Steel Panther Were 'Bummed' By Grunge Movement

Steel Panther frontman Michael Starr has admitted his distaste for the grunge scene that took over music in the early 90s.

When discussing the band's motto of having a good time and their niche heavy metal sound, Starr took aim at the shift that brought bands such as Nirvana and Soundgarden to the top of the charts in that era.

“I mean, the '80s was great fun – you could have sex without a condom and party, then the '90s came around and we got all depressed and worried about diseases, then Nirvana came around and it was just, 'Oh man', it was just, 'Eeh!'.”

Starr also described their track Death To All But Metal as his favourite Steel Panther song because of its message.

“Like I said, the late '80s, early '90s, metal was kind of dying out, Nirvana and Soundgarden were taking over and we were bummed, but we never stopped playing metal. I remember talking to Satchel [guitar] about it and we didn't know what to do; no labels wanted to hear our demos, all our buddies were cutting their hair and playing grunge, so we just thought, 'Fuck it,, and started playing covers, Motley Crue covers, Van Halen, whatever, we just kept doing it, and I think Death To All But Metal really describes what Steel Panther is all about.”

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