Dee Snider

David Daniel "Dee" Snider (Massapequa, New York, March 15, 1955) is an American singer, songwriter, radio personality and actor, vocalist of the glam metal band Twisted Sister. He was ranked number 83 on the list of the '100 best metal singers of all time'. made by the music magazine Hit Parader.

Career

1970s to 1980s

In early 1976, Snider joined Twisted Sister and thereafter became the band's sole songwriter. The group released their first studio album, Under the Blade, in September 1982 and developed a following in the United Kingdom. Less than a year later, Twisted Sister released their second album, You Can't Stop Rock 'n' Roll. Their third album, Stay Hungry, hit stores on May 10, 1984. This became the band's most successful album with the hits 'Were Not Gonna Take It'; and "I Wanna Rock". To emphasize the 'twisted sister' image, Snider adopted a signature metal-inspired drag persona with long, curly blonde hair and blush, a beauty brand, and bright red lipstick.

In the mid-1980s, before the premiere of Headbangers Ball, the first MTV show to consist entirely of heavy metal videos was Heavy Metal Mania. The first episode aired in June 1985 and was hosted by Snider. It featured metal news, interviews with metal artists, and in-studio co-hosts. That same year, in November, Twisted Sister released Come Out and Play, which sold over 500,000 copies in the United States, but was marred by a poor concert tour.

In 1985, the Parents Music Resource Center (PMRC) instigated a Senate hearing, where it wanted to introduce a parental warning system that would label all albums containing offensive material. The system included letters that identified the type of objectionable content found on each album (e.g., O for occult themes, S for sex, D for drugs, V for violence, etc.). Snider, John Denver, and Frank Zappa testified against the proposed censorship and warning system. Such a system was never implemented, but the outcome of the hearing gave rise to what is now the generic 'Parental Advisory: Explicit Content' label.

The PMRC was initially formed by the wives of Washington, D.C., power brokers Senator Al Gore (D-TN) and Secretary of State James Baker. Tipper Gore, in particular, became the face of the PMRC and a public role for Snider at the hearings.

Love Is for Suckers, from 1987, was Twisted Sister's fifth album. The album was originally planned to be a solo effort by Snider, but Atlantic Records encouraged a release under the Twisted Sister name. The tour lasted only until October of that year and on the 12th of that month, Snider announced his departure from the band. It was during this time that Snider formed Desperado, a band with former Iron Maiden drummer Clive Burr; former Gillan guitarist Bernie Torme; and bassist Marc Russel. The group's only album, Ace, has never been officially released, but was heavily bootlegged on CD under the title Bloodied But Unbowed.

1990s

In the 1990s, Snider formed Widowmaker with Joe Franco, a good friend of Twisted Sister and drummer on the album Love Is for Suckers, as well as Al Pitrelli and Marc Russel. The quartet recorded two albums with limited underground success, titled Blood and Bullets and Stand By for Pain. In the late 1990s, Snider toured with a "self-tribute" band; called SMFs (Sick Mother Fuckers), sometimes with former Twisted Sister drummer AJ Pero. The regular lineup included Snider, Derek Tailer, Charlie Mills, Keith Alexander and Spike.

In 1993, he composed the theme song for The Terrible Thunderlizards. By 1994, Snider had, by his own admission, 'lost every penny he earned. "He biked to a desk job for $200 a week answering phones in an office."

In 1997, Snider began hosting The House of Hair a syndicated 1980s hard rock/heavy metal radio show on over 200 radio stations in North America. It is syndicated by United Stations Radio Networks. The show's format lasts two or three hours depending on which version of the show a radio station airs, and features Snider's final catchphrase, "If it ain't metal, it's shit!"

In 1998, Snider had written a song titled "The Magic of Christmas Day (God Bless Us All)", which Celine Dion recorded for her album These Are Special Times i>. According to Snider, Dion at the time did not know who wrote the song. Later that year, she also wrote and starred in the horror film Strangeland. Snider has also written the script for a sequel with the working title Strangeland: Disciple. However, in January 2008, Snider was not optimistic that it would ever see the light of day, saying in an interview with Bullz-Eye.com that he had reached a point where he should 'put up a sign'. on my website that says 'Do you have ten million dollars?' Call me. I have the script ready to go. Robert Englund is attached, I am attached. If anyone is serious and wants to do it, call me. But don't call me. 'until you are ready to deliver the check ' . 4;. In May 2009, Snider revealed on his & # 34; The House of Hair' Strangeland: Rising Sons will move forward and will begin filming in the fall of 2009 and was originally scheduled for release in 2010.

