Genre : Hard Rock, Heavy Metal
Country of Manufacture: Germany, USA, Russia, Japan, UK
Years active: 1982 - 2011
Country : USA
Audio Codec : FLAC (*. FLAC)
Rip type : image +. cue
Bitrate : lossless
Source : CD's from personal collection.
1982 - Under The Blade
1983 - You Can't Stop Rock 'n' Roll
1984 - Stay Hungry
1985 - Come Out And Play
1987 - Love Is For Suckers
1992 - Big Hits And Nasty Cuts
1994 - Live At Hammersmith
1999 - Club Daze (The Studio Sessions)
2001 - Never Say Never ... Club Daze Vol 20
2004 - Still Hungry
2006 - A Twisted Christmas
2011 - Live At The Marquee Club
Background information
Also known as
Bent Brother, Silverstar
Origin
Oyster Bay, New York, United States
Genres
Heavy metal,[1] hard rock[2]
Years active
1972–1987, 2003–present
(reunions: 1988, 1997, 2001, 2002)
Labels
Secret, Atlantic, Spitfire, Razor & Tie
Associated acts
Van Helsing's Curse
Widowmaker
Desperado
Magellan
The Plasmatics
Hammerhead
Cities
The Dictators
Motionless In White
Website
www.twistedsister.com
Members
Jay Jay French
Eddie "Fingers" Ojeda
Dee Snider
Mark "The Animal" Mendoza
A. J. Pero
Past members
Kenny Neill
Mel Anderson
Wayne Brown
Michael O'Neill
Billy Stiger
Keith Angelino
Frank Karuba
Kevin John Grace
Tony Petri
Ritchie Teeter
Joey Brighton
Walt Woodward III
Joey Franco
Twisted Sister is an American heavy metal band from Long Island, New York. Musically, the band implements elements of traditional heavy metal bands such as Iron Maiden and Judas Priest along with a driving style that is similar to AC/DC. While the band members' famously cross-dressed appearance might seem to link them with the 1980s glam metal movement, Twisted Sister's aggressive musical style was coupled with a more grotesque use of makeup and women's clothing resulting in a product quite distinct from the more hedonistic androgyny of glam metal groups like Mötley Crüe, Ratt and Poison. Often mistaken as glam metal for their image, the band often are not recognized as glam metal and the band considers the "glam metal" tag to be inappropriate.
Twisted Sister are also ranked No.73 in VH1's 100 greatest artists of hard rock.
Although the band was formed by guitarist Jay Jay French in December 1972, all of their songs were written by Dee Snider from 1976 onward. Snider remarked to David Letterman that the proposed name for the band was "This" but was rejected for fear of fans saying "This sucks". He describes Twisted Sister as "Slade meets Sex Pistols". Twisted Sister's most well-known hits include "We're Not Gonna Take It" and "I Wanna Rock", both popularized in the USA by regular airplay on MTV in the 1980s. Many of the band's songs explore themes of parent vs. child conflicts and criticisms of the educational system.