The record was originally planned to be a Snider solo effort, but Atlantic Records encouraged a release under the Twisted Sister name. ġ987's Love Is for Suckers was the fifth Twisted Sister album. Snider challenged her to produce such a shirt, to which Al Gore clarified that "the word 't-shirts' was in plural, and one of them referred to Twisted Sister and the other referred to a woman in handcuffs". Snider also alleged during the Senate hearing that Tipper Gore had fabricated evidence concerning merchandise sold by the band when she stated that "the t-shirts that kids wear" featured "Twisted Sister and a woman in handcuffs sort of spread-eagled". Tipper Gore and Snider had a publicly antagonistic relationship as a consequence, with Snider accusing her of having a "dirty mind" for alleging that the lyrics of " Under the Blade" contained sadomasochistic undertones, when they were in fact about medical surgery. The PMRC involved prominent public figures such as Tipper Gore, the wife of Senator Al Gore (D-TN), and Susan Baker, the wife of then-Secretary of State James Baker. Though the system was never implemented, the hearing led to the music industry adopting what is now the generic " Parental Advisory: Explicit Content" label. Snider, John Denver, and Frank Zappa all testified against censorship and the proposed warning system. The PMRC proposed a system involving letters which identified the types of objectionable content to be found in each album (e.g., "O" for occult themes, "X" for sex and profanity, "D/A" for drugs and alcohol, "V" for violence, etc.). Prior to the PMRC's appearance in Congress, they had singled out a list of songs titled the "Filthy Fifteen" to demonstrate the dangers of such material to youth, with "We're Not Gonna Take It" featuring on the list alongside Prince's " Darling Nikki", Madonna's " Dress You Up", and Venom's " Possessed", among other titles. In 1985, Snider was involved in a Senate hearing instigated by the Parents Music Resource Center (PMRC), which sought to introduce a parental warning system that would label all albums containing offensive material. That same year in November, Twisted Sister released Come Out and Play which sold over 500,000 copies in the US but was marred by a poor concert tour. It featured metal news, interviews with metal artists, and in-studio co-hosts.
The first episode aired in June 1985 and was hosted by Snider. This became the band's most successful record with the hits " We're Not Gonna Take It" and " I Wanna Rock." To emphasize the "twisted sister" image, Snider adopted a trademark persona of metal-inspired drag with long blond curly hair, an excessive amount of eye shadow and rouge, a beauty mark and bright red lipstick.ĭuring the mid-1980s, before the premiere of Headbangers Ball, the first MTV program to consist entirely of heavy metal videos was Heavy Metal Mania. Their third album, Stay Hungry, hit shelves on May 10, 1984. Less than a year later, Twisted Sister released their second album, You Can't Stop Rock 'n' Roll. The group released their first studio album, Under the Blade, in September 1982 and developed a following in the UK. In early 1976, Snider joined Twisted Sister and became the band's sole songwriter. He graduated from Baldwin Senior High School in 1973. Snider was also selected for the All-State Chorus for singing. Īs a child, he sang in a church choir, several school choruses, and concert choir in high school.
Snider and his siblings were raised as Episcopalians after his mother joined the church. He is also of Ukrainian descent from his grandfather. His father is Jewish, whereas his mother is from a Catholic family of Swiss descent. His father, Bob, is a retired New York State Trooper and Nassau County court clerk, and his mother, Marguerite, is a retired art teacher. Born in Astoria, Queens, New York City, Snider was raised in nearby Freeport, New York and Baldwin, New York, both on Long Island.
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