TWISTED SISTER Drummer On Early Struggles And Challenges
October 11, 2007TWISTED SISTER drummer A.J. Pero spoke to Bret Amazzeing and Maurice about the challenges and struggles that he had to overcome to become the "superstar" that he is today. Watch the two-and-a-half-minute clip below.
As previously reported, TWISTED SISTER's classic track "We're Not Gonna Take It" is being used in a TV commercial to advertise YAZ, described as "the only birth control proven to treat emotional and physical premenstrual symptoms that are severe enough to impact the lives of women who choose the pill for contraception."
Watch the commercial in question at this location.
"We're Not Gonna Take It" was included on TWISTED SISTER's 1984 album "Stay Hungry". The song was first released as a single (with B-side song "You Can't Stop Rock & Roll") on April 27, 1984. The "Stay Hungry" album was released two weeks later, on May 10, 1984. The single made #21 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart, making it their only Top 40 single, and the song was ranked #47 on VH1's "100 Greatest '80s Songs".
"We're Not Gonna Take It" was written by vocalist Dee Snider. As influences for the song, he cites the glam rock band SLADE, the punk band SEX PISTOLS, and the Christmas carol, "O Come, All Ye Faithful".
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