TWISTED SIDTER FRONTMAN DEE SNIDER EXPLAINS WHY HE HAD TO STEP ASIDE FROM DOING LIVE SHOWS

Twisted Sister frontman Dee Snider explains the health issues that forced him to step aside from touring with the band. He told the Beardo & Weirdo podcast, hosted by Five Finger Death Punch bassist Chris Kael and comedian Craig Gass, as per blabbermouth.net, “First of all, becoming face-to-face with mortality. And as the doctor said to me, ‘Dude, you’re great, […]

SEBASTIAN BACH TO FILL IN FOR DEE SNIDER ON “A HANDFUL OF SELECT DATES THIS FALL”

Twisted Sister members Jay Jay French and Eddie Ojeda have announced that former Skid Row singer Sebastian Bach will front the band for a handful of select dates this fall. These appearances do not affect or conflict with Bach‘s current or future solo touring schedule, which remains fully intact, reports blabbermouth.net. A short clip of Sebastian rehearsing with Twisted Sister for the upcoming shows can be heard here. […]

IRON MAIDEN GUITARIST ADRIAN SMITH SAYS MAYBE THE BAND SHOULD CHANGE THEIR INTRO MUSIC FROM UFO’S “DOCTOR DOCTOR” TO AC/DC’S “IT’S A LONG WAY TO THE TOP [IF YOU WANNA ROCK N’ ROLL]?

In a new interview with Sweden’s Bandit Rock radio station, Iron Maiden guitarist Adrian Smith was asked “how tired” he is of Doctor Doctor, the classic UFO song which the band has played over the P.A. system as the band’s opening intro to nearly all of its concerts since at least 2000.  Smith replied (as transcribed by blabbermouth.net): “Well, I mean, I love UFO — they’re one of my […]