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Location: Dream Street | I forget which one of the Festivals this was posted under as their bio but where do they get some of their info from? Johnny Carson??? It was Letterman and he didn't refer to THIS as being TS. What the hell is Silverstar????
Twisted Sister is an American heavy metal band from New York City. Their work fuses the shock tactics of Alice Cooper, the rebellious mood of the New Wave of British Heavy Metal, and the extravagant image of glam rock bands such as New York Dolls notably for the makeup. Musically, the band implements elements of traditional heavy metal bands such as Judas Priest, 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. Snider remarked to Johnny Carson that the proposed name for the band was "This" but was rejected for fear of fans saying "this sucks". He describes Twisted Sister as "Slade meets Sex Pistols". Twisted Sister's most well-known hits include "We're Not Gonna Take It" and "I Wanna Rock", both popularized in the USA by regular airplay on MTV tv channel in the 1980s. Many of the band's songs explore themes of parent vs. child conflicts and criticisms of the educational system.
History of Twisted Sister
Pre-Dee period (1972-1976)
Twisted Sister was formed in December 1972 by guitarist Jay Jay French under the name Silverstar. In February 1973 Silverstar changed its name to Twisted Sister. In 1975, Eddie "Fingers" Ojeda, a former high school friend of French, joined as co-lead singer and second guitarist. He had previously recorded with a New York City band called SPV. Kevin John Grace replaced Mel "Starr" Anderson on drums. Bass guitarist Kenny Neill (Kenneth Harrisson-Neill) completed the lineup. The band followed a glam rock direction, influenced by David Bowie, Slade, Mott the Hoople, Humble Pie, and New York Dolls. It played at local clubs without much success until 1976.
Club days (1976-1982)
In early 1976, Dee Snider joined the band as lead vocalist and principal songwriter. After replacing drummer Grace with Tony Petri, the group took a heavier musical direction, influenced by Motörhead, Black Sabbath, and Alice Cooper, but without abandoning its glam image. |
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Location: on a Twisted planet | Actually, i think Jay Jay had a band called Silverstar, but it wasn't the same band.... maybe only the drummer?? i don't know.... BUT, however, they are all wrong in this one....
i remember i read something from Jay Jay years back where he told the history of TS..... and he and his friends cooling off in Hawaii or Jamaica or something like that, while Woodstock fest was happening.... i remember reading in the same post that he had a band called SIlverstar if i'm not wrong.
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Location: on a Twisted planet | oh, it was on Bermuda islands
here's the beginnings of Twisted Sister by JJ:
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Location: Dream Street | Ya know what's interesting. On Letterman in 1984, it can easily be misconstrued that the band wasn't even called Twisted Sister when Dee joined because he talks about how "we" sat around throwing out names. "we never had a name, it was a brand new band" and that they had an image and everything already. He mentions how an alcoholic friend is the guy that eventually came up with it.
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Location: Rocking In The Florida Dark ! | Yea - you got it Jaysin, Im pretty sure that didnt go down quite the way it was portrayed. And while I cant say it was a "lie" the time frame or the year that happened at the least appeared to be wrong. Oh well, Peeps are human.
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Location: on a Twisted planet | you know whats the weirdiest thing ever?
i work in a firm and a new girl manager comes in few months ago.... we talk... and she sees i'm a twisted and Dee fan... and she told me this story about Dee that he was in a band called THIS and the joke about THIS sucks..... it came very weird to me to hear that from someone who's not into twisted sister and don't know not one song ) weird |
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Location: on a Twisted planet | also, yeah, i noticed that in dee's interview about how they got the name..... i think he just wanted to explain it in the most simple way, not to explain a lot.
when i first joined the TS site here 10 years ago, they weren't reunited.... everything was magical for me..... this site had some flash demo with old pics, it said, they started on Long island, and conquered the world....
all abot the band was magical for me, they were new for me then, i knew them like year or two before that and had only best of album..... i wanted to know more and more.... like when you meet a girl and she becomes your girlfriend and you want to know her so bad... to know the life, the history..... everything |
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Location: Graveyard BLVD. | Yes, I recall Jay Jay talking about Silverstar.
Here you go, right here.
http://www.ruokangas.com/wp/?p=1290
Recent:
Ruokangas JAY JAY FRENCH / TWISTED SISTER
JAY JAY PLAYS
Duke and Mojo
Twisted Sister was formed in 1972 by guitarist Jay Jay French under the name Silverstar. The name changed to Twisted Sister a year later, and in 1976 Dee Snider joined the broup as lead vocalist and principal songwriter. Their major international breakthrough came with the third album Stay Hungry (1984) including such hits as We’re Not Gonna Take It and I Wanna Rock.
The band broke up in 1987, and the members were after that involved in different projects. Jay Jay stopped performing except for some guest appearances. Twisted Sister reunited in 2001 to headline a benefit concert in the wake of the September 11, 2001 attacks on the World Trade Center, NY. The demand for more live dates was immediate, and the band took the first steps toward returning to the concert stage.
Twisted Sister has sold over 10 million records and recorded 25 platinum and gold records in 8 countries in the 70s and 80s. Today the original lineup, including of course the legendary axman Jay Jay French, is playing to the largest audiences of their career in Europe.
