David Daniel "Dee" Snider (born March 15 1955) is an American
singer-songwriterA singer–songwriter is a musician who writes, composes and sings their own material including lyrics and melodies. They often provide the sole accompaniment to an entire composition or song, typically using a guitar or piano...
,
screenwriterScreenwriters or scenarists or scriptwriters are people in a film crew who write/create the screenplays from which films and television programs are made....
, radio personality, and
actorAn actor or actress is a person who acts in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio in that capacity...
. Snider is most famous for his role as the frontman of the
heavy metalHeavy metal is a genre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s, largely in England and the United States...
bandIn music, a musical ensemble or band is a group of musicians that works together to perform songs. The following articles concern types of musical bands:* Big band* Boy band* Christian band* Church band* Concert band* Cover band* Dansband* Fife and drum...
Twisted SisterTwisted Sister is an American heavy metal band from New York City. Their work fuses the shock tactics of Alice Cooper, the rebellious mood of the New Wave of British Heavy Metal, and the extravagant image of glam rock bands such as New York Dolls notably for the makeup...
. He was ranked 83 in the
Hit ParaderHit Parader is an American music magazine focusing on the genres of hard rock and heavy metal.The magazine was originally started by Charlton Publications in 1943. Charlton sold off the magazine in the 1980s before the company went under in 1991...
's Top 100 Metal Vocalist of All Time.
Early life
Born in Astoria, New York, Snider grew up in nearby Baldwin and graduated from
Baldwin High SchoolBaldwin High School is a public secondary school located in Baldwin, Nassau County, New York. The school serves about 1700 students in grades 9 to 12 in the Baldwin Union Free School District...
in 1973. As a child he sang in a church choir, several school choruses, and Baldwin HS Concert Choir. He also was selected for the All State Chorus by singing.
1970s–1980s
In early 1976, Snider joined the recently formed
Twisted SisterTwisted Sister is an American heavy metal band from New York City. Their work fuses the shock tactics of Alice Cooper, the rebellious mood of the New Wave of British Heavy Metal, and the extravagant image of glam rock bands such as New York Dolls notably for the makeup...
and became the sole songwriter of the band thereafter. The group released their first
studio albumA studio album is an original collection of new tracks by a recording artist.It usually does not contain live recordings and/or remixes, and if it does, those tracks do not make up majority of the album and are often "bonus tracks"...
,
Under the BladeUnder the Blade is the debut album by American heavy metal band Twisted Sister, released on Secret Records on September 18, 1982. . The album was re-mixed & re-released on Atlantic Records on July 14, 1985. The re-release also had a remixed version of the song "I'll Never Grow Up Now" added...
, in September 1982 and developed a following in the
UKThe United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe. It is an island country, spanning an archipelago including Great Britain, the northeastern part of Ireland, and many small islands...
. Less than a year later, Twisted Sister released their sophomore effort,
You Can't Stop Rock 'n' RollYou Can't Stop Rock 'n' Roll is Twisted Sister's second full-length album, released on June 27, 1983.-Track listing:All songs written by Dee Snider.# "The Kids Are Back" – 3:16# "Like a Knife in the Back" – 3:03# "Ride to Live, Live to Ride" – 4:04...
. Their third album,
Stay Hungry, hit shelves on May 10, 1984. This would become the band's most successful record with the hits "We're Not Gonna Take It" and "
I Wanna Rock"I Wanna Rock" is a song from the album Stay Hungry by American heavy metal band Twisted Sister. In 2009 it was named the 17th VH1 Greatest Hard Rock Songs by VH1....
."
During the mid 1980s, before the premiere of
Headbangers BallHeadbangers Ball is a television program consisting of heavy metal music videos airing on MTV2, MTV Australia, MTV Two , MTV Adria , MTV Brand New, MTV Portugal, MTV Finland, MTV Arabia, MTV Norway, MTV Sweden, MTV Denmark, MTV Türkiye, MTV Hungary and MTV...
