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  • Dee Snider: Twisted Sister Singer Gives Donald Trump the OK to Use Song

    Not everyone is pleased about Donald Trump using their music at his campaign events. Just ask R.E.M. Or Neil Young.

    But one famous frontman is OK with The Donald rallying support with his mega-hit.

    Dee Snider, lead singer of the band Twisted Sister, says he gave Trump permission to use his classic song “We’re Not Gonna Take It” at his events.

    Snider says that he and Trump don’t agree on all the issues, but the two are friends and the song itself is “about rebellion.”

    Here’s what Snider told Canadian Business in a interview:

    He called and he asked, which I appreciated. I said, ‘Look, we don’t see eye to eye on everything—there are definitely issues that we’re far apart on.’ But thinking back to when I wrote the song and what the song is about, it’s about rebellion, speaking your mind and fighting the system. If anybody’s doing that, he sure is. Trump and Bernie Sanders are the two extremes. They’re raising holy hell and shaking everything up. That’s what ‘We’re Not Gonna Take It’ is about. And we’re friends. I have spent time with Donald and his family. I don’t think either of us expected that we would like each other, but you know, Donald Trump is a pretty chill guy. He’s a frontman. When that camera goes on, he furls his brow, he does his thing. Off-camera he’s very self-deprecating. He makes jokes about being too orange and about his hair.

    That’s one way to go about it. Snider and Trump appeared together on a season of Celebrity Apprentice. Trump fired Snider.

  • Dee Snider Says He Is Angry About Drummer’s Death

    Dee Snider of Twisted Sister is angry. And you should know why.

    Shen A.J. Pero, drummer and original member of Twisted Sister died of a heart attack, Dee Snider took the loss very hard. He was on vacation, and flew back home to deal with the loss.

    When approached at the airport as he landed the day after Pero’s death, Dee Snider told reporters:

    “I’m coming home to sad news. My drummer died of a heart attack yesterday. He had a massive heart attack in his sleep, and we lost him. First member of the band to die. You don’t [replace him]. I mean, will we continue to play? Probably, for his family, ’cause his family will benefit from us playing, financially. But of the all five original members of Twisted Sister, he’s the first one we lost.”

    Since that statement, an autopsy told the tale of A.J. Pero’s underlying health problems. Dee Snider is now angry that Pero has left behind a family that needs to be cared for when he did not need to leave this world so soon.

    “I just gotta say, people ask me how I feel about A.J.’s passing, and quite honestly I’m going through a real period of anger right now about it. He’s a great guy, and I loved him dearly. But he had a history of heart disease, his family did. His father died in his early 60’s of heart disease. And A.J. never had himself checked out. And when they did the autopsy, he had 95% blockage on his aortas, advanced heart disease. And he didn’t have to die. And I feel it’s like basically irresponsible behavior on his part. He had two ex-wives, an ex-girlfriend of 19 years. He had four kids he left behind. You know, you have a responsibility as a parent, as an adult to get yourself checked out. So people, please, get yourself checked out. There’s no reason for people to die of heart disease in this day and age.”

    Twisted Sister was already talking about calling it quits after 40 years. But they had planned on going out with a bang, with all five original members still on board. Now they have a replacement drummer filling A.J Pero’s drum throne.

  • Dee Snider and Twisted Sister Calling It Quits

    Dee Snider and Twisted Sister and putting the act in mothballs. The band had been together with all original members since the 1980s, a feat that few bands can pull off. In all they ahd played for 40 years. Then drummer A.J. Pero died of a heart attack.

    Dee Snider took the news of Pero’s passing quite hard. When approached the following day, he told reporters:

    “I’m coming home to sad news. My drummer died of a heart attack yesterday. He had a massive heart attack in his sleep, and we lost him. First member of the band to die. You don’t [replace him]. I mean, will we continue to play? Probably, for his family, ’cause his family will benefit from us playing, financially. But of the all five original members of Twisted Sister, he’s the first one we lost.”

    Since then, guitarist Jay Jay French has also spoken out about A.J. Pero’s passing.

    “We’d be in the dressing room, and drummers are always like, ‘Oh my shoulder, my arm.’ You put theBen-Gay on, take the aspirin. You just figure those are like battle scars. I didn’t know to the extent that he had heart problems. He never confided in me about that.”

    Twisted Sister is planning a farewell tour, to be title Forty and Fuck It. They will do benefit shows to help A.J. Pero’s family, as well. Twisted Sister will do specific shows — one at Las Vegas’ Hard Rock Hotel and Casino, the other at the Starland Ballroom in Sayreville, New Jersey — in Pero’s honor.

    It's official: Farewell, New drummer announced…

    Posted by Dee Snider on Tuesday, April 7, 2015

    Leaving behind family that needs to be cared for is something that concerns Dee Snider. When asked how he feels about Pero having died of a heart attack, he admitted being angry.

    “I just gotta say, people ask me how I feel about A.J.’s passing, and quite honestly I’m going through a real period of anger right now about it. He’s a great guy, and I loved him dearly. But he had a history of heart disease, his family did. His father died in his early 60’s of heart disease. And A.J. never had himself checked out. And when they did the autopsy, he had 95% blockage on his aortas, advanced heart disease. And he didn’t have to die. And I feel it’s like basically irresponsible behavior on his part. He had two ex-wives, an ex-girlfriend of 19 years. He had four kids he left behind. You know, you have a responsibility as a parent, as an adult to get yourself checked out. So people, please, get yourself checked out. There’s no reason for people to die of heart disease in this day and age.”