Dee Snider says offers to reform Twisted Sister getting harder to refuse

Dee Snider has talked about the possibility of a Twisted Sister reformation, revealing that the offers were getting more and more difficult to refuse.

The New York shock rockers initially disbanded in 1988 and made the odd appearance through the 90s before fully reforming in the early 2000s.

They broke up again in 2016 following a farewell tour in the wake of drummer A.J. Pero’s death. At the time they were adamant that they would never tread the boards again, unlike certain acts who either kept returning or strung out their farewell tours.

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During a Q&A at the Rock City Music Company in Livonia, MI for his novel ‘Frats’ last year, Snider said: “I see people singing 'Crazy Nights' and they're not so crazy anymore. I'm not gonna name names. I always bitch about people who retire, sell us the 'No More Tours' shirt — Ozzy — and then come back a few years later, 'We love you, we love you.'

“That's bull---. And people say, 'Well, that's f--- up.' No - stay forever, man. Stay forever. We don't want you to leave. Just don't do a three-year farewell tour - Scorpions - and then say you changed your mind.”

Now though, Twisted Sister’s stance seems a little less certain. The band reunited for a special one-off performance when they were inducted into the Heavy Metal Hall of Fame in 2023 and it looks like further appearances could soon be on the cards.

Speaking to The Hook Rocks! podcast, the singer said: "As a result of all the bands retiring and dying, the offers get bigger and bigger for the holdouts to come back. And we retired in 2016, I think it was. So we're on eight years now of not playing, with no intention of coming back. But…at some point, you've gotta say, 'Well, how can I say no to that?'"

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He continued: "Is it there yet? No. Is it getting close? Yeah. Is there talk amongst us, like, 'Well, in the event that the numbers do get there, and they sure as hell seem to be going in that direction, how are we gonna do this?'

“So there's a little bit of that conversation. And that's both physically how we're gonna do it and on a number of other levels. And that's a recent occurrence, that the conversation has gone from 'never' to 'in the event that they make as an offer we can't refuse, what's the plan?' And there's some very general discussion on that, involving personal trainers laughs, diets, hair extensions. And that's the first time in eight years that the conversation has changed."

He added: “We're all friends, by the way. The surviving guys, we all talk and we're all friends and we love each other…So, anyway, we'll see what happens."

SMFs, watch this space!

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