Steel Panther video exclusive! Five tips for 'sexualising' your live show

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WARNING: Explicit language and spandex crotch footage

Total Guitar caught up with Satchel from Steel Panther at this year's Download festival and the guitarist very kindly supplied us with his best five tips for 'sexualising' your live show. Brace yourselves.

Now we appreciate that 'sexualising' your live show isn't the main aspiration of every guitarist and, for that reason, we'd like to take this opportunity to warn you to NOT TO WATCH THIS VIDEO if you're at all offended by cursing, spandex, 80s hair and worryingly close shots of Satchel's crotch.

However, if it takes more than a slightly confused 80s cock-rocker to put you off your internet viewing, watch and enjoy…

Matthew Parker
Matthew Parker

Matt is a freelance journalist who has spent the last decade interviewing musicians for the likes of Total Guitar, Guitarist, Guitar World, MusicRadar, NME.com, DJ Mag and Electronic Sound. In 2020, he launched CreativeMoney.co.uk, which aims to share the ideas that make creative lifestyles more sustainable. He plays guitar, but should not be allowed near your delay pedals.

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