Russ Parrish is an American

United States

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 guitar

Guitar

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ist known by his stage name Satchel in the glam metal

Glam metal

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 band Steel Panther

Steel Panther

Steel Panther is a glam metal band from Los Angeles, California mostly known for their profane and humorous lyrics as well as their exaggerated on-stage personas...

 (formerly known as Metal Skool). He was also a member of Paul Gilbert

Paul Gilbert

Paul Brandon Gilbert is an American guitarist. He is well known for his technical guitar work with Racer X and Mr...

's Hollywood fun band, the Electric Fence.

Russ also is the leader of his own band called The Thornbirds with Darren Leader who is also a member of Steel Panther, Guitarist, Jeff Duncan, is a former member of rock-metal bands Odin, Armored Saint, The Atomic Punks, and DC4. Rounding out the group is bassist Dean Cameron

Dean Cameron

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In The early 1990s Russ was an instructor at The Guitar Institute of Technology (G.I.T.) at Hollywood's Musician's Institute.
Russ played guitar for Jeff Pilson's post- Dokken band War & Peace and released one CD, before leaving to join Rob Halford's Fight.
In the early to mid 1990s Russ was a member of Rob Halford's band Fight

Fight (band)

Fight was an American heavy metal band assembled by Judas Priest frontman, Rob Halford, after his departure from that band in 1992. He took with him from Judas Priest and Racer X drummer Scott Travis, though Travis also continued to drum for Judas Priest...

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In 1995, Parrish played guitar in Kevin Gilbert

Kevin Gilbert

Kevin Matthew Gilbert was an American songwriter, musician, composer, producer and collaborator born in Sacramento, California, later living in San Mateo, California where he attended Junipero Serra High School...

's touring band (dubbed "Thud") in support of Gilbert's Thud

Thud (album)

-Track listing:#"When You Give Your Love to Me" - 3:20#"Goodness Gracious" - 4:08#"Joytown" - 4:53#"Waiting" - 5:05#"Tea for One" - 5:49#"Shadow Self" - 6:66#"The Tears of Audrey" - 4:47#"Shrug " - 3:54#"All Fall Down" - 5:35...

 album. Parrish can be seen performing with Gilbert on Welcome to Joytown - Thud Live at the Troubadour, a DVD/CD combo released in 2009 documenting the band's June 1, 1995 concert at The Troubador

The Troubadour

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 in Los Angeles

Los Ángeles

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In 1996, he played guitar with Sebastian Bach

Sebastian Bach

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 on vocals in the song Rock Bottom

Rock Bottom

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 for an Ace Frehley

Ace Frehley

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 tribute album Spacewalk (A Salute To Ace Frehley)
Since his work in Steel Panther, he is currently endorsed by Kramer Guitars.

Satchel has no tattoos due to his phobia of needles

Trypanophobia

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Equipment

He plays Kramer Pacer guitars into Fender

Fender

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 EVH 5150III amplifiers. In the past, he used Marshall

Marshall

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JCM 2000 (both TSL and DSL) amps, and both Peavey 5150 and Triple X amplifiers.