Feel the Steel

Personnel: Allison Robertson (vocals, guitar); Michael Starr , Joe Lester (vocals, background vocals); Corey Taylor, Matt Nelson , Justin Hawkins, Michael Lord, Scott Ian, M. Shadows (vocals); Satchel (guitar, background vocals); Stix Zadinia (drums, background vocals); Lexxi Foxxx (background vocals).
Audio Mixer: Jay Ruston.
Recording information: Clear Lake Audio; Paramount Recording; Sage & Sound Studio, Hollywood, CA; The Recording Studio West; TRS West.
Photographer: Neil Zlozower.
Like Spinal Tap and several other acts before it, Steel Panther found success mocking the excesses of `80s hair metal while accurately re-creating the genre's musical style. The Los Angeles-based, wig n' spandex-clad quartet delivered a particularly low-brow take on the mock-metal genre with its debut album FEEL THE STEEL. With groan-inducing, intentionally politically incorrect song titles such as "Asian Hooker," "Fat Girl," and "Eatin' Ain't Cheatin'," the disc may not be the most clever entry into the comedy rock sweepstakes but it is one of the most authentic-sounding, perfectly re-creating the whammy bar squeals, David Lee Roth-esque yelps, and pounding double bass drum licks of its source material.