If you're wondering what to get me for Christmas, you can pick me up 5 tickets to see Steel Panther playing at Bogart's in Cincinnati, OH on December 22nd. I saw them last year at a sold out show at Bogart's and they were amazing .
Steel Panther is an American heavy metal band from Los Angeles, CA mostly known for their profane and humorous lyrics as well as their exaggerated on-stage personae that reimagine and parody the heavy metal music and wild partying lifestyle of the 1980s.
The quartet began to gain popularity in the Sunset Strip during the early 2000s under the name Metal Shop (soon changed into Metal Skool, then into Steel Panther). Their lineup consists of vocalist Ralph Saenz (born May 17, 1965) aka Michael Starr. Saenz was the lead singer for the David Lee Roth-era Van Halen tribute band Atomic Punks, where he had the nickname "David Lee Ralph", and he was briefly the lead singer for L.A. Guns. He also has sung for the bands 7% Solution, First Cause, Longgone, and Nightfall; and he appeared briefly in the 2001 film, Rock Star.
Stix Zadinia is the stage name of Darren Leader, an American-born drummer. Stix was a member of a band called The Thornbirds with Russ Parrish (born November 24, 1970 in Redwood City, CA), the guitarist for Steel Panther,
In the early 1990s Russ Parrish (better known as Satchel) was an instructor at The Guitar Institute of Technology (G.I.T.) at Hollywood's Musician's Institute. Russ played guitar for Jeff Pilson's post- Dokken band War & Peace, before leaving to join Rob Halford's band Fight.
The final piece of the band is bassist Travis Haley aka Lexxi Foxxx.
The band did weekly shows on Monday nights at the Viper Room, playing covers of 1980s hair metal hits while parodying the bands that made the songs famous. Despite the name changes, Ralph and Russ moonlighting in their Van Halen tribute band, they finally managed to gain some success.
In 2003 Steel Panther (still calling themselves Metal Skool) released Hole Patrol, their self-produced debut. The band appeared in a Discover Card advertisement as Danger Kitty and in the sitcom Drew Carey Show as themselves.
In April 2008 the band decided to change their name from Metal Skool to Steel Panther. In an interview with Michael Starr, he states that the band's name wasn't inspired by Steel Dragon, the band with Zakk Wylde and Mark Wahlberg in the movie Rock Star.
Steel Panther released their major record label debut (Universal/Republic Recoerds), Feel the Steel in 2009. The record features hit singles, Community Property and Death To All But Metal as well as notable guest vocal performances from Corey Taylor of Slipknot, Justin Hawkins of the Darkness, and and M. Shadows of Avenged Sevenfold.
HERE IS THE VIDEO FOR "COMMUNITY PROPERTY"
Steel Panther continued their revival of the 80's heavy metal genre with tHereheir sophomore effort titled Balls Out released in 2011.
HERE IS A VIDEO FOR "17 GIRLS IN A ROW"
Steel Panther released their first Live DVD British Invasion in 2012. The DVD was filmed at Brixton Academy in London and features a two-hour concert/documentary based on the band's sold-out British tour.
The band will be touring the United States at the end of the year heading into next year for the release of their new album, tentatively titled All You Can Eat.
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