2nd Half began as a four-piece band in Cleveland, Ohio in 1997. Over the course of the band’s formative years, duties changed and members departed until the two founding members were the only ones left. In 2002, Ed Gandolf (vocals, guitar) and Drew Scalero (drums) were faced with a critical decision; carry on or start over.

Whereas most would succumb to the overwhelming pressure of such a desperate situation, Gandolf and Scalero made a bold move in deciding to continue 2nd Half as a two-piece act. One year later, the duo proved to skeptics that they had made a worthwhile decision by releasing their first record “Now it’s Real” (2003) with the help of long-time friend/producer Ben Schigel (Spider Studios), Lacking the onstage members they once had, the duo engineered a stage show to take their live performance to a new level by incorporating new audio and visual elements that were unlike any that Cleveland’s music scene had seen. Beat for beat, frame for frame, and second for second, with each set meticulously planned down to every minute detail, Gandolf and Scalero played countless live performances with the energy and layered soundscape of a full band.

After three years of playing live in support of “Now it’s Real”, Gandolf recorded and produced 2nd Half’s follow up record “Left Behind” (2006). The new music stayed true to the powerpop/rock sound that had defined the band on “Now it’s Real” but took their songs to a new level by incorporating more melody, more layers, and more hooks. Still a two-piece and armed with a new record’s worth of music that displays greater songwriting complexity, 2nd Half pressed on and continued to impress audiences with their perfectly synced audio-visual live performances.

In the summer of 2007, five years after the beginning of their two-piece venture, the duo made the decision to return to a more traditional line-up and enlisted friends Mike Bernot and Matt Majoros (ex-Hedspin) from the band Slow Motion Soldier on bass and guitar respectively. The addition of the two new members immediately contributed to the already-energetic live performances, and added a new character to the band that can be heard on the first single "Two Wrongs (Two Rights)" off their not yet titled EP due out in March 2009.

Now, with a full line-up, a vast and harder audible sound, and a high energy audio-visual live performance 2nd Half is prepared to expand their audience both geographically and numerically, and continue to write guitar-driven rock songs with energy and a hook to make you take notice.