![]() ![]() In 1993, he composed the theme song for The Terrible Thunderlizards. The usual line up included Dee Snider, Derek Tailer, Charlie Mills, Keith Alexander, and Spike. In the late 1990s, Snider toured with a "self-tribute" band called Dee Snider's SMFs (Sick Mother Fuckers), sometimes featuring ex-Twisted Sister drummer A.J. The quartet recorded two albums with limited underground success, titled Blood and Bullets and Stand By For Pain. In the 1990s, Snider formed Widowmaker with Joe Franco, a good friend to Twisted Sister and drummer on the album Love Is for Suckers, as well as Al Pitrelli and Marc Russel. The group's only album, Ace, has never been officially released but was heavily bootlegged on CD under the title Bloodied But Unbowed. It was during this time that Snider formed Desperado, a band featuring ex-Iron Maiden drummer Clive Burr, ex-Gillan guitarist Bernie Torme, and bassist Marc Russel. Touring lasted only into October that year and on the 12th of that month, Snider announced his departure from the band. The record was originally planned to be a Dee Snider solo effort, but Atlantic Records encouraged a release under the Twisted Sister name. Tipper Gore in particular became the face of the PMRC and a public foil for Snider in the hearings.Ī fifth Twisted Sister album would be made in 1987's Love Is for Suckers. power brokers Senator Al Gore (D-TN), and Secretary of State James Baker. The PMRC was initially formed by the wives of Washington, D.C. Such a system was never implemented, but the result of the hearing brought about what is now the generic "Parental Advisory: Explicit Content" label. O for occult themes, S for sex, D for drugs, V for violence, etc.).ĭee Snider, John Denver, and Frank Zappa all testified against censorship and the proposed warning system. The system was to include letters identifying the type of objectionable content to be found in each album (e.g. In 1985, a Senate hearing was instigated by the Parents Music Resource Center (PMRC), who wanted to introduce a parental warning system that would label all albums containing offensive material. That same year in November, Twisted Sister released Come Out and Play which sold over 500,000 copies but was marred by a poor concert tour. It featured metal news, interviews with metal artists, and in-studio co-hosts. The first episode aired in June 1985 and was hosted by Dee Snider. This would become the band's most successful record with the hits "We're Not Gonna Take It" and "I Wanna Rock." To emphasize the "twisted sister" image, Snider adopted a trademark persona of metal-inspired drag with long blond hair, an excessive amount of eye shadow and rouge, and bright red lipstick.ĭuring the mid-1980s, before the premiere of Headbangers Ball, the first MTV program to consist entirely of heavy metal videos was Heavy Metal Mania. Their third album, Stay Hungry, hit shelves on May 10, 1984. Less than a year later, Twisted Sister released their sophomore effort, You Can't Stop Rock 'n' Roll. The group released their first studio album, Under the Blade, in September 1982 and developed a following in the UK. ![]() In early 1976, Snider joined Twisted Sister and became the sole songwriter of the band thereafter. Snider was also selected for the All-State Chorus for singing Snider and his siblings were raised as Episcopalians after his mother joined the church.Īs a child he sang in a church choir, several school choruses and the Baldwin HS Concert Choir. His father was Jewish and his mother was from a Catholic family of Swiss descent. His father, Bob, is a retired New York State Trooper and Nassau County court clerk, and his mother, Marguerite, is a retired art teacher. He was ranked 83 in the Hit Parader's Top 100 Metal Vocalist of All Time.īorn in Astoria, Queens, New York, Snider grew up in nearby Baldwin and graduated from Baldwin Senior High School in 1973. ![]()
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