Hair metal favorites Twisted Sister are set to reunite next year to celebrate their 50th anniversary, but they’ll be without longtime bassist Mark Mendoza. Despite the big announcement, Twisted Sister didn’t share any key details about the trek, such as when the tour will take place and what cities the …
Read More »See Tom Morello, in Comic Book Form, Praise Dee Snider's 'Heroic' Free Speech Moment
Thirty-eight years ago today, Mr. Snider went to Washington. A new graphic novel, Dee Snider: He’s Not Gonna Take It (due out Nov. 21), illustrates the fateful day the Twisted Sister frontman spoke in defense of free speech, alongside Frank Zappa and John Denver, at a Senate hearing regarding placing …
Read More »Dee Snider Insists He's Still an LGBT Ally, But Says Community 'Needs Moderates'
Twisted Sister’s Dee Snider insisted he remains an ally of the LGBTQ community and argued those with moderate views should not be labeled as transphobes after he was dropped from this year’s San Francisco Pride event for supporting Paul Stanley’s transphobic tweet. “I was not aware the Transgender community expects …
Read More »SF Pride Drops Dee Snider Performance After He Supported Paul Stanley's Transphobic Tweet
Dee Snider’s planned performance at San Francisco Pride in June has been called off after the Twisted Sister singer voiced his support for Paul Stanley’s transphobic tweet. “San Francisco Pride was on the cusp of announcing Twisted Sister’s ‘We’re Not Gonna Take It’ as the unofficial rallying cry of this …
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