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词条 Ralph Saenz
释义

  1. Early life

  2. Career

  3. Personal life

  4. Discography

     With Steel Panther  With Metal Sludge  With L.A. Guns  Guest 

  5. References

  6. External links

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| image = 20170614-029-Nova Rock 2017-Steel Panther-Michael Starr.jpg
| image_size =
| caption = Starr performing in 2017
|name = Ralph Saenz
|alias = David Lee Ralph
Michael Diamond
Michael Saenz
Michael Starr
|background = solo_singer
|birth_name = Ralph Michael Saenz
|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1965|5|17|mf=y}}
|birth_place =Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
|origin = Van Nuys, California, U.S.
|instrument = Vocals, guitar, bass, keyboard, percussion
|genre = Glam metal, hard rock
|occupation = Singer, songwriter, musician
|years_active = late 1980s–present
|label =
|associated_acts = Steel Panther, L.A. Guns, Ninja Sex Party, AFI
|website =
}}Ralph Michael Saenz (born May 17, 1965), better known by the stage name Michael Starr, is an American singer, songwriter, and musician. He is best known as the lead singer of the comedic glam metal band Steel Panther.[1]

Early life

Ralph Michael Saenz was born on May 17, 1965 in Chicago, Illinois. He is of Spanish and Swedish descent.[2] He was raised primarily in Van Nuys, California, where his father was a college professor.

Career

Saenz was the lead singer for the David Lee Roth-era Van Halen tribute band Atomic Punks from May 1994 to December 2008, where he used the stage name David Lee Ralph. He was briefly the lead singer for L.A. Guns, singing on the Wasted EP. He also has sung for the bands 7% Solution, First Cause, Longgone, and Nightfall. The latter was featured on the KNAC radio sponsored Pure Rock compilation, with Ralph going under the name Michael Saenz.

Saenz appeared briefly in the 2001 film Rock Star, seen in the glass booth auditioning when Mark Wahlberg's and Jennifer Aniston's characters walk into the audition. He glares at the two before Wahlberg's character takes his turn to audition. He provided background vocals for AFI on the albums Sing the Sorrow and Decemberunderground.[3]

Personal life

Saenz and his wife, Jocelyn, live in Los Angeles, California.

Discography

With Steel Panther

{{Main|Steel Panther discography}}
  • Hole Patrol (2003)
  • Feel the Steel (2009)
  • Balls Out (2011)
  • All You Can Eat (2014)
  • Lower The Bar (2017)

With Metal Sludge

  • Hey That's What I Call Sludge Vol – 1 (2003) Compilation feat: original demo of Death To All But Metal

With L.A. Guns

  • Wasted (1998)

Guest

  • 6969 (Dick Elders vocals)
  • Gus G. I Am the Fire (Redemption vocals)

References

1. ^ 
2. ^From an interview with the Swedish magazine Hårdrock.
3. ^http://www.artistdirect.com/artist/ralph-saenz/648335

External links

  • Rock Pit Interview
  • {{IMDb name|1077824}}
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9 : 1965 births|American male comedians|21st-century American comedians|American rock singers|Glam metal musicians|L.A. Guns members|Living people|Steel Panther|University of California, Berkeley alumni

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