Dee Snider...

"Happy 57th Birthday"

Dee Snider...

Dee Snider (born David Daniel Snider, on March 15, 1955 in Massapequa,

 New York, USA) is the heavily made-up frontman for the U.S. band Twisted Sister.

As a child he sang in a church choir, and several school choruses 

(Snider's father is Jewish, but "left the faith when he was 15" according to Snider, 

quoted in The New York Times. His mother is Catholic. Both sets of families opposed

 his parents' marriage. His parents raised Snider and his siblings as Episcopalian 

Christians as a strange compromise). He developed a habit of dressing differently 

from his peers, and a strong desire to become a singer in a makeup band. 

In 1975 Snider changed several rock bands, and in early 1976 he joined 

the recently formed Twisted Sister.

In 1998, he wrote and starred in the horror film "Strangeland".

In 2001 he was the voice of Gol, the main villain for the PS2 videogame Jak & Daxter: 

The Precursor Legacy.

Snider played himself in the 2002 TV-movie "Warning: Parental Advisory."

In 2004 and 2005 he was the narrator for 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.

As of 2005 Snider is the host of the nationally syndicated House of Hair radio show. 

He lives part-time in Setauket, New York, where he raises and trains dogs.

Snider is also a narrator for many shows and specials on VH1.

Snider has been married to his wife Suzette since 1981. They have 4 children.

 They are Jesse, Shane, Cody, and Cheyenne. -Strangelandsadie.tripod.com

fact about Dee:

Twisted Sister was one of the first rock groups to come under fire by the Parents Music Resource Center (PMRC), a "watchdog" group founded by Tipper Gore, wife of former VIce Prresident Al Gore. The music videos for "We're Not Gonna Take It" and "I Wanna Rock" (c. 1984) depicted violence, and in both videos Mark Metcalf plays a bullying authority figure, either a dominant father or school principal. As a result of the Senate hearings in 1985, parental advisory stickers were placed on records that contained "explicit" lyrics--especially rap music--and vulgar sexual overtones or that promoted misogyny, racism and anti-cop lyrics.

He took on Tipper Gore and her "watchdog" group, the Parents Music Resource Center (PMRC), when she tried to get his band Twisted Sister's album banned, and he spoke in favor of musicians rights included in the First Amendment. He actively campaigned for Arnold Schwarzenegger in that actor's campaign for the California governor (even going as far as to sing his song "We're Not Gonna Take It" at rallies for both men). -Imdb.com

One of my favs....

Lynch Mob...

Lynch Mob

"Wicked Sensation"

Video of the Day...

With the break-up of Dokken, members George Lynch and Mick Brown came roaring back with a similar sounding band called Lynch Mob. Songs like "Wicked Sensation" (the first single), "River Of Love", "She's Evil But She's Mine" and "No Bed Of Roses" really rock and showcase George Lynch's excellent guitar work. 
  The sound on Wicked Sensation reminds me of a heavier edged Dokken, and even though the album reached the Billboard Top 50, if it was released five years earlier it would have been huge. George Lynch has recently reformed this band and put out new rock material. Wicked Sensation receives two thumbs up! -sleazeroxx.com 

George Lynch Bio....

George Lynch was born in Spokane, Washington on September 28th 1954 and was raised in Sacramento, California, and is best known for being in the 80s hard rock band ‘’Dokken’’. He is a highly respected modern guitarist, compared to such players as Steve Vai and Eddie Van Halen. He is well known for his stunning legato technique and the common use of the scale he calls the ‘’Gothic Octave’’.

George auditioned to be Ozzy Osbourne’s guitarist twice, once in 1979, losing to the late, great, Randy Rhodes (and another time in 1982 to replace Brad Gillis). According to George, he was hired for three days until Ozzy changed his mind and decided to go with Jake E. Lee. Lee, however claims that Lynch ‘Got the gig’, but only went on the road for two weeks to watch the show, and never actually played with Ozzy.

He came to fame with Dokken in the 80’s, whom which he had been a member of since the 70’s. Dokken had a string of successful gold albums and Lynch’s lead work was highly acclaimed on all of them and cemented his place in the legion of guitar heroes. Despite being hugely successful, Lynch left Dokken in 1990 due to tension with lead vocalist Don Dokken. George went and formed his own band ‘’Lynch Mob’’ whose style was similar to Dokken’s, but were never as successful.

Into 1993 and Lynch released his solo album entitled ‘’Sacred Groove’’ which was well received amongst fans. By 1994 George and Vocalist Don Dokken settled their differences and reunited the classic line-up of Dokken, releasing 2 albums but Lynch still found time to tour with his own band, do guitar clinics for ESP guitars (which he has endorsed as part of Dokken since the 80’s) and attend the annual NAMM show.

In 1997, tensions flared again over creative differences and Lynch left to pursue other projects. He began a number of side projects, reforming and touring with Lynch Mob, releasing more solo albums, and forming a project with Dokken Bassist Jeff Pilson called ‘Lynch/Pilson’. He currently lives in Arizona where he continues to record, lives healthily, and embraces body building. -Shredaholic.com