Year : 2023
Style : Sleaze Glam Hard Rock , Parody Metal
Country : USA
Audio : 320 kbps + all scans
Size : 117 mb
Bio:
In 2008, Metal Skool changed their name to Steel Panther.STEEL PANTHER is the hottest band out of Hollywood since Motley Crue, Guns N’ Roses and Poison ruled the Sunset Strip. Arriving in 2009 with debut album Feel The Steel – hailed by Kerrang! magazine as “close to perfect” – Steel Panther has won a legion of fans across the world. And now the band is aiming even higher with second album Balls Out. Released worldwide through Universal Music on November 1, 2011, Balls Out is another masterpiece of kick-ass rock and roll.Steel Panther is a Los Angeles, California based glam metal parody band founded by former LA Guns vocalist Ralph Saenz (Michael Starr). Originally formed as “Metal Skool” and “Metal Shop” they’re known for their energetic live show, the longest running metal show on the Sunset Strip. On stage, the band both pays tribute to and lampoons the heyday of 80’s glam metal. The band’s between-song comedy includes jests at conflict between band members, discussions of drugs, sex, and improvised humor with the crowd.Recently they’ve crossed the Atlantic and have finally started to penetrate the European market with the release of their debut album, “Feel The Steel”.
Album:
The album feature 13 new tracks from the creative brains of Satchel, Michael Starr, Stix Zadinia and Spyder. On The Prowl was produced by Steel Panther.Steel Panther is a tough pill to swallow in these modern times. Despite being an uber-talented band that can play circles around both modern bands and the legacy acts that they parody, their politically incorrect lyrics are their most-definable characteristic. I can’t even imagine where the line is drawn between fans that are in on the joke and recognize the satire, versus those that actually relate to their misogynistic lyrics. I hope it skews toward the former, but my lack of faith in humanity makes me fear the latter.‘On the Prowl,’ like all Steel Panther records, contains some pretty offensive stuff—Some often hilariously pretty offensive stuff. The synth intro to “It’s Never Too Late (To Get Some Pussy Tonight)” teases a softer AOR sound before the band launches into an 80s rocker thick with bad puns and bad-ass guitar licks. Elsewhere, self-deprecating dick jokes abound in the glam send-ups “Is My Dick Enough” and “One Pump Chump,” and how can one resist the charms of “Pornstar” with lines like “you could turn a cock-loving woman gay with that magical vah-jay.”Proving that they’re not completely stuck in the 80s, “On Your Instagram” is a syrupy minor-key earworm ballad that pokes fun at dating in the twenties. If Steel Panther lyrics generally fall into 2 categories (dumb and dumber), this one is clever enough to fall into the former. “Like Michaelangelo with nothing to do, so he painted you, but I soon found out that it wasn’t true. Why can’t you look like you do on your Instagram? The girl that I want to screw on your Instagram.” Pure “poetry.”Elsewhere, one must admire the almost Andy Kaufman levels of commitment to the joke on display in a tune like the ultra-raunchy “Friends with Benefits.” Unlike Kaufman, the band members break character once in a while in the press to remind us that they’re mostly teetotalers, vegetarians, gym freaks with functional romantic relationships, and “mostly” not the out-of-touch monsters that they portray. However, on a truly tasteless tune like “Friends with Benefits,” parody aside, it’s hard to give them the benefit of the doubt. And speaking of “hard,” “Friends with Benefits” is one of several tunes that goes harder musically than the band has gone in the past. Heavy riffage, double kick, and a standout solo are reminders of the band’s pedigree—guitarist Satchel’s time spent in Rob Halford’s Fight in particular.The late record anthem “Ain’t Dead Yet” tackles the weird connection between 80s glam-metal and cowboys. In a perfect world, it would be a hit on contemporary country radio. It would fit perfectly in between “Save a Horse Ride a Cowboy” and whatever red-neck, horse-crap Kid Rock is peddling these days. I legitimately think this could be a potential path forward. Nashville could definitely use the kick in the bootcut Wranglers, and Steel Panther just might be the ones to “Put [Their] Money Where Your Mouth Is.” Brilliant.Leadoff’s single “1987,” a super catchy mid-tempo tune that conjures up warm and fuzzy feelings of nostalgia for those of us that lived through it, hints at what a slightly less offensive Steel Panther might sound like. Whereas contemporaries like The Darkness stuck to a more “tongue in cheek” shtick, Steel Panther have always abided by a more “tongue in [insert orifice]” shtick, and that’s pretty limiting. However, like The Darkness, “1987” and ‘On the Prowl’ are proof that they know their way around a song, have chops for days, and underneath all the kitsch are true disciples of hard rock.Their shtick isn’t for everyone and it’s a bit played out, but musically Steel Panther remains a top-notch hard rock band.
Line-Up:
Michael Starr - vocals
Satchel - guitar, Orchestration
Lexxi Foxx - bass
Stix Zadinia - drums
Tracklist:
01. Never Too Late
02. Friends With Benefits
03. On Your Instagram
04. Put My Money Where Your Mouth Is
05. 1987
06. Teleporter
07. Is My D**k Enough (ft. Dweezil Zappa)
08. Magical Vagina
09. All That And More
10. One Pump Chump
11. Pornstar
12. Ain’t Dead Yet
13. Sleeping On The Rollaway
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