Almost two years after TWISTED SISTER‘s one-off onstage reunion on the Metallic Corridor Of Fame in Agoura Hills, California, Mark “The Animal” Mendoza was requested by the “Rockstrap” podcast about his present relationship together with his longtime bandmates. The bassist mentioned (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): “The blokes within the band, all of us speak. We’re all good associates. We speak typically. Clearly, A.J.‘s [Pero, late TWISTED SISTER drummer] not round anymore, ‘trigger if A.J. have been there, it might be 5 of us. And we love [stand-in TWISTED SISTER drummer] Mike Portnoy, however he does not know that each one the within stuff on the band. However the 4 of us — that will be Dee [Snider, vocals], Jay Jay [French, guitar], Eddie [Ojeda, guitar] and myself — we now have a gaggle textual content message, and as soon as each two months or so, someone says one thing idiotic to someone else, and it is like a nuclear warfare. The stuff that goes on, I sit right here and I learn it and I get in on it and also you begin crying. It’s so humorous.”
Concerning the potential of extra TWISTED SISTER reunion exhibits sooner or later, Mark mentioned: “We have mentioned by no means say by no means. That is the tune. By no means say by no means, by no means say by no means. There isn’t any speak of it now, however you by no means know what’s gonna occur sooner or later. I believe so long as the 4 of us can get on stage and carry out and no person else dies, which, you already know, God forbid, I do not wanna see that occur, there is a slight likelihood. However we’re not speaking about enjoying. None of us are saying, ‘Hey, let’s do it subsequent 12 months.’ Who is aware of what occurs? And similar to you say, someone’s gonna want cash [laughs], and we’re gonna need to play. [Laughs] And it ain’t me. [Laughs]”
This previous April, Dee was requested by “The Hook Rocks!” podcast if he and the remainder of TWISTED SISTER would take into account coming again collectively for particular performances. The singer mentioned: “Because of all of the bands retiring and dying, the presents get greater and larger for the holdouts to return again. And we retired in 2016, I believe it was. So we’re on eight years now of not enjoying, with no intention of coming again. However — my father, he says, ‘All the pieces earlier than the phrase ‘however’ is bullshit — however sooner or later, you have gotta say, ‘Properly, how can I say no to that?'”
He continued: “Is it there but? No. Is it getting shut? Yeah. Is there speak amongst us, like, ‘Properly, within the occasion that the numbers do get there, and so they certain as hell appear to be moving into that path, how are we gonna do that?’ So there’s a little bit little bit of that dialog. And that is each bodily how we’re gonna do it and on numerous different ranges. And that is a latest prevalence, that the dialog has gone from ‘by no means’ to ‘within the occasion that they make as a proposal we will not refuse, what is the plan?’ And there is some very common dialogue on that, involving private trainers [laughs], diets, hair extensions. And that is the primary time in eight years that the dialog has modified.”
Snider added: “We’re all associates, by the best way. The surviving guys, all of us speak and we’re all associates and we love one another. And that was one of many nice issues that got here out of getting again collectively the primary time is that we managed to repair the friendships and be associates and that, to me, is actually why I wished to do it within the first place, getting again [together] final time… So, anyway, we’ll see what occurs.”
Available to be inducted into the Metallic Corridor Of Fame have been Snider, French, Mendoza and Portnoy, who has performed drums for TWISTED SISTER because the passing of former member Pero. Ojeda was absent from the occasion after contracting COVID-19; filling in for him was Keith Robert Battle.
The spotlight of the ceremony — which additionally noticed FOREIGNER singer Lou Gramm, NWOBHM heroes RAVEN, and guitarists Chris Impellitteri and Doug Aldrich honored — was TWISTED SISTER‘s extremely charged three-song set consisting of the staples “You Cannot Cease Rock ‘N’ Roll” and “Below The Blade”, in addition to the anthem “We’re Not Gonna To Take It”.
In January 2023, Snider advised Eonmusic that there have been no extra TWISTED SISTER reunion performances within the works. “A tough ‘no plans’,” he mentioned on the time. “No plans in any respect to try this.”
Occurring to reference each OZZY OSBOURNE and MÖTLEY CRÜE‘s retirement and returns, he added: “You already know, I’ve mentioned when folks retire, they need to depart the stage, and all these bands, I am bored with shopping for ‘No Extra Excursions’ shirts and seeing folks signing contracts in blood after which they present up three years later. I do not consider in that bullshit, so I do not assume it will occur.”
In March 2023, French advised The Metallic Voice that the Metallic Corridor Of Fame efficiency should not give followers the impression that there can be extra TWISTED SISTER performances to observe.
