[6] The band played their first song live at a local talent show without an official drummer and asked their friend David Shoemaker to fill-in for that one night.
[8][9] By mid-1992, Boetto and Archuleta had left, to be replaced by Mike Merryman on lead guitar and Dirk Lemmenes on bass.
[11] They toured with Bloodshed the following year,[12] and began working on their second album, The Hope That Lies Within, also released on Tooth & Nail.
[14] The lineup at the time consisted of new members aside from Mann, with Brett Barber and Gary Wilson on guitars, Jim Rupe (ex-Every Day Life) on bass, and Adam Valles on drums.
[16][17][18][19] The classic line-up of Mann, Merryman, Parker, and Lemmenes, with former Project 86 drummer Alex Albert joining the band on drums, participated in the tour.