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Daniel "Dee" Snider [1] (born March 15, 1955) is an American musician, best known as the lead singer and songwriter of the heavy metal band Twisted Sister.The band's song "We're Not Gonna Take It" reached No. 21 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart and was ranked No. 47 on 100 Greatest 80's Songs.
Twisted Sister was an American heavy metal band formed in 1972 in Ho-Ho-Kus, New Jersey, and later based on Long Island, New York. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Their best-known songs include " We're Not Gonna Take It " and " I Wanna Rock ", both of which were associated with music videos noted for their sense of slapstick humor.
Ruff Cutts was released in the UK only by the independent label Secret Records, who signed the band in 1982.While the band were in England recording their debut album, Under the Blade, the head of the label, Martin Hooker, proposed capitalising on some of the band's buzz in the British music press by releasing an EP to "cope with demand for Twisted Sister product" and provide "a taster of what ...
Twisted Sister was an American heavy metal band from Ho-Ho-Kus, New Jersey.Formed in late December 1972 as cover band Silver Star, the group changed its name to Twisted Sister in February 1973 and originally included lead vocalist Michael "Valentine" O'Neill, guitarists Jay Jay French and Billy "Diamond" Steiger, bassist Kenny Neill and drummer Mel "Starr" Anderson.
He joined Twisted Sister in April 1982, after seeing them play at a club and being told that the group was in need of a drummer. Several years later, upon his departure from Twisted Sister in July 1986, he re-joined Cities. He participated in Twisted Sister's 1997 reunion and continued to perform with the band until his death.
"I Am (I'm Me)" was Twisted Sister's debut single on Atlantic and preceded the release of its parent album, You Can't Stop Rock 'n' Roll.It was the label's senior vice president, Phil Carson, who signed the band to the label after seeing them perform live and, after then receiving a demo tape from them, identified "I Am (I'm Me)", among others, as a potential hit.
Jay Jay French (born John French Segall, July 20, 1952) is an American guitarist, manager, record producer and founding member of the heavy metal band Twisted Sister. [1] He is a columnist, author and motivational speaker who oversees licensing and intellectual property rights for the Twisted Sister brand.
Timeline of former nameplates merging into Macy's. Many United States department store chains and local department stores, some with long and proud histories, went out of business or lost their identities between 1986 and 2006 as the result of a complex series of corporate mergers and acquisitions that involved Federated Department Stores and The May Department Stores Company with many stores ...