TWISTED SISTER Frontman: 'I Never Expected To Be Media Darlings Or Be A Hit On Television'

December 16, 2008

TWISTED SISTER frontman Dee Snider recently spoke to LehighValleyLive.com about the band's newly released DVD and CD, "Live at The Astoria".

"I've seen a lot of (the DVD),but I kind of lived it, you know?" Snider said. "It is different to see it in the house. I was particularly intrigued that I put 260 f-bombs into one show.

"It was our return to England after many years of being gone. It was a smaller venue, body-to-body people packed in there. It's something you can't achieve in a bigger festival atmosphere."

"Live at The Astoria" captures the band at its most primal — igniting the crowd into a volcanic eruption of fist-pumping, head-banging, heavy-metal frenzy and proving heavy-metal knows no age.

"If you ask me what I do best, what TWISTED SISTER does best, it's live performing," Snider said. "To the majority of people, that's what we're least known for, although we played many years before we got a record deal. I always thought that's how we would make our name. I never expected to be media darlings or be a hit on television or anything like that.

"With the DVD, people finally get a chance to take time to see what we're best at. It's funny, because people seeing me in my 50s, their jaw is on the floor. I'm like, you should have seen me in my (expletive) 20s."

Read the entire interview at LehighValleyLive.com.

Video footage of TWISTED SISTER's "Twisted Sister, A Twisted Christmas On Broadway" holiday extravaganza, which was held on December 5, 2008 at the Nokia Theatre in New York City, can be viewed below.

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