History Music / TwistedSister

* AfraidOfDoctors: "Under the Blade", which Snider wrote inspired by Eddie Ojeda's throat surgery.

Drummer A.J. Pero passed away in his sleep on March 20, 2015 while on tour with Adrenaline Mob and the band stated they would not continue on without Pero. [[Music/DreamTheater Mike Portnoy]], previously of both bands stood in for Pero during their farewell shows in 2015 and 2016. The band played their last ever concert on November 12, 2016.

Twisted Sister is an American HeavyMetal band from UsefulNotes/NewYorkCity. Their work fuses the shock tactics of Music/AliceCooper, the rebellious mood of the NewWaveOfBritishHeavyMetal, and the extravagant image of glam rock bands such as the Music/NewYorkDolls and Music/{{KISS}}, notably the makeup. Musically, the band implements elements of traditional heavy metal bands such as Music/JudasPriest, along with a style that is similar to early glam metal bands. The band is generally categorized as glam metal for their earlier work, although the band does not consider themselves to be so.

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. Twisted Sister's most well-known hits include "We're Not Gonna Take It" and "I Wanna Rock", both popularized by regular airplay on Creator/{{MTV}} in the 1980s. Many of the band's songs explore themes of parent vs. child conflicts and criticisms of the educational system.

''A Twisted Christmas'' is a Christmas album from Twisted Sister, released on October 17, 2006. The genesis of this album was the group was looking for something new to do. One of them mentitoned an idea for a Christmas album. Dee Snider said that he made "We're Not Gonna Take It" melody taken from "Come All Ye Faithful". Thus was born the idea of making metal versions of Christmas songs. Originally this album was going to be Twisted Sister's swan song but it was unexpectedly popular with fans and critics. They are currently working on a DVD.

Drummer A.J. Pero passed away in his sleep on March 20, 2015 while on tour with Adrenaline Mob. [[Music/DreamTheater Mike Portnoy]] was tapped to replace him, but the band will not continue on without Pero. Several farewell shows for 2015 and a 2016 farewell tour were planned.

!!Twisted Sister has examples of:

* AlanSmithee: They've performed some smaller shows under the name Bent Brother.

* BerserkButton: Snider hates being associated with pop metal, or at the very least, has very little respect for the subgenre at large, which he has very notably nicknamed "happy metal". Especially the growing tendency towards acoustic power ballads.
** In fact, he classifies his band under the genre name "hid-metal", coined by Snider himself ("hid" standing for ''hideous'', as opposed to glam).

* EightiesHair: One of the most blatant examples, which they keep alive in the 21st century.

* HairMetal: Although the genre's alternate name, Glam Metal, is rejected by Snider given they're anything but glamourous!

* [[SheCleansUpNicely He Cleans Up Nicely]]: Compare Dee Snider in the above photo, and [[http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f3/Dee_Snider_2009.jpg how he looks now.]]

* IAmTheBand: Jay-Jay French started the band, but Dee Snider ''is'' Twisted Sister.
* IconicItem: Eddie Ojeda's bulls-eye guitar (traditionally pink\black, red\black in recent years).

* PopCulturalOsmosis: The two above songs\videos are iconic, as is the band's trashy get-up. Other than that, most is hardly known by the mainstream public.

If that's your best, your best won't do"
* ShoutOut: The spoken line "You're all worthless and weak!", heard in the background of "We're Not Gonna Take It", is a quote from ''Film/AnimalHouse'', said by Doug Neidermeyer to his subordinates in ROTC. The band's music videos take it a step farther: Neidermeyer's actor, Mark Metcalf, actually appears in the videos for both "We're Not Gonna Take It" and "I Wanna Rock", with Stephen Furst (Kent Dorfman) playing the high school principal in the latter. Around half of Metcalf's dialogue in the skit portion of "We're Not Gonna Take It" is taken from ''Animal House'', and his wife even calls him "Douglas C." when trying to calm him down. Yeah, it's safe to say that Dee and the boys are fans.

'''Twisted Sister''' is an American HeavyMetal band from UsefulNotes/NewYorkCity. Their work fuses the shock tactics of Music/AliceCooper, the rebellious mood of the NewWaveOfBritishHeavyMetal, and the extravagant image of glam rock bands such as the Music/NewYorkDolls and Music/{{KISS}}, notably the makeup. Musically, the band implements elements of traditional heavy metal bands such as Music/JudasPriest, along with a style that is similar to early glam metal bands. The band is generally categorized as glam metal for their earlier work, although the band does not consider themselves to be so.

* AfraidOfDoctors: "Under the Blade", which Snider wrote inspired by Ojeda's throat surgery.

* PerspectiveFlip: This cover of "Leader of the Pack" puts the singer in the leader Jimmy's viewpoint.

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. Twisted Sister's most well-known hits include "We're Not Gonna Take It" and "I Wanna Rock", both popularized 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.

* CoverVersion: "Leader Of The Pack" by The Shangri-Las.

* NotableMusicVideos: "We're Not Gonna Take It" and "I Wanna Rock" were early {{MTV}} classics.

Drummer A.J. Pero passed away in his sleep on March 20, 2015 while on tour with Adrenaline Mob. [[Music/DreamTheater Mike Portnoy]] was tapped to replace him, but the band will not continue on without Pero. Several farewell shows for 2015 and a 2016 farewell tour are planned.

** TheSixthRanger: Mike Portnoy

* HeCleansUpNicely: Compare Dee Snider in the above photo, and [[http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f3/Dee_Snider_2009.jpg how he looks now.]]

* PopculturalOsmosis: The two above songs\videos are iconic, as is the band's trashy get-up. Other than that, most is hardly known by the mainstream public.

* VillainousCrossdresser

* HairMetal

* NonActorVehicle: Snider wrote and produced ''[=Strangeland=]'' about a psychopath obsessed with body modification. It was truly the first horror film in the "Torture" genre.

* PopculturalOsmosis

* AuthorExistenceFailure: Once A.J. Pero died, the band decided to call it a career (aside from farewell concerts with a guest drummer).

* PromotedFanboy: [[Music/DreamTheater Mike Portnoy]]. Sadly, it was [[AuthorExistenceFailure not under the best of circumstances]].

A.J. Pero passed away in his sleep on March 20, 2015 while on tour with Adrenaline Mob. [[Music/DreamTheater Mike Portnoy]] was tapped to replace him, but the band will not continue on without Pero. Several farewell shows for 2015 and a 2016 farewell tour are planned.

* TitleTrack: ''Stay Hungry'' and ''Love Is For Suckers''.

* StickyBomb[=/=]ThrowThePin: In the music video for "I Wanna Rock", TheNeidermeyer teacher tries to stop the band by throwing a grenade at them, but he ends up throwing the pin, and the grenade gets stuck on his hand, so he jumps into the school swimming pool to try defusing it, but ends up getting blasted upward, hitting his head on the diving board

* AuthorExistenceFailure: A.J. Pero.

A.J. Pero passed away in his sleep on March 20, 2015 while on tour with Adrenaline Mob. [[Music/DreamTheater Mike Portnoy]] was tapped to replace him, but the band will not continue on without him. Several farewell shows for 2015 and a 2016 farewell tour are planned.

** The teacher in the music video for "I Wanna Rock". And ''how''.