, the first
MTVMTV is a cable television network based in New York City and launched on August 1, 1981. The original purpose of the channel was to play music videos guided by on-air hosts known as VJs...
program to consist entirely of heavy metal videos was
Heavy Metal Mania. The first episode aired in June 1985 and was hosted by Dee Snider. It featured metal news, interviews with metal artists, and in-studio co-hosts. That same year in November, Twisted Sister released
Come Out and PlayCome Out and Play is the fourth album by the American heavy metal band Twisted Sister, released by Atlantic Records. It was less successful than its predecessor Stay Hungry both critically and commercially.-Overview:...
which sold over 500,000 copies but was marred by a poor concert tour.
In 1985, a Senate hearing was instigated by the
Parents Music Resource CenterThe Parents Music Resource Center was an American committee formed in 1985 by four women: Tipper Gore, wife of Senator and later Vice President Al Gore; Susan Baker, wife of Treasury Secretary James Baker; Pam Howar, wife of Washington realtor Raymond Howar; and Sally Nevius, wife of Washington...
(PMRC), who wanted to introduce a parental warning system that would label all albums containing offensive material. The system was to include letters identifying the type of objectionable content to be found in each album (e.g. O for occult themes, S for sex, D for drugs, V for violence, etc). Dee Snider,
John DenverJohn Denver was an American country music/folk singer-songwriter and folk rock musician. He was one of the most popular acoustic artists of the 1970s in terms of record sales, recording and releasing around 300 songs, of which about 200 were composed by him. He was named Poet Laureate of Colorado...
, and
Frank ZappaFrank Vincent Zappa was an American composer, electric guitarist, record producer and film director. In a career spanning more than 30 years, Zappa wrote rock, jazz, electronic, orchestral, and musique concrète works. He also directed feature-length films and music videos, and designed album...
all testified against
censorshipCensorship is the suppression of speech or deletion of communicative material which may be considered objectionable, harmful, sensitive, or inconvenient to the government or media organizations as determined by a censor.-Rationale:...
and the proposed warning system. Such a system was never implemented, but the result of the trial brought about what is now the generic "
Parental Advisory: Explicit ContentParental Advisory is a message affixed by the Recording Industry Association of America to audio and recordings in the United States containing excessive use of offensive language. Albums began to be labeled for "explicit lyrics" in 1985, after pressure from the Parents Music Resource Center...
" label.
The PMRC was initially formed by the wives of Washington DC power brokers
Al GoreAlbert Arnold "Al" Gore, Jr. is an American environmental activist and former politician who served as the 45th Vice President of the United States from 1993 to 2001 under President Bill Clinton. He is an author, businessperson, former U.S. Senator and former journalist...
(D-TN, Senate) and
Secretary of StateSecretary of State is a commonly used title for a member of government. The role varies between countries, and in some cases there are multiple Secretaries of State in the government.In many countries, a Secretary of State is a mid-level post...
James BakerJames Addison Baker, III is an American attorney, politician, political administrator, and political advisor.He served as the Chief of Staff in President Ronald Reagan's first administration and in the final year of the administration of President George H. W. Bush...
.
Tipper GoreMary Elizabeth Gore , commonly known as Tipper Gore, is an author, photographer, former Second Lady of the United States, and the wife of Al Gore...
in particular became the face of the PMRC and a public foil for Snider in the hearings. Ironically, in the
2000 US Presidential ElectionThe United States presidential election of 2000 was a contest between Republican candidate George W. Bush, then-governor of Texas and son of former president George H. W. Bush , and Democratic candidate Al Gore, then-Vice President. Bill Clinton, the incumbent President, was vacating the position...
cycle, Snider endorsed Vice President Gore for office. Public statements at the time (as noted in a July 2000 Reason article) have Snider justifying the decision based on Gore's environmental stance; however, other comments attributed to Snider quote him as saying he was backing the obvious winner.
A fifth Twisted Sister album would be made in 1987's
Love Is for SuckersLove Is for Suckers is the fifth album by the heavy metal group Twisted Sister. According to the Live At Wacken DVD, the material was originally meant to be a solo album by Twisted Sister's lead singer, Dee Snider, but Twisted Sister's record company pushed for it to be released by the band. It...
. The record was originally planned to be a Dee Snider solo effort, but
Atlantic RecordsAtlantic Records is an American record label best known for its many recordings of rhythm & blues, rock and roll, and jazz...
encouraged a release under the Twisted Sister name. Touring lasted only into October that year and on the 12th of that month, Snider announced his departure from the band. It was during this time that Snider formed
DesperadoDesperado is a heavy metal band formed by Dee Snider in 1988, after Twisted Sister was disbanded. Besides Dee Snider , the band featured ex-Iron Maiden drummer Clive Burr and ex-Gillan guitarist Bernie Torme. Marc Russel was on the bass...
