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STEELPANTHER- "Lower The Bar" (review album)_ -Open-E- 2017

Updated: May 18, 2018


Released: March 24, 2017 Label: Universal Lower the Bar is the fourth major-label studio album by American heavy metal band Steel Panther. It was originally scheduled for release on February 24, 2017 Genre Glam metal, heavy metal, comedy rock_Label 'Open E Music', _Producer: Jay Ruston Michael Starr – lead vocals, backing vocals_Satchel – lead, rhythm and acoustic guitars, backing vocals_Lexxi Foxx – bass guitar, backing vocals_Stix Zadinia – drums, percussion, backing vocals


-STEELPANTHER- "Lower The Bar" Open-E


TRACKLIST Goin' in the Backdoor Anything Goes Poontang Boomerang That's When You Came In Wrong Side of the Tracks (Out in Beverly Hills) Now the Fun Starts Pussy Ain't Free Wasted Too Much Time I Got What You Want Walk of Shame She's Tight  __________________<<<<<>>>>>>_________________________ (STEEL PANTHER have three full-length albums, toured across the world, enjoy platinum-level YouTube status and have, to their name, high-profile television appearances such as "Jimmy Kimmel Live!", "Larry King Now" and "FOX NFL Sunday".) ..................................................<<<<>>>>>................................................................

The Reason:After the passage of long time rock industry market was in a lack of Van Halen music sort and Quiet Riot sort was missing,also David Lee Roth's band kind of sound, and Ciderella, and Poison, so Los Angeles industry's godfathers were pick out  Steel Panther's singularity  as a substitute to satisfy the nostalgia fans  and the expecting metal groovy sound that brings and fills fans to stadiums stage.This one hear's some classic hair metal stuff,having sexist innuendo lyrics or sexually implied,but in fact shamefully lyrics, most of times vulgar other times bold,while also many times expressed successfully right!!   The Boss:Great musicality comes due to composer of "S.P", and main songwriter and lyricist Michael Starr (Aka: Ralph Saenz), regards him and his experiences from professional bands for example after being as a member of 'LA Guns' once. That's how he take care to make tracks that take after like those of  Van Hallen's at their majestic era from Diver Down 1982, 1984album to 5150 album at 1986("jump"/"hot for teacher"/"hang'em high"/"why can't this be love") Mysic-Industry-Empire:As first band that was created to replace gap's space due to Van Halen's lack was Bullet Boys with Marq Torien as singer and frontman to play David Lee Roth role character, producer was the same as Van Halen's guy ,the named Ted Templeman That has been done since 1989 until 1993 that era studio godfathers in music industry were guys like Ted Templeman Donn Landee,Jack Douglas,or Butler Avenue studios   To see,whats going in this album gonna pick some from first tracks to analyze a little:

(Track 01) "Goin'in The Backdoor": Absolutely rhythmic, did not come randomly as a first track stands out the primary role of Satchel's guitar play skills with technical riffs excellent solos all this gives a catchy potential rhythm , relatively strong melody relatively accepted from anyone even unrelated , Michael Star is the absolute performer in expressivity gets 10 as perfect interpreter be it lyrics are humorous and parody  , ... keeps whole track in its serious style.The story is about rather than nature sex, means perversion of sodomy,if you come to some lady and she does not give her pussy, to take her anal ,hah!Very academic verses (Track 02) "Anything Goes":it's a potencial beat in up-tempo pace and guitar's impressive intro gonna 'turns-you-on' seems 100% van-halen transcription specialy historical David Lee Roth's  sreams, melodic and pleasure, based on a guitar pattern_,while dirty lyrical is about,someone,that doesn't have sexual choices in regards his position or the sexual intercourse at any point of body,his purpose is to jerk off wherever,whatever phfff!!! (Track 03) "Poontang Boomerang": Relatively fast the pace is heavy, not fast,is something that reminds David Lee Roth's of "Just Like Paradise" or "Bottom Line" hits, Steve Vai guitar is Satchel and Gregg Bissonette Lexxi Foxx, Lee Roth is starring by Michael Star.Lyrics are about some girl wich was persistence to get fack again and again from him but narrator wanted her for "one night stand"and no more (Track 05) "Wrong Side of the Tracks (Out in Beverly Hills)" : Is a smart track ,cunning about the main topic,funny up to the laugh about elit neighbors Los Angeles Beverly local residents  who are spoiled stars and people of the spectacle, while outside at the sidewalk flesh market, like prostitution and transexuals at night,and the narrator gets against all. A very complex hard-pop composition like "Knack"(my sharona) or "B'52s" in metal cover, violent motif, more than speed glam metal,However its not a porn song like the others!!!!!!!!!!and the Cheap Tricks cover (track 11-last one)"Shes Tight" very well adjusted,better than the original.........yeah!!

