Dee Snider recently announced his steadfast support of the people of Ukraine using Twisted Sister’s We’re Not Gonna Take Itas their battle cry anthem, and within just days, became heavily involved at the forefront of World United Live. The platform operates with the goal of raising awareness that may otherwise be shielded from the Russian people, to digitally, simultaneously protest in support of Ukraine, and to eventually coordinate the world’s largest aid concert to help them rebuild
Today, in support of World United Live’s initiatives and the people of Ukraine, Dee Snider released a brand new, re-worked music video for his Leave A Scar track Stand, specially renamed “Stand (with Ukraine)”. The video, featuring various pieces of current sourced footage, can be viewed here via www.worldunited.live now.
Dee Snider tells the story in his own words, “About a month ago, someone on social media told me people in Ukraine were using Twisted Sister’s We’re Not Gonna Take It as a battle cry and asked if I was cool with it. Of course I was. My response elicited someone asking me why I was okay with Ukrainians using my song and not some other groups. I won’t repeat my exact response (it was a bit political), but that tweet went internationally viral. Every news agency in the world suddenly wanted to talk to me.
At that very moment, some great people (who were all friends of mine) were hatching the idea for World United Live and asked me if I would spearhead the organization. How could I say no? Since then, we have been beating the drum for the free world to come together, not only in support of Ukraine and condemnation of Putin, but in sending a message to the Russian people that they are misinformed and not being told the truth. Now, with the help of the likes of Arnold Schwarzenegger and many others, we are doing just that!
About a week ago, it hit me that the song Stand from my last Napalm Records album, Leave a Scar, fit the crisis in Ukraine perfectly… but I had already released a video for Stand recently. Yet I just couldn’t get around how well the lyrics resonated with Putin’s attack on these innocent people. Ukraine was the furthest thing from my mind when I wrote the words for that song, yet it was like I had done just that. So, I had a couple of incredibly talented people (Scott Pitek and Steve Sage Goldberg) cut together a new video using some live concert footage and news clips. The result is devastating. Please watch and share “Stand (With Ukraine)” and join us at www.worldunited.live. Help save the world. Together we can.”
The message of World United Live can be supported by sharing, liking and following their pages on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and YouTube.
Without getting overly political on an article about politics, I believe Dee is taking a “popular” stance without any sense of of awareness of the violence that has and is consuming some of our great cities. I wish he had the same passion for things happening here. I know we should stick to music here, so you don’t really have to post this.
Dee hasn’t gotten out of his own way for decades. This is just ridiculous. Go on tour playing TS material. Not Widowmaker… Ugh… Not this, not anything else dammit. Dude, you’re known for 2 songs to the masses, and one band to the fans. Please, stop it already. It’s embarrassing.
Without getting overly political on an article about politics, I believe Dee is taking a “popular” stance without any sense of of awareness of the violence that has and is consuming some of our great cities. I wish he had the same passion for things happening here. I know we should stick to music here, so you don’t really have to post this.
Too me this is a very transparent cash grab….
Dee hasn’t gotten out of his own way for decades. This is just ridiculous. Go on tour playing TS material. Not Widowmaker… Ugh… Not this, not anything else dammit. Dude, you’re known for 2 songs to the masses, and one band to the fans. Please, stop it already. It’s embarrassing.