{"id":20821,"date":"2014-03-24T07:30:15","date_gmt":"2014-03-23T20:30:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/maytherockbewithyou.com\/mtrbwy\/?p=20821"},"modified":"2014-03-25T11:47:07","modified_gmt":"2014-03-25T00:47:07","slug":"michael-starr-of-steel-panther","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maytherockbewithyou.com\/mtrbwy\/2014\/03\/michael-starr-of-steel-panther\/","title":{"rendered":"Michael Starr of Steel Panther"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n\u201cWell we always stay true to our core which is sex, drugs, rock and roll and heavy metal, that\u2019s just what we do, but this record we decided that you know what, people are moshing to \u2018Community Property\u2019 we need something fuckin\u2019 heavy, a little bit darker, a little edgier\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n

If you\u2019re not aware of Steel Panther, then this interview comes with one of those \u2018Parental Warning\u2019 advisory stickers, as this is one no holds barred band and the fans love it because it fuckin\u2019 works. One of the hardest working bands out there, Steel Panther have been around for longer than you\u2019d think and now with two albums already under their belt and a third just about to be released, they are only just getting started. Sex, Drugs and Heavy Metal is what they\u2019re all about and praise the lord as the world needs more of that\u2026 So, let\u2019s all party like tomorrow is the end of the world\u2026<\/p>\n

In Barcelona and after kicking out a couple of girls from his room so we could have some peace and quiet, we chatted to Michael Starr about Steel Panther\u2019s new album \u2018All You Can Eat<\/a>\u2019 as well as how far the and has come, touring and maybe a prediction for their return to Australia\u2026<\/p>\n

To start us off, it\u2019s not out yet, but if you can, can you give us one word that you feel sums the album perfectly\u2026<\/strong>
\nFuckin\u2019\u2026 oh geez I need one word\u2026 Amazing!<\/p>\n

The new album is kick ass, since \u2018Balls Out\u2019 I\u2019d ask what inspired the songs, but the titles made that pretty obvious, instead, did you set out to do anything differently this time around that you hadn\u2019t done previously?<\/strong>
\nWell we always stay true to our core which is sex, drugs, rock and roll and heavy metal, that\u2019s just what we do, but this record we decided that you know what, people are moshing to \u2018Community Property\u2019 we need something fuckin\u2019 heavy, a little bit darker, a little edgier and that\u2019s why we fuckin\u2019 did \u2018Pussywhipped\u2019 and \u2018Gloryhole\u2019 and to give that fuckin\u2019 live energy what it needs to get even more intense and I feel this record we achieved that. I feel it\u2019s a little bit of \u2018Balls Out\u2019 and a little bit of \u2018Feel The Steel\u2019 all rolled into one, that\u2019s why we called it \u2018All You Can Eat\u2019 because it\u2019s got everything you want.<\/p>\n

Well I do have to thank you for saving the world, do you feel you should\u2019ve received more praise for that?<\/strong>
\nWell we did get it from the Devil, we got as much cocaine as we wanted, and we also get to continue rockin\u2019 and fuckin\u2019 bitches after the show, and I\u2019ve got to tell you Troy, that\u2019s all I\u2019ve ever wanted to do with my life, that\u2019s it, I don\u2019t care where I\u2019m at, you could put me on an island in Fiji and as long as there a stage and some bitches I\u2019m gonna sing for them. I don\u2019t care where we\u2019re at, heavy metal should be the most important thing to everybody.<\/p>\n

I agree with you, Heavy Metal is where it\u2019s at and everyone should feel the same\u2026<\/strong>
\nWhy wouldn\u2019t you? Especially Steel Panther style because some people they might come into our concert bummed out that their chick bailed on them, or bummed out that their car got repossessed or that their Visa got taken away because they couldn\u2019t make the repayments, but you come to a Steel Panther show, somebody\u2019s smoking a joint next to you, you get high, you can listen to Steel Panther and you can laugh and have a good time, chicks show their tits, and also you just forget all about that shit, you get to escape.<\/p>\n

