Away from the Murfreesboro town lights and sirens sits a place of solace and fresh air, a place of recreation to bring the dog for a hike, have a picnic, toss a round of disc golf . . . or even get married. This very place, on April 24, will shift to hard and raunchy metal, presenting comedic, heavy glam-metal foursome Steel Panther along with special guests, alternative Southern rockers Black Stone Cherry, live at Hop Springs Beer Park. Country rockers The Josephines will open the evening.
Deep into their Heavy Metal Rules tour, L.A.’s inappropriately crass, highly foul, goofy-as-hell, hair-laden glam band Steel Panther parodies the excessive lives of revered inspirations such as Poison, Twisted Sister and Judas Priest onstage, in the studio, and in real time. Steel Panther continues to promote its latest album, 2019’s Heavy Metal Rules, playing slamming originals (such as metal puncher “I’m Not Your Bitch”) as well as displaying a softer side in power-ballad “Always Gonna Be a Ho.” Since its conception, Steel Panther has landed No. 1 spots on the Billboard comedy chart and has toured with Alice Cooper, Guns N’ Roses and Mötley Crüe.
Not quite as over-the-top and colorful, but just as rocking, Kentucky’s well-traveled, Southern radio-rock powerhouse Black Stone Cherry opens for Steel Panther with its wall of sound—the guys get loud. “Again,” the single from 2020’s The Human Condition, shows the band is in tune with its raised-Southern material featuring hints of ’00s mainstream rock (Nickelback, Creed) and a whiff of Audioslave—uplifting and empowering rock, America-style.
And those who appreciate hard rock bands paying tribute to the blues may find interest in Black Stone Cherry’s Black to Blues series, performing amplified versions of tunes from Muddy Waters, Willie Dixon, Robert Johnson, Howlin’ Wolf and other blues legends.
Steel Panther and Black Stone Cherry rock the Hop, Saturday, April 24. The venue doors open at 1 p.m. that day with the show starting at 7 p.m. Hop Springs is located at 6790 John Bragg Hwy., in between Murfreesboro and Woodbury. Tickets start at $35.
Find tickets at ticketmaster.com or hopspringstn.com; find more information on the band at steelpanther.com and blackstonecherry.com.
