Second Coming (The Stone Roses album) Second Coming (The Stone Roses album) Second Coming is the second and final studio album by English rock band The Stone Roses, released through Geffen Records on 5 December 1994 in the UK and in early 1995 in the US. It was recorded at Forge Studios in Oswestry, Shropshire and Rockfield Studios near Monmouth in Wales between 1992 and 1994. It went platinum in the UK and sold over 1 million copies worldwide and was dedicated to Philip Hall, the band's publicist, who died of cancer in 1993. The second album by the Manchester four-piece, it suffered greatly at the
Second Coming (band) label. They also replaced Dudley Taft with guitarist Eric Snyder and once again began working independently on their next album. In 2002, Layne Staley died after a long battle with drugs. A few months after this tragedy occurred, Second Coming headlined what would be the first annual tribute held in Staley’s honor around his birthday in August.<ref name="Layne Staley Tribute and Benefit Concert w/ My Sister's Machine"></ref> This first tribute also featured the band Soulbender whose vocalist at that time was former Alice N’ Chains guitarist Nick Pollock.<ref name="“KNAC Pure Rock Newswire 08/23/02”"></ref> In 2003, Second Coming released their third