, a band featuring ex-Iron Maiden drummer
Clive BurrClive Burr was the drummer in the British band Iron Maiden. Previously a member of Samson, Burr joined Iron Maiden in 1979. An acquaintance of then-Iron Maiden guitarist Dennis Stratton, Burr played on their first three records: Iron Maiden, Killers and their breakthrough release The Number of the...
, ex-
GillanGillan was a hard rock band formed in 1978 by Deep Purple singer Ian Gillan.-History:In 1978 Ian Gillan had become dissatisfied with the jazz fusion style of his band called the Ian Gillan Band and dissolved it, retaining only keyboard player Colin Towns, and formed a new band entitled Gillan...
guitarist
Bernie TormeBernie Tormé is a rock guitarist, singer, song writer, record label- and record studio owner born in Dublin, Ireland.-Early career:...
, and bassist Marc Russel. The group's only album,
Ace, has never been officially released but was heavily
bootleggedA bootleg recording is an audio and/or video recording of a performance that was not officially released by the artist, or under other legal authority. The process of making and distributing such recordings is known as bootlegging...
on CD under the title
Bloodied But Unbowed.
1990s
In the 1990s, Snider formed
Widowmaker with Joe Franco, a good friend to Twisted Sister and drummer on the
Love Is For SuckersLove Is for Suckers is the fifth album by the heavy metal group Twisted Sister. According to the Live At Wacken DVD, the material was originally meant to be a solo album by Twisted Sister's lead singer, Dee Snider, but Twisted Sister's record company pushed for it to be released by the band. It...
, as well as
Al PitrelliAl Pitrelli is a guitarist, best known for his work with the Trans-Siberian Orchestra, Megadeth, Savatage and Blue Öyster Cult.-Early career :...
and Marc Russel. The quartet recorded two albums with limited underground success, titled
Blood and Bullets and
Stand By For Pain. In the late 1990s, Snider toured with a "self-tribute" band called
Dee Snider's SMFs (Sick Mother Fuckers), sometimes featuring ex-Twisted Sister drummer A.J. Pero. The usual line up included Dee Snider, Derek Tailer, Charlie Mills,
Keith AlexanderKeith Alexander born in Brooklyn, New York) was a guitarist, cyclist and body modification enthusiast. He was the guitarist for the late 1980s thrash band Carnivore and Primal Scream...
, and Spike.
In 1997, Dee Snider began hosting the
House of HairThe House of Hair is a nationally syndicated weekly radio show in the US, Mexico and Canada. It is hosted by Twisted Sister frontman Dee Snider...
, a syndicated 1980s hard rock/heavy metal radio show that airs on over 200 radio stations across North America. It is syndicated by the
United Stations Radio NetworksUnited Stations Radio Networks is a radio network providing a wide range of programs and programming services for radio stations across the US and elsewhere...
. The show's format runs two hours and features Snider's closing catchphrase, "If it ain't metal, it's crap!"
In 1998, Snider had penned a song entitled "The Magic of Christmas Day (God Bless Us Everyone)" which would be recorded in 1998 by
Celine DionCéline Marie Claudette Dion , CC, OQ is a Canadian singer, occasional songwriter, actress, and entrepreneur. Born to a large, impoverished family in Charlemagne, Quebec, Dion emerged as a teen star in the French-speaking world after her manager and future husband René Angélil mortgaged his home to...
for her album
These Are Special TimesThese Are Special Times is a Christmas album by Canadian singer Céline Dion, released on October 30, 1998. It's her 1st English-language Christmas album, 6th English album and 25th in total...
. According to Snider, Dion at the time was not aware of who wrote the song. Later that year, he also wrote and starred in the
horror filmHorror films are movies that strive to elicit the emotions of fear, horror and terror from viewers. Their plots frequently involve themes of death, the supernatural or mental illness...
StrangelandStrangeland is an American horror film released in 1998. The movie was directed by John Pieplow and written by Dee Snider.The film focuses on the body modification underground culture's rituals.-Plot:...
