Stool Samples
(Released, October 1995)

Players

Matt Gorney: Guitars, Lead and Backing Vocals
Mark Mistysyn: Guitars, Lead and Backing Vocals

Track Listing

1. Lonely (M.Gorney)
2. Second Fiddle (J.Gorney)
3. Bleed (M.Gorney)
4. Morning (Mistysyn)
5. Summer (M.Gorney/Spillane)
6. Storm (M.Gorney)
7. Never Meant to Be (M.Gorney)
8. Shelter Me (J.Gorney)
9. Action Reaction (M.Gorney)
10. Change of Emotion (M.Gorney)
11. Near the End (Mistysyn/M.Gorney/J.Gorney)
    
12. See You Around (M.Gorney)
13. Could've Been Mine (M.Gorney)
14. Kelly (Mistysyn)
15. Stay For Awhile (M.Gorney)
16. Tomorrow (M.Gorney)
17. When I'm With You (M.Gorney)
18. Waiting for You (M.Gorney/Mistysyn)
19. End of Time (J.Gorney)
20. Tell Me Why (M.Gorney)
21. Sometimes (M.Gorney)

Review

Following No Dogs Allowed, one of Shitar's founding members, keyboardist John Gorney relocated to Los Angeles.  Only a few electric concerts were played to support the album, but the band still needed to tour.   So without John, Matt Gorney and Mark Mistysyn hit the road with thier guitars to play small clubs and theatres.  This is one such recording.  Originally, the band had hoped to appear on MTV's Unplugged, but the deal fell through due to scheduling conflicts.  Stool Samples was the beginning of the accoustic era for Shitar and the album shows that they are in the infancy stage.   Sloppily played and poorly recorded, the album never got a shot to really hit the mark.  With more of a burden placed on his singing, Mistysyn's lead guitar playing suffers.  One can only hope for another shot at Unplugged, with all three Shitar members in attendence.

Rating (Out of *****)

**

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