2000-present

From June 1999 to August 2003, Snider hosted a morning radio show on Hartford, Connecticut's Clear Channel station Radio 104 (104.1 FM WMRQ), called Dee Snider Radio. His show returned to the air late at night in August 2004 on 93.3 WMMR in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania until June 2005. He lovingly referred to his listeners as his 'Peeps,' and the euro stickers ';DEE", printed by the station, could be seen on the bumpers of fans' cars in Connecticut, New York, New Jersey and Massachusetts. Other members of the morning show included Nick Lentino, Beth Lockwood, "Psycho Dan" Williams, Sean Robbins and "Darkside Dave" Wallace. [9] It frequently featured high-profile guests, including Ozzy Osbourne, professional wrestler Mick Foley, and Kiss singer-bassist Gene Simmons.

In 2001, Snider was the voice of Gol Acheron, the main villain of the PlayStation 2 video game Jak and Daxter: Legacy of the Precursors. The following year, he reunited with Twisted Sister. Snider also played himself in the 2002 television movie Warning: Parental Advisory. In 2003, he appeared with actor Arnold Schwarzenegger at campaign events during his campaign to commemorate current California Governor Gray Davis. Snider sang Twisted Sister's hit, 'We're Not Gonna Take It,' which was adopted by Schwarzenegger's campaign.

Snider also voiced Angry Jack in the episode "Shell Shocked" for the Nickelodeon cartoon SpongeBob SquarePants. He admitted to being a big fan of the show during a documentary marking the show's 10th anniversary in 2009, and said being asked to voice a character on the show was an absolute honor. He changed the lyrics of his famous 'I Wanna Rock'. by "Goofy Goober Rock" for The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie.

Snider narrates and hosts many shows and specials on VH1, movie trailers, behind-the-scenes segments and DVD special features. She appeared as the & # 34; voice & # 34; on the bumpers of the brand campaign "Fiercely Independent" from MSNBC 2001/2002. Since 2004, Snider has narrated a live show known as Van Helsing's Curse, which tours the United States around Halloween with a mix of famous music with dark undertones and an occasional bit of narration to accompany the music. The concert has also been released on CD. Snider organized the "Aftermath" on VH1 in 2008 in memory of the victims and survivors of the 2003 Station nightclub fire.

Snider returned to radio in June 2006 with Fangoria Radio on Sirius Satellite Radio channel 102 from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. Eastern.

During the winter of 2008, Snider was featured as a contestant on CMT's Gone Country. The show invited music celebrities to compete against each other to win the chance to release a country song. In 2008 Snider also appeared in the first episode of Kitchen Nightmares (season 2), chosen by Gordon Ramsay as part of the marketing for the relaunch of the Handlebar restaurant. On the show, Snider donated a motorcycle that Handlebar customers could bid on through the restaurant's website.

Snider presents Dead Art at Gallery HD, a show about the beauty and art of cemeteries. He also hosts House of Hair, a radio show that plays heavy metal music. Snider has appeared on the IFC Channel original series Z Rock playing a "rock guru".

On July 27, 2010, Snider and his family began appearing on the reality television show Growing Up Twisted, broadcast on the Arts and Entertainment Network.

On October 8, 2010, he began an 11-week run on the Rock of Ages cast as Dennis, the owner of The Bourbon Room, with his official start date being October 11.

In 2011, Snider performed with Ohio-based metalcore band Attack Attack! on stage at the Bamboozle Festival, playing his song 'Turbo Swag'. On the May 15, 2011 episode of The Apprentice, Snider appeared to help John Rich with his final challenge. He starred in a commercial with a mock audition in which he appeared as himself, and after drinking a soda becomes the lead singer of Twisted Sister (himself). Snider agreed to come because he is a personal friend of Rich and wanted to support the charity effort for St. Jude Medical Center.

