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The early days saw the act taking whatever gig they could, including appearing in a Discover Card advertizement as "Danger Kitty" and in the sitcom Drew Carey Show as themselves. Also in 2003, their song Death to All But Metal was included in the compilation CD, Hey, That's What I Call Sludge! Vol. 1 by the 'Metal Sludge' web site. As Metal Skool their cover of the song Fantasy by Aldo Nova was used as the opening musical theme for the MTV program Rob Dyrdek's Fantasy Factory.
By 2008, the act had changed their name to the present to release Feel the Steel (2009); Eyes of a Panther from the album would be featured on the soundtrack for the video game Skate 3.
Balls Out would follow in 2011 to continue their revival of the glam metal (aka "hair metal") style of the heavy metal genre best known in the 1980s and debuted at 40 on the Billboard 200 chart and at 1 on the Billboard Comedy chart with first-week sales of 12,000 copies in the US. The Comedy hits chart? Indeed, Steel Panther's music is heavy metal peppered with tongue and cheek lyrical content.
Steel Panther released their first Live DVD British Invasion in September 2012.
Their third studio album All You Can Eat (2014) would be released on the independent label 'Open E Music'. The third single, Gloryhole, was released in April 2014 on Steel Panther's own VEVO channel. On March 26, 2014 On March 26, 2014 the album was leaked online and available for downloading on various websites.
Lower the Bar (2017), Heavy Metal Rules (2019) and On the Prowl (2023) followed; the latter coinciding with a performance on the America Has Talent TV program to promote it.
Footnote: Do not confuse this band's former name with that of Dallas, Texas, USA based Metal Shop.
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