I checked in with Michael Starr of Steel Panther to wish him a belated Happy Birthday (he just turned 55) and to get the scoop on the band’s upcoming Concert to Save the World which takes place on Sunday, June 7th.This will be the band’s first ever virtual concert which will stream live from their website with proceeds from each ticket sold going to benefit Heavenly Pets Animal Rescue and Live Nation’s Crew Nation Fund (benefitting all touring personnel affected by the Covid-19 pandemic).
Michael added the following info about the show during the interview:
“I’m really looking forward to that. It’s gonna be really fun. We’re gonna do one song that we’ve never performed live before. So it should be a good surprise for everybody and I’m ready to rock it, dude. I’m really excited for it!”
Halfway into the interview, I asked Starr if he had heard from Nikki Sixx lately since their online feud late last year and he responded with the following:
“Hopefully that thing was just like a blip in the, ya know, heavy metal news for now. I think if we were to run into each other I myself would be like ‘What’s up, dude!’ That’s the last thing I wanna do, is have a band that influenced my musical taste and direction be mad at me.”
Starr later revisited the subject towards the end of the video when I asked him if he had anything else to add:
“I’d like to say that our first interview was really cool, and it was fun, and I had no idea it would take a turn like it did, and have that drama that happened with Motley Crue…well, Nikki Sixx. It was totally natural and it wasn’t meant to be, ya know…mean.”
I mentioned to Starr that he was going to make a video of myself asking everyone to get along back when they were feuding and Starr responded with the following:
“It just stopped. People were saying ‘What are you doing? Why are you guys arguing?’ and I was like ‘Yea, you’re right. Why are we arguing?’ It’s silly. There’s no reason to do that, and it’s over social media. And I know that if we were on a festival or in the same room, I’m not gonna ignore the guy. I’m a fan. I’m gonna go up and say hi. And if he wants to not be my friend, then that’s one thing but I would totally walk up to him and say hi.”
You can purchase a ticket for $15 to have access to the live stream of Steel Panther’s Concert to Save the World and find out more about the show at the link below. We are going to be tuning in to this:
Watch the full interview here!
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