. Snider has also penned the script to a sequel which has the working title of
Strangeland: Disciple. As of January 2008, however, Snider was less than optimistic that it would ever see the light of day, saying in an interview with Bullz-Eye.com that he had reached a point where he should "put a sign on my website that says, 'Y’got ten million dollars? Give me a call. I’ve got the script ready to go, Robert Englund’s attached, I’m attached. If somebody’s serious and wants to make it, call me. But don’t call me ‘til you’re ready to hand the check over.'” In May 2009, Dee Snider revealed on his radio show,"The House Of Hair," that
Strangeland: Disciple will go ahead and is set to begin shooting in the fall of 2009 and is slated for a 2010 release.
2000s–present
From June 1999 to August 2002, Snider hosted a morning radio show on a
Hartford, ConnecticutHartford is the capital city of the U.S. state of Connecticut. It is located in Hartford County on the Connecticut River, north of the center of the state, south of Springfield, Massachusetts. Its 2006 population of 124,512 ranks Hartford as the state's second-largest city, after Bridgeport. New...
Clear ChannelClear Channel Communications is an American media conglomerate company headquartered at 200 East Basse Road in San Antonio, Texas. It was founded in 1972 by Lowry Mays and Red McCombs, who wields considerable influence in radio broadcasting, concert promotion and hosting, and fixed advertising in...
station, Radio 104 (104.1 FM WMRQ), called Dee Snider Radio. His show returned to the air at night in August 2004 on 93.3
WMMRWMMR is a rock radio station in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, broadcasting at 93.3 MHz FM. The station is owned by Greater Media.Philadelphia's radio market is ranked the seventh largest in the United States by Arbitron's ranking system, and WMMR was the leading rock format station in the market,...
in Philadelphia,
PennsylvaniaThe Commonwealth of Pennsylvania , often colloquially referred to as PA by natives and Northeasterners, is a state located in the Northeastern and Middle Atlantic regions of the United States...
until June 2005. He fondly referred to his listeners as his "Peeps," and "DEE" euro stickers, printed by the station, could be seen on the bumpers of his fans' cars throughout
ConnecticutConnecticut is a state in the northeastern United States. It is bordered by Rhode Island to the east, Massachusetts to the north, and New York to the west and south ....
,
New YorkNew York is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States and is the nation's third most populous. The state is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...
,
New JerseyNew Jersey is a state in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States. It is bordered on the north by New York, and to the east by the Hudson River, Upper New York Bay, the Kill Van Kull, Newark Bay, the Arthur Kill, Raritan Bay, Sandy Hook Bay, Westchester County, New York City, Long Island, and...
, and
MassachusettsThe Commonwealth of Massachusetts is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States. It is bordered by Rhode Island and Connecticut to the south, New York to the west, and Vermont and New Hampshire to the north; at its east lies the Atlantic Ocean. Most of its population of...
. Other members of the morning show included Nick Lentino, Beth Lockwood, "Psycho Dan" Williams, Sean Robbins, and "Darkside Dave" Wallace. He frequently featured high-profile guests, including
Ozzy OsbourneJohn Michael "Ozzy" Osbourne is an English singer-songwriter, whose career has now spanned four decades. Osbourne rose to prominence as lead vocalist of pioneering British heavy metal band Black Sabbath, and eventually achieved a multi-platinum solo career which revolutionized the heavy metal genre...
, pro wrestler
Mick FoleyMichael Francis "Mick" Foley, Sr. is an American actor, author, comedian, voice over, and professional wrestler, currently signed with Total Nonstop Action Wrestling , where he is the storyline "Executive Shareholder"...
, and
KISSKiss is an American rock band formed in New York City in December 1972. Easily identified by its members' trademark face paint and stage outfits, the group rose to prominence in the mid and late-1970s on the basis of their elaborate live performances, which featured fire breathing, blood spitting,...
singer/bassist
Gene SimmonsGene Simmons is an Israeli American rock bassist, vocalist, and actor. He is best known as "The Demon", the blood-spitting, fire-breathing, and tongue-wagging bassist and one of the lead vocalists in the hard rock band Kiss, an act he co-founded in the early 1970s...
.
