis Bracht formed another band called Post Modern Heroes along with almost every other member of his first band
Peace and Silence, releasing their debut album
Post Modern Heroes a year later. In February 2017, Bracht performed two shows with Second Coming after leaving the group in the late 2000s. In October 2016 Bracht's new Seattle-based band, Bruiser Brody, released an EP, followed-up by a full-length album in November 2018 titled, ''Everyone's Dead
. In 2019, Bracht released a solo album titled, The Last Funeral''. In February 2017, Second Coming performed two shows in a small venue in Bellevue, Washington. In 2019, Eric Snyder's new group, Locistellar, released its debut EP titled,
Leading Era. == Members ==