Twisted Sister Family Tree
This is a project aimed at making it easy to see who inspired the bands you love or even hate. For this I try not to use any influences that the band don’t claim themselves. There will be a focus on predecessors but successors will be added as they site the band. These trees become more and more interactive as new bands are added, allowing you to click any band that has a tree and jump to it.
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Twisted Sister despite their looks were has heavy metal as any. They predate the glam metal bands that followed in the later 80’s. In fact they originate from the early 70’s with guitarist Jay Jay French being the only original member. The core line up of the band would trickle in with guitarist Eddie "Fingers" Ojeda, singer Dee Snider, bassist Mark "The Animal" Mendoza, and lastly A. J. Pero. With the exception of one album that Pero didn’t play on, all studio albums maintained that line up. Writing credits however are consistently Dee Snider as the sole writer. With that being the case, this family tree will be focusing on the influences named by him.
Dee sung in the church choir till he was 19.
According to Dee, the earlier line ups come from a more glam rock root with influences from David Bowie. The more heavy metal influence was brought to the band by him.
Bands influenced by Twisted Sister!
As this project advances, bands will be added here… there are many!
Sources:
https://www.goldminemag.com/articles/10-questions-with-dee-snider
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pkSf1LjQauo
https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/twisted-sisters-dee-snider-on-the-connection-between-rock-and-politics