Or they could just, you know, go away.
― outside, you're never alone. (Austin), Wednesday, 8 August 2018 17:28 (five years ago) link
I have zero interest in this band but they've been playing arenas for like a decade
Bullshit. They're a club act. They did one tour opening for Judas Priest in 2014, but other than that they're strictly small time. They don't get radio play, most metalheads don't like them...they've got a cult following, but that's it, and they're never gonna get any bigger than they are - it would be easy to argue that they peaked with the Priest tour.
― grawlix (unperson), Wednesday, 8 August 2018 17:40 (five years ago) link
their last tour that took in my neck of the woods was two years ago and consisted of four UK arena dates: https://www.list.co.uk/article/78792-steel-panther-announce-uk-tour-dates/
― still wackford after all these squeers (DJ Mencap), Wednesday, 8 August 2018 17:49 (five years ago) link
That LA Guns thing was weaksauce, yeah.
― No purposes. Sounds. (Sund4r), Wednesday, 8 August 2018 17:50 (five years ago) link
readers of L.A. Weekly
thinking that people who read the LA Weekly in 2016 are reading it in 2018 is the silliest thing you've said itt so far
― 16, 35, DCP, Go! (sic), Wednesday, 8 August 2018 18:30 (five years ago) link
I don't understand what's wrong with wanting to bring pleasure to ladies with your sweet riffage. If someone wants to make a pedal called the Cock Throbber to give dudes a raging bone with riffs then that's dandy too. I would totally understand the outrage if it was called like The Rape Pedal or Roofie Effects or something but this all seems kinda silly.
It wasn't horrifyingly offensive to me personally but I can understand why some female guitarists took issue with the implication that guitar playing is something men do and women are the audience for, when they're already working in a male-dominated field. It was totally fair game for them to express this pov to TC Electronics and ask for them to reconsider the name, esp given that they're part of the market for TC effects.
― No purposes. Sounds. (Sund4r), Wednesday, 8 August 2018 18:41 (five years ago) link
has AC DShe weighed in on this
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 8 August 2018 18:44 (five years ago) link
or Lez Zeppelin
I would love to know what they've said, if so.
― outside, you're never alone. (Austin), Wednesday, 8 August 2018 18:46 (five years ago) link
is the silliest thing you've said itt so far
Why are you insulting me (and putting words in my mouth)?
― empire bro-lesque (morrisp), Wednesday, 8 August 2018 18:49 (five years ago) link
seems like they play smaller clubs or smaller theaters, biggest venues look to be in the 1800-2000 capacity range with a lot of dates in smaller clubs
https://www.ticketmaster.com/Steel-Panther-tickets/artist/1266501
― The Desus & Mero Chain (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 8 August 2018 19:18 (five years ago) link
That's 1800-2000 too many.
― outside, you're never alone. (Austin), Wednesday, 8 August 2018 19:25 (five years ago) link
morris, I'm talking about it bought by OC libertarian republican donors who appear in Russian action films, venerate Dinesh D'Souza, fired all the staff, repeatedly lied to sponsors, cut all news reporting from the paper, hired a lead film critic whose primary publishing experience was writing rape erotica for Kindle (then after an outcry, just started buying the previously fired [female] film critic's pieces from a syndicate, but paying so little attention that they would run the same review twice in one issue, or run reviews of films not screening in LA), and as of last week were, after taking five days to even report second-hand on the police shooting in Trader Joes, vehemently arguing in their own instagram comments that guns keep everyone safe and it's wrong for anyone to criticise police for shooting wildly into crowded grocery stores and killing civilian shoppers. it's not the same paper as it was in December, let alone 2016.
― 16, 35, DCP, Go! (sic), Wednesday, 8 August 2018 20:13 (five years ago) link
All I said was "readers of L.A. Weekly"... you're free to insert "(as of in May 2016)" for clarity, if you like.
― empire bro-lesque (morrisp), Wednesday, 8 August 2018 20:20 (five years ago) link
(I haven't read it since probably 2005 or so)
― empire bro-lesque (morrisp), Wednesday, 8 August 2018 20:21 (five years ago) link
― outside, you're never alone. (Austin), Wednesday, August 8, 2018 2:25 PM (one hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
a bunch of the clubs look significantly smaller than that
― The Desus & Mero Chain (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 8 August 2018 20:32 (five years ago) link
sic — That's really upsetting. I had no idea about all that. Makes me just take a step back and realize how damaging something like Steel Panther truly is, especially when they have publications enabling them. At least the people of TC Electronic realized their lack of judgement when they were called on it.
ums — Not small enough.
― outside, you're never alone. (Austin), Wednesday, 8 August 2018 20:35 (five years ago) link
austin i called clear channel all steel panther shows have been relocated to the lowest-revenue taco bell location in each respective city
― The Desus & Mero Chain (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 8 August 2018 20:37 (five years ago) link
Still not small enough.
― outside, you're never alone. (Austin), Wednesday, 8 August 2018 20:39 (five years ago) link
man wait'll you get a load of these Warrant fellows
― fuck the NRA (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 8 August 2018 20:48 (five years ago) link
I used to think Steel Panther was a band created strictly to tour House of Blues locations. They used to hit the one in Houston every three months.
