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Twisted Sister

Twisted Sister is an United States Heavy metal music band from New York City. Their work fuses the shock rock 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....
 album, see A Twisted Christmas

A Twisted Christmas

A Twisted Christmas is a Christmas music from United States heavy metal music group Twisted Sister, released on October 17 2006. The album features classic Christmas songs performed in Heavy metal versions....

Track listing

1. The Twelve Pains of Christmas (3:36)
   • Parody of "The Twelve Days of Christmas
     The Twelve Days of Christmas (song)
     
     "The Twelve Days of Christmas" is an English language Christmas carol which enumerates a series of increasingly grandiose gifts given on each of the Twelve Days of Christmas, ultimately leaving the singer with 364 gifts from her "true love." However, textual evidence may indicate that the song actually is French language in origin....
     ." Sung as a normal Christmas carol, with each verse comedically recited by a participant in the painful activity.
2. The Chimney Song (2:06)
   • Original song, sung by a young child (or impersonator).
3. We Wish You Weren't Living With Us (0:44)
   • Parody of "We Wish You a Merry Christmas
     We Wish You a Merry Christmas
     
     "We Wish You a Merry Christmas" is a popular secular sixteenth-century English language Carol from the West Country of England. It is one of the few traditional holiday carols that makes mention of the New Year celebration....
     ." Sung as a normal Christmas carol.
4. Wreck the Malls (2:02)
   • Parody of "Deck the Halls" performed as glam metal
     Glam metal
     
     Glam metal is a term used to describe the visual style of certain heavy metal music bands that arose in the late 1970s and early 1980s in the United States....
     .
5. A Visit From St. Nicholson (4:30)
   • Parody of "A Visit from St. Nicholas
     A Visit from St. Nicholas
     
     "A Visit from St. Nicholas" is a poem first published anonymously in 1823. It is largely responsible for the conception of Santa Claus from the mid-nineteenth century to today, including his physical appearance, the night of his visit, his mode of transportation, the number and names of Santa Claus's reindeer, and the tradition that he brin...
     " by Clement Clark Moore, with actor Jack Nicholson
     Jack Nicholson
     
     John Joseph "Jack" Nicholson is an United States actor, film director, film producer, and screenwriter, Movie star for his often dark-themed portrayals of Neurosis Fictional character....
      instead of St. Nicholas.
6. O Come All Ye Grateful Dead-Heads (1:23)
   • Parody of "O Come All Ye Faithful." Sung as a normal Christmas carol.
7. I'm Dressin' Up Like Santa (When I Get Out On Parole) (3:06)
   • Original song, in the country music
     Country music
     
     Country music is a blend of popular American music forms originally found in the Southern United States and the Appalachian Mountains. It has roots in Traditional music, Celtic music, gospel music, and old-time music and evolved rapidly in the 1920s....
      format.
8. The Restroom Door Said, "Gentlemen" (1:33)
   • Parody of "God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen." Sung by an all-male a cappella
     A cappella
     
     Acappella music is vocal music or singing without musical instrument accompaniment, or a piece intended to be performed in this way. A cappella was originally intended to differentiate between Renaissance music polyphony and Baroque concertato style....
      chorus.
9. Foreigners (2:07)
   • Parody of "Angels We Have Heard on High
     Angels We Have Heard on High
     
     "Angels We Have Heard on High" is a Christmas carol.The words of the song are based on a traditional France carol known as Les Anges dans nos campagnes ....
     ."
10. Joy to the World
    Joy to the World
    
    "Joy to the World" is a popular Christmas carol.The scripture-based words are by Isaac Watts. The music was adapted and arranged by Lowell Mason from an older melody which was then believed to have originated from George Frideric Handel, not least because the theme of the refrain appears in the orchestra opening and accompaniment of the re...
     (1:22)
    • Hard rock instrumental version of traditional song.
11. A Message From the King (2:18)
    • Spoken word piece by Elvis Presley impersonator.