23 Facts About Johnny Bacolas

Johnny Bacolas was born on March 3,1969 and is an American musician.

Johnny Bacolas is best known for his work with the post-grunge band Second Coming, where he played bass guitar.

Johnny Bacolas was a founding member of the band Sleze, which was later renamed Alice N' Chains, The Crying Spell, Lotus Crush, and The Rumba Kings.

Johnny Bacolas is a first-generation American born to Greek parents who met at St Demetrios Greek Orthodox Church in Seattle, Washington.

Johnny Bacolas's mother, Patricia Bacolas, was born in Lamia, Greece, and works as an artist from her home in Kirkland, Washington.

Johnny Bacolas's father, George Bacolas, was born in Athens, Greece, and worked as a restaurateur, owning several different restaurants throughout his lifetime.

Johnny Bacolas started playing guitar at the age of 12.

Johnny Bacolas has cited a myriad of musical styles and artists, such as Black Sabbath, Pet Shop Boys, and Gipsy Kings, as some of his other influences.

In 1984, Johnny Bacolas started a garage band called Sleze along with James Bergstrom and two other Shorewood High students, Zoli Semanate and Byron Hansen.

Staley and Johnny Bacolas were in attendance in the studio audience.

At one point, Johnny Bacolas briefly left the group to jam with another band called Ascendant, where he took up playing bass guitar.

The group continued to perform throughout the Seattle area before they broke up around 1987, which was the year that Johnny Bacolas graduated from Shorewood High.

Meanwhile, Johnny Bacolas continued working with James Bergstrom, and in May 1993, they formed a band called Second Coming.

Johnny Bacolas was performing in a band called FTA, which was the same band as Second Coming, but played cover songs on the outskirts of Seattle.

From 2004 to 2007, Johnny Bacolas focused on his production skills by apprenticing as a producer and audio engineer for Kelly Gray.

Johnny Bacolas left The Crying Spell early in 2010 to focus on his putting together his own group.

Also in 2008, Johnny Bacolas is credited for co-producing a track titled, "The Great Big Sleep" for Clive Barker's 2008 horror film, The Midnight Meat Train.

In 2010 Johnny Bacolas performed several shows as the bassist for the group Lotus Crush.

In December 2011, Johnny Bacolas released a video for the Greek classic "To Agalma" of which he produced and engineered the music and co-directed and produced the video.

Johnny Bacolas is credited as the bassist and keyboardist on the track.

In June 2011, Johnny Bacolas produced a track titled "Ophelia" by the Alexandroupolis, Greece-based group, INK.

Johnny Bacolas makes a cameo appearance in the official music video.

In May 2012, Johnny Bacolas produced and released a remake of George Michael's "Careless Whisper" with X Factor US contestant Tiger Budbill.