― Ubering With The King (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 8 August 2018 20:49 (five years ago) link
I know. It's just that, in 2018, people shouldn't be allowed to get away with things like this.
― outside, you're never alone. (Austin), Wednesday, 8 August 2018 20:52 (five years ago) link
there's an audience for it
and for things much worse (and much more popular) than this
doesn't seem worth expending energy on imo
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 8 August 2018 20:54 (five years ago) link
I have a feeling Austin may be trolling at this point...
― empire bro-lesque (morrisp), Wednesday, 8 August 2018 20:55 (five years ago) link
Absolutely not. It is genuinely disheartening to see such an obvious display of misogyny get shined off as, "Oh, haha, they're doing it as a joke!"
― outside, you're never alone. (Austin), Wednesday, 8 August 2018 21:03 (five years ago) link
I don't think anyone's argued it was a funny joke
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 8 August 2018 21:43 (five years ago) link
― outside, you're never alone. (Austin)
i agree, ban all effects pedals
― Arch Bacon (rushomancy), Thursday, 9 August 2018 00:24 (five years ago) link
I used to think Steel Panther was a band created strictly to tour House of Blues locations.
almost got taken to one of their shows probably a decade ago at the Las Vegas HoB
which pretty much would be the ideal location: Vegas is completely unsubtle, completely packed with brash celebrations of past hedonism, and 100% manufactured
I think my friend who was on a local roller derby team there was considering it because a couple of her teammates were going
― mh, Thursday, 9 August 2018 01:11 (five years ago) link
Austin got em bounced down to Burger King that's the best I can do
― The Desus & Mero Chain (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, 9 August 2018 01:20 (five years ago) link
y'all i just want you to know i'm going to cite this thread and ilm's collective befuddlement at the idea that steel panther has an audience every time somebody starts complaining about how "rockist" ilm is. for probably like the next five years.
― Arch Bacon (rushomancy), Thursday, 9 August 2018 03:16 (five years ago) link
Who’s befuddled they have an audience?
― empire bro-lesque (morrisp), Thursday, 9 August 2018 03:25 (five years ago) link
who dat isjust my baby daddy
― fuck the NRA (Neanderthal), Thursday, 9 August 2018 03:33 (five years ago) link
^^I just discovered this song a few years ago (missed it the first time around); it’s so great...
― empire bro-lesque (morrisp), Thursday, 9 August 2018 03:52 (five years ago) link
I was aware of them but saw them the other night as special guests on the current MTV jackass/rude tube type show.
― Bimlo Horsewagon became Wheelbarrow Horseflesh (aldo), Thursday, 9 August 2018 06:34 (five years ago) link
aren't they supposed to be a bit like a hair metal Spinal Tap?
― Scritti Vanilli - The Word Girl You Know It's True (dog latin), Tuesday, August 7, 2018 7:01 PM Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
plus gross OTT sexism
― sleeve, Tuesday, August 7, 2018 7:03 PM Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
so...like a hair metal Spinal Tap?
― fuck the NRA (Neanderthal), Friday, 17 August 2018 18:58 (five years ago) link
what's wrong with being sexy
― Οὖτις, Friday, 17 August 2018 19:01 (five years ago) link
Had never heard of them before.
These guys look a little old to be doing this, joke or no. According to Wiki one of them was born in 1970. I just find that kind of sad--doing something like this "for a laugh" would wear off after a week.
― Fedora Dostoyevsky (man alive), Friday, 17 August 2018 20:19 (five years ago) link
I mean middle aged men doing "joke misogynist" hair metal is actually one of the most depressing things I've heard of in a while.
― Fedora Dostoyevsky (man alive), Friday, 17 August 2018 20:20 (five years ago) link
Hell, the singer was born in 1965. He's 53. That is fucking tragic.
― grawlix (unperson), Friday, 17 August 2018 20:33 (five years ago) link
Tom Keifer still tours
― fuck the NRA (Neanderthal), Friday, 17 August 2018 20:52 (five years ago) link
https://entertainment-theonion-com.cdn.ampproject.org/v/s/entertainment.theonion.com/pathetic-washed-up-rock-star-on-fifth-decade-of-doing-1819577132/amp?amp_js_v=a2&_gsa=1&usqp=mq331AQCCAE%3D#referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com&_tf=From%20%251%24s&share=https%3A%2F%2Fentertainment.theonion.com%2Fpathetic-washed-up-rock-star-on-fifth-decade-of-doing-1819577132
― The Desus & Mero Chain (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 17 August 2018 21:04 (five years ago) link
I want a cock throbber pedal. Then I can start my new band "Mephallica"
― octobeard, Friday, 17 August 2018 21:04 (five years ago) link
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― 16, 35, DCP, Go! (sic), Friday, 17 August 2018 21:30 (five years ago) link
Eh phones...
― The Desus & Mero Chain (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 17 August 2018 23:58 (five years ago) link