_________________-Chart album 2017 UK Albums (OCC)[12]--"26" US Billboard 200[13]--"40" US Top Comedy Albums (Billboard)[14]--"1" Australian Albums (ARIA)[2]--"10"

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Mainstream housewives culture

Greece and her capital city Athens are known about the economic crisis and her large financial debt that burdens most of the citizens live daily . Country's entertainment model is oriental sort,much like down to the "Middle East"cities ,a lot of oriental origins kicked out every rock/stuff feeling and implicate "morally" rocking aesthetics ......

About rock way entertainment in this area,demand for rock'n'roll does not exist (at labor market) nor even market about rock'n'roll ,and there are no Greek made-of top ten (system) lists, even, Rock rank point Charts(system) in regards CD/sales.

Also there is viability promotion system or some Rock and Metal financial Funds, while there are'nt neither rock viability managements for bands or enterprising theatrical organizations to finance large rock'n'roll massive acts, nor inhere professionally rock-Media,nor professional rock promoters ,only some unrepentant picturesque volunteers like myself,to support literary metal releases, generally in Athens does not survive Music Industry's spirit.

Acceptable and imperative (by the lockal system) artists that applies to conservatives,religiouses, behindhand public ... gonna mention some of them indicatively, like Maraveyias, like Malamas, like Zioyalas, like Miliocas, is an example -came to me at random just now about these 4 guys, but there are dozens like them out there, all named and famous easy listening stars, their job is Greek-speaking rock,but literally made levantine amane melodies and laments,namely long-drawn out orient love songs....system in this country,wants easy melodies,and easy lyrics,thats the way radio's/TV's brainwash through FM radios/TVshows works,broadcasting easy songs suitable for sexy grannies,and housewives,whereas wild melodies give dicey culture and brings reactionarie fools.

Maravegias is "maestro" by studying conservatory aims unstable audience hears folk ,avoid songwriting hard rock or blues rock or some kind of metal music ,as he mention metal is a subversive and lumpen (criminal) kind,also is a pianist who studied nevertheless to follow the easy road of "light" repertoire, easy music for easy ears and easy people ,some songs and some patterns reminiscent of Italian repertoir song but is full of Arabic and Turkish motifs known as Balcanorock,as ballads and canzonettas refers to cellphone ringtones, adding a lot of romantic culture, basically he would like artistic look something like Andy Warhol anything like Lou Reed / Velvet Underground, or near Bowie definitely inspired by Tim Bucley, by Dylan, but all heard some Turkish motifs with Bollywood refrains or close to Sidiropoulos sonic in Al Bano phase [there are dozens of others like him_at random came to me i'm so sorry]

The other hero, mr Malamas who's scholar of state conservatory, a profesional composer ,a maestro degree and his specialty as guitarist,!While regards audiences prefers cheep folk bouzouki genre and its subgenre'Rebetiko' but nevertheless with strong-cult sophisticated themes and topics in romantic literary verses.Though was playing "pop"! or rock would be at greek undergroung brigades and jobless and would make concerts upper for 200 persons best , now playing this eastern sort of rembetika and all doors of "decent" ball rooms are open for him and his oriental-folksy followers ......... also signed contracts with local major label LYRA (Sony) while has 10 full length albums to his credit.

