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Wasn't a fan. Turned me into one.

posted 8 years ago by lvpilot1278
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I had only known TS from the "I wanna rock" song, and the Spongebob remake of the song, as my kids loved it. I thought they were a weird version of glam rock from the 80's.

I put in on Netflix this weekend expecting to get bored after 30 minutes and switching to something else, boy was I wrong! The story is engaging, the interviews fun and loaded with information, and the music inserts well placed. Toward the end, when the one Atlantic Music executive was talking about signing the band and his description of the owner going *beep* I was like "YEAH!". This movie has inspired to me to listen to their whole music catalog this morning. I love it! Like many other bands i am discovering in my late 30's, I wish I had discovered TS earlier.

[–] Rob801 8 years ago

I too enjoyed it very much! I was just a very passive fan. I knew them from the radio and mtv and saw them open for someone in LA, don't remember who though. I remember enjoying it and thinking yeah, they rocked, but I didn't give it much more thought than that.

I must say I have a whole new level of respect for Twisted Sister after seeing this (although I knew Dee Snider was no slouch from the PMRC senate hearings), I had no idea they had been around as long as they had or were as hard of a working band as they were. As a hobby musician and fan of both prog and metal through the years I wish I had had a fraction of the dedication that TS and other musicians and bands that I respect had.

[–] blackknight273 8 years ago

I can remember when Stay Hungry was released and I just didn't get it, they seemed almost cartoonish to me. A friend of mine gave a couple of homemade cassettes of You Can't Stop Rock And Roll, and Under The Blade and it was two totally different bands. I hoped that the band would go back the pre Stay Hungry style, but when Come Out And Play was released they totally lost me.

I gained more respect for the band after seeing the documentary and I just wish that they could have kept being a playing machine instead of being cleaned up by the record company.

[–] nuke_houston 8 years ago

Agree with your post and most of the others -- I never really thought much of Twisted Sister (other than "We're Not Gonna Take It" on MTV), when they were just freaky transvestites, and in my view, not even close to greater '80's guitar bands (Van Halen, et al). But now, I've learned they were a hard-working, popular bar band in the Northeast back in the day, and I would pay to see them now.

P.S. John Segall (later renamed to "Jay Jay French") is a highly respected guitarist, but like Neal Schon of Journey, he probably never received the popular respect he deserves as a guitarist.