His voice sounds pretty horse in that video. I wouldn't say that it's shot, because at times he still has really nice tone, but he certainly sounds like he has a cold or road fatigue. With that said, he is touring with three guitar players and a keyboardist for an audience of 100 at best; there certainly can't be any money in that.
It goes without saying that song was a piece of crap.
As to the That Metal Show appearance, yeah, he was trying to save face and be enigmatic (or maybe he is that eccentric). I thought that it was strange that he wouldn't even attempt to sing like Kevin Dubrow on the Stump the Trunk segment. Someone like Sab Bach would have jumped at that and probably nailed it.