In 2001, Snider was the voice of Gol Acheron, the main villain for the
PlayStation 2The PlayStation 2 is a sixth-generation video game console manufactured by Sony. The PS2 console is the sequel to the original PlayStation console. The successor to the PlayStation, and the predecessor to the PlayStation 3, the PlayStation 2 forms part of the PlayStation series of video game...
video game
Jak and Daxter: The Precursor LegacyJak and Daxter: The Precursor Legacy is a platform game developed by Naughty Dog and published by Sony Computer Entertainment America and is the first video game in the Jak and Daxter series. It was released exclusively for the Sony PlayStation 2 on December 4, 2001 for America and for Europe and...
. The following year, he rejoined with the reunited Twisted Sister. Snider also played himself in the 2002 TV-movie
Warning: Parental AdvisoryWarning: Parental Advisory was a made for TV movie created by VH1 and directed by Mark Waters in 2002. The movie follows the story of Dee Snider and Frank Zappa, testifying before Congress against lyrics labeling laws....
. In 2003, he appeared with actor
Arnold SchwarzeneggerArnold Alois Schwarzenegger is an Austrian American bodybuilder, actor, businessman, and politician, currently serving as the 38th Governor of the state of California....
during his drive to recall incumbent
CaliforniaCalifornia is the most populous state in the United States, and the third largest by area. California is the second most populous sub-national entity in the Americas, behind only São Paulo, Brazil...
Governor
Gray DavisJoseph Graham "Gray" Davis, Jr. is an American politician who served as California's 37th Governor from 1999 until being recalled in 2003. Davis is a Democrat who was often known as a moderate...
. Snider sang the Twisted Sister hit, "
We're Not Gonna Take It"We're Not Gonna Take It" is a 1984 hit song by the American glam metal/heavy metal band Twisted Sister from their album Stay Hungry. The song was first released as a single on April 27, 1984. The Stay Hungry album was released two weeks later, on May 10, 1984...
," which was adopted by the Schwarzenegger campaign.
Snider narrates and hosts many shows and specials on
VH1VH1 is an American cable television network based in New York City...
, movie trailers, behind the scenes segments, and DVD special features. He was featured as the 'voice' in the bumpers for
MSNBCMSNBC is a cable news channel based in the United States and available in both the US and Canada. Its name is a combination of "MSN" and "NBC"....
's 2001/2002 "Fiercely Independent" branding campaign. Every year since 2004, Snider has narrated a live show known as
Van Helsing's Curse which tours the US around Halloween giving a mix of famous music with dark overtones and an occasional part of a storytelling to accompany the music. The concert has also been released on CD. Snider hosted VH1's 2008 "Aftermath" concert in remembrance of the victims and survivors of the 2003 Station nightclub fire.
Snider returned to radio in June 2006 with
FangoriaFangoria is an internationally-distributed US film fan magazine specializing in the genres of horror, slasher, splatter and exploitation films, in regular publication since 1979.-Planning:...
Radio on
Sirius Satellite RadioSirius Satellite Radio is a satellite radio service operating in the United States and Canada, owned by Sirius XM Radio. Headquartered in New York City, with smaller studios in Los Angeles and Memphis, Sirius was officially launched on July 1, 2002 and currently provides 69 streams of music and...
channel 102 from 9-12 Eastern.
During winter of 2008, Snider was featured as a contestant on
CMTCMT may refer to:* Cadmium Mercury Telluride* California mastitis test* California Musical Theatre, a nonprofit arts organization in Sacramento, California* Cambridge Mathematical Tripos* Canadian Music Trade Magazine...
's
Gone Country. The show recruited famous musical celebrities who competed against each other to win a chance to release a country song. Also in 2008, Snider appeared on the first episode of season two's
Kitchen Nightmares who
Gordon RamsayGordon James Ramsay, OBE, is a Scottish-born British chef, television personality and restaurateur. He has been awarded a total of 16 Michelin Stars, and in 2001 became one of only three chefs in the United Kingdom to hold three Michelin stars at one time...
had recruited as part of the marketing for the re-launch of the Handlebar restaurant. On the show, Snider donated a motorcycle for auction in which customers of the Handlebar were able to bid on through the Handlebar restaurants website.
Dee hosts
DEAD ART on
Gallery HDGallery HD was an American arts-themed network that broadcast exclusively in High definition. Programming included original series and tours of various galleries and museums. It was one of the Voom HD Networks, a division of Rainbow Media....
