โ Scribed by Dee Snider
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
DEES NOT GONNA TAKE IT******
As lead singer and songwriter of Twisted Sister, Dee Snider became the poster boy for heavy metal, hair bands, and the wild side of rock. Now, in his twisted new memoir, he reveals the real stories behind the crazy makeup, the big hair, and badass hits like Were Not Gonna Take It and I Wanna Rock.
A classically trained countertenor who sang with his high school choir, Dee remembers the day he decided he was not gonna take it and stopped caring what people thought about him. Following in the footsteps of his idols Alice Cooper and Black Sabbath, Dee jumped from band to band before meeting Jay Jay French and Twisted Sister. But it wasnt until he met his costume-designing soul-mate Suzette that they developed his unique style. Dees hard work finally paid off with an impressive resume that includes: a monster hit record; smash MTV videos; a long-running radio show, The House of Hair; appearances in film (Pee Wees Big Adventure, Howard Sterns Private Parts, StrangeLand) and television (Growing Up Twisted, Celebrity Apprentice); and a starring role in Broadways Rock of Ages. He even authored a teenage survival guide that was required reading in Russia!
In his journey from every parents worst teenage nightmare to Renaissance man, Dee avoided the usual pitfalls associated with rock stars. But that didnt stop Tipper Gore and the Parents Music Resource Center from targeting hima fight that led him to testify before Congress with Frank Zappa. He may have been slapped with a Parental Advisory warning label, but, through it all, Dee stayed positive and focused on being the best he could be.
Filled with entertaining anecdotes and candid confessions, Shut Up and Give Me the Mic takes you through the good times and bad with a heavy metal star who worked as hard as he played, and who did it all for his wife, four kids, and millions of SMF (Sick Mother F******) fans
This story is mine.
Im the guy that gave it all to beat the odds, left everything he had on the stage each night, didnt screw around on his woman, took care of his kids, and was sober enough to remember it all and write about it . . . myself.
The one thing that has surprised and confused me, though, is my unlikely transformation into a beloved public figure. How did the unpopular kid, who grew up to be the angry young man, who became the 80s poster boy for the evils of rock n roll, arrested for profanity and assault, and boycotted by parents and religious groups, become the likeable mensch he is today?* *
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