Snider starred in the video for "Immaculate Misconception" by metalcore band Motionless in White. Snider's son, Cody Blue Snider, directed the video.

Snider and his family appeared on Celebrity Wife Swap on January 10, 2012. His wife Suzette swapped places with Flavor Flav's fiancée Liz.

At the Valentine's Day 2012 taping of Late Night with Jimmy Fallon Snider teamed up with Donald Trump in a parody based on the format of the television game show, Password. On February 19, 2012, Snider began appearing as one of 18 contestants vying to become Trump's next celebrity apprentice and was fired after the eighth test during the seventh episode.

In 2012, Snider appeared as the main character in a commercial broadcast for the company Unibet. The video has been broadcast on Norwegian commercial television since March 5, 2012, throughout the summer. In the spot, Snider sings, with the distinctive appearance of him as leader of Twisted Sister, a rock song called "Bet", written by Snider himself and composed by Norwegian heavy metal artist Ronni Le Tekro.

Snider asked the party of his Republican vice presidential running mate Paul Ryan not to play his hit song in his campaign.

On September 6, 2012, Snider performed "We're Not Gonna Take It" on America's Got Talent. Also in 2012, Snider played Larry, a dive bar owner in the mockumentary Future Folk about an alien bluegrass band.

On January 24, 2013, at the City National Grove in Anaheim, Snider was honored as a roast at Dee Snider's Revolver Magazine/Guitar World Rock and Roll Roast.

On November 4, 2014, he debuted his original Christmas musical, Dee Snider's Rock and Roll Christmas Tale, at the Broadway Playhouse in Chicago. During the 2015 holiday season she brought the musical to Toronto.

Snider provided the narration for Attack of Life: The Bang Tango Movie, which is a documentary directed by Drew Fortier about the 1980s hard rock band Bang Tango.

Personal life

Snider has been married to his wife Suzette, a costume designer, since 1981. They have four children, Jesse Blaze Snider (born September 19, 1982), Shane Royal Snider (born February 29, 1988), Cody Blue Snider (born December 7, 1989) and Cheyenne Jean Snider (born October 31, 1996), who was in the band They All Float. He also has four grandchildren. His eldest son, Jesse, hosted MTV2 Rock, a music video countdown show in 2003, and was a finalist on MTV's Rock the Cradle in 2008. Dee appeared on the show as Jesse's mentor. Jesse is also the lead singer of the punk-metal band Baptized By Fire. Cody directed a music video for the band Motionless in White (for the song 'Immaculate Misconception') where Dee guest starred in their filming.

At the 1985 Parents Music Resource Center (PMRC) Senate hearings, Snider stated: "I was born and raised a Christian, and I still adhere to those principles."

In 2003 Snider's brother-in-law, Vincent Gargiulo, was murdered. The murderer was arrested in 2009.

Snider lived part time in East Setauket, New York. He appeared on MTV Cribs in 2005 to show off his home on Long Island, along with two of his four children, Shane and Cheyenne.

In 2008, he stated in a TMZ interview that he would vote for Barack Obama because John McCain (whom he liked and supported for many years) would not acknowledge the mistakes George W. Bush made while in office. [27]

On July 11, 2013, after abortion rights activists chanted "We're Not Gonna Take It" to protest abortion restrictions in Texas, Snider tweeted that he is "pro-abortion" and that he did not believe that being Christian and "pro-abortion" They were mutually exclusive.

In the wake of teacher strikes in West Virginia and Oklahoma, Snider dedicated "We're Not Gonna Take It" to the teachers during their performance of "Rocktopia" at the Broadway Theater in New York on April 9, 2018. The song had become an anthem for teachers protesting in West Virginia, Kentucky, Oklahoma and elsewhere, and Snider tweeted his "support [for the ] cause of the underpaid teacher" after seeing a video of music teachers in Oklahoma performing the song.

Projects

Bands

• Twisted Sister
• Widowmaker (USA-1)
• Wake up.

