Very few hard rock/metal bands that say they’re retired or retiring have managed to stay that way. With the exception of Slayer (who very well could come back at some point, too), just about everyone who says they’re calling it quits ends up getting together again for one reason or another.
Twisted Sister did their “Forty and F*ck It” tour in 2016, seemingly ending their run as one of metal’s most memorable bands. Singer Dee Snider pivoted towards a solo career and released two critically-acclaimed metal albums before again hinting his days on the stage were coming to a close.
Earlier this year, however, Twisted Sister performed at the ceremony for their induction into the Metal Hall of Fame in Agoura Hills, California. The group performed a 3-song set featuring “You Can’t Stop Rock ‘N’ Roll,” “Under The Blade”, as well as the mega-anthem “We’re Not Gonna To Take It”.
Snider was asked at that time if the mini-set might spark more shows in the future. “A hard ‘no plans,’” he said. “No plans at all to do that.”
Snider has seemingly backtracked on that statement, however, as he told Yahoo! that the band plans to get together next year for performances “at different political rallies that need our support.”
Snider wants to make sure that the band’s mega-hit “We’re Not Gonna Take It” is used for the right causes.
“We were all in favor of gonna go down to support Beto [O’Rourke], but we couldn’t schedule it,” Snider said. “You know, the band has a concern that the song [‘We’re Not Gonna Take It’] is being co-opted by the extreme right… and we want to make sure that people still know it’s a song for everybody and it does not represent that selfish micro group. It is really for the mass people, the moderate people, the people that just want to live their lives, be themselves, and not have people tell ’em they can’t be themselves. So, I think you’ll see us at political rallies and stuff like that. We’ll be out there next year.”
Snider has previously criticized bands who say they’re retiring only to reunite.
“@TwistedSisterNY promised ourselves we wouldn’t be like every other band, doing a farewell, then coming back,” he wrote on Twitter last year. “We always considered that a bullsh*t, p*ssy move…. Yeah, you know who I’m talking about (every artist who pulled that sh*t).
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