Californian rockers
STEEL PANTHER will support
ZZ TOP on the following U.K. dates:
Oct. 27 - Wolverhampton, UK @ Civic Hall
Oct. 28 - London, UK @ Wembley Arena
Tickets go on sale on Friday, August 7 at 9:0 a.m., priced 37.50 for Wolverhampton and 40.00 for London (subject to booking fee) and available from LiveNation.co.uk.
STEEL PANTHER is the '80s metal/hard rock tribute band formerly known as
METAL SKOOL. The group will release its first collection of original material,
"Feel The Steel", in the U.S. on October 6. The CD, which was issued in the U.K. in June, was produced by
Jay Ruston and will be available via
iTunes on September 29 before finding its way to store shelves nationally the following week.
This mythical musical masterpiece has been 20 years in the making, with the band retuning in 2009 to reclaim their rightful place among metal music's heavyweights. Powered by audacious frontman
Michael Starr's (real name
Ralph Saenz; ex-
L.A. GUNS) fearless vocal charge, the group ignites audiences from every walk of life with their unbridled valentine that goes right for the jugular of the heavy metal repertoire. Joining the effervescent
Starr are
STEEL PANTHER's
Stix Zadinia on drums,
Satchel (real name
Russ Parrish; ex-
FIGHT) on guitar, and bassist
Lexxi Foxxx.
As word of
STEEL PANTHER's return began to spread around the music community, a who's who of musical artists stepped up to join the band in reclaiming metals place among the top of the music landscape.
Allison Robertson of
THE DONNAS and
Justin Hawkins from
THE DARKNESS make an appearance on the
STEEL PANTHER mantra number,
"Party All Day".
ANTHRAX's
Scott Ian shows up on the soon-to-be international hit
"Asian Hooker" alongside
SLIPKNOT's
Corey Taylor, who also appears on the soon-to-be classics
"Eyes Of A Panther" and the first single,
"Death To All But Metal".
The four-member band, known for its outrageous stage presence and gargantuan guitar riffs, has been entertaining fans and scores of rock and entertainment VIPs with its raucous antics via L.A.'s longest-running heavy metal show on the Sunset Strip for nearly a decade (now running at the infamous Key Club every Monday night). The band also holds residencies at the Green Valley Resort and Casino on Friday and Saturday in Las Vegas and the Typhoon Saloon in San Diego every Wednesday.
