Steel Panther
Keswick Theater
Glenside, Pa
March 17, 2023
By: Steve Trager
Music has that unforgiving melody that transcends our minds back into a time where image and lifestyle collided into what many of us often call it the Glamour Rock Days in the Eighties’.
Many of us still thrive on our beloved bands in the eighties that still retain our youth as party animals flocking to stages far and wide with a genre’ that still holds bond between music, images and bombastic hits creating that one of a kind sound.
We can rekindle that momentous time period with a day dream with one band that can bring the party full on center stage to fans spanning a countless generation, who thrive on the glamour rock days and that one band is STEEL PANTHER.
By now everyone has seen Steel Panther at one time or another, their music is filled with tainted lyrics and bite sized rock anthems that scream funny, for many it’s a joy ride of antics, others it still is that eighties musical vibe to which four individuals who collectively bring the music heat night after night and they do it nothing short of greatness as a band.
Earlier this year, they released as new CD entitled “ On the Prowl “ to which is an instant favorite of mine as I to still live through the retrospect of the hair metal days with bands I’ve idolized as a kid growing to love heavy metal glamour rock.
It is of no surprise for a band that can have fans flock to see them as they are a great live entertaining band with that one of a kind energetic persona pulsating from their shows.
While they continue to wow fans with crazy explicit song lyrics, Steel panther has played every venue in the east coast reign that most recently propelled a sellout at the Keswick Theatre within a blink of an eye.
As their tour is still on going through 2023 celebrating a great new recording, Unrated magazine caught up with a show several months back at the peak of The On the Prowl Tour with a brand new bassist “ Spyder “ who fits quite well.
Seem like yesterday this band quickly stumbled into the hearts of many fellow rockers yet it’s been twenty plus years and still going strong like a well oiled machine at peak performance and no turning point in slowing down anytime soon.
Their most recent show at the Keswick Theatre even if this was several plus months ago, still feels like it was yesterday with an all new stage production and a new bassist on hand Steel Panther delivered on the best headliner shows to date in the Philly area.
The Party bell rang and the show was underway as they opened with “Eyes of a Panther “from 2009’s Feel the Steel, an absolute ice breaker to what was an epic show with numerous songs that were just filled with humorous laughter and the abundance of stage banter collectively keeping fans wanting to hear more energized songs from back catalog of recordings.
Sadly they left out “17 Girls in a Row” and their remake cover of Journey’s “Don’t Stop Believin’ the show was still nothing short of great.
For anyone who loves the eighties’ when Image was everything and music was just the icing on the rock and roll train cake, then Steel Panther certainly is a band you can’t live without.
Every show is unique and uplifting to say the most about this band going forward and seeing them sell out a small place is just another point of how great they truly are.
Best show I have seen in a packed venue in a long time!
