Formed during the late 1980s, the rock band Barstool Prophets brought together songwriter and bassist Glenn Forrester, guitarists Graham Greer and Al Morier, and drummer Bobby Tamas. The group issued a handful of singles supported by music videos and three full-length albums before vanishing as the new millennium approached.
Close friends Tamas and Forrester began collaborating musically in their early teens, with Greer joining while the three were still in high school. Performing locally whenever possible under the name Wallflowers, the trio built experience until the arrival of the 1990s. At that point guitarist Al Morier came aboard, expanding the lineup into a fuller sound. Growing word-of-mouth attention and a rising fan base soon created one obstacle: another act already used the same name. In 1993 the Wallflowers became the Barstool Prophets, a title taken directly from lyrics in one of their own songs. The following year they released their independent debut Deflowered, which sold reasonably well. Mercury Records signed the band in 1995, leading to the sophomore album Crank and a pair of singles issued around the same period. Two years later the third album Last of the Big Game Hunters appeared, and it proved to be the group’s final release. Among the tracks available from their recordings are “Mankind Man,” “The Ledge,” “Beat My Brain,” “Wasted,” and “Paranoia.”
