Russ Parrish
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Russ Parrish performing with Steel Panther at the Claremont Showgrounds (2012)
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Russell John Parrish |
| Also known as | Satchel Rikki Ratchet |
| Born |
November 24, 1970 Redwood City, California, United States |
| Origin | Los Angeles, California, United States |
| Genres | Glam metal, hard rock, heavy metal |
| Occupation(s) | Musician, songwriter |
| Instruments | Guitar, vocals, bass guitar, keyboard, percussion |
| Years active | 1992–present |
| Labels | Universal Republic |
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Kramer Pacer Yamaha Pacifica series |
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Russell John Parrish (born November 24, 1970), better known by the stage name Satchel, is an American musician. He is best known as a guitarist in the comedic glam metal band Steel Panther.
In the early 1990s, Parrish was an instructor at The Guitar Institute of Technology (G.I.T.) at Hollywood's Musician's Institute while playing with Racer X offshoot Bad Dog with vocalist Jeff Martin and The Electric Fence [1] with Martin and Paul Gilbert. He has worked extensively with Gilbert and has writing credits on several Paul Gilbert tracks. He is also the leader of his own band, The Thornbirds, with Darren Leader, Jeff Duncan, and Dean Cameron. He played guitar for Jeff Pilson's band, War & Peace, appearing on the Time Capsule album before leaving to join Rob Halford's band Fight and recording the War of Words album. Upon exiting Fight he joined Cleveland's Outta The Blue who later became The Szuters. In 1995, Parrish played guitar in Kevin Gilbert's touring band in support of Gilbert's Thud album. He can be seen performing with Gilbert on Welcome to Joytown – Thud Live at the Troubadour, a DVD and CD released in 2009, documenting the band's 1995 concert at The Troubador in Los Angeles. In 1996, Parrish played guitar with Sebastian Bach on the song "Rock Bottom" for an Ace Frehley tribute album, Spacewalk (A Salute to Ace Frehley). He also played guitar in a Van Halen tribute band with Ralph Saenz called The Atomic Punks. Russ Parrish also appeared with Corey Taylor in the Ronnie James Dio tribute album entitled "This Is Your Life" on the track "Rainbow In The Dark".
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