Steel Panther rocking House of Blues

We should probably get this out of the way: If you have delicate sensibilities — and, just to be clear, this is not a high bar — if you’re like most other fine, upstanding, card-carrying members of the moral majority who abhor any form of mouth-breathing misogyny, you’ll want to skip this one.

No, really. Keep it moving, chief. This is not for you.

Steer clear of Steel Panther.

Still here, huh? Well, don’t say you haven’t been warned. With song titles like “You’re Beautiful When You Don’t Talk” (out of three albums worth of material, that’s about the safest one that we can print in this family publication), it’s virtually impossible to take these cats seriously.

That’s OK. Turns out, they don’t take themselves at all seriously. Or do they?

As gloriously over-the-top as their shtick is, the musicianship is serious. No kidding. Led by Ralph Saenz (aka David Lee Ralph of Atomic Punks fame), these knuckle-dragging maestros play hair metal with a proficiency that’s as good, if not better, than actual practitioners from the late ’80s.

Bonus: The shows are a stupid amount of fun — just don’t take your mom, your sister or your girlfriend.

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