, a show about the beauty and art of cemeteries.
Snider has made appearances on the
IFCThe Independent Film Channel is a cable network that airs independent film and related programming uncut and uncensored, 24 hours a day...
Channel's original series
Z RockZ Rock is an American television series, which airs on the IFC in the United States.The show is a semi-scripted comedy and is based on the double life of a Brooklyn band, ZO2. By night, they are a hard rock band but to pay the bills, they are the Z Brothers by day, playing kiddie parties...
as himself playing the character of a "rock guru."
Personal life
Snider has been married to his wife Suzette, a costume designer, since 1981. They have four children,
Jesse BlazeJesse Blaze Snider was most recently seen and heard on MTV’s Rock the Cradle reality show with his famous father Dee Snider. Produced by Fremantle Media and featuring the children of famous musicians, Jesse competed against others in a singing competition designed to see who had inherited their...
, Shane, Cody Blue, and Cheyenne Jean. His eldest son Jesse hosted
MTV2 Rock, a
music videoA music video is a short film or video that accompanies a complete piece of music/song. Modern music videos are primarily made and used as a marketing device intended to promote the sale of music recordings. Although the origins of music videos go back much further, they came into their own in the...
countdown program in 2003, and was the runner-up in MTV's 2008 show
Rock the CradleRock the Cradle was an MTV reality show in which the offspring of R&B, pop, and rock stars from the 1980s and 1990s vie in a six-week singing competition...
. Dee appeared on the show as Jesse's mentor. Jesse is also the lead singer of the punk metal band
Baptized By FireBaptized By Fire is an American rock band from the greater New York area, formed in 2006. The band consists of Jesse Blaze Snider, Danny Wacker, Dan Carlisle, and Benjamin Clapp.-Band history:...
. In 2003, Snider's brother-in-law, Vincent Gargiulo, was murdered.
Snider currently lives part-time on Long Island, New York. He appeared on
MTV CribsMTV Cribs is a reality television program on the MTV Networks' MTV and CMT that features tours of the houses and mansions of celebrities. The first show aired September 2000...
to show his
New YorkNew York is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States and is the nation's third most populous. The state is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...
home, along with two of his four children, Shane and Cheyenne.
Snider is a personal friend of
professional wrestlerProfessional wrestling, or pro wrestling, is an athletic performing art where matches are prearranged by the promotion's booking staff. It is a non-competitive sport which contains strong elements of theatre, mock combat, and catch wrestling. Wrestling's origins date to 19th-century carnival...
Mick FoleyMichael Francis "Mick" Foley, Sr. is an American actor, author, comedian, voice over, and professional wrestler, currently signed with Total Nonstop Action Wrestling , where he is the storyline "Executive Shareholder"...
.
Snider is a fan of the post-hardcore band
Escape the FateEscape the Fate is an American rock band from Las Vegas, Nevada, formed in Pahrump, Nevada in 2004. Their debut full-length album, Dying Is Your Latest Fashion, was released on September 26, 2006. Their second full-length album, This War Is Ours was released on October 21, 2008...
.
Snider's Cousin Joe "dogg" Snider and his metal band Tears of the Dying have just released a self titled album on Blood Groove Records in late 2009.
In conjunction with the 30th anniversary of
Star WarsStar Wars is an epic space opera franchise initially conceived by George Lucas. The first film in the franchise was originally released on May 25, 1977, by 20th Century Fox, and became a worldwide pop culture phenomenon, spawning two immediate sequels, released at three-year intervals...
in 2007, Snider was interviewed by
Maul StanleyMaul Stanley is a parody hybrid of Star Wars character Darth Maul and Kiss guitarist Paul Stanley. He wears a hooded black cloak reminiscent of Darth Maul, spandex pants and platform boots reminiscent of Paul Stanley and black and red face make-up evocative of both...
about his appreciation of the original
Star Wars trilogy.
At the PMRC hearings, Dee Snider mentioned in his Statement to the Senate that he considers himself Christian, saying "I was born and raised a Christian and I still adhere to those principles."
Bands
- Twisted Sister
Twisted Sister is an American heavy metal band from New York City. Their work fuses the shock tactics of Alice Cooper, the rebellious mood of the New Wave of British Heavy Metal, and the extravagant image of glam rock bands such as New York Dolls notably for the makeup...
