Comments on: Steel Panther: The “Starship Troopers” of Heavy Metal?

By: perich

perich — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 21:22:03 +0000

@Lee: why can’t I stop listening to “Party All Day (F*** All Night)”? Twice in one day isn’t enough anymore. It’s IN my HEAD.

By: OVERTHINKING STEEL PANTHER | MetalSucks

OVERTHINKING STEEL PANTHER | MetalSucks — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 17:31:40 +0000

[...] great about OverthinkingIt’s Steel Panther piece is that it delves deeply (very deeply) into every facet of the band’s approach — their [...]

By: lee

lee — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 14:34:19 +0000

@Paul @Valatan, good points; I was taking too narrow of a reading of the y-i substitution in band names.

Intentional misspellings in band names are pretty silly, but look how much cooler they are compared to the correct spellings:

Led Zeppelin = > Lead Zeppelin
Def Leppard = > Deaf Leopard
Megadeth = > Megadeath
Limp Bizkit = > Limp Biscuit
Styx = > Sticks (which probably doesn’t count, since “Styx” is the correct spelling for the river, but it’s still funny to imagine a band called “Sticks.”)

oh, and of course:

Beatles = > Beetles

Back to Steel Panther: it’s interesting to note that one of their previous names before becoming SP was “Metal Skool.” Which makes it all the more surprising why they missed the opportunity to mangle the spelling of their current name. Perhaps for Google-ability?

By: Valatan

Valatan — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 04:12:20 +0000

@Paul:

Or, you know, my personal favorite: Enuff Z’nuff. Though i guess a counterargument would be that Poison and Firehouse (sadly) spelled their names correctly. But, certainly, the horrible band name misspelling is a music trope, and a heavy/hair metal trope on top of that

By: Paul

Paul — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 04:14:49 +0000

@lee: don’t overthink it man.

The point I’m sure Valatan was making was not that the substitution of ‘I’ with ‘Y’ makes the band name an 80′s one. Just that the Glam/metal rock bands of that era liked to play with their names. Especially the font of the band’s name, which are still so recognisable today, (STYX, KISS, wizZard T.REX all prominent through the 70′s/80′s).

I bet the ‘Y’ in Panthyr would have a long tail running the length of the word…… now that’s overthinking it.

By: lee

lee — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 01:26:05 +0000

@Valatan: come to think of it, is that really an 80′s thing? There are a couple other notable examples of band names where the i’s are all substituted with y’s:

Wyld Stallyns: so clearly 80′s,

Lynyrd Skynyrd: not so 80′s

I scanned this chart of metal band names (most from the 80′s, but some not) and couldn’t find any y-for-i substitution band names:

http://www.comicvsaudience.net/images/flow_heavymetal.jpg

By: Valatan

Valatan — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 15:36:45 +0000

This band loses two eighties points for not being called “Steel Panthyr”

By: sarielthrawn

sarielthrawn — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 22:21:30 +0000

Is that Justin Hawkins I can hear in “Party All Day”? And Sarah Silverman in the clip?

It’s like Tenacious D and the Darkness travelled back to the 80s and raped Motley Crue.

I just listened to the acoustic version of “Fat Girl” and I’m still giggling.

It takes a lot of skill to do what these guys are doing. I love it.

Thanks for posting Lee, you’ve made my week.

By: AtomicAtom

AtomicAtom — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 13:40:44 +0000

apparently you can’t embed things. here’s the link if anyone cares.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w4ZcT2X9Ot0

By: AtomicAtom

AtomicAtom — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 13:39:05 +0000

haha, that is so weird that you guys are bringing up steel panther. i’d never heard of them a month ago, but one of my buddies submitted a guitar solo to their ultimate shred away guitar challenge ultimate contest extreme (or some ridiculous name like that) and just found out that he won and is getting to fly to vegas to play his solo at their concert. BITCHIN’! anyway, here is his entry.

oh and cool article, i new something felt familiar about this band.