“There isn’t any reunion to talk of,” he mentioned. “I am not gonna be so cynical and say that it could not result in conversations, however we by no means had a single dialog a few reunion previous to this. Not one.
“Folks all the time go, ‘When are you guys getting again collectively?’ I say, ‘Properly, we speak on a regular basis, however we by no means discuss enjoying. However we discuss enterprise,'” Jay Jay added. “Why will we discuss enterprise? As a result of ‘We’re Not Gonna Take It’ and ‘I Wanna Rock’ are essentially the most licensed songs within the historical past of the music enterprise; they’re in additional TV commercials, film soundtracks… So we do licensing offers all day lengthy. It is actually what we do. I am within the enterprise of music licensing, which is a enterprise I did not know existed.”
In 2016, TWISTED SISTER launched into one remaining trek, titled “Forty And Fuck It”, in celebration of its fortieth anniversary. These exhibits featured the band’s “core lineup” of Snider, French, Ojeda and Mendoza, together with Portnoy. The band’s last-ever live performance happened in November of that 12 months — 20 months after the passing of Pero.
TWISTED SISTER‘s unique run ended within the late ’80s. After greater than a decade, the band publicly reunited in November 2001 to high the invoice of New York Metal, a hard-rock profit live performance to boost cash for the New York Police And Hearth Widows’ And Youngsters’s Profit Fund.
The surviving members of the basic lineup of TWISTED SISTER beforehand reunited just about in March 2021 for a particular episode of Mendoza‘s Web TV present “22 Now”. The hour-and-a-half-long program was a tribute to Pero, who died precisely six years earlier on the age of 55 whereas on tour with the band ADRENALINE MOB.
Previous to the March 2021 digital reunion, the 4 surviving members of TWISTED SISTER reunited for 2 days and nights in November 2019 to have a good time the thirty fifth anniversary of the band’s basic album “Keep Hungry”.
In a 2021 interview with the “Metallic From The Inside” podcast, Snider was requested if he’s nonetheless steadfast about not wanting TWISTED SISTER to reunite. He responded: “[I am] a hundred percent dedicated to not reuniting. Now, let me simply be clear: we’re associates. I did a [solo] present a few weeks in the past [on June 11, 2021 at Stereo Garden in Patchogue, New York] and Mendoza confirmed up, and we did [TWISTED SISTER‘s] ‘Below The Blade’, and it was superior. I speak to the fellows on a regular basis. I can present you my textual content messages. We’ve got a little bit textual content group, and we have been sending messages backwards and forwards.
“To me, that was the explanation to reunite, was to repair the relationships [between the members of the band], and we did repair’ em, and we’re associates,” he defined. “I really feel we did what we might do with out simply doing the identical factor over. And I wished to do some new, difficult issues that I could not do inside TWISTED. And the solo information I’ve accomplished I couldn’t have accomplished with TWISTED SISTER. I couldn’t have accomplished ‘Dee Does Broadway’ with TWISTED SISTER — ‘Twisted Does Broadway’. And I couldn’t have accomplished ‘For The Love Of Metallic’ with TWISTED SISTER; folks would by no means have accepted it. However as a solo artist, I am allowed to alter and evolve. And a few issues [fans have] appreciated; some issues they’ve not appreciated. However on the identical time, I am allowed; nobody’s ever questioned [it]. And, once more, if TWISTED SISTER did it, it could be, like, ‘Hey, it does not sound like TWISTED SISTER anymore’; it could have been that sort of factor.”
Circling again to the prospect of TWISTED SISTER reuniting, Dee mentioned: “I might see us doing a charity — a few songs for charity, for the proper causes. We received [back] collectively initially for charity, which was a very good motive to get collectively. I might see [talk show host Jimmy] Fallon — he is a giant fan — if he mentioned, ‘Hey, guys, are you able to guys come on ‘[The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon’] and do ‘White Christmas’ for us?’ Fuck yeah. However to do a tour, to do 90 minutes, two hours on a stage, I do not see that taking place. And credit score to everyone within the band, and I do know some folks — with out naming names — some guys, they might have saved going; others didn’t wanna preserve going. However I am certain we get presents. Jay Jay French is the supervisor of TWISTED, ‘trigger it is nonetheless an entity — there’s nonetheless royalties and licenses and issues like that, and merchandise — he isn’t introduced one provide, and I am certain we have gotten ’em. ‘Trigger we’re not even contemplating it. It does not matter what they’re providing; we’re not doing it.”