Feel The Steel - EMAIL PRINT Review

Is Spinal Tap once in a while, but does anyone actually like listening to spoof bands? Well, swift as the backlash was, The Darkness proved that, yes, when it’s done with wit, we really do. Clod-hopping in Justin Hawkins’ footsteps with none of the charm, heart or brains, LA spandex-monkeys Steel Panther have earned a huge following through years of taking the piss out of Mötley Crüe and the like onstage. It’d be a laugh to go to one of their shows, sure, if not one you’d be proud of. But only those with a retarded grasp of comedy would want to sit at home and listen to fifth-rate, crass glam-metal parodies with titles such as ‘Asian Hooker’ and ‘Stripper Girl’. An exercise in taking
a joke way too far....full text This album is not for the easily offended, and it is obvious why from the very beginning. A pose on the cover that would make even Poison cringe, overly 80's metal style clothing, wild hair etc.

Firstly a warning, if you dont like bad language, sexual content, or most other offensive things then you will clearly hate this album. Even the warning on the case says "...may offend... and people with ears."

This album is one of the best i have heard in years, and that is saying something from an Iron Maiden Fan. It is tempting to write this album off as a Tenacious D type parody album. But upon listening it is more like the entire of the 80's and 90's rock/metal/ballad scene summed up on one album and condensed into 12 songs....full text Steel Panther were – let's play along with the backstory – a legendary Poison-style hair-metal band from the heyday of the Sunset Strip, and Feel the Steel is their long- lost debut album.


OK, so it's essentially Spinal Tap/Bad News brought forward five years to the coked-up cock-rock era, complete with titles such as "Eatin' Ain't Cheatin'" and dangerous levels of dumb-ass homophobia, sexism, racism and sizeism. The songs are at times terrifyingly authentic. Is it new? Don't be stupid. Is it funny? Hell yeah....full text