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Full Biography
http://www.globalmusicltd.com/twistedsister.html
Twisted Sister was formed in December 1972 by guitarist Jay Jay French, and completed its line-up on February 14, 1973, when guitarist Jay Jay French joined a band called Silverstar. In those days, French was using the stage name Johnny Heartbreaker. He had previously played in some local bands and had almost auditioned for Wicked Lester, the band that would eventually become Kiss. Legend has it that French actually did audition but, according to an interview in the February, 2003 issue of Classic Rock Magazine ,he approached Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley about auditioning for Wicked Lester but, upon hearing a tape of its recordings, decided that their musical style was incompatible with his. On the suggestion of Silverstar's lead singer Michael Valentine, the band changed its name to Twisted Sister. Valentine and the other guitarist, Billy Diamond, soon left, prompting French to assume vocal duties as well.
Jaysin - 2010-02-26 8:28 AM
I forget which one of the Festivals this was posted under as their bio but where do they get some of their info from? Johnny Carson??? It was Letterman and he didn't refer to THIS as being TS. What the hell is Silverstar????
Twisted Sister is an American heavy metal band from New York City. Their work fuses the shock tactics of Alice Cooper, the rebellious mood of the New Wave of British Heavy Metal, and the extravagant image of glam rock bands such as New York Dolls notably for the makeup. Musically, the band implements elements of traditional heavy metal bands such as Judas Priest, 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. Snider remarked to Johnny Carson that the proposed name for the band was "This" but was rejected for fear of fans saying "this sucks". He describes Twisted Sister as "Slade meets Sex Pistols". Twisted Sister's most well-known hits include "We're Not Gonna Take It" and "I Wanna Rock", both popularized in the USA by regular airplay on MTV tv channel in the 1980s. Many of the band's songs explore themes of parent vs. child conflicts and criticisms of the educational system.
History of Twisted Sister
Pre-Dee period (1972-1976)
Twisted Sister was formed in December 1972 by guitarist Jay Jay French under the name Silverstar. In February 1973 Silverstar changed its name to Twisted Sister. In 1975, Eddie "Fingers" Ojeda, a former high school friend of French, joined as co-lead singer and second guitarist. He had previously recorded with a New York City band called SPV. Kevin John Grace replaced Mel "Starr" Anderson on drums. Bass guitarist Kenny Neill (Kenneth Harrisson-Neill) completed the lineup. The band followed a glam rock direction, influenced by David Bowie, Slade, Mott the Hoople, Humble Pie, and New York Dolls. It played at local clubs without much success until 1976.
Club days (1976-1982)
In early 1976, Dee Snider joined the band as lead vocalist and principal songwriter. After replacing drummer Grace with Tony Petri, the group took a heavier musical direction, influenced by Motörhead, Black Sabbath, and Alice Cooper, but without abandoning its glam image.
Edited by SMF Cyndi 2010-03-05 4:20 AM
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| A bit off topic: I was just killing time looking through the band pictures and noticed something weird. Check out the pictures from '75 & '76
http://www.twistedsister.com/publicity-shots.php |
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Location: Graveyard BLVD. | I know, aren't they awesome??? Wish they were larger in size and quality..
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Location: on a Twisted planet | hahaaaa, Cyn i think you didn't notice them.... it's the same picture, but cut off and Eddie and Kevin John Grace are put in the picture along with some Dee Live photo....
I guess you thought about that....
Awesome stuff |
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Location: on a Twisted planet | hahaaaa, Cyn i think you didn't notice them.... it's the same picture, but cut off and Eddie and Kevin John Grace are put in the picture along with some Dee Live photo....
I guess you thought about that....
Awesome stuff |
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Location: Graveyard BLVD. | lol...nope, don't see it, I may need new glasses...haha...didn't think of that. Thanks Urosh my SMF friend! 
Macedonian SMF - 2010-03-05 7:59 AM
hahaaaa, Cyn i think you didn't notice them.... it's the same picture, but cut off and Eddie and Kevin John Grace are put in the picture along with some Dee Live photo....
I guess you thought about that....
Awesome stuff |
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| Macedonian SMF - 2010-03-05 1:00 PM
hahaaaa, Cyn i think you didn't notice them.... it's the same picture, but cut off and Eddie and Kevin John Grace are put in the picture along with some Dee Live photo....
I guess you thought about that....
Awesome stuff
ok there was no photo shop back then so how did the remove 2 guys and add 2 guys? airbrush? |
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Location: Rocking In The Florida Dark ! | Sort of crude editing -- I think
Edited by Jim Hudson 2010-03-08 9:22 PM
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Location: on a Twisted planet | tssmf4lyfe - 2010-03-08 8:11 PM
Macedonian SMF - 2010-03-05 1:00 PM
hahaaaa, Cyn i think you didn't notice them.... it's the same picture, but cut off and Eddie and Kevin John Grace are put in the picture along with some Dee Live photo....
I guess you thought about that....
Awesome stuff
ok there was no photo shop back then so how did the remove 2 guys and add 2 guys? airbrush?
Man, who says that it was done back then?
also, they had editing,, cutting off and sticking and shit :D |
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WTF??? Ya just gotta laugh at these writers
