The sleaze and the cheese were turned up to 11 during '80s-inspired heavy metal comedy act Steel Panther’s JVC- and Spin-sponsored set at the Key Club in Hollywood last night (July 21). Openers Blacklist Union celebrated their new CD with black leather- and-bombast- fueled rock, and Albatross warmed things up with a swamp-metal fest.

You can teach a dirty old dog new tricks, but he'll still be a dirty old dog, and thankfully, Social Distortion embodied this maxim at their sold-out House of Blues show in Anaheim last night (Dec. 11). Mike Ness and Co. delivered new takes on old favorites, proving that after 30 years in the SoCal punk scene, the band's raw ferocity and