Mark St. John Project : Mark St. John Project (E.P.)

MY HEART'S LIKE AN 

OPEN BOOK

CAN YOU READ ME 

OH YEAH,

 Up next is

 former Kiss guitarist, 

Mark St. John

 Mark played on

 Animalize

 but didn’t last real long

 with the KISS band. 

He developed a type of 

arthritic condition

 in his fingers

 that was very troublesome. 

When the band toured live

 for the album, 

Mark only played in 3 shows.

 The excuse was given that he was 

let go because he couldn’t play

 due to the condition

 with this hands,

But Was That

 Really TRUE ??

 I think his

 guitar fill-in on the tour 

who happened to be

 Bruce Kulick 

fit in with the band

 better than Mark 

so they let Mark go

 while on tour 

and stuck with Bruce 

who would stay

 in the band 

for over a decade.

 Probably a 

great move on their part.

Now that doesn’t take away

 from Mark’s ability 

as he was a hell 

of a shredder 

on the guitar.

 His playing was fast 

and frantic

 and he could rip 

out a solo. 

After he left Kiss,

 he actually did

 form a band 

and release an album

 independently with

 a band called

 White Tiger 

Fast forward to the end

 of the decade and

 along with 

Phil Naro, 

Stan Miczek 

and 

Roger Banks, 

Mark had his new band,

 The Mark St. John Project. 

Their 5 track E.P.

 is what we will review 

and this was basically

 their demo they were

 shopping around to

 get a record deal.

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