Now this is your third album, remembering that Bon Jovi had Slippery When Wet as their third and well look what happened there, so is \u2018All You Can Eat\u2019 going to be your Slippery When Wet?<\/strong>
\nOh God, how cool would that be, we always wish for something to strike a chord throughout the whole world that you create, and for us everything that we\u2019ve put out has just been so dear to us and we\u2019re so fuckin\u2019 proud of it. So to have that type of success on any record would be amazing, but fuck, we think that all three of our records are Slippery When Wet, but you know what, the only way to judge that is by having a number one record and selling twenty million records. I don\u2019t think that\u2019s ever gonna happen in this day and age, but I\u2019ll take a million.<\/p>\n

And why can\u2019t that happen, especially with a song like \u2018Bukakke Tears\u2019 which in my opinion is the best power ballad since \u2018Community Property\u2019 by the way\u2026<\/strong>
\nOh thanks dude, and the message is quite clear, it\u2019s a great message, and some people don\u2019t even know what bukakke tears are and when you hear the song, you\u2019ll know what bukakke tears are\u2026<\/p>\n

Seeing you this past December, the show has just grown and grown since I first saw you at the Key Club back in 2007 as Metal Skool, what\u2019s next for the live show?<\/strong>
\nWow man\u2026 we\u2019re just gonna keep steeping it up, any venue we go to, right now we\u2019re in Europe, I\u2019m in Barcelona, Spain, we have two semis and three busses, right, the semis are loaded with staging, video screens, lights, pyro, confetti, flames, everything you can think of, we pull up to the venue, whatever fits in the venue we stuff it in there.<\/p>\n

Even Stix?<\/strong>
\n*laughs* Yeah\u2026 well Stix has a hard time getting through the door, he\u2019s been eating a lot, he likes to eat pizza.<\/p>\n

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I have to mention the video aspect of the show that\u2019s been added now and I feel it just made the show that much more enjoyable, was that fun putting it all together?<\/strong>
\nYeah it was really fun and it was really scary too as we\u2019d only done it in the UK and once we booked the Australian tour and we saw some of the venue sizes we thought alright, lets reinvest because we want to have everybody really have an enjoyable experience and have every seat worth buying and I think the video screen really adds that. For us it was pretty overwhelming to have all the fuckin\u2019 technology on the stage, because for me I want to use every bit of it, I want to run on every single corner of the stage as you know. We don\u2019t usually get to play on stuff that big and I had my own video camera, I could point it wherever I fuckin wanted, that\u2019s a lot of responsibility man. I\u2019m basically the ring leader of a bunch of crazy fuckin\u2019 circus animals and I\u2019ve got to ring lead them.<\/p>\n

Being here a few times now, what\u2019s your best memory of Australia you can share with us?<\/strong>
\nI\u2019d have to say our first time over doing Soundwave, that was a really memorable experience with us as we got to tour Australia, not alone, but with a bunch of other bands that were like minded like us, they\u2019re into metal and everyone is excited to be there. It was like a big heavy metal camping trip, and I hung out with dudes that I wouldn\u2019t normally hang out with\u2026 Bush\u2026 fuckin\u2019 Bush\u2026 that\u2019s not heavy metal, a couple of guys in Bush are pretty cool and they like to fuck chicks, pretty cool. So I got to meet people, hang out and I got to find out that Australia loves Steel Panther all at the same time, so it was the most memorable time for me in Australia was Soundwave.<\/p>\n

When will we see you back?<\/strong>
\nThat\u2019s a good question, we\u2019re shooting for 2015, early, probably in the January, February, maybe even Soundwave, you never know\u2026 that would be great to play Soundwave.<\/p>\n

