Artist: Steel Panther & The Sirens

Venue: 02 Academy, Newcastle  

Date: 18 March 2010  

Plenty of spandex and false mullet wigs were on display for this gig at a packed Academy, and the crowd were treated to the support act of The Sirens, a group of 3 ex Fuel Girls with a hot burlesque type show accompanied by some nu-metal tunes which went down particularly well with the men in the audience. (including your correspondent!)
 
Steel Panther are undoubtedly the best 'comedy' band since Spinal Tap were at their peak, and kicked off their set with the fist-pumping signature anthem 'Eyes of A Panther', which was accompanied by an elongated comedy ending, bassist Lexxi Foxxxx and guitarist Satchel "machine gunning" every section of the audience with their guitars for a good 5 minutes!
 
Although the band only have one album out they stretched the gig out to 2 hours long with lots of crowd and in-band banter, my favourite part being Lexxi Foxxx's revelation (in between his constant application of hairspray and lip gloss!) that he loves heavy metal so much that he would "leave it in the car AND wind all the windows down on a hot day!" The comedy interplay was fantastic, especially between Lexxi and Satchel, little things like the pair of them both fighting for the same microphone during the same song were comedy gold!
 
The storming glam rock tunes came thick and fast, including the X-Rated 'Eatin Ain't Cheatin', 'Stripper Girl' and 'Asian Hooker', and the band even played little heard B-side 'I Want Pussy', before bringing out the stools for an acoustic 'Community Property'.
 
The band rounded off their set with their biggest and most well known hit 'Death To All But Metal' before returning to the stage for a phenomenal encore of covers, played to note perfection and starting with Motley Crue's 'Shout at The Devil' and Skid Row's 'Youth Gone Wild', before finishing with a fantastic version of 'Paradise City', when the band pulled several girls out of the audience to join them on stage for a dance and a night they would never forget!!

A brilliant night, and a great advert for this band. Hopefully the joke will not wear thin and we'll get lots more material out of these guys, and a few more tours!!

 Setlist: Eyes of A Panther, Fat Girl (Thar She Blows), Hell's On Fire, Party All Day, Eatin Aint Cheatin, Stripper Girl, Turn Out The Lights, Asian Hooker, Girl From Oaklahoma, I Want Pussy, Community Property, The Shocker, Death To All But Metal.  Encore: Shout At The Devil, Youth Gone Wild, Paradise City.

Review by: Dan

 

 

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