- Desperado
- Widowmaker
- S.M.F.'s (Sick Mutha Fuckers)
- Bent Brother (heavy metal group)
Books
- Dee Snider's Teenage Survival Guide, Doubleday, 1987 - available in hardcover & softcover
- Rock & Roll War Stories, Pitbull Publishing LLC, a chapter is dedicated to a hilarious anecdote Dee Snider told musician/author Gordon G.G. Gebert on Dee's House of Hair Radio show. The story inspired Gebert to write his third book.
Guest appearances
- "Go to Hell
"Go to Hell" is a song by American heavy metal band Megadeth. It appears on Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey soundtrack released in 1991, and on Megadeth's rarities EP, Hidden Treasures, which was released in 1995. A music video for the song was released...
" on Humanary Stew: A TributeA tribute is wealth one party gives to another as a sign of respect or, as was often case in historical contexts, of submission or allegiance...
To Alice CooperAlice Cooper is an American rock singer, songwriter and musician whose career spans more than four decades...
, 1999
- "Go to Hell
"Go to Hell" is a song by American heavy metal band Megadeth. It appears on Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey soundtrack released in 1991, and on Megadeth's rarities EP, Hidden Treasures, which was released in 1995. A music video for the song was released...
" on Welcome to My NightmareWelcome to My Nightmare is a concept album by Alice Cooper, released in 1975. This was Alice Cooper's first solo album . The cover artwork was created by Drew Struzan. Rolling Stone would later rank it as one of the "Top 100 Album Covers Of All Time".Welcome to My Nightmare is a concept album...
: An All Star Salute To Alice Cooper, 1999
- "Eleanor Rigby
"Eleanor Rigby" is a song by The Beatles, originally released on the 1966 album Revolver. The song was primarily written by Paul McCartney...
" on Eddie Ojeda's Axes 2 Axes, 2005
- "Wasted Years
"Wasted Years" is the fourteenth single released by Iron Maiden and the first from their Somewhere in Time album. Released in 1986, it was the first single to be written by guitarist Adrian Smith alone. It reached number 18 in the UK charts. The cover depicts Eddie's point of view as he flies a...
" on Numbers From The Beast: An All Star Tribute to Iron MaidenIron Maiden are an English heavy metal band from Leyton in East London, formed in 1975. The band are directed by founder, bassist and songwriter Steve Harris...
, 2005
- "SCG3 Special Report" on Lordi
Lordi is an finnish hard rock/heavy metal band from Helsinki, Finland, formed in 1996. Lordi is known for monster masks and pyrotechnics exploiting concerts....
: The Arockalypse, 2006
- "Detroit Rock City
"Detroit Rock City" is a song by the American hard rock group Kiss featured on their 1976 album, Destroyer. The song was written by Paul Stanley and Bob Ezrin and is about a real Kiss fan who was killed in a car accident on his way to a Kiss concert The song, recorded and released as a single in...
" on Spin The BottleSpin the Bottle - An All-Star Tribute to Kiss is a 2004 tribute album, featuring a variety of artists covering songs by the American rock band Kiss...
: An All-Star Tribute To KISSKiss is an American rock band formed in New York City in December 1972. Easily identified by its members' trademark face paint and stage outfits, the group rose to prominence in the mid and late-1970s on the basis of their elaborate live performances, which featured fire breathing, blood spitting,...
, 2004
- "Howard Stern
Howard Allan Stern is an American radio and media personality most notable for his radio show which since January 9, 2006, has been broadcasting on Sirius XM, an uncensored satellite radio service...
" on SiriusSirius is the brightest star in the night sky with a visual apparent magnitude of −1.46, almost twice as bright as Canopus, the next brightest star. The name Sirius is derived from the Ancient Greek Σείριος. The star has the Bayer designation α Canis Majoris...
