Twisted Sister wrapped up a farewell tour in late 2016 with no intent of hitting the highway once more. However with vital provides coming in, frontman Dee Snider and firm seem like reversing course.
In a brand new interview with The Hook Rocks! podcast, Snider provided an replace on the standing of the band, who did reunite for a one-off efficiency in 2023 for Twisted Sister’s induction to the Metallic Corridor of Fame. On the time, Snider was considerably adamant about solely reuniting for particular events… however the cash would possibly sway him and his bandmates in any other case.
“Because of all of the bands retiring and dying, the provides get larger and larger for the holdouts to return again,” Snider defined (as transcribed by Blabbermouth). “Sooner or later, you’ve gotta say, ‘Properly, how can I say no to that?’”
On a full-blown reunion tour, Dee 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 getting in that route, how are we gonna do that?’ So there’s a bit of little bit of that dialog.”
Discuss throughout the band has elevated relating to each the monetary implications of a reunion in addition to the bodily and logistical points of hitting the highway and returning to the stage.
“And that’s a latest prevalence, that the dialog has gone from ‘by no means’ to ‘within the occasion that they make as a proposal we will’t refuse, what’s the plan?’” added Snider. “And there’s some very normal dialogue on that, involving private trainers, diets, hair extensions. And that’s the primary time in eight years that the dialog has modified.”
Maybe most significantly, Dee mentioned the connection between band members stays amicable: “We’re all mates, by the way in which. The surviving guys, all of us speak and we’re all mates 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 mates and that, to me, is actually why I needed to do it within the first place, getting again [together] final time… So, anyway, we’ll see what occurs.”
For extra from Snider’s interview, you may take heed to the total podcast episode under.