Discography

Twisted Sister

• Under the Blade (1982)
• You Can't Stop Rock 'n' Roll (1983)
• Stay Hungry (1984)
• Come Out and Play (1985)
• Love Is for Suckers (1987)
• Still Hungry (2004)
• A Twisted Christmas (2006)

Widowmaker

• Blood And Bullets (Esquire, 1992)
• Stand By For Pain (Music Forn Nations, 1994)

Desperate

• Ace (1990)
• Bloodied, But Unbowed (2004)

Dee Snider's SMF

• SMF's Live/Twisted Forever (Coallier Entertainment, 1997)

Van Helsing's Curse

• Oculus Infernum (2004)

As a soloist

• Never Let The Bastards Wear You Down (Koch, 2000)
• Dee Does Broadway (2012)
• We Are the Ones (2016)
• For the Love of Metal (2018)
• "Read Scar" (2021)

Guest appearances

• Strangeland soundtrack (1998)
• "Crazy Train" in Bat Head Soup: A Tribute to Ozzy, 2000
• " Go to Hell" in Humanary Stew: A Tribute to Alice Cooper 1999
• " Go to Hell " at Welcome to My Nightmare: An All-Star Salute to Alice Cooper 1999
• "Eleanor Rigby" about Axes 2 Axes by Eddie Ojeda 2005
• " Lost Years "in Numbers of the Beast: a tribute of the stars to Iron Maiden 2005
• SCG3 Special Report on Lordi: The Arockalypse 2006
• " Detroit Rock City" in Spin The Bottle: An All-Star Tribute To KISS 2004
• " Howard Stern" on Sirius 8 February 2006; 2007
• Saigon Suicide Spectacle; An Episode of the Television Program The Upright Citizens Brigade 1998
• "Manillar"; an episode of Kitchen Nightmares 2008 TV show
• " Episode No. 1.7"; an episode of the Z Rock (ZO2) television program, 2008
• Monster Circus live in Las Vegas Hilton from 19 to 21 and from 26 to 28 March 2009

" Paint it Black " at Harder & Heavier-60's British Invasion Goes Metal 2010

• I Wanna Rock " in America's Got Talent 2010
• Celebrity apprentice May 15, 2011
• " It was a very good year" in Sin-Atra 2011
• VH1 's I love the... series, 2002-2004
• He appeared in the Chappelle program at Comedy Central Season 1 episode 6 as part of the play "Ask a Gay Dude - with Mario Cantone"; transmitted on February 26, 2003
• "The Haunting" in Ghostlights of Avantasia 2016
• "Contract Song" at XXX: 30 Years in Metal by Hansen 2016
• "True Rocker" at Monster Truck's True Rockers (band) 2018
• "These old boots" on old lions still roar by Phil Campbell 2019
• "Get out! Now!" in Transitus by Ayreon 2020
• "Walk All Over You" in Remixed to Hell: A Tribute to AC / DC

Filmography

• The Great Adventure of Pee-Wee (1985)
• Private Parts (1997)
• Strangeland (1998)
• Warning: Parental Advisory (2002)
• Van Helsing's Curse (2004)
• Kiss Loves You (2004)
• Metal: A Headbanger's Journey (2005)
• The Celebrity Apprentice (2012)
• The Celebrity Apprentice (2013)
• The History of Future Folk (2012)
• Cobra Kai (2021)

Other media appearances

• Motorcity (2012) - The Duke of Detroit
• "Street Monkeys", SNI / SI Networks LLC (2011) - narrator
• SpongeBob SquarePants (2009) - played the character Angry Jack in the episode "Shell Shocked" although his name is miswritten in the credits (almostly the song by Twisted Sister "I Wanna Rock" was forged in The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie).
• Jak and Daxter: The Precursor Legacy (2001) - voice of Gol Acheron
• Penn Radio (19 October 2006) - interviewed by Penn Jillette [35]
• Secret Mountain Fort Awesome - voice of tooth fairy
• RadioShack: "The 80s called " (2014) [36]
• Counting Cars (2016-2017): appeared in person in three episodes
• Cobra Kai (2021) - He appeared as himself in a concert that visits two of the characters. Do "I Wanna Rock."