Russ Parrish

Who is Russ Parrish?

Russ Parrish is an American guitarist known by his stage name Satchel in the satirical Eighties-style glam metal band Steel Panther.

He has worked extensively with Paul Gilbert and has writing credits on several Paul Gilbert tracks

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.

In the early 1990s Russ was an instructor at The Guitar Institute of Technology 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 band Fight. In 1995, Parrish played guitar in Kevin Gilbert's touring band in support of Gilbert's Thud 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 in Los Angeles. In 1996, he played guitar with vocalist Sebastian Bach in the song, "Rock Bottom" for an Ace Frehley tribute album named Spacewalk