CONGRATULATIONS, STEEL PANTHER! You have cracked the Big Apple!
I have known the lead singer, "Michael Starr" of Steel Panther since he was a little kid. I knew him by an entirely different name, which is still his real name. I worked in TV with his stepdad.
"Michael Starr" fronts an 80s headbanging longhair rocknroll band. And I got notice from his stepdad that they have finally hit New York City. This is after playing the Sunset Strip and the Southern California casinos and Vegas and other gigs all over the country. They used to be known as "Metal Skool," and also as "Atomic Punks". There is a video of them in the Big Apple on their My Space Page. Don't go there if you are easily offended. They are beyond raunchy.
Funny thing, last night, I just watched (for about the third time) "This is Spinal Tap," a band that reminds me a lot of Steel Panther. Here's one of Steel Panther's songs, "Fat Girl.
If you have ever seen "This is Spinal Tap," you will immediately recognize Steel Panther. Spinal Tap was an imaginary British band that became an actual band issuing real albums.
Steel Panther is a real band patterning itself on some of the rocknroll excesses of the 1980s. They are funny and crude and good musicians. They also have a Web site.
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