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TWISTED SISTER
CURRENT NAME	Twisted Sister
FORMER NAMES	-
ORIGIN	New York, New York, USA
STATUS	Disbanded
FORMED IN	1972
GENRE	Hard rock
STYLE	-
LYRICAL THEME	-
BAND ADDED	2003-05-04, 00:00
LAST UPDATE	2008-05-07, 16:35

Band biography

The legendary American hardrock band Twisted Sister was formed in December 1972 in New York as a cover band, performing songs by bands such as Rolling Stones, David Bowie and Mott The Hoople. In 1974 they were offered to record a song called "To Serve Man" for the soundtrack to a "Twilight Zone" TV episode but even if they finalized the song it was aborted when the band's vocalist Michael forgot to turn up for the sessions. In late 1975 they recorded several demo songs with their own material. In early 1976 the band recruited their new front man Dee Snider who had previously been singing with the club band Heathen.

After a couple of line-up changes the band signed a deal with Martin Hooker and his Secret label which was then mainly a punk label. After the demise of Secret Records the band went back to the club circuit before signing with Atlantic through Phil Carson after a performance of Channel 4's legendary show "The Tube". Their album "Come Out And Play" in 1985 was guested by Don Dokken (Dokken), Alice Cooper, Billy Joel and Brian Setzer (The Stray Cats). Dee Snider announced plans for a solo album during 1987 and in January 1988 the band officially announced their breakup.

Former members Add - Fetch
Joe "Seven"	1987-1988	Drums	See also Hammerhead
A.J. Pero	1982-1986	Drums	See also Cities
Joey Brighton	1981-1982	Drums
Ritchie Teeter	1980-1981	Drums
Mark "The	1978-1988	Bass
Tony Petri	1976-1980	Drums	See also Plasmatics, The
Dee Snider	1976-1988	Vocals
Kevin John	1975-1976	Drums
Eddie "Fingers"	1975-1988	Guitars
Keith "Angel"	1975-1975	Guitars
Frank "Rick	1975-1975	Vocals
Mel "Starr"	1972-1975	Drums
Kenneth Harrison-Neill	1972-1978	Bass
Jay Jay	1972-1988	Guitars, vocals
Billy "Diamond"	1972-1974	Guitars
Michael "Valentine"	1972-1974	Vocals

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Unknown / none

Buy Twisted Sister albums

Official releases Add
1982	Under The Blade	Secret
1984	Stay Hungry	Atlantic Records
1985	Come Out And Play	Atlantic Records
1987	Love Is For Suckers	Atlantic Records
1992	Big Hits And Nasty Cuts (comp.)	Atlantic Records

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