, Feb 8, 2006; 2007
- "Saigon Suicide Show"; an episode
An episode is a part of a dramatic work such as a serial television or radio program. An episode is a part of a sequence of a body of work, akin to a chapter of a book. The term sometimes applies to works based on other forms of mass media as well, as in Star Wars...
of the televisionTelevision is a widely used telecommunication medium for transmitting and receiving moving images, either monochromatic or color, usually accompanied by sound. "Television" may also refer specifically to a television set, television programming or television transmission...
show "The Upright Citizens Brigade", 1998
- "Handlebar"; an episode
An episode is a part of a dramatic work such as a serial television or radio program. An episode is a part of a sequence of a body of work, akin to a chapter of a book. The term sometimes applies to works based on other forms of mass media as well, as in Star Wars...
of the televisionTelevision is a widely used telecommunication medium for transmitting and receiving moving images, either monochromatic or color, usually accompanied by sound. "Television" may also refer specifically to a television set, television programming or television transmission...
show "Kitchen NightmaresKitchen Nightmares is an American reality television series on the Fox Broadcasting network, in which chef Gordon Ramsay spends a week with a failing restaurant in an attempt to save the establishment. It is based on the UK show Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares.The US show premiered Wednesday September...
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- "Episode #1.7"; an episode
An episode is a part of a dramatic work such as a serial television or radio program. An episode is a part of a sequence of a body of work, akin to a chapter of a book. The term sometimes applies to works based on other forms of mass media as well, as in Star Wars...
of the televisionTelevision is a widely used telecommunication medium for transmitting and receiving moving images, either monochromatic or color, usually accompanied by sound. "Television" may also refer specifically to a television set, television programming or television transmission...
show "Z Rock (ZO2ZO2 is a Brooklyn-based rock trio.-History:ZO2 has released 3 albums since its inception. ZO2 was invited to open for Kiss and Poison on their 40-city national VH-1 sponsored "Rock the Nation" tour.-Television series:...
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- Monster Circus live at the Las Vegas Hilton
The Las Vegas Hilton is a hotel, casino, and convention center in Winchester, Nevada, Nevada. It is a joint venture between Colony Capital, which owns 60 percent, and New York City-based REIT Whitehall Street Real Estate Funds, which owns the remaining 40 percent...
March 19-21 & 26-28, 2009
Filmography
- Pee-wee's Big Adventure
Pee-wee's Big Adventure is a 1985 adventure comedy film directed by Tim Burton in his full-length film debut. Paul Reubens, Phil Hartman and Michael Varhol wrote the script, starring Paul Reubens as Pee-wee Herman, Elizabeth Daily, Mark Holton and Diane Salinger...
(1985) - cameo appearance on top of a car hood singing "Burn in Hell"
- Private Parts
Private Parts is a euphemism for a human's intimate parts.It may also refer to:*Private Parts , a 1993 autobiography by radio personality Howard Stern...
(1997) - cameo appearance in the opening scene
- Strangeland
Strangeland is an American horror film released in 1998. The movie was directed by John Pieplow and written by Dee Snider.The film focuses on the body modification underground culture's rituals.-Plot:...
(1998)
- Van Helsing's Curse (2004)
- Kiss Loves You
KISS Loves You is a 2004 documentary film directed by Jim Heneghan and co-produced by 8th Grade Films and Sveriges Television. The documentary chronicles the triumphs, tragedies and absurdities of a select group of KISS fans over a ten year period beginning in 1994, during which the band reunited...
(2004)
- Metal: A Headbangers Journey (2005)
Other Appearances In Media
- Spongebob Squarepants
SpongeBob SquarePants is an American animated television series and media franchise. It is currently Nickelodeon's highest rated show, the most distributed property of MTV Networks, and among Nicktoons Network's most-watched shows...
(2009) - played the character Angry Jack on the episode Shellshock
- Jak and Daxter: The Precursor Legacy
Jak and Daxter: The Precursor Legacy is a platform game developed by Naughty Dog and published by Sony Computer Entertainment America and is the first video game in the Jak and Daxter series. It was released exclusively for the Sony PlayStation 2 on December 4, 2001 for America and for Europe and...
(2001) - did the voice of Gol the Sage
- Bluetooth= D-bag (2009)- Partook in the JOHNisFUNNY.comhttp://www.JOHNisFUNNY.com YouTube sketch about Bluetooth
Bluetooth is an open wireless protocol for exchanging data over short distances from fixed and mobile devices, creating personal area networks . It was originally conceived as a wireless alternative to RS232 data cables...
headsets, created by Long Island filmmaker John Mingione
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