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2009 debut album from the L.A. Metal 'band'. The Steel Panther "story" begins some 20 years ago when the hardest rocking Metal band of the era forged their own legendary status on the Sunset Strip, Los Angeles, inspiring bands like Anthrax, Warrant and Jane's Addiction to form, only to disappear without a trace on the cusp of signing a major label deal which would guarantee them worldwide adoration. 20 years later, an album so astonishingly hard-rocking lands on the desk of the president of Universal Republic, and the rest is history... In reality, Steel Panther are a living, breathing study in the art of Hair Metal. With tongues firmly lodged in their cheeks, Steel Panther celebrate and ridicule all that was good and bad about the "great" 80's Hard Rock bands whose flamboyant stage shows and tales of excess with booze, sex and narcotics are the stuff of legend - all of which are perfectly repackaged within the four members of this band. 12 tracks including 'Death To All But Metal'. Island.
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Reviews:
THE BOMB!
This is a great album of 80's style rock n roll, sure it's a parody but a damn good one. Great guitar playing throughout...the singing is spot on and the rythm section is tight...what more do you want? If you like 80's rock and are not a prude, drop a lude, and rock out with your sock out. Buy this CD!
Steel Wolves
Obviously only the power of the Three Wolf Moon shirt could bring back Hair Metal! It Rocks! (the shirt, I mean. The band is moderately annoying)
FUNNY STUFF
I 1st heard Steel Panther on Bam Margera's Sirius Radio show. After that I had to buy the CD. Its what 80s hair bands were thinking and wanted to sing but their record companies would of never released! And for the haters.... nutz.
Steel Panther ROCKS!!!!!
I bought this CD for my husband for Christmas. Now I find myself singing the songs. Very vulgar, very funny and incredible talent. These guys are the real thing. The music is amazing but not for little ears!
I get the joke, but the joke gets old fast
I assume everyone knows by now that Steel Panther is a parody band; sort of like the Spinal Tap of the hair metal scene. They've been kicking around under a couple of names (Danger Kitty, Metal Skool) before settling on Steel Panther and releasing their debut album Feel the Steel.
Steel Panther may be openly mocking the excesses that brought down the hair metal scene in the early part of the 1990's, but they're doing it with honest affection for the music, as well as an insider's pedigree (the members have been involved with various Sunset Strip bands). Sure, their whole shtick is a joke, but they're really good at what they do. The musicianship is tight and they've put together some incredible melodies, guitar hooks and vocal harmonies. With different lyrics, these songs could have been huge back in the day and could have gone over very well with those of us who still follow this kind of music.
Unfortunately, the band's lyrics are so incredibly obscene that there's no way these songs could ever reach a larger audience. What starts out amusing on the opening anthem "Death To All But Metal" soon becomes tired and downright embarrassing as the album wears on. You get a glimpse of what might have been with the relatively clean "Eyes Of a Panther", but the rest of the album is like a joke that went (way) too far, and I say that as someone who thought Andrew Dice Clay was a comedic genius back in my high school days. I get the joke, but they beat this particular horse to death.
I don't regret buying Feel the Steel, but I doubt I'll listen to most of these songs on a regular basis. It's a shame. If the band had exercised a little common sense, they probably could have had something with more than just novelty appeal.
PS - Steel Panther has also released a pair of digital-only singles. The songs - covers of Journey's "Don't Stop Believin'" and Aldo Nova's "Fantasy" - are absolutely terrific, and show you just what this band is capable of if they take things even remotely seriously. I highly recommend purchasing both songs, even if - no, especially if - you were turned off by Feel the Steel.
