Trooper is not, and never has been, a punk band. If anything, when the band was at the height of its radio-seducing power in the mid-to-late 1970s, Trooper personified the "them" in the us versus them battle being waged between those who embraced the new punk rock esthetic and those who upheld the music industry status quo. This makes Trooper a most unlikely candidate for a tribute album by over two dozen punk bands, who, in the process, have made Trooper the first Canadian band to be saluted in this way. Instigator Bob Dog knew he¹d stumbled onto something when inspiration hit him and he started talking about doing a Trooper tribute album. To his surprise, he was swamped by calls from bands wanting to be on it. Some of the bands had grown up to the band¹s hits and were closet fans. Others saw the chance to record a Trooper song as a means of exacting revenge. Still others were saying that "This is how the song should have been done in the first place."
    Shot Spots, the title of which refers to Hot Shots, a greatest hits album which, for a time, was the best-selling Canadian album in history, is alive with humor, irony and respect. One of the strongest threads running through the album is rolled into Trooper¹s philosophy and attitude. The philosophy is easily summarized in the chorus of We¹re Here For A Good Time; the attitude comes through in the songs Raise A Little Hell, Don¹t Like Being Told What To Do, Dump That Creep, Mr.Big, Go Ahead And Sue Me, What¹s Gonna Happen Now, Volunteer Victims and many more that bespeak a feistiness that is surprising for being as much about us versus them as any punk band.