STEEL PANTHER Guitar Lesson - How To Play "If I Was The King"; Video Posted
August 15, 2014, 10 years ago
Steel Panther's Satchel reports: "Hey, kids, I’m back! Did you miss me? Don’t answer that. Here I am, back in the glorious Guitar World studios in Bakersfield, California.
Why am I back? Uh… to teach you how to rock, that’s why! I’m also here to talk about the brand-new Steel Panther album, All You Can Eat, which you are no doubt listening to right now! I came back just so that I could teach you how to play some of the incredible riffs on our new record, and I’d like to start with the song “If I Was the King”.
This song is pretty basic rock and roll in that just about everything in it is based on either the minor pentatonic scale or the blues scale - the biggest scales in rock, right? These scales come in handy.
Don’t just practice the Phrygian and Mixolydian modes - you should be basing everything on the blues and minor pentatonic scales. You might not listen to B.B. King very much, but everything he played is the foundation for all that Testament and Megadeth stuff you listen to, and it’s the foundation of Steel Panther’s music too."
Judas Priest hand-selected Steel Panther as the opening act for their Redeemer Of Souls Tour, confirmed dates are as listed.
October
3 - Hammond, IN - The Venue at Horseshoe Casino
4 - Louisville, KY - Louder Than Life Fest at Champions
9 - Brooklyn, NY - Barclays
10 - Atlantic City, NJ - Harrah's
11 - Mashantucket, CT - MGM Grand
14 - Lowell, MA - Tsongas Center at UMass
15 - Allentown, PA - PPL Center
17 - East Rutherford, NJ - Izod Center
19 - Detroit, MI - Fox Theatre
24 - Baltimore, MD - Pier Six Pavilion
28 - Duluth, GA - The Arena at Gwinnett Center
30 - Hollywood, FL - Hard Rock Live Arena
November
7 - Austin, TX - FunFunFun Fest
10 - Los Angeles, CA - Club Nokia
12 - Phoenix, AZ - Jobing Arena
13 - Highland, CA - San Manuel Casino
14 - Las Vegas, NV - The Pearl
16 - San Jose, CA - City National Civic
18 - Salt Lake City, UT - Maverik Center
Steel Panther's video for their song "Glory Hole" can be seen below, but according to the band, "You better watch it now, before it gets banned forever!"
"Glory Hole" appears on Steel Panther's new album, All You Can Eat, which was released April 1st.
