Twisted sister band biography

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    Twisted Sister: An Unpublished History

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    The story of how five rock and roll thugs from New York City defied the odds, donned hideous outfits and fought their way to the top.

    “I have to tell you,” says Jay Jay French, sitting back and taking a moment to reflect on the more than year history of his band, the New York glam-metal act Twisted Sister. “I honestly don’t think I could have written a script as weird as this.”

    This writer, for one, couldn’t agree more. It’s the summer of , and I’m sitting with French in the living room of his apartment, located on Manhattan’s Upper West Side. On this day, the year-old guitarist is dressed in blue jeans and a loose-fitting t-shirt; he has on a pair of reading glasses and is sporting close-cropped, spiky brown hair. The following weekend, he will put on an outfit similar to the one he wore for the period surrounding Twisted Sister’s album Come Out and Play, with full

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    Led by mop-haired, gender-bending frontman Dee Snider, the Glam metall band Twisted Sister had a brief ride as one of the most popular metall bands of the 80s, driven in part bygd heavy MTV airplay of videos for their hit singles “We&#;re Not Gonna Take It" and "I Wanna Rock."

    The band formed in the early 70s in suburban Long Island, New York. Initially their music reflected the Glam Rock influence of the New York Dolls, but when lead singer Dee Snider joined in early the grupp took on a heavier sound, with influence from the music and theatricality of Alice Cooper and KISS. Their popularity spiked with local Metal fans, but the band struggled to move beyond the club circuit.

    That changed with the skiva Stay Hungry. Driven bygd massive MTV airplay of the band’s videos—mini movies that cartoonishly pitted the band against authority figures—the album went triple platinum, and the band toured extensively.

    The grupp attracted less favo

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    List of Twisted Sister members

    Two lineups of Twisted Sister in (top) and (bottom).

    Twisted Sister was an American heavy metal band from Ho-Ho-Kus, New Jersey. Formed in late December as cover band Silver Star, the group changed its name to Twisted Sister in February 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.[1][2] The band took a short hiatus in December , after O'Neill instigated a fight with Anderson and threatened to shoot the drummer.[3] They returned early the following year with new vocalist Frank "Rick Prince" Karuba and guitarist Keith "Angel" Angelino (in place of Steiger), although both had left before the end of the year, with French and Angelino's replacement Eddie "Fingers" Ojeda taking over lead vocal duties temporarily before another short hiatus.[4]

    By February , Twisted Sister had r