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In the video footage below from Fuse, STEEL PANTHER sings their version of ’12 Days Of Christmas’, featuring strippers, headbangers and call girls:
Back on November 7th, ANTHRAX frontman Joey Belladonna joined Steel Panther on stage in Newcastle, England at the O2 Academy for a rousing rendition of JOURNEY’s ‘Don’t Stop Believin’. Check out the fan-filmed footage below:
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ANTHRAX singer Joey Belladonna joined STEEL PANTHER on stage last night (Wednesday, November 7) at O2 Academy in Newcastle, England to perform a cover version of the JOURNEY classic “Don’t Stop Believin'”. Fan-filmed video footage of his appearance can be seen below.
Belladonna regularly performs JOURNEY classics with his Syracuse, New York-based power trio CHIEF BIG WAY in which he plays drums and sings.
In a 2005 interview with MusicDish, Belladonna was asked about the rumor that he came to the table with a JOURNEY tune during his 1985 audition for ANTHRAX. “Actually, what happened was I went into the room and they said, ‘Just go on in,’ and they hadn’t heard me sing” he said. “They’d heard of me and they asked me to come in, but we were going in to start tracking and stuff, to get the mic set up and all that and they said, ‘Let’s get you in there and get you warmed up.’ I hit the mic and belted out some JOURNEY. . . I think it was [the song] ‘Lights’. I didn’t know what the hell I was getting into in the first place. I just wanted to lay some vocals or something. Just to kinda give an idea and that’s what happened. It wasn’t really anything more than that. I just kinda belched it out. I think I did ‘Oh Sherrie’ [written by JOURNEY singer Steve Perry], too, or something. I dunno why, but I just did. It was something off the top of my head I could do a cappella and it was kinda challenging. I thought maybe in range or something that would be kind of intriguing. It was definitely one they weren’t expecting.”
ANTHRAX recently spent time in the studio recording several cover versions of some of their favorite rock classics — including JOURNEY‘s “Keep On Runnin'” — to be made available on the upcoming re-release of the band’s latest album, “Worship Music”.
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Gearing up for a European tour supporting STEEL PANTHER, Calgary-based KOBRA AND THE LOTUS have parted ways with guitarist Timothy Vega and introduced Peruvian shredder Charlie Parra del Riego as his replacement.
Charlie Parra del Riego
The band’s line-up is now as follows:
Kobra Paige – vocals
Jasio Kulakowski – guitars
Charlie Parra Del Riego – guitars
Pete Dimov – bass
Griffin Kissack – drums
The following tour dates are scheduled:
October
21 – Helsinki, Finland – The Circus
25 – Hamburg, Germany – Docks
27 – Frankfurt, Germany – Gibson
29 – Zurich, Switzerland – Volkshaus
November
2 – Antwerp, Belgium – Trix Hall
3 – Cologne, Germany – Music Hall
Kobra And The Lotus, who inked a deal with Universal for their new album with KISS legend Gene Simmons on board with Simmons Records as a partner – performed acoustically at Bloodstock Open Air 2012, which was held August 10th-12th at Catton Hall in Walton On Trent, Derbyshire, England. Check out the footage which includes the cover of DIO’s ‘Holy Diver’ below:
The band also performed at Wacken Open Air 2012, which took place in Wacken, Germany from August 2nd – 4th. Pro-shot footage from the band’s live set is available below:
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Calgary-based KOBRA AND THE LOTUS are heading back to Europe, with STEEL PANTHER.
The following dates are scheduled:
October
21 – Helsinki, Finland – The Circus
25 – Hamburg, Germany – Docks
27 – Frankfurst, Germany – Gibson
29 – Zurich, Switzerland – Volkshaus
November
2 – Antwerp, Belgium – Trix Hall
3 – Cologne, Germany – Music Hall
Kobra And The Lotus, who recently inked a deal with Universal for their new album with KISS legend Gene Simmons on board with Simmons Records as a partner – performed acoustically at Bloodstock Open Air 2012, which was held August 10th-12th at Catton Hall in Walton On Trent, Derbyshire, England. Check out the footage which includes the cover of DIO’s ‘Holy Diver’ below:
The band also performed at Wacken Open Air 2012, which took place in Wacken, Germany from August 2nd – 4th. Pro-shot footage from the band’s live set is available below:
Alaska’s rock radio station KWHL conducted an interview with STEEL PANTHER singer Michael Starr at this year’s Download festival, which was held June 8-10 at Donington Park in Leicestershire, United Kingdom. You can now watch the chat below.
STEEL PANTHER is the ’80s metal/hard rock tribute band formerly known as METAL SKOOL. The group’s lineup includes guitarist “Satchel” (real name Russ Parrish; ex-FIGHT) and singer “Michael Starr” (real name Ralph Saenz; ex-L.A. GUNS). Onstage, the band both pays tribute to and lampoons the heyday of ’80s glam metal. The group’s between-song comedy includes jests at conflict between bandmembers, discussions of drugs, sex, and improvised humor with the crowd.
STEEL PANTHER‘s sophomore album, “Balls Out”, sold nearly 12,000 copies in the United States in its first week of release to debut at position No. 40 on The Billboard 200 chart. Released on November 1, 2011 via Universal Republic Records, the follow-up to 2009’s “Feel The Steel” contains 14 soon-to-be classics such as “Just Like Tiger Woods”, “Gold Digging Whore” and “Weenie Ride”. The album also features cameos by Dane Cook on the album opener “In The Future” and NICKELBACK frontman Chad Kroeger and EXTREME axeman Nuno Bettencourt show up on an instant classic “It Won’t Suck Itself”. “Balls Out” was produced by Grammy-nominated producer/mixer Jay Ruston who produced the band’s “Feel The Steel” debut and is known for his work with ANTHRAX, MEAT LOAF, THE DONNAS and MORRISSEY, to name a few.
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In addition to their previously announced Vancouver, BC shows on June 28th and 29th at The Commodore, STEEL PANTHER has scheduled two more Canadian concerts:
Michael Starr, Satchel, Lexxi Foxx and Stix Zadinia will rock The Phoenix in Toronto, ON August 9th, and The Corona Theatre in Montreal, QC August 10th.
Steel Panther’s complete tour schedule can be viewed at this location.
(photo by Peter Wafzig)
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