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Offers For TWISTED SISTER Reunion Are 'Getting Close' To Being Impossible To Refuse, Says DEE SNIDER

Nearly a year and a half after TWISTED SISTER's one-off onstage reunion at the Metal Hall Of Fame in Agoura Hills, California, Dee Snider was asked by "The Hook Rocks!" podcast if he and the rest of the band would consider coming back together for special performances. The singer said (as transcribe...

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EDDIE OJEDA On TWISTED SISTER's Involvement In PMRC Hearings: 'I Think We Went A Bit Far With It'

In 1985, the Parents' Music Resource Center (PMRC),led by Tipper Gore, was trying to introduce a parental warning system that would label all albums containing "offensive material." The system was to include letters identifying the type of objectionable content to be found in each album (e.g. O for...

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DEE SNIDER 'Won't Be Surprised' If TWISTED SISTER Reunites This Election Year 'To Champion Some Important Causes'

Nearly a year after TWISTED SISTER's one-off onstage reunion at the Metal Hall Of Fame in Agoura Hills, California, Dee Snider has confirmed to Canada's The Metal Voice that the band will likely come back together in 2024 for special performances at different political rallies that need TWISTED SIST...

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Watch: DEE SNIDER Performs TWISTED SISTER Classics With BRET MICHAELS's Solo Band

TWISTED SISTER singer Dee Snider joined POISON frontman Bret Michaels at an event being billed as Parti-Gras Day on September 8 at Capital Credit Union Park in Ashwaubenon, a suburb of Green Bay, Wisconsin. Also appearing at the concert were original FOREIGNER lead singer Lou Gramm and former JOURNE...

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DEE SNIDER Rules Out TWISTED SISTER Reunion Tour: 'That Part Of My Life Is Done'

Nearly five months after TWISTED SISTER's one-off onstage reunion at the Metal Hall Of Fame in Agoura Hills, California, Dee Snider was asked in a new interview with 94.5 KATS about the possibility of more live performances from him and his bandmates. He responded (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET...

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DEE SNIDER Says TWISTED SISTER Will Reunite In 2024 For Appearances 'At Different Political Rallies That Need Our Support'

A little over two months after TWISTED SISTER's one-off onstage reunion at the Metal Hall Of Fame in Agoura Hills, California, Dee Snider has told Yahoo! Entertainment that the band will come back together next year for special performances "at different political rallies that need our support." The...

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GRAHAM BONNET Says He Has Written Six New Songs With ARCH ENEMY's JEFF LOOMIS

Legendary rock singer Graham Bonnet has confirmed that he is collaborating with former NEVERMORE and current ARCH ENEMY guitarist Jeff Loomis on a new album. Explaining that the LP will be "totally separate" from what he is doing with his GRAHAM BONNET BAND, Graham revealed that he and Jeff have alr...

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DEE SNIDER: There Are 'No Plans' For More TWISTED SISTER Live Performances

Dee Snider has addressed TWISTED SISTER's future plans following the band's one-off onstage reunion at the Metal Hall Of Fame in Agoura Hills, California. The singer was speaking to Eonmusic hours before the legendary New York band's induction at the event, which took place Thursday night (January 2...

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TWISTED SISTER To Be Inducted Into 'Metal Hall Of Fame' By STEVE VAI And MIKE PORTNOY

Guitar virtuoso Steve Vai and ex-DREAM THEATER drummer Mike Portnoy will induct TWISTED SISTER's classic lineup of Dee Snider, Jay Jay French, Eddie Ojeda, Mark Mendoza and late drummer A.J Pero into the Metal Hall Of Fame at the sixth annual charity gala, set to take place January 26, 2023 at The C...

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SAXON's BIFF BYFORD On 'Wheels Of Steel': 'We Had No Sense Of Destiny. But We Did Know We'd Written Some Classics'

The latest issue of Rock Candy magazine celebrates the making of SAXON's game-changing New Wave Of British Heavy Metal album "Wheels Of Steel" with a 10-page mega feature including new interviews with every band member involved in the creation of the album, together with the producer and engineer. T...

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CHRIS IMPELLITTERI Says There Is 'No Rivalry' Between Him And YNGWIE MALMSTEEN

Neo-classical guitarist Chris Impellitteri has once again dismissed suggestions that he is an "Yngwie Malmsteen clone," saying that he views himself as much more of a child of players like Al Di Meola blended with a Eddie Van Halen and Randy Rhoads. Impellitteri first made his mark in 1987 with the...

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GRAHAM BONNET BAND To Release 'Day Out In Nowhere' Album In May

GRAHAM BONNET BAND will release a new studio album, "Day Out In Nowhere", on May 13 via Frontiers Music Srl. The official music video for the LP's first single, "Imposter", can be seen below. Graham is joined by longtime bandmates Beth-Ami Heavenstone (bass) and Conrado Pesinato (guitar) on this new...

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GRAHAM BONNET BAND's New Studio Album To Feature Guest Appearance By DEEP PURPLE's DON AIREY

Graham Bonnet has announced that he is currently recording a new studio album with bandmates Beth-Ami Heavenstone (bass),Conrad Pesinato (guitar) and Mark Zonder (drums). In addition to the core band, some special guests will be lending their talents to the album, including legendary keyboardist Do...

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TIMO TOLKKI's INFINITE VISIONS Calls It Quits After Failing To Meet Its Crowdfunding Goal For Debut Album

INFINITE VISIONS, the band formed by ex-STRATOVARIUS guitarist and songwriter Timo Tolkki, has has called it quits after failing to raise sufficient funds to record its debut album. The group said in a statement: "Unfortunately, as INFINITE VISIONS did not meet its crowdfunding goal there will be no...

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GRAHAM BONNET Is 'Not Bothered' By There Being Two Versions Of ALCATRAZZ

Graham Bonnet has clarified his recent comment that he will "still be recording and performing with ALCATRAZZ" despite the fact that he has parted ways with the musicians who performed with him on the band's latest album, "Born Innocent". On December 4, ALCATRAZZ members Jimmy Waldo, Joe Stump, Gary...