Steel Panther

Steel Panther is an American comedy-glam hard rock band from Los Angeles, California, mostly known for their profane and humorous lyrics as well as their exaggerated on-stage personae that parody the stereotypical "glam metal" lifestyle in the 1980s.

History

Metal Skool (2000–2007)

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 ("Michael Starr"), drummer Darren Leader ("Stix Zadinia"), bassist Travis Haley ("Lexxi Foxx"), and guitarist Russ Parrish ("Satchel"). The band did weekly shows on Monday nights at the Viper Room, and subsequently the Key Club, playing covers of 1980s hair metal hits while parodying the bands that made the songs famous. Despite the name changes, and some members putting in time in a Van Halen tribute band, they finally managed to gain some success. In 2003 Steel Panther published 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. Also in 2003, their song "Death to All But Metal" was included in a compilation CD called Hey, That's What I Call Sludge! Vol. 1 put out by the Metal Sludge web site. Their cover of the song "Fantasy" by Aldo Nova was used as the opening musical theme for the MTV program Rob Dyrdek's Fantasy Factory. On November 27, 2007 Metal Skool played original songs as well as covers of KISS songs at the Gene Simmons roast, they can be seen in the background of Gene Simmons' reality show Gene Simmons Family Jewels. That year, they also appeared as themselves on Las Vegas in the episode "The High Price of Gas".

Hell's On Fire

It's so fucking hot in here
But the devil doesn't care
The front row will be dripping wet
But satan won't even break a sweat
He's in the car corning up the heat
Burning my hands burning my feet
Some cool lemonade would hit the spot
Cause it's really really really really really hot
Hell's on fire
Burning your body right to the core
Hell's on fire
You can fry an egg on the floor
Mmmm I like 'em scrambled
Let's get drunk and smoke some pot
I want to party with Bon Scott
Randy Rhodes and John Bohnam too
It's a heavy metal party and were waiting for you
Hell's on fire
The devil's hungry and he's eating light
Hell's on fire
Frying a fillet soul tonight
So hot
So hot
My skin is turing red
So hot
So hot
Good thing were already dead
(Guitar Solo)
Hell's on fire
Hell's on fire
Hell's on fire
Were burnining burning burning burning burning burn
Hell's on fire

Steel Panther

History

Metal Skool (2000–2007)

Steel Panther

ALBUMS

All You Can Eat

British Invasion

Balls Out

Feel the Steel

Related Sites

Hell's On Fire