Wondering,... well ???? is possible to make orchestration as european composer and not get influenced by Beatles 70ties popsonik, could not be influenced from Mc Cartney's founges (and his later solo career with Wings),does like ignoring rockabillies like "Roll Over Bethoven",where does he working for ,in Indias Bollywood,and writing songs in middle east motifs.

Another hero guitarist Miliokas, has conquered all greek-radio frequencies two decades now, his easy listening sound seems something between country and european pop,so has been used as "melody-sound carpet" for morning-journalistic radioshows, regards like medicine every radio sound engineer and every radio songs caretaker, to cover in between colloquy's gaps for political colloguy shows,(so they pick out easy listening songs with radical lyrics Miliocas was the perfect choice) finally by repeating in most R/F they did strong brainwash,(through the years) to musically unsuspected listeners and at last chat up to become extremely well known as a rock star, but if was played a genre as tough-hard rock like the (Lou Gram's)Foreigner with Greekspoken lyrics (tough guitar-potent drums-loud singing) he would be certain that never could be played from no one radio engineer and no one radio musical caretaker from FM waves never ever,but,would be played only to edge grass-cafe at after dark hours till the dawn .[there are dozens of others like him more radicals or less_at random came to me now--feel sorry]. To dont forget the folksy man Zioyalas,a perfect combinator of traditional national old folks to rocking folk ,making tracks full of guitar riffs and synth hooks,quite beloved by radio songs caretakers.

Hard music Live clubs from famous view are two, the "AN" and the "Gagarin 205",these are the main venues were finds sure and safe shelter all metal music as its persecuted by the bouzouki joint ballrooms, and by official major journalists of media status incriminated metal public.

Notorius "AN club" a stiflingly small and always full of vapors and cigarette smoke at the infamous district of exarchia at down town center, (this basement)has great fame even though is small and problematic space, it gathers all types heavy-metal stars and early-stage bands that experiencing performing to audiences, most bands played down there belong to Trash-metal,a lot of to Power-metal,and Hardcore,and Black Metal, because created an rebelian underground clima that feeds young minds, but even and the small Indoor greek metal festivals, one or two mounths before carrying out of festival,presale tickets made sold out.Also small name rock-musicians trust this place though has awful conditions, due to years of tradition in Live shows and stage events, regards given them the illusion of a guaranteed and tested a convenient stage perform and that will attract more audiences to a well known and familiar metal stage.Its reputation close to something like the celebrated legendary "Whiskey a Go Go" in Los Angeles, not only in the country but also in many nearby European countries.

On main streets at down town city streets shines the legendary "Gagarin 205" Live Shows venue,here,.. is not at all basement but a luxury ground floor,builded in the place of an old movie theater,and gives a large auditorium, it's capacity is over the 3000 people, there,once... were made very big events,for instance, were acted big names of international(US/UK) metal stars, also was organized a few weekends of rock-metal festivals and rock-blues fests, is a true "concert Hall" respecting redneck metallers fanatics, or moshers, for the history around 1990 and 2000 ,here,marched most of the top German Power Metal and top Thrash firms.

Too bad effect is that concerts open their doors fucking early at 8 oclock, this means that concerts were finished much early, from '11.30'pm to '12'pm latest line.Due to this closing time each event and any indoor incident,it loses ir's riskiness bum and scams packs,and becomes "nerds and college geeks lychee" this adolescent social group make Gagarin disliked place for adult blocs.

Random I mentioned these two historical clubs, about all other, in the same activities like "Undeground club" at Exarchia,or Aligator bar and Bat City at Alexandras Boulevard,and may be the best "Revenge Of Rock" at the top of Alexandras,or the famous Tithora at Patissia quarter and many-more

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