When you look back at everything that\u2019s happened, is it surreal for you to see how far it\u2019s come?<\/strong>
\nOh man, we are so, so grateful for where we\u2019re at, like before the show we all sit there and talk, we clear the dressing room out and it\u2019s just us four and man we just can\u2019t believe where Steel Panther has gone, and we don\u2019t take it for granted, and we really work hard at our craft and make sure we present a fuckin\u2019 killer show and then afterwards we get to fuckin\u2019 party because we work hard, and that\u2019s why there\u2019s a bunch of fuckin\u2019 chicks back stage.<\/p>\n

In terms of standout \u2018pinch me\u2019 moments since the band started, has there been one that really is unbeatable for you?<\/strong>
\n*pauses* Well this one time, this chick was sucking my dick at the Key Club and it was right before we went on and she really wanted to suck my dick and I was like fuck, I\u2019m getting ready to go on, I was all dressed, I was really ready to go on, and she said, well what about my friend, so I was like \u2018alright\u2019 and we went behind the curtain, the crowd\u2019s on the other side of the curtain and there are two chicks blowing me right before I go on, I blow my nut, they clean it all up, and right as I\u2019m pulling my spandex back up the curtain opens and we start the show. That was a pinch me moment for heavy metal *laughs* it really was\u2026<\/p>\n

Now, do you guys still do the residencies in LA and Vegas?<\/strong>
\nNo we don\u2019t have time to do them because we\u2019re touring so much and when we get home as you\u2019d know from being on tour it fuckin\u2019 beats you up so we need to come home and rest up, but we still couldn\u2019t resist it, we\u2019re gonna do three Monday nights, it\u2019s called ‘Having a Threesome’, only three\u2026 we\u2019ll do an album release party and then we\u2019ll do two other shows and that\u2019s it. So there\u2019s no more residencies in LA or Vegas anymore.<\/p>\n

So you\u2019ve finally moved on from playing the covers?<\/strong>
\nYeah, we\u2019re not even gonna do covers when we play the Threesome, it\u2019s the end of an era and it\u2019s the longest running era that any heavy metal band has ever had on the Strip, thirteen years strong every Monday night, no one\u2019s ever done it.<\/p>\n

What do you think it is about Steel Panther that connects with people?<\/strong>
\nProbably the ability to escape, because when we\u2019re on stage we truly have fun and we also like to crack a few jokes, have\u00a0 good time, see some boobies, who the fuck doesn\u2019t want to see that? I think the one thing that really attracts people to our music first off is that we\u2019re talking about shit that people are thinking about but never say out loud, so there you\u2019ve got that. Then you come see the show and you see that we take our craft extremely serious and no one is a slouch, no one plays out of tune, I only lip-synch 30% of the show and it\u2019s really, really fun, it\u2019s a party, so when you go there you get to escape reality. It\u2019s a fuckin\u2019 blast.<\/p>\n

Let\u2019s predict the future, finish this sentence for me, in 2014 Steel Panther will\u2026<\/strong>
\nHmm\u2026 Steel Panther will set the world record for selling more records than anybody in their first week on the classic 80\u2019s Heavy Metal chart. *laughs*<\/p>\n

Well thanks for your time today Michael and hopefully we\u2019ll see you soon\u2026<\/strong>
\nYeah, hope so, hopefully we\u2019ll see you at Soundwave\u2026<\/p>\n

Essential information<\/strong><\/h2>\n

From: <\/strong>Los Angeles, CA, USA<\/p>\n

Band members:<\/strong>\u00a0 MICHAEL STARR – Lead Vocals, SATCHEL \u2013 Lead Guitar, LEXXI FOXX \u2013 Bass Guitar, STIX ZADINIA \u2013 Drums<\/p>\n

Forthcoming Release:<\/strong> All You Can Eat (Open E Records) March 28th (Australia) April 1st (USA) – Check out our Review HERE<\/a><\/p>\n

Website:<\/strong> \u00a0http:\